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AICE Environmental Management Unit 1

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which continent is this?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Antacrtica

d)

North America

2.

Which Continent is this?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

3.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

North America

4.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Asia

5.

Which continent is this?

a)

Africa

b)

South America

c)

Africa

d)

North America

6.

What continent?

a)

Africa

b)

Pandora

c)

Australia

d)

Asia

7.

Which ocean is this?

a)

Southern

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Pacific

8.

What ocean is this?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

9.

What ocean is this?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Southern

10.

What ocean is this?

a)

Indian

b)

Southern

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

11.

What ocean is this?

a)

Indian

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic

12.
The measure of goods and services produced by a country's businesses PLUS investments outside the country is termed:
a)
GNP
b)
GDP
c)
GNI
d)
PPP
13.

The dollar value of all goods and services produced or provided in a country is the

a)

GNI

b)

GDP

c)

GNP

d)

GDP per capita

14.
A composite statistic that combines three major indicators including: life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators, which are used to rank countries into four tiers of a population's development.
a)
Human Development Index
b)
GNI
c)
Dependency Ratio
d)
PPP
15.

Sustainability is:

(a)  

16.
What causes ocean water to evaporate in the water cycle?
a)
energy from the Sun
b)
energy from ocean waves
c)
energy from Earth’s rotation
d)
energy from Earth’s moon
17.
Which part of the diagram BEST represents condensation? 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
In the water cycle, the sun provides
a)
energy for water to evaporate from oceans, lakes and rivers.
b)
water for evaporation to happen. 
c)
energy to produce electricity. 
d)
water for condensation to happen. 
19.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
20.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
21.

Which of the following are types of freshwater that can be used by people?


Select all that are true.

a)

groundwater

b)

ice caps and glaciers

c)

oceans

d)

rivers

e)

lakes

22.

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

23.
When water _________, dew forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
24.
Water beneath the surface of the ground.
a)
Groundwater
b)
Earth
c)
Surface runoff
d)
Reservoire
25.
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
a)
Infiltration
b)
Groundwater
c)
Transpiration
d)
Evaporation
26.
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall to the ground.
a)
Precipitation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Water Cycle
27.
A body of rock underneath the surface of Earth that contains water. (underground lake)
a)
Aquifer
b)
Glacier
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Cloud
28.
The blanket of gases that surround the Earth.
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Solar Radiation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Groundwater
29.
The process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through their leaves.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Respiration
c)
Oxygen
d)
Infiltration
30.
A slow-moving mass of ice formed from snow accumulation over hundreds to thousands of years. 
a)
Glacier
b)
Groundwater
c)
Lake
d)
Ocean
31.
A large natural stream of flowing water that leads to lakes, seas, oceans, and other bodies of water. 
a)
River
b)
Lake
c)
Ocean
d)
Aquifer
32.
A visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere. 
a)
Cloud
b)
Atmosphere
c)
Rain
d)
Snow
33.

What is the transfer of water from plants to the air as water vapour?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Interception

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

34.

When water is trapped on the leaves of trees slowing down the transfer of water to the surface of the ground?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Interception

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

35.

What is the sideways transfer of moisture downhill through the soil?

a)

Groundwater Flow

b)

Overland Flow

c)

Throughflow

d)

Stemflow

36.

How much of our atmosphere is oxygen?

a)

1%

b)

5%

c)

21%

d)

50%

e)

78%

37.

What would be the effect on the particles in the animation if more heat is supplied to the system?

a)

They would slow down.

b)

They would stop moving completely.

c)

They would speed up.

d)

There would be no effect.

38.

What gas makes up 78% of the atmosphere?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Ozone

d)

Carbon Dioxide

39.

Where is most of the water vapor in our atmosphere?

a)

Troposphere

b)

Stratosphere

c)

Mesosphere

d)

Thermosphere

e)

Exosphere

40.

Which layer of the atmosphere helps us by burning up incoming meteors?

a)

exosphere

b)

troposphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

41.

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a)

troposphere

b)

thermosphere

c)

methosphere

d)

stratosphere

42.

Which layer of the atmosphere do we live in?

a)

tropsophere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

43.
As you go higher in the troposphere, the temperature _______________.
a)
decreases
b)
increases
c)
stays the same
d)
gets very hot
44.

What does the ozone layer do for us?

a)

keeps us warm

b)

blocks UV rays from getting to Earth

c)

keeps oxygen in

d)

burns up meteors

45.

Where are clouds located?

a)
thermosphere
b)
stratosphere
c)
troposphere
d)
ionosphere
e)

mesosphere

46.

Which layers of the atmosphere have a temperature that INCREASES as the altitude increases? Check all that apply.

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

47.

Reorder the following layers from the Earth's surface up:

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

e)

exosphere

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
48.

The auroras occur in this layer

a)

Troposphere

b)

Mesosphere

c)

Thermosphere

d)

Exosphere

e)

Stratosphere

49.

The boundary between the troposphere and the stratosphere is the ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
tropopause
mesopause
stratopause
thermopause
50.

Challenge Q! Roughly where does the troposphere end?

a)

5 km up

b)

10 km up

c)

15 km up

d)

20 km up

e)

100 km up

51.

Which layer has the coldest temperatures?

a)

troposphere

b)

stratosphere

c)

mesosphere

d)

thermosphere

e)

exosphere

52.

