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ESH Human Impact Test Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is NOT an effect of climate change?

a)

More fossil fuel emissions

b)

Less carbon sinks

c)

More Carbon Sources

d)

Less Endangered Species

2.

List a QUALIFIABLE observation about this image?

a)

Whether the water is safe to drink or not

b)

The amount of plastic water bottles in the lake

c)

The number children who enter this lake every year

d)

how many pieces of trash their are

3.

Fossil fuels are formed when dead organisms get crushed by earth over long periods of time. Which of Earth's systems are primarily interacting here?

a)

biosphere + Geosphere

b)

biosphere + hydrosphere

c)

Geosphere + cryosphere

d)

Geosphere + atmosphere

4.

A volcanic eruption releases more carbon than it absorbs. Therefore, volcanoes are a carbon (a)  

5.

This is a real photo of a 30,000 year old baby mammoth that was found frozen in Russian Ice. What two spheres are interacting here? Select both.

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Geosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

Cryosphere

e)

Biosphere

6.

Transpiration and condensation are part of which biogeochemical cycle?

(a)  

7.

Ming wants to see how long different materials take to decompose. She burys a cube of plastic, wood, and styrafoam into the dirt, and measures how long it takes for each to decompose.

What is the INDEPENDENT variable

a)

The type of materials she buried

b)

how long it takes the materials to decompose

c)

The dirt the cubes were buried in

d)

Ming herself

8.

What is one way deforestation is harming the GEOSPHERE? (pic unrelated 🙄)

a)

increased erosion

b)

decreased erosion

c)

decreased transpiration

d)

increased transpiration

9.

In the following experiment, a scientist put an ice cube in a jar with greenhouse gases and once without.

Based on the graph, which jar do you think has the greenhouse gasses, why?

a)

Jar 2, it melted faster

b)

Jar 2, it took longer to melt

c)

Jar 1, it took longer to melt

d)

Jar 1, it melted faster

10.

There are not many pandas left. Therefore pandas are a _____ species. Pandas do not like ______ areas.

a)

endangered, urban

b)

endangered, rural

c)

invasive, rural

d)

invasive, urban

e)

pandas aren't real. They were created by the chinese government to attract tourists

11.

frogs 🐸 add CO2 to the GEOSPHERE via

a)

decomposition

b)

respiration

c)

transpiration

d)

evaporation

12.

Which of the following is NOT influenced by climate change?

a)

ocean currents

b)

Greenhouse effect

c)

water temperature

d)

earthquakes

e)

carbon sinks

13.

Heat transfers from 1, thus ocean currents transport energy from 2 latitude regions.

a)

1. hot to cold

2. low to high

b)

1. cold to hot

2. low to high

c)

1. hot to cold

2. high to low

d)

1. cold to hot

2. high to low

14.

Which of the following is NOT a carbon sink?

a)

an electric car

b)

the Caribbean sea

c)

a garden of flowers

d)

a glacier

15.

Climate change is causing oceans to warm. Coral does not like warm water. The warm water transfers heat to the coral via...

a)

conduction

b)

convection

c)

radiation

d)

transpiration

e)

evaporation

16.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Earth's energy budget?

a)

burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change

b)

more solar radiation is incoming then outgoing

c)

Earth's energy budget is suppose to be in equilibrium

d)

More solar radiation is outgoing than incoming.

17.

What is NOT true regarding the image?

a)

air pressure is high

b)

air pressure is low

c)

humidity is high

d)

this is smog

e)

acid rain is most likely coming soon

18.

Deforestation is leading to decreased _______, which is leading to increased _________.

a)

transpiration, air pressure

b)

transpiration, humidity

c)

desertification, air pressure

d)

air pressure, desertification

19.

Which of the following is NOT a consequence of warming the ocean?

a)

the ocean will absorb carbon faster

b)

less plankton

c)

the ocean is losing its ability to act as a carbon sink

d)

more intense storms

e)

less fishplanplplankton spongebob gif

20.

The inner core transfers heat the outer core via ______. When heated, hot liquid iron in the outer core rises due to ______, which then makes contact with the lower mantle, heating it up via ______.

a)

Conduction, Convection, Conduction

b)

Conduction, Convection, Radiation

c)

Convection, Conduction, Convection

d)

Radiation, Convection, Conduction

21.

Which word is most linked to sinkhole formation?

a)

chemical weathering

b)

physical weathering

c)

erosion

d)

deposition

22.

What is the PRIMARY cause of climate change?

a)

fossil fuels

b)

respiration

c)

decomposition

d)

planting too many trees

e)

carbon sinks

23.

Which letters of the water cycle illustrate runoff and condensation? Select both

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

e)

A

24.

