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Environmental Studies

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one is NOT one of the 3 R words?

a)

Reduce

b)

Reuse

c)

Recycle

d)

Recorrection

2.

The coal, oil, and natural gas used to power the engines of motor vehicles and factories

a)

Smog

b)

Ozone

c)

Fossil Fuel

d)

Pollution

3.

Recovering and changing items so they can be used for other purposes

a)

Rebuilding

b)

Reconstruct

c)

Recycling

d)

Reuse

4.

Able to breakdown naturally without causing pollution

a)

Healthy product

b)

Incinerator

c)

Biodegradable

d)

Conservation

5.
Q.NO.2 Which of the following is a necessary condition for sustainable development?
a)
Increase in the quality of life
b)
Reduction in the level of pollution
c)
conservation of stock of natural capital
d)
All of these
6.
Q.NO.3 Which of the following is not considered as an element of environment?
a)
Air
b)
Land
c)
Weather
d)
Electricity
7.
Where is pollution found on Earth?
a)
in water and land
b)
only in air
c)
in air, land and water
d)
in air and water
8.
What does endangered mean?
a)
gone forever
b)
very few of its kind left
c)
find a new home
d)
break down of dead plants
9.
How can one person help conserve energy?
a)
ride a bike to the store
b)
use an elevator instead of using the stairs
c)
leave the water on while you brush your teeth and use hot water
d)
drive a big car with no passengers
10.

The place in which a plant, animal, bird or fish normally lives is its ........

a)

food chain

b)

habitat

c)

eco-community

d)

eco-friendly

11.

The Greenhouse Effect is .... process.

a)

a man-made

b)

an artificial

c)

a natural

d)

an industrial

12.

Find a word for the following definition:

"the quality of causing little or no damage to the environment and therefore able to continue for a long time"

a)

pollution

b)

disposal

c)

waste sorting

d)

sustainability

13.

The natural environment consists of................................... .

a)

Activities among human beings

b)

Plants and animals that surround the human beings

c)

Creations among human beings

d)

Interactions among human beings

14.

1. Land,water, air, etc, comprise the ...................environment.

a)

Natural

b)

Human

c)

Man-made

d)

Artificial

15.

1. What is an abiotic component of environment?

a)

Table

b)

Water

c)

Human

d)

None of these

16.
What is the study of the interactions among organisms and  between organisms and their environments called?
a)
Biology
b)
Ecology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biosphere
17.

An artificial ecosystem is

a)

Pond

b)

Forest

c)

Desert

d)

Crop field

18.

Which gas is mainly responsible for the green house effect?

a)

H2

b)

O2

c)

CO2

d)

Water Vapours

19.

Plants and animals are the components of _________ environment.

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Both Biotic and Abiotic

d)

None

20.
What does biodiversity mean?
a)
Only one species in an area.
b)
The different amount of species in an area
c)
All abiotic life
d)
Nitrogen fixation
21.

Which biome is more biodiverse?

a)

Desert

b)

Grassland

c)

Tundra

d)

Rainforest

22.

Choose the decomposer.

a)

grass

b)

elephant

c)

bacteria

d)

bird

23.

Where does the food chain START?

a)

with consumers that eat grass

b)

with the sun giving energy to producers

c)

with the sun giving energy to consumers

d)

with consumers eating other consumers

24.

What is scarcity and how could it affect an ecosystem?

a)

Too many animals or plants in an area can cause the ecosystem to fail.

b)

Too many animals or plants in an area can cause the animals to be too fat.

c)

Too few animals or plants in an area can cause other animals to go hungry or die.

d)

Too few animals or plants in an area can cause pollution.