WorksheetsEcology, Weather, Earth Science, and Universe Practice
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 2hrs 24mins
Tim said that Chicago is most likely to experience rainy weather. Jennifer thinks that Dallas is most likely to experience rainy weather.
Which student is correct?
Tim because Chicago is the closest to a low pressure system and they produce precipitation.
Jennifer because high pressure systems produce precipitation
Both students are correct because all systems produce precipitation
Neither of the students are correct because the cities are not close enough to the system.
Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies
Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies
Warmer Temperatures, Clouds, and steady precipitation
Colder Temperatures, Clouds, and Precipitation
Warmer Temperatures, Clear Skies
Colder Temperatures, Clear Skies
Warmer Temperatures, Clouds
Colder Temperatures, Precipitation, Severe weather
According to the weather map, which city is experiencing many days of rain?
Little Rock
New York
Seattle
Orlando
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What feature(s) are formed at a convergent plate boundary?
Mountains
Volcanic mountains
Trench
Rift Valley
What feature(s) are formed at a divergent plate boundary?
Fault line
Rift Valley
Volcanic Islands/Mountains
Trench
Mid Ocean Ridge
What feature(s) are formed at a transform plate boundary?
Fault line
Rift Valley
Volcanic Islands/Mountains
Trench
Mid Ocean Ridge
Which of earth's layers has the crust and tectonic plates?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Which of earth's layers has convection currents that power plate tectonics?
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
Match the topographic map to its profile.
The satellite image below shows a portion of the Namib Desert in Africa. This is an ancient, sandy desert with dunes that can be up to 305 m tall. The Namib Desert extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean between 80 km and 200 km and receives only 5 mm to 76 mm of rain each year.
A satellite picture of this same area taken weeks before shows that the shape and location of some sand dunes have changed. Which of these most likely caused the changes in the dunes?
Ocean waves
Flowing rivers
Blowing wind
Crustal uplift
This is a canyon. Which process likely created this feature?
Weathering of the canyon walls by the flowing river.
Erosion of the sediments from the bottom of the canyon by winds.
The deposition of sediments from the wind on the riverbanks creating high walls around the river.
Tectonic plates moving away from each other.
Oxpeckers are a small bird commonly found on rhinoceroses. The oxpecker feeds on the parasites that cover the rhinoceroses’ skin. The bird gets a meal and the rhinoceros is relieved of the harmful parasites.
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
Examples of biotic factors are: (multiple)
Solar energy
Temperature
Plants
Animals
Dead organisms
Which of the following is the best definition for Long-term environmental changes?
Long-term environmental changes tend to not affect the environment and the organisms living in it since it happens rather quickly.
Long-term environmental changes do not have a significant effect on the environment.
Long-term environmental changes, like droughts, floods, and fires do not give populations time to adapt to the change and force them to move or become extinct. The changes happen rather quickly and there is no time for adaptations to occur which can lead to massive die-off.
Long-term environmental changes, like pollution, deforestation, and ice age are much more gradual and allow populations to adapt. Overtime, organisms that are affected by these changes have a chance to survive as they can develop adaptations that will help them cope with the change.
Snowshoe hares are related to rabbits and live in cold regions. In warm weather, they have a brown coat and spend many hours feeding on vegetation. To avoid predators they either remain still and try to blend into their habitat, or use their powerful hind legs to flee. What change brought about by the winter season would help these animals avoid predators in the snowy climate?
Their bodies slow down and require less food.
They spend more of the day sleeping.
Their brown fur changes to white.
They must search longer to find vegetation.
Which of the following is the best definition for Short Term Environmental changes?
Short-term environmental changes tend to not affect the environment and the organisms living in it since it happens rather quickly.
Short-term environmental changes do not have a significant effect on the environment.
Short-term environmental changes, like droughts, floods, and fires do not give populations time to adapt to the change and force them to move or become extinct. The changes happen rather quickly and there is no time for adaptations to occur which can lead to massive die-off.
Short-term environmental changes, like pollution, deforestation, and ice age give populations time to adapt to the change and force them to move or become extinct.
Black walnut trees produce a nontoxic chemical that becomes highly toxic when it is exposed to air or soil. How does this chemical help black walnut trees compete with plants growing nearby?
By attracting herbivores to the other plants
By suppressing the growth of the other plants
By increasing the photosynthesis rates in the other plants
By limiting the amount of water available to the other plants
An environmental change drastically reduced the population of milkweed plants in an area. The milkweed plants provided the only source of food for a nearby population of monarch butterfly caterpillars. Which statement describes the most likely effect of this environmental change on this population of monarch butterflies?
The number of monarch butterflies will decrease because their caterpillars will not have enough food.
The number of monarch butterflies will stay the same because butterflies reproduce so rapidly their populations can withstand most food shortages.
The number of monarch butterflies will stay the same because their caterpillars will begin consuming nectar from different types of flowers.
The number of monarch butterflies will increase because their reproduction rate will increase to ensure some individuals survive.
Which two body systems are primarily responsible for locomotion?
Skeletal system and muscular system
Nervous system and circulatory system
Respiratory system and digestive system
Integumentary system and excretory system
What are the main functions of the human skeletal system?
To support the body, protect the organs, produce blood cells, and store calcium
To regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retaining a balance of water, salt, and other nutrients
To regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the bloodstream
To enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream
The proposed law will protect the lake because plant roots between the wetland and the lake will stop pollution from entering the lake.
The proposed law will not protect the lake because animals that live in or near the lake will add pollution to the lake.
The proposed law will not protect the lake because groundwater will carry pollution from the wetland directly into the lake.
The proposed law will protect the lake because the high elevation of the water table will block pollution from entering the lake.
Which category of stars are very hot, but not very bright?
Blue Giants
Red Giants
White Dwarfs
Red Supergiants
What type of star is the Sun classified as?
A red giant star
A red supergiant star
A neutron star
A main sequence star
A collection of gas and dust where new stars are born is known as a...
Planetary Nebula
Black Hole
Supernova
Stellar Nebula
Which star would be very hot and very bright?
Rigel
Sirius
Alpha Centauri B
Betelgeuse
Which group of stars is not very hot, but is extremely bright?
White Dwarfs
Blue Giants
Red Supergiants
Main Sequence
What moon would you expect to see on March 23rd?
