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hass revision exam sem 1

Total questions: 157

Worksheet time: 1hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of life called?

a)

ecology

b)

ecosystem

c)

biology

d)

biome

2.

What is the study of ecosystems called?

a)

biology

b)

ecology

c)

community

d)

earth science

3.

Parks, zoos, and farms are examples of what kind of ecosystems?

a)

natural

b)

artificial

4.

Aquariums, oceans, seas, and lakes are all examples of what kind of ecosystem?

a)

terrestrial

b)

aquatic

5.

What is an area this is the interaction between biotic factors with each other AND with abiotic factors?

a)

community

b)

population

c)

ecosystem

d)

species

6.

What is an ecosystem called that is not managed or maintained by humans?

a)

artificial

b)

natural

7.

The Baltic Sea and the Pacific Ocean are examples of ( ) while Tablerock Lake is not.

a)

marine

b)

freshwater

8.

What is the hybrid offspring of a horse and donkey called?

a)

liger

b)

mule

c)

pizzly

d)

puggle

9.

What is the hybrid offspring of a grizzly bear and a polar bear called?

a)

liger

b)

mule

c)

pizzly

d)

puggle

10.

What is a water body that does not have salt in it called?

a)

marine

b)

freshwater

11.

What is a land-based ecosystem called?

a)

terrestrial

b)

aquatic

12.

What are areas of the Earth that contain a large amount of biodiversity but are under human threat called?

a)

biosphere

b)

oceans

c)

hot spots

d)

volcanoes

13.

When biodiversity is ( ) the ecosystem LESS vulnerable to changes.

a)

high

b)

low

14.

The place an organism lives and carries out its life is called?

a)

ecological niche

b)

habitat

15.

The role that an organism plays in its ecosystem is called its?

a)

ecological niche

b)

habitat

16.

The amount of different types of organisms living in a particular ecosystem is called?

a)

community

b)

habitat

c)

hot spot

d)

biodiversity

17.

Which of the following is the MOST complex?

a)

biosphere

b)

biome

c)

population

d)

community

18.

Which of the following is the LEAST complex?

a)

biosphere

b)

community

c)

population

d)

biome

19.
What is a carnivore?
a)
A living thing that eats meat only
b)
A living thing that plants
c)
there dad
d)
there mom
20.
The place where an organism lives is its __________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
21.
An individual living thing is a/an ___________.
a)
habitat
b)
ecosystem
c)
organism
d)
population
22.
A ____________ breaks down waste or dead organisms and recycles nutrients.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
omnivore
23.
An animal that hunts other animals for food is called a ___________________.
a)
Villian
b)
Predator
c)
Prey
d)
Fred
24.
An animal that is hunted by other animals for food is called _____________________ .
a)
Victim
b)
Sally
c)
Predator
d)
Prey
25.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
A group of animals that are the same species.
b)
Soil, water, air and sunlight
c)
All the living and non living things that interact in an area.
d)
North America
26.
A food chain shows how the consumers in an ecosystem
a)
eat food
b)
make food
c)
are connected to each other
27.
In an ecosystem the Producers
a)
use sunlight to make food
b)
break down dead organisms
c)
eat the food
d)
create a food web
28.
The consumers in a food chain
a)
use sunlight to make food
b)
use the energy or eat the food
c)
become part of the soil
d)
like to shop
29.
All of the living things in an ecosystem are called a
a)
community
b)
state
c)
county
d)
school
30.
organisms such as plants and animals are considered
a)
living things
b)
ecosystems
c)
non living things
d)
nutrients
31.
All of the living things that interact in a specific area is called a(n)
a)
solar system
b)
nether world
c)
ecosystem
d)
ender world
32.
Light, air, soil and water are considered
a)
non-living things that support life
b)
unimportant
c)
living things
d)
ecosystems
33.
Groups within a ecosystem are made up of one type of organism called
a)
Dens
b)
gaggles
c)
packs
d)
populations
34.
Each ecosystem has a ___________of plants and animals that adapt to the conditions.
a)
household
b)
pool
c)
community
d)
number
35.
Ecosystems are characterized by...
a)
the amount of rainfall and sunlight they get
b)
the amount of houses in the community
c)
the number of people that live in them
d)
the number of plants planted
36.
Ecosystems are made up of....
a)
Living things only
b)
Living and non-living things
c)
air and nutrients only
d)
dust particles
37.

