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WorksheetsLast Chance Science Test
Total questions: 62
Worksheet time: 58mins
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that we learned that humans impact the climate?
Fossil fuels
Food choices
Air & water pollution
Reducing water consumption
Connect the piece of evidence with the reason it supports.
"Carbon dioxide waste builds up as more people burn fossil fuels for transportation and
heating homes" (Growing World Population).
Overpopulation
"Spills and leaks from oil pipelines or hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations can degrade water supplies" (National Geographic).
Water pollution
"Most air pollution is created by people, taking the form of emissions from factories, cars, planes, or aerosol cans" (National Geographic).
Air pollution
"Some electric power plants run on nuclear energy, water power
or wind power" (Drilling Deep for Knowledge).
Fossil fuels
"Manure is one obvious pollutant associated with meat production" (CommonLit).
Food Choices
National Geographic claimed, "Thanks largely to decades of regulation and legal action against big polluters, the main cause of U.S. water quality problems is now " (a) ," when pollutants are carried across or through the ground by rain or melted snow."
Which of these air pollutants do cows often release through digestion or manure?
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Nitrogen Oxide
Sulfur Dioxide
Which of these is NOT a reason that people are concerned with a growing population?
More people means more land that needs to be transformed into farmland
More people create more waste
Increased competition for resources
More people may disrupt the delicate food web
The warming of the Earth's atmosphere is called...
The Ozone Layer
The Greenhouse Effect
The Carbon Cycle
The El Niño Effect
"Anyone can help protect watersheds by (a) of motor oil, paints, and other (b) products properly, keeping them off pavement and out of the (c) " (National Geographic).
A study published in 2017 stated that THIS was the biggest thing that individuals could do for the environment.
Have one fewer child
Buy a reusable waterbottle
Plant more trees
Reduce energy consumption in the home
Rank these in order of which diet is best (1) for the environment to which is the worst (4) for the environment?
Vegan
Vegetarian
Pescatarian
Meat-Eater
Which of these is NOT a fossil fuel?
Coal
Petroleum
Solar
Peat
Some types of air pollution occur naturally, such as smoke from wildfires and ash from volcanoes, these are called:
Man-made sources
Natural sources
Industrial emissions
Chemical compounds
Within the last 300 years, our carbon dioxide levels have increased by...
25%
50%
75%
100%
Allowing animals to _____ on farms is better for the environment because it releases pollutants more slowly than using feedlots for cows.
hunt
graze
forage
cultivate
Water (a) can come from a variety of sources. Pollution can enter water directly, through both (b) and illegal discharges from (c) , for example, or imperfect (d) treatment plants.
Which three of these will you use in your argumentative paper?
Air & Water Pollution
Fossil Fuels
Food Choices
Overpopulation
Subsidence, or sinkholes due to weakened underground rock layers, is the result of humans...
constructing highways through natural habitats
excessively pumping water from aquifers
building dams to change rivers flow
Fertilizing crops with strong chemicals
Which of the following human activities will have the greatest negative impact on the balance of organisms within ocean ecosystem?
monitoring of major, global ocean currents
recreational boating
commercial fishing to provide food for humans
mapping of the ocean floor by marine scientists
Overflow during a heavy rainstorm from a wastewater treatment plant would result in...
weakened housing foundations
polluted runoff into nearby ponds
flooding in the local aquifer
over-treated drinking water
Large nets are used to capture fish. These nets often catch unnecessary species that are not used by humans. What change could lessen the negative effect of using large nets for commercial fishing?
exploring new and uncharted areas of the ocean where the nets can be used
using nets in deeper regions of the oceans where different organisms live
designing nets that release unwanted species without harming them
decreasing the size of the nets, but using more of them
A student has been collecting data on the level of nitrogen in a marine bay every week. The table provided displays the results. What will the nitrogen concentration on the 6th week of this study be?
.09
.11
.20
.17
Rapid growth of algae in a pond is often the result of...
excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff
loss of habitat due to commercial building
clogged river tributaries entering a lake
flooding that causes water levels to rise
An industrial company wants to build a company in the watershed where a village exists. In order to minimize the potential of pollution to the village, where should the build the company?
at the highest point of the watershed
downstream from the village
closest to a freshwater stream or river
nearest to the main street of the village
Watersheds are important because they
prevent surface runoff
increase the soils pore space
prevents floods and provides fresh water
removes salt from ocean water
What do you call the land that water flows across, under, and through on its way to a body of water?
Tributary
Headwaters
River system
Watershed
A layer of porous rock that allows water to flow through.
ground water
aquifer
point source
subsidence
Most water pollution is the result of __________________.
natural processes
animal waste
human activities
acid rain
People depend on the oceans for __________________.
Natural resources
Food and water
Transportation
All of the above.
