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WorksheetsAPES Unit 1 Quiz (M-1-3)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Impacts of fracking include
I. contamination of ground water
II. increased use of coal
III. lower natural gas prices
I only
I and II
II and III
I and III
Which is an abiotic component?
an eagle
a rock
a tree
a human
Which is NOT true about ecosystems?
They include biotic components.
They can be a wide ranges of sizes.
They include no human components.
Many interactions among species occur in them.
Each of the following is an example of how humans have negatively affected the environment EXEPT
hunting large mammals
conversion of arid land to agriculture use
they use of fire to create the Great Plains
slash-and-burn forest clearning
Common global-scale environmental indicators include all of the following EXCEPT
atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations
human population
natural resource depletion
pollution in a local stream
How many hectares of land is a 500-acre park? (1 acre= 0.40 ha)
200 ha
250 ha
500 ha
750 ha
In 2015, 640,000 ha of the Amazon rainforest were cleared. Approximately how many hectares is that each hour?
1.2 ha
29 ha
74 ha
178 ha
A person's ecological footprint is
the land that a person lives on.
he amount of carbon dioxide a person contributes to climate change
the land required to produce a person's food
the land needed to support all of a person's activities
The first step in the scientific process is
collecting data
observations and questions
forming a hypothesis
forming a theory
Challenges in the study of environmental science include all of the following EXCEPT
dangers of studying natural systems
lack of baseline data
subjectivity of environmental impacts
complexity of natural systems
