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Module 4: Maintaining a Healthy Ecosystem

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As a student, how can you keep the bodies of water clean?

a)

By disposing of scratch papers and candy wrappings on the creek near your house

b)

By throwing used surgical mask anywhere

c)

By avoiding the use of single-use plastics

d)

By dumping liquid chemicals on the sink

2.

As a student, is it important that you know how to use Earth's resources sustainably? Why or why not?

a)

Yes, because my parents will scold me if our electricity bill gets high

b)

Yes, because we depend on it and we are responsible in making sure that the next generation will still have resources that they will use for their daily living

c)

No, because we need it and we should use it in any that we like because it's a gift of God

d)

No, because my responsibility as a student is to study and to have good grades

3.
Examples of how humans negatively affect local ecosystems are
a)
Building dams, deforestation (cutting down trees), adding point sources to nearby streams to allow for run-off, building roads and structures, and salting roads.
b)
Creating laws to prohibit fishing from local streams.
c)
Planting trees and other plants to attract native species.
d)
Removing non-native species from the environment.
4.

What is pollution?

a)

a beautiful flower

b)

a delicious cake

c)

Is the process of making land, water, air or other parts of the environment dirty and not safe or suitable to use

5.

Organic farmers are prohibited from using ___________?

a)

Fertilizers

b)

Pesticides

c)

Growth Hormones

d)

Antibiotics

e)

All are prohibited by organic farmers

6.

Biodiversity is:

a)

The biological variety and variability of life on Earth.

b)

The chemical variety and variability of life on Earth.

c)

The phisycal variety and variability of life on Earth.

d)

The agriculture variety and variability of life on Earth.

7.

It does not take long for plastic to decay.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

It may take decades, even centuries, for plastic to breakdown in the ocean.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

A native species is

a)

a species that lives in the region where it evolved.

b)

a species that came from ancient ecosystems

c)

a species that can out produce other species

d)

a species that was brought to a region by people

10.

A non-native species is

a)

a species that lives in the region where it evolved.

b)

a modern plant that was produced by plant breeders

c)

a species from elsewhere that was brought to the region by humans either intentionally or on accident.

d)

a species that was not used by indigenous people.

11.

produced without chemicals or pesticides or synthetic ingredients

a)

natural

b)

original

c)

organic

d)

local

12.

No longer existing animal species

a)

habitat

b)

resources

c)

extinct

d)

endangered

13.

What is it to be globally aware?

a)

Someone who has been to many countries and speaks many languages

b)

Someone who cares about how their actions may affect the environment and other people wherever they live

14.

Conversation is

a)

To ruin something

b)

Careful protection of something

15.

What does the word pollute mean?

a)

protect from harm or overuse.

b)

a layer that protects us from the sun’s harmful rays.

c)

to make water, land and air dirty.

d)

to change waste into something useful.