Any living thing that has an effect on an ecosystem.

a)

Biotic factor

b)

Abiotic factor

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biome

38.

A nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it

a)

Geosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Biotic factor

d)

Abiotic factor

39.

A(n) ____________ is a community of plants and animals that occur naturally in an area, often sharing common characteristics specific to that area. It is characterized by precipitation and temperature.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Biome

d)

Ecosystem

40.

The _______ includes water that is on the surface of the planet, underground, and in the air. It can be liquid, vapor, or ice.

a)

Geosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

41.

A ___________ is a group of organisms in the same species that live in a specific geographical area & interbreed.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biosphere

42.

A _______ is an interacting group of various species in a common location.

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Hydrosphere

43.

A ___________ consists of all organisms and the physical environment (biotic + abiotic factors) with which they interact.

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

44.

Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

a)

Wind

b)

Island fox

c)

Snake

d)

Yucca plant

45.

What is all of the populations of different species?

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Biome

46.

The realm of all living things....

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biology

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biome

47.

Non-living factors within the ecosystem...

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Species

d)

Population

48.

A community of living and non-living things interacting within their environment is known as...

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Ecologist

49.

Communities are _ within the ecosystem.

a)

Interdependent

b)

Coping

c)

Struggling

d)

Independent

50.

What is the individual within the community?

a)

Species

b)

Population

c)

Biome

d)

Ecosystem

51.

What is a combination of existing communities?

a)

Ecosystem

b)

Population

c)

Community

d)

Biome

52.

What are the ecosystems within a region?

a)

Biome

b)

Biosphere

c)

Community

d)

Population

53.

What are the living factors within an ecosystem?

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Species

d)

Community

54.

What is the entire group of species that live in an area?

a)

Population

b)

Community

c)

Biosphere

d)

Ecosystem

55.
Trading something for something else - no currency involved
a)
demand
b)
barter
c)
goods
d)
market
56.

The buildings, machines, and tools that companies use to make products

a)

capital resources

b)

human resources

c)

natural resources

d)

entrepreneurs

57.
A person who buys goods and services
a)
consumer
b)
entrepreneur
c)
resource
d)
currency
58.
The using up of a resource
a)
scarcity
b)
supply
c)
services
d)
consumption
59.
another word for money
a)
barter
b)
economics
c)
currency
d)
price
60.
How much people want something
a)
supply
b)
demand
61.
The making, buying and selling of goods and services
a)
economics
b)
inflation
c)
market
d)
barter
62.

A person who comes up with a new idea for a product, and they actually make it and sell it.

a)

resource

b)

human resources

c)

consumer

d)

entrepreneur

63.

What do we call all of the resources required to make a product (good or service)?

a)

economics

b)

consumption

c)

four factors of production

d)

scarcity

64.
Something we pay for that we can touch
a)
goods
b)
services
65.
People who work to make goods or provide services
a)
human resources
b)
capital resources
c)
natural resources
d)
entrepreneurs
66.

Increasing the money supply too quickly > currency loses value > prices increase

a)
price
b)
inflation
c)
scarcity
d)
demand
67.
The place where goods and services are exchanged
a)
barter
b)
currency
c)
market
d)
resource
68.
Something we use from nature
a)
natural resource
b)
human resource
c)
capital resource
d)
entrepreneur
69.
The amount of money we pay for a good or service
a)
currency
b)
price
c)
inflation
d)
economics
70.
Something we use
a)
resource
b)
scarcity
c)
demand
d)
supply
71.

The idea that resources are limited

a)

scarcity

b)

supply

c)

demand

d)

inflation

72.

Something we pay to use for a certain amount of time

a)

services

b)

goods

73.
How much of something is available
a)
supply
b)
demand
74.
The exchange of goods and services
a)
trade
b)
market
c)
economics
d)
consumer
75.

A person who takes a risk to produce and sell goods and services in search of profit

a)

proprietorship

b)

partnership

c)

corporation

d)

entrepreneur

76.