During the carbon cycle, exhaling air causes CO2 to be added to the air through a process known as respiration. Carbon is being transferred through which two of earth's systems here?

a)

biosphere -> Atmosphere

b)

atmosphere -> biosphere

c)

biosphere -> hydrosphere

d)

Geosphere -> biosphere

25.

What is NOT causing desertification?

a)

precipitation

b)

overgrazing by cows

c)

urbanization

d)

deforestation

26.

What is the OPPOSITE of photosynthesis?

a)

respiration

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

e)

precipitation

27.

In the following experiment, a scientist put an ice cube in a jar with greenhouse gases and once without.

What is the DEPENDENT variable in this experiment?

a)

how many seconds it took the ice to melt

b)

Whether the jar has CO2 in it or not

c)

Whether the jar has an ice cube in it or not

d)

The temperature of the water

28.

Fossil fuels form via weathering, erosion, and compaction over 1000000s of years. Thus, what kind of rocks are fossil fuels?

a)

sedimentary rocks

b)

metamorphic rocks

c)

intrusive igneous rocks

d)

extrusive igneous rock

29.

How is climate change impacting the CRYOSPHERE?

a)

less trees to absorb carbon 😭

b)

less habitat for polar bears 😭

c)

less glaciers to cool the land 😭

d)

more storms in the arctic 😭

e)

more flooding in Antarctica

30.

In Florida, imagine A cool alligator lays on a warm rock. What form of heat transfer is this, and what direction does heat transfer?

a)

Conduction, Rock -> Alligator

b)

Convection, Rock -> Alligator

c)

Radiation, Rock -> Alligator

d)

Radiation, Alligator -> Rock

31.

Meteorologist say smog is coming. What should you wear?

a)

a mask

b)

sunglasses

c)

winter coat

d)

nothing 😳

32.

Hard Boiled eggs sink in water but uncooked eggs float in water, why?

a)

Hard boiled eggs are more dense

b)

Hard boiled eggs are less dense

c)

hard boiled eggs have more volume

d)

hard boiled eggs have less volume

33.

Meteorologists use the terms El Nino and La Nina to Refer to predictable climate patterns. Which year is better for fishing, and why?

a)

El Nino, because colder waters

b)

El Nino, because warmer waters

c)

La Nina, because of colder waters

d)

La Nina, because of warmer waters.

34.

Warm, tropical water flows to the colder poles, where it then sinks. The transfer of energy through liquids/gasses is known as (a)   .

35.

What kind of weather can Alabama (AL) expect in the next few days? Why?

a)

Rainy, a cold front is coming

b)

Warm Weather, a warm front is coming

c)

Rainy, a warm front is coming

d)

Sunny, but cold, since a cold front is coming.

36.

Air Pressure is the amount of _____ molecules in a given area. Thus, as air pressure increases, density ______.

a)

Air, increases

b)

Air, decreases

c)

water, increases

d)

water, decreases

37.

Which location's coordinates are

45 S 145 E

a)

Tasmania

b)

Honolulu

c)

Rio

d)

Orlando

e)

Heaven 👼😇

38.

Clouds and air rise due to convection. This is because warm water and air is less (a)   than cold water and air.

39.

What causes plates to move?

a)

Conduction from the inner core causes convection currents in the lower mantle.

b)

Convection Currents from the outer core.

c)

Solar Radiation Heats up the mantle, which then allows the convergent boundaries to subduct old plates.

d)

Earthquakes displace earth, causing it slide along the Athensosphere.

40.

What is a component of the lithosphere?

a)

The Lower Mantle

b)

The Crust

c)

The ocean

d)

The Asthenosphere

41.

Which color of the rainbow has the longest WAVELENGTH.

a)

Orange

b)

Violet

c)

Yellow

d)

Green

42.

Which of the following is NOT a use for infrared light waves?

a)

Tanning bed

b)

Warming up a room

c)

Night Vision

d)

Weather Satellites

43.

_____ Oceanic Crust sinks under _____ dense continental crust, this is known as ______.

a)

more dense, less dense, slab pull

b)

less dense, more dense, slab pull

c)

more dense, less dense, ridge push

d)

less dense, more dense, ridge push

44.

_____ are most common at ______ plate boundaries.

a)

Fault, Transform

b)

Volcano, divergent

c)

Fault, Convergent

d)

Rift valley, convergent

e)

Deep-Sea Trench, Transform

45.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding Tsunamis?

a)

Tsunamis are caused by hurricanes

b)

Tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes

c)

Tsunamis are a mechanical wave

d)

Tsunamis are caused by underwater seismic activity

e)

Tsunamis are dangerous. spooky!