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WorksheetsSCI ED 227 Midterm Exam | Summer Class 2025
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
What is one reason sustainability must come before action?
It avoids harmful consequences
It increases short-term profits
It reduces the need for planning
It encourages reckless behavior
How does sustainability help us think?
By prioritizing personal gain
By ignoring environmental issues
By promoting long-term impact
By focusing on immediate results
What does building clear direction involve?
Setting a specific goal
Taking random actions
Avoiding any planning
Focusing solely on profits
Why is knowing the 'why' behind our actions important?
It leads to confusion
It encourages responsibility
It makes us less accountable
It promotes apathy
What does sustainability educate others about?
The importance of immediate action
The purpose behind actions
The benefits of ignoring consequences
The need for competition
What is a benefit of focusing on long-term impact?
It leads to environmental degradation
It encourages short-term thinking
It promotes individualism
It creates lasting, positive change
How does understanding the purpose of actions affect commitment?
It makes us less committed
It promotes selfishness
It increases accountability
It leads to indifference
What does sustainability encourage us to think about?
Long-term impact
Short-term gains
Personal benefits
Immediate results
What is the relationship between purpose and action?
Action is more important than purpose
Purpose must come before action
Purpose should come after action
Purpose is irrelevant to action
What is a key aspect of sustainability?
Ignoring environmental issues
Promoting short-term solutions
Creating lasting, positive change
Focusing solely on profits
What is the definition of an ecosystem?
Any place on earth where living things depend on sources of food.
Any place on earth where living things depend only on non-living things like water.
Any place on earth with water, soil and plants.
Any place on earth where living things depend on and interact with other living and non-living things.
What is the definition of a biotic part of the ecosystem?
The non-living parts of an ecosystem.
The living parts of an ecosystem.
The newest parts of an ecosystem
The dead parts of an ecosystem.
What is the definition of an abiotic part of an ecosystem?
The newest part of an ecosystem.
The living parts of an ecosystem.
The dead parts of an ecosystem.
The non-living parts of an ecosystem.
Natural Gas is a __________ energy resource.
Renewable
Non Renewable
Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?
They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process.
They are being formed too far beneath the surface.
We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.
Type of energy that is generated from the heat stored in the Earth.
Tidal Wave Energy
Geothermal Energy
Hydraulic Energy
Solar Energy
Why are fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas called nonrenewable resources?
They can never be replaced.
They can be recycled.
They cannot be easily replaced.
They can be made in factories.
Which example describes the use of a nonrenewable energy resource?
Gasoline is used to fuel a car.
Water is released through a dam.
Sunlight is used to heat a home.
Wind turbines spin to generate electricity.
Which of the following is responsible for keeping us “not too hot in the summer and not too cold in the winter”?
Greenhouse Effect
Seasonal Effect
Ocean Basins
Weather
Which of the following phenomena will happen if too many greenhouse gases block heat in the atmosphere?
Global warming
Ice Age
Thunderstorm
Tropical storm
The Amazon rain forest is located on what continent?
North America
Africa
Asia
South America
The main idea of sustainability is to act responsibly so that the resources on the planet will be able to _____________many generations to come.
feed
wipe out
support
clothe
What is the least sustainable practice?
recycling
reducing
reusing
consuming
_____ are from nature and are used in their natural form
natural resource
human resource
capital resource
Which of the following is defined as development that meets the present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?
renewable development
sustainability
sustainable development
What are the 3 fossil fuels?
charcoal, oil and natural gas
coal, baby oil and natural gas
coal, oil and natural gas
charcoal, oil and cooking oil
Which fossil fuels formed in an ocean?
coal and oil
oil and natural gas
natural gas and coal
The picture is an example of..
coal
oil
natural gas
This picture is an example of...
coal
oil
natural gas
Are fossil fuels renewable or non renewable?
renewable
non renewable
What must be present for Fossil Fuels to form?
a) Bones and Sediment
b) Dead Organisms and Layers of Sediment
c) Dead Organisms, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
d) Bones, Layers of Sediment, and Heat & Pressure over time
What is the main constituent of natural gas?
a) methane
b) ethane
c) Helium
d) propane
Why solar energy is considered renewable energy?
a) It's cheaper than fossil fuels
b) The sun's energy would not run out for billions of years
c) Solar energy recharges batteries
d) All of them
Where is the Great Barrier Reef located?
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
Africa
What physical feature is this?
Niger River
Great Rift Valley
Horn of Africa
Congo Basin
Which of the following is a cause of food insecurity?
Abundant rainfall
Stable global food supply
Land degradation
Low food prices
Sustainable agriculture aims to:
Maximize short-term crop yields
Use minimal environmental resources to produce food in the long term
Focus on genetically modified organisms
Increase fossil fuel-based fertilizer use
Which definition best describes food security?
Unlimited food production
Access to safe, nutritious food for all people at all times
Reducing food prices globally
Ensuring food is affordable for middle-income populations
Why were the sustainable development goals created?
Help extinct animals
End poverty, fight inequality and address the urgency of climate change
Create new communities with less diseases and higher pay
End poverty, save the turtles and locate the countries that have been lost
Which is NOT an SDG goal?
Life below water
Reduced inequalities
Clean water and sanitation
Recycle innovations
This aims at doing more and better with less:
Responsible consumption and production
Life in land
Reduce inequalities
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Who implements the SDGs?
UN
ASEAN
World Health Organization
World Trade Organization
What does this icon represent?
life below water
sustainable cities and communities
climate action
life on land
What is sustainable development?
The development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
To conserve natural resources and to develop alternate sources of power while reducing pollution and harm to the environment.
It is the practice of developing land and construction projects in a manner that reduces their impact on the environment by allowing them to create energy-efficient models of self-sufficiency.
all of the choices