A form of business organization that is authorized by law to act as a legal entity regardless of the number of owners. Owners share the profits. Owner liability is limited to the amount of their investment

a)

proprietorship

b)

partnership

c)

corporation

d)

entrepreneur

77.

A form of business organization with two or more owners who share the risks and the profits

a)

proprietorship

b)

partnership

c)

corporation

d)

entrepreneur

78.

an economic system combining private and public enterprise

a)

traditional economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

command economy

d)

free market economy

79.

an economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government

a)

traditional economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

command economy

d)

free market economy

80.

based on supply and demand with little or no government control

a)

traditional economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

command economy

d)

free market economy

81.

Economic decisions are based on custom and historical precedent

a)

traditional economy

b)

mixed economy

c)

command economy

d)

free market economy

82.

the using of goods and services

a)

opportunity cost

b)

production

c)

consumption

d)

resources

83.

the combining of human, natural, capital, and entrepreneurship resources to make goods or provide services

a)

opportunity cost

b)

production

c)

consumption

d)

resources

84.

what is given up when a choice is made (the second-best alternative)

a)

opportunity cost

b)

production

c)

consumption

d)

resources

85.

selection of an item or action from a set of possible alternatives

a)

economics

b)

scarcity

c)

resources

d)

choice

86.

the inability to satisfy all wants at the same time. All resources and goods are limited. Limited goods and resources require that choices be made

a)

economics

b)

scarcity

c)

resources

d)

choice

87.

the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth

a)

economics

b)

scarcity

c)

resources

d)

choice

88.
The amount of a good or service that is wanted is called:
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
equilibrium
d)
inflation
89.
The amount of a good or service provided is called:
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
equilibrium
d)
inflation
90.

The total value of goods and services produced within the a country during one year.

a)

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

b)

Gross National Income (GNI)

c)

Gross Food Cafeteria (GFC)

d)

Human Consumption Chart (HCC)

91.

There are 4 _______________. They are land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship.

a)

Factors of Production

b)

Market Economy

c)

Profit

d)

Economics

92.

Tools used by people at work like assembly lines, or a hammer, or a ladder are called _______________.

a)

Labor

b)

Capital

c)

Revenue

93.

The study of how people seek ways to meet their wants and needs by making choices is called?

a)

Economics

b)

Philosophy

c)

Capitalism

94.

The four factors of production.

a)

Machines, Money, Oil, Plastic

b)

money, big cars, money, diamond rings

c)

Natural Resources, Labor, Capital, Entrepreneurship

95.

Name for the risk-taking businessmen who start businesses and are one of the factors of production.

a)

Land

b)

Labor

c)

Capital

d)

Entrepreneurship

96.

Phrase that means how good a person's quality of life is.

a)

Opportunity standard

b)

Standard of living

c)

rent control

97.
All of the following are possible costs of your decision to go away to college except
a)
You will spend lots of time studying
b)
There may be a lot of social distractions
c)
You will become more educated
d)
You will be paying a lot of money
98.
What is scarce in the following scenario: You have to go to work but if you work a lot of hours you are going to be very tired
a)
Work
b)
Money
c)
Sleep
d)
Time
99.
What is the best example of scarcity
a)
The restuarant is not crowded tonight 
b)
The school parking lot only has 150 spaces but 200 students want to park there
c)
There are 500 houses in the subdivision and 250 of them are occupied
d)
A person decided to dye her hair blonde instead of red
100.
You buy a chair on craigslist for $10. You then discover that this is a special chair you could sell for $100, you decide to keep the chair anyway. What is the opportunity cost?
a)
$10
b)
$90
c)
$100
d)
$110
101.
What factor of production does this picture represent?
a)
Land
b)
Capital
c)
Labor
d)
Entrenprenour
102.
The basic problem of economics that develops because humans have unlimited wants but limited resources.
a)
Absolute Advantage
b)
Economics
c)
Scarcity
d)
Comparative Advantage
103.
The factor of production that includes the physical land and resources that come directly from the earth.
a)
Land
b)
Labor
c)
Capital
d)
Entrepreneurship 
104.

The limited availability of resources is known as...

a)

Scarcity

b)

Voluntary Exchange

c)

Profit

d)

Opportunity Cost

105.