How do the oceans contribute to the amount of Oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere?
Fish in the ocean produce oxygen.
Phytoplankton in the ocean produce oxygen through the process of respiration.
Phytoplankton in the ocean produce oxygen through the process of phtosynthesis.
There is no oxygen production in the ocean.
How do the oceans contribute to the amount of Oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere?
Fish in the ocean produce oxygen.
Phytoplankton in the ocean produce oxygen through the process of respiration.
Phytoplankton in the ocean produce oxygen through the process of phtosynthesis.
There is no oxygen production in the ocean.
The use of light energy by organisms to convert CO2 and H2O into organic molecules is
chemosynthesis
consumption
photosynthesis
decomposition
Which of the following is NOT a source of pollution in the ocean?
Fertilizers used on land.
Sand drifting along the bottom of the ocean floor.
Oils found on city streets.
Emissions from gas-burning vehicles.
What is a fertilizer runoff?
When fertilizer runs into a body of water.
When water makes fertilizer.
When algae grows rapidly.
The industrial production of fertilizers.
What happens when a fertilizer runoff happens?
Fish get bigger.
Algae grow rapidly.
The water becomes very clear.
The oxygen level in the water increases.
Which of the following is the cause of dead zones in the ocean?
An increase in the number of fish.
An increase in runoff from fertilizer
An increase in oxygen
A decrease in oxygen
Fisheries renew themselves naturally each year, but __________________ has caused a shortage of fish in some areas.
Aquaculture
Fishing regulations
Overfishing
Global warming
Review the graph showing marine fishing rates.If the fishing rate in Asia continues to grow, what will most likely happen as a result?
The fish population will continue to rise.
A wide range in ocean temperatures will be seen worldwide.
The U.S. human population will decline.
The overfishing will cause an imbalance in marine ecosystems.
Why is the coral reefs so important?
source of food and new medicines.
protect coastlines from storms and erosion
people depend on reefs for food and income
serve as a habitat and protecton for organisums
Corals die because of ________________
boat anchors that destroy or break the corals.
the gradual warming of the ocean's temperature
irresponsible divers that kick the corals.
All of the above
What is one way humans are trying to positively impact the ocean?
Fishing
Drilling for oil and natural gas
Creating artificial reefs
Transporting goods in ocean vessels
How can you help impact the environment in a positive way
recycle
drive less, creating less pollution
save water
all of the above
Coral Reefs provide what to marine life? (a)
How do humans destroy reefs? (a)
The North American plate and Pacific plates meet at the San Andres Fault in California causing frequent earthquakes. This fault is located at a _____ boundary.
Ridge
Divergent
Convergent
Transform
Which oceanic plate in the above picture must be more dense? LEFT RIGHT
The plate on the left (the plate with the volcano on it)
The plate on the right (without the volcano)
Which TWO landforms occur when a continental plate and an oceanic plate hit each other?
Volcanoes on land and Volcanic Islands
Volcanoes on land and Deep Sea Trench
Volcanoes on land and Mountains
Rift Valley and Mid Ocean Ridge
How do most mountains form?
Continents collide and fold up on each other
Earth is shrinking and the crust wrinkles up
Ocean plates diverge and fold up on each other
Gravity from the moon pulls sections of the Earth up
What kind of landform is created when a continent starts to get torn apart?
Volcanic Island
Deep Sea Trench
Mid-ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Mountains
Plates are not created or destroyed: They just pass by each other.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
This is where new material is added on to plates.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
This is where plate material may be destroyed (or recycled) and returned to the mantle.
Converge
Diverge
Transform
What forms when two CONTINENTAL plates CONVERGE?
Rift Valley
Mid Ocean Ridge
Mountains
Volcanoes on land and ocean trench
What are these plates doing?
Diverging
Converging
Forming a transform boundary
Study this diagram carefully, noticing the direction of the arrows.The green bars are tectonic plates.What will happen at the place where the star is drawn on this diagram?
The plates will slide past each other (causing a major earthquake)
The plates will hit each other (one will subduct)
The plates will diverge (spread apart)
What are these plates doing?
Converging
Diverging
Forming a transform boundary
What are these plates doing?
Converging
Diverging
Forming a transform boundary
What type of event will occur at this boundary?
Earthquake
Volcano Eruption
Tornado
Mountain Building
A divergent boundary occurs when plates ....
Pull apart
Come together
Slide past each other
subducting
The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary
Divergent
Convergent
Reform
Transform
What geologic process formed the Himalayas?
two continental plates converging
an earthquake in a subduction zone
a tectonic plate moving over a hot spot
movement at a transform fault boundary
The type of plate boundary where two plates come together is a .....
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Plate Boundary
A place where two plates slip past each other, moving in opposite directions, is known as a _______
transform boundary
divergent boundary.
convergent boundary.
rift valley.
