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Envirothon

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The earth is a __________ system.

a)

Open

b)

Closed

2.

Water boils at __________ Fahrenheit.

a)

100

b)

112

c)

200

d)

212

3.

DO levels below ___________ ppm stress most aquatic life.

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

4.

________ % of water on earth is available to us as freshwater.

a)

.5%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

15%

5.

How many reservoirs are there in TN?

a)

15

b)

25

c)

35

d)

45

6.

Adjacent watersheds are separated by a high area of land call ____________

a)

Ridge

b)

Mountain

c)

Divide

d)

Spire

7.

Narrow strips of land that border streams, rivers, or bodies of water.

a)

Riparian

b)

Water Buffer

c)

Aquatic Transition Area ATA

8.

What is this aquatic insect?

a)

Crayfish

b)

Mayfly

c)

Stonefly

d)

Caddisfly

9.

What is this aquatic animal?

a)

Tennessee Lobster

b)

Crayfish

c)

Craw Daddy

d)

Aquatic Pinchesaurus Rex

10.

What is this aquatic animal

a)

Mayfly

b)

Stonefly

c)

Caddisfly

d)

Rockfly

11.

Any particle larger than ____________ is not considered soil but is called rock.

a)

1 mm

b)

2 mm

c)

3 mm

d)

4 mm

12.

Organic material makes up between 0 and ____ of most soils.

a)

9%

b)

12%

c)

18%

d)

21%

13.
The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means; common causes are ice, wind, water, gravity, plants, and animals
a)
Physical (Mechanical) Weathering 
b)
Chemical Weathering
14.
Which of the following is NOT a major soil forming factor?
a)
Time, Topography
b)
Climate, Parent Material
c)
Organics (organisms)
d)
Deposition
15.
Which of the following is the largest particle in soil?
a)
sand
b)
silt
c)
humus
d)
clay
16.
Which ones does not represent soil texture:
a)
Silt
b)
Clay
c)
Humus
d)
Sand
17.
Which soil particles have the largest pore spaces between sediments?
a)
Clay
b)
Silt
c)
Sand
18.
If you have yellow or red soil, it is an indication of ______________ in your soil
a)
calcium
b)
water
c)
iron oxides
d)
sand
19.

Low AWHC is less than ___________ inches.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

20.

When figuring AWHS fine texture is _________ AWHC/Inches/inch.

a)

.05

b)

.20

c)

.15

21.

Forest probably covered ____________ of prehistoric Tennessee.

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

95%

22.

Which describes the native people and their relationship with fire?

a)

They purposely set fires to provide better grass.

b)

They feared fire as it often destroyed everything.

c)

Fire was rare as native people could not create it.

d)

Fire was only used as a tool when started by a storm.

23.

In 1900 there where 9.4 million acres of forest, compared with ____________ today.

a)

the same

b)

2.4 million

c)

10.4 million

d)

14.4 million

24.

What was the fungus from Asia that attacked trees between 1930 and 1940?

a)

Hemlock woolly adelgid

b)

Chestnut Blight

c)

Southern Pine Beatle

d)

Dutch Elms Disease

25.

Timber Management is called

a)

Forest propagation

b)

Silviculture

c)

Forester

d)

Timber Farming

26.

What is this leaf

a)

Red Bud

b)

Dogwood

c)

Black Cherry

d)

White Oak

27.

What is this leaf?

a)

Red Bud

b)

Dogwood

c)

White Oak

d)

Red Oak

28.

What is this tree?

a)

Yellow Poplar

b)

Red Oak

c)

Dogwood

d)

Sweet gum

29.

How many cubic inches in a board foot?

a)

12

b)

96

c)

144

d)

216

30.

What is this tree?

a)

White Pine

b)

Yellow Pine

c)

Pitch Pine

d)

Scrub Pine

31.

How many species of squirrels in Tennessee?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

3

d)

5

32.

How many species of Owl in Tennessee

a)

4

b)

6

c)

8

d)

2

33.

___________ acres of wetlands are destroyed each hour in the United States.

a)

40

b)

60

c)

80

d)

100

34.

Which is not a wild canine that is left in Tennessee?

a)

red fox

b)

gray fox

c)

red wolves

d)

gray wolves

35.

How many snakes are native to Tennessee?

a)

34

b)

44

c)

54

d)

64

36.

What is the only frog or toad that is a game animal?

a)

Snapping Turtle

b)

Bull Frog

c)

American Toad

d)

Tree Frog

37.

What is this animal?

a)

Deer

b)

Bear

c)

Coyote

d)

Bobcat

38.

What animal skull is this?

a)

Red Fox

b)

Gray Fox

c)

Coyote

d)

Dog

39.

What animal is this?

a)

Muskrat

b)

Beaver

c)

River Otter

d)

Bear

40.

What is the Tennessee state mammal?

a)

Black bear

b)

River Otter

c)

Racoon

d)

Opossum

41.
A grassland biome is characterized by ________
a)
area of small trees and shrubs
b)
uncultivated land dominated by native grasses, forbs & shrubs
c)
lots of rain during the year
d)
both B & C
42.
Unfenced grasslands in tropical and temperate climates that supply forage for grazing animals are called
a)
rangeland
b)
pastures
c)
savannah
d)
steppes
43.

How much of the total Earth is Rangeland?

a)

82%

b)

47%

c)

36%

d)

53%

44.

Rangelands of N. America include:

a)

Mediterranean Region along the Pacific coast of California

b)

Pacific Northwest in the NW corner of the US

c)

The Great Basin Region bounded by the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains

d)

The Southwestern Desert Region

e)

The Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains

45.

Which Act of Congress allow settlers to acquire 160 acres of land at a low cost

a)

Homestead Act in 1862

b)

Agricultural Act

c)

Land-Grant College Act

d)

Oklahoma settlement Act

46.
rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.
a)
Open range
b)
Closed range
47.
A document outlining the scope and purpose of a development project, describing the environmental context, suggesting alternative approaches to the project, and analyzing the environmental impact of each alternative.
a)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
b)
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
c)
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
d)
Transit-oriented develpoment (TOD)
48.
Which agency is in charge of managing National Wildlife Refuges in the United States?
a)
US Park Service
b)
US Forest Service
c)
US Fish & Wildlife Service
d)
US Marines
49.
One effect of overgrazing natural rangelands is
a)
increased biodiversity because of the increase in plants cattle will not eat, such as sagebrush, mesquite, and cactus
b)
decreased solar powere because soil is compacted and can no longer support solar cells
c)
soil erosion, because cattle damage the grass roots and the grass can no longer grow
d)
increased soil porosity because the cattle are not present to compact the land as they walk and stand on it
50.

Mojave, Sonora, Chihuahua are examples of this biome.

a)

chaparral

b)

desert

c)

savanna

d)

grassland

51.
Which of the following is NOT a problem in rangeland management?
a)
Fires
b)
Overgrazing
c)
Poor soil conditions
d)
the high cost of grazing permits
52.
rangeland where cattle roam freely regardless of land ownership.
a)
Open range
b)
Closed range

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