A student must decide between going to the movies with friends or staying home and studying for a final exam. She chooses to stay home and study. Which economic concept describes going to the movies in this scenario?

a)

Comparative Advantage

b)

Equilibrium Point

c)

Income Effect

d)

Opportunity Cost

106.

Which of the following is true?

a)

Needs, wants, and resources are all unlimited

b)

Needs and wants are unlimited but resources are limited

c)

Needs and wants are limited but resources are unlimited

d)

Needs, wants, and resources are all limited

107.

Jerry has a boat, and a mansion, and a million dollars in the bank. This is all known as......

a)

Income

b)

Wealth

c)

Sunk Costs

d)

Taxed Capital

108.

Lisa makes $15 per hour at her job working for Red Lobster. This money is best described as.....

a)

Income

b)

Wealth

c)

Excessive

d)

Sunk Costs

109.

Which of the following topics are studied in economics?

a)

People's jobs and their pay

b)

Government decisions such as taxes

c)

Business decisions such as prices charged

d)

People's choices when making purchases

e)

ALL OF THE ABOVE (HINT IT IS THIS ONE!!!)

110.

What difference was important in the way that pharmacies were allowed to stay open in April 2020 while nail salons were not?

a)

The difference between production and consumption

b)

The difference between goods and services

c)

The difference between needs and wants

d)

The difference between scarcity and economics

111.

Which of the following BEST describes the subject of economics?

a)

The way people use money to navigate their way in the world.

b)

The study of people's employment in difficult and excellent times.

c)

The study of government actions when faced with political elections.

d)

The study of the choices people make when faced with limited resources.

112.

Which economics term describes the actions that people perform for us that are bought and sold?

a)

Goods

b)

Production

c)

Services

d)

Consumption

113.

Which economics term describes the physical things that are bought and sold in the economy?

a)

Production

b)

Goods

c)

Services

d)

Consumption

114.

Which term is and economic term for MAKING goods and services?

a)

Production

b)

Consumption

c)

Assertion

d)

Completion

115.

Which economics term describes the physical things that are bought and sold in the economy?

a)

Production

b)

Goods

c)

Services

d)

Consumption

116.

Which economics term describes the way in which there are a limited number of resources to meet our unlimited wants and needs?

a)

Shortage

b)

Consumption

c)

Production

d)

Scarcity

117.

Which of the following is the best example of a NEED?

a)

a solid gold guitar

b)

a glass of juice

c)

a video game console

d)

a basketball

118.

Which of the following is the best example of a WANT?

a)

A plate of spaghetti

b)

A t-shirt

c)

An apartment

d)

A haircut

119.

Which economic term describes people buying and using goods and services?

a)

Production

b)

Consumption

c)

Collating

d)

Consolidating

120.
Goods and services produced in other countries and sold at home
a)
Imports
b)
Exports
c)
Specialization
d)
Globalization 
121.
Good and services produced at home and sold in other countries
a)
Imports
b)
Exports
c)
Specialization
d)
Globalization
122.
A focus on developing only certain skills or producing only certain goods/services
a)
Imports
b)
Exports
c)
Specialization
d)
Globalization
123.
The process by which people and economies around the world are becoming increasingly interconnected
a)
Imports
b)
Exports
c)
Specialization
d)
Globalization
124.
When one person or group depends on or relies on another
a)
Import 
b)
Specialization
c)
Interdependent
d)
Export
125.
Which of these is not a cost of global trade?
a)
American workers lose jobs
b)
Workers in foreign country get less pay
c)
Local companies lose business
d)
Allows people to buy things from all over the world
126.
The largest of the earth's seven continents
a)
Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Antarctica 
d)
North America
127.
Which of these is not a benefit of global trade?  
a)
Allows people to buy things from all over the world
b)
Allows people to enjoy quality goods
c)
Allows people to pay less for goods
d)
People stop buying things made locally
128.
When people change the environment to meet their needs, this is an example of which part of MRLIP?
a)
Movement
b)
Region
c)
Location
d)
Human-Environment Interaction
129.

Countries should specialize in producing things in which they have a comparative advantage and then trade with other countries that specialize in something else.

a)

true

b)

false

130.

