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WorksheetsAPES Unit 1 Review
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 25mins
Environmental Science is the study of...
The relationship between humanity and the environment, the system containing all factors influencing life.
Living organisms and how they work.
The properties of chemical substances and how they interact.
The fundamental properties of matter, energy, and force.
What is Environmentalism?
The study of the relationship between humanity and the environment, the system containing all factors influencing life
A social movement to protect the environment via political lobbying, activism, and education
The combination of all factors surrounding us that influence life.
Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without future generations being deprived of those resources.
(Select Multiple) What factors make up an environment?
Biotic
Ebiotic
Abiotic
Obiotic
What species has the largest impact on the environment relative to its population size?
Bees
Spotted Lanternfly
Hippopotamus
Humans
What is one example of a sustainable lifestyle practiced by humans?
Great Plains Indians before European arrival
England in the Industrial Revolution
United States in today's society
Indigenous people of Easter Island prior to 1600
What has most directly caused the rapid growth of human impact?
Diseases
New Technologies
Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyles
Public Education
(Select Multiple) What are the three(3) levels of biodiversity?
Genetic
Population
Species
Ecosystem
Environmental
________ Biodiversity indicates a healthy environment.
Low
High
How large is a hectare?
1 ha = 10,000 m²
1 ha = 10,000 ft²
1 ha = 10,000 acres
1 ha = 10,000 km²
(Select Multiple) The ability of a certain environment to facilitate the growth of grains, fruits, and other foods is impacted by:
Irrigation
Fertilizers
Droughts
Soil Quality
Human Activity
Average Global Surface Temperature and CO₂ Concentrations can tell us...
How dense the exosphere is.
Where hadley cells will form.
How polluted the atmosphere is.
How the moon impacts air currents.
Scientists speculate that large-scale carbon emissions began with...
The Carbon Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Second Industrial Revolution
The French Revolution
Humans have an overall ________ effect on the environment.
Negative
Positive
Neutral
______ is representative of how sustainable a population is.
Resource Depletion
Biodiversity
Population Size
Population Density
The indigenous people of Easter Island were an example of a(n) ______ population.
Sustainable
Unsustainable
Developed
Suspicious
(Select Multiple)What are the three requirements for sustainable living?
Environmental systems cannot be damaged beyond recovery.
Renewable resources mustn’t be depleted quicker than they regenerate.
Nonrenewable natural resources need to be used sparingly.
Non-native species must not be introduced.
Fossil fuels cannot be burned
________ is development that keeps the three principles of sustainability in mind, which is extremely difficult with such a large population.
Urban Development
Pollution-Free Development
Rural Development
Sustainable Development
Our ________ allows us to measure human impact on the environment.
Resource Depletion
Development
Ecological Footprint
Food Production
The ________ is a process that researchers use to conduct experiments and in environmental science is a way to objectively explore the natural world and predict the effect of humans.
Experimental Design Process
Bessemer Process
Scientific Method
Potassium Cycle
(Select Multiple)What issues do environmental scientists experience often?
Lack of Funding
Lack of Baseline Data
Subjectivity
Complex Interactions in Nature
Human Well-Being
An ecosystem is the combination of all ________ in an area.
Biotic and abiotic components
Energy
Organisms
Matter
Do ecosystems have clearly defined boundaries?
Yes, always
No, never
Sometimes
(True/False)Every ecosystem impacts each other.
True
False
This process converts Carbon Dioxide, Sunlight, and Water into Glucose and Oxygen.
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Scientific Method
This process converts Glucose and Oxygen into Carbon Dioxide, Sunlight, and Water.
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Scientific Method
This process uses chemical energy rather than sunlight to convert inorganic compounds into a usable form of energy.
Chemosynthesis
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Bessemer Process
A _______ consists of many different food chains combined.
Trophic Level
Matter Cycle
Trophic Pyramid
Food Web
What is the order of the tropic levels?
Tertiary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Primary Consumers, Producers
Primary Producers, Secondary Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers
Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers
Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers, Producers
How much energy is carried along each step up the trophic pyramid?
2%
10%
1%
20%
____ are carnivores that only eat animal carcasses.
Decomposers
Scavengers
Detritivores
Primary Consumers
________ recycle nutrients from dead tissue back into the environment.
Scavengers
Decomposers
Primary Consumers
Herbivores
The ________ of an ecosystem is equal to the amount of sunlight being converted by producers.
Gross Primary Productivity
Intrinsic Growth Rate
Net Primary Productivity
Energy Transfer Efficiency
The ________ of an ecosystem is equal to the amount of energy remaining in an ecosystem after respiration.
Gross Primary Productivity
Intrinsic Growth Rate
Net Primary Productivity
Energy Transfer Efficiency
How much solar energy is photosynthesized in an ecosystem?
10%
1%
20%
2%
The sum of all biomass in an ecosystem is called the ______.
Net Primary Productivity
Sitting Crop
Gross Primary Productivity
Standing Crop
(Select Multiple)How do humans impact the hydrologic cycle?
Irrigation
Natural Experiments
Paving Areas
Controlled Experiments
What is the most important element for life to exist?
(a)
How might high nitrogen concentrations in soil harm an ecosystem?
Nitrogen-tolerant plant species outcompete those that thrive under low-nitrogen conditions.
Nitrates are toxic to consumers.
High temperatures and humidity cause nitrites to bond with hydrogen, forming nitric acid.
High nitrogen facilitates the growth of parasite populations.
Large amounts of phosphorus in aquatic ecosystems can cause...
Migration of aquatic squirrels
Algal Blooms
Increased Biodiversity
Exponential Population Growth
Which of the following matter cycles has a gaseous component?
Potassium
Sulfur
Calcium
Magnesium
This states that ecosystems experiencing intermediate levels of disturbance are more diverse than those with high or low disturbance levels.
Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis
Theory of Island Biogeography
Law of Moderate Destruction
Intermediate Value Theorem
This is the ability of an ecosystem to return to its original state after a disturbance.
Reduction
Resilience
Resistance
Restoration
This is a measure of how much disturbances impact the flow of energy and matter in an ecosystem.
Reduction
Resilience
Resistance
Restoration
______ can be used to accomplish a goal or make progress.
Intrinsic Values
Interactive Values
Instrumental Values
Individual Values
_____ are goods that are directly used as natural resources, such as lumber, medicinal plants, furs, rubber and crops.
Regulating Services
Resilience
Support Systems
Provisions
______ are used naturally to regulate environmental conditions.
Regulating Services
Support Systems
Resilience
Cultural Services