The greenhouse effect comes from

a)

all heat being released by the earth going back into space

b)

some of the heat heat being released by the earth going back into space

c)

some of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air

d)

all of heat being released by the earth being trapped in the air

53.

The greenhouse effect is caused by

a)

more heat arriving at the Earth from the sun

b)

the Earth releasing more heat at night

c)

gases in the air trapping heat released by the Earth

54.

A student sets up a fish tank that includes, water, fish, gravel, a snail and plants. What abiotic factor can he study?

a)

He records the water temperature

b)

He feeds the fish 0.5 grams of food 2x daily

c)

He measures the growth of the plants with a ruler

d)

He observes the snail scrape algae off the gravel

55.

Which group contains only abiotic factors?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

56.

In the aquarium below, which letters indicate abiotic factors?

a)

A,B,C only

b)

AB,D,E only

c)

A,D,E only

d)

A,B,C,D,E

57.

Reorder the following from smallest to largest level of organization of life

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

e)

biosphere

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
58.

All organisms living in the same area that have the possibility of reproducing is called a(an)

a)

ecosystem

b)

community

c)

population

d)

symbiosis

59.

The term used to include all of the living community PLUS all the abiotic factors in an area is a(an)

a)

community

b)

biosphere

c)

population

d)

ecosystem

60.

What is the term used to describe ALL of the populations of ALL the species of living organisms within a particular habitat?

a)

savanna

b)

wildlife

c)

community

d)

habitat

e)

ecosystem

61.

Abiotic

a)
b)
c)
d)
62.
a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

63.

Abiotic factors are ___________.

a)

non-living parts of an ecosystem

b)

living parts of an ecosystem

c)

things that once were alive, but now are dead

d)

not important parts of ecosystems.

64.

What is a habitat?

a)

A way an animal behaves.

b)

A group of the same animals living together.

c)

A specific place where an animal naturally lives.

d)

When an animal lives in a place that is not their home eg. a zoo

65.

If a scientist in New Zealand was studying how a group of herbivores interacted with a group of omnivores, and all of their abiotic surroundings, what level of ecology would she be studying?

a)

Community

b)

Population

c)

Species

d)

Ecosystem

e)

Biome

66.

Ruby-throated hummingbirds live in woodland areas, but also frequent gardens where flowering plants are plentiful. They hover to feed on flowers, nectar, and sap. During this floral feeding process, the birds pollinate many plants. These tiny birds are omnivores, sometimes feeding on insects and spiders.

a)

Habitat of an autotroph

b)

Niche of an autotroph

c)

Niche of a heterotroph

d)

Habitat of a heterotroph

67.

What is the PRODUCT of the process used by producers that is passed on as energy throughout an ecosystem?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

Sun

c)

glucose

d)

carbon dioxide

e)

water

68.

If there are 100 KJ of energy available at the secondary consumer level, how many KJ of energy are available at the producer level?

a)

10 KJ

b)

1,000 KJ

c)

10,000 KJ

d)

1 KJ

69.

Where do plants get the energy for photosynthesis to take place?

a)

nutrients in the soil

b)

the sun

c)

chlorophyll

d)

bee pollination

70.

What gas do plants give off after conducting photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Hydrogen

71.
What are the 3 key ingredients needed for photosynthesis
a)
glucose, oxygen, carbon dioxide
b)
carbon dioxide, water, glucose
c)
water, soil, sunlight
d)
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
72.

Complete the equation for photosynthesis

carbon dioxide +___________ ------> Glucose + oxygen

a)

H2

b)

O2

c)

H2O

d)

HO2

73.

What materials GO INTO cellular respiration?

a)

Glucose

b)

ATP

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon Dioxide

e)

Water

74.

Which organism(s) go through cellular respiration?

a)

animals only

b)

plants only

c)

Everything

d)

decomposers

75.
Organisms that do not decompose can be buried and become what?
a)
water
b)
nutrients
c)
air
d)
fossil fuels
76.

Through food chains, the carbon that is in plants moves to the animals that eat them. When an animal eats another animal, carbon is ___________________.

a)

released

b)

transferred

c)

dissolved

d)

gone

77.

Which process removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?

a)

deforestation

b)

tree farms

c)

burning fossil fuels

d)

cellular respiration

78.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

There is as much carbon on earth as when it was formed

b)

Carbon is being created whenever it is recycled

c)

Carbon is lost every time it is recycled

d)

Carbon changes to different forms and is never recovered

79.
Carbon can be found in...
a)
The atmosphere
b)
Soil
c)
Fossil fuels
d)
All of the above
80.
Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?
a)
Combustion
b)
Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Death
81.
What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Scavenger
82.
Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Scavenger
83.
Where do crickets get their energy?
a)
Cattails
b)
Marsh Grass
c)
Grasshoppers
d)
Shrews
84.
Which organisms in the diagram have the largest total energy to give to other organisms?
a)
Cattails and Marsh Grass
b)
Hawks and Snakes
c)
Crickets and Grasshoppers
d)
Shrews and Frogs
85.

How is energy transferred in an energy pyramid?

a)

10% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

b)

90% to the level above, 10% lost as heat

c)

100% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

d)

90% to the level above, 90% lost as heat

86.

Competition among members of the same species.

a)

intraspecific competition

b)

interspecific competition

87.

Competition between members of different species.

a)

intraspecific competition

b)

interspecific competition