What is the big idea that the PPF is trying to convey?

a)

There are trade-offs between producing two goods, and that same logic applies for any number of goods.

b)

If you study only two things with the PPF, then economics will collapse.

c)

Emus rock!

d)

Positive position functioning can be used to predict more stable economic models.

131.

What does PPF stand for?

a)

production possibilities frontier

b)

positive position function

c)

proper paper flapper

d)

projected product framework

132.

What is the purpose of a model?

a)

Models are visuals to help us simplify and explain concepts.

b)

Models ensure that aircraft can fly before we get on them.

c)

Models ensure that clothing is wearable before regular people buy them.

d)

Models make complicated ideas more complicated.

133.

While specialization makes people more productive, it's _______________ that makes them better off.

a)

trade

b)

knowledge

c)

emus

d)

democracy

134.

Specialization has been common for thousands of year of human history.

a)

false

b)

true

135.

What makes countries wealthy?

a)

the division of labor (specialization)

b)

a large military

c)

a large labor force

d)

a trade surplus

136.

When did people see a significant and sustained increase in their standard of living?

a)

the industrial revolution

b)

the renaissance

c)

the 60's

d)

last week

137.
When countries rely on each other for resources, goods, or services. 
a)
Specialization
b)
Interdependence
c)
Scarcity
d)
Trade
138.
The money that each country has, like paper bills and coins
a)
scarcity
b)
exchange rate
c)
currency
d)
tariff
139.
To swap products with someone
a)
Trade
b)
Specialization
c)
Exchange rate
d)
Import
140.
When there isn't enough of something
a)
Embargo 
b)
Quota
c)
Specialization
d)
Scarcity
141.
Trading between countries
a)
Exchange rate
b)
Embargo
c)
International trade
d)
Voluntary trade
142.
Any action a government uses to control trade between countries
a)
Trade barrier
b)
Voluntary trade
c)
Free trade
d)
Specialization
143.
When people trade because they both want what the other person has
a)
Trade barrier
b)
Voluntary trade
c)
International trade
d)
Free trade
144.
Products brought into a country
a)
Currency
b)
Exchange rate
c)
Export
d)
Import
145.
An extra price or tax added onto imported products
a)
Embargo
b)
Tariff
c)
Quota
d)
Exchange rate
146.
A limit on how much of something may be imported
a)
Trade barrier
b)
Tariff
c)
Embargo
d)
Quota
147.
Products sold to other countries
a)
Currency
b)
Import
c)
Export
d)
International trade
148.
When a country won't trade with another country at all
a)
Quota
b)
Embargo
c)
Tariff
d)
Free trade
149.

Goods that are used by people to make other goods or to perform services. This can also include money invested towards making new goods or providing new services. (Examples: tools, machines, buildings, investments)

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Capital Resource

c)

Human Resource

150.

The effort people put into producing goods or services - Work, Labor

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Capital Resource

c)

Human Resource

151.

The kind of resources that are provided by Earth - like water, air, soil, solar energy, etc.

a)

Natural Resource

b)

Capital Resource

c)

Human Resource

152.

When you have to make a choice, this is the best of the options that you DIDN'T pick. It's what you had to give up in order to go with the choice that you made.

a)

Trade

b)

Specialization

c)

Interdependence

d)

Opportunity Cost

153.

Buying, selling, or exchanging goods or services.

a)

Trade

b)

Opportunity Cost

c)

Interdependence

d)

Scarcity

154.

How much of a good or service is available AND how much people want it. (The more people want it, the more they'll pay for it.)

a)

Scarcity

b)

Specialization

c)

Supply and Demand

d)

Standard of Living

155.

How comfortable or wealthy a person or group is...that is, how much "stuff" they have.

a)

Standard of Living

b)

Supply and Demand

c)

Specialization

d)

Scarcity

156.

Being affected by the decisions or events your trading partners are involved in because you rely on them.

a)

Opportunity Cost

b)

Trade

c)

Scarcity

d)

Interdependence

157.

When individuals or businesses concentrate on only a few things so they can become experts at those few things, it is called...

a)

Scarcity

b)

Specialization

c)

Standard of Living

d)

Supply and Demand