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AGS-2025-EARTH/SPACE-S1 PRACTICE-J

Total questions: 110

Worksheet time: 3hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is water considered abiotic or biotic?

a)

Abiotic

b)

neither

2.

A dead plant is...

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

3.

Climate

a)

Biotic factor

b)

Abiotic factor

4.

This dinosaur diet...

a)

Meat and plants eater

b)

Plants eater

5.

The original source of energy for a food web is...

a)

sun

b)

plants

6.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

7.

Photosynthesis is important because...

a)

it makes food for the food webs

b)

it makes carbon dioxide

8.

The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:

a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Producers

9.

List the physical plates from outermost layers to the innermost layers.

a)

Crust, mantle, asthenosphere, outer core, inner core

b)

Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core

10.

Today is much colder than yesterday!

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

11.

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

a)

competition

b)

commensalism

12.

Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish get protection and shelter from the anemone. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

13.

This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

a)

Evolution

b)

Adaptation

14.

The role an organism plays in its ecosystem

a)

function

b)

niche

15.

When an organism copies a characteristic of something else in order to better its chances for survival and reproduction

a)

hibernation

b)

mimicry

16.

Which of the following shows the symbiotic relationship between the Rodent and the Bird?

a)

Competition

b)

Mutualism

17.

A mosquito feeding off of a human.

a)

Mutualism

b)

Parasitism

18.

What is a Geologic Process?

a)

Something that occurs naturally and changes Earth's surface

b)

Something that only happens to geodes

19.

What can geologic processes do? Select ALL that apply...

a)

Create things

b)

Destroy things

c)

Shape Earth's surface

d)

Be helpful

e)

Be harmful

20.

What does climate mean?

a)

is the broad long term patterns (average) of weather in a region

b)

day to day regions on earth

21.

What would most likely occur if the Sun did not heat Earth?

a)

There would be no weather

b)

There would be slightly less weather.

22.

Which of the following best describes a relationship in the food web?

a)

The mouse is a producer because it consumes the green plant.

b)

The wild cat is a secondary consumer because it consumes the rabbit.

23.

What is a producer?

a)

an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

24.

Today is much colder than yesterday!

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

25.

A volcano is an opening in the Earth's crust that allows hot lava to escape from underground.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Name this body of water

a)

plain

b)

lake

27.

What is magma called when it reaches the surface of Earth?

a)

viscosity

b)

Lava

28.

Which image shows a tsunami in action?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________. 

a)

plates

b)

directions

30.

parasites, disease, predators, are examples of what type of limiting factors?

a)

density independent

b)

density dependent

31.

When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?

a)

The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity

b)

Continues to grow

32.

A population of foxes has 36 individuals. In one year, 10 baby foxes are born and 6 older foxes die. The population at the end of the year is (a)   .

33.

After a forest fire, an ecosystem would start regrowth through -

a)

limiting factors

b)

secondary succession

34.

What is the order of succession shown in this figure?

a)

C, D, A, B

b)

D, A, B, C

35.

This is the process that forms a new ecosystem where no organisms lived before.

a)

competition

b)

primary succession

36.

The snake is the _______.

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

37.

Who is the prey?

a)

Bear

b)

Salmon

38.

Tiger

a)

Predator

b)

Prey

39.

Noah and Aria love checking the forecast to see if they need an umbrella or sunglasses. What is it that changes every day?

a)

weather

b)

latitude

40.

Benjamin and Anika are looking at a map of the United States, trying to figure out what word describes the average temperature over a large area or region. Can you help them out?

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

41.

Mason, William, and Evelyn are on a globe-trotting adventure! They notice that the temperature and weather patterns change as they move closer or farther from the equator. What is this change mostly related to?

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

42.

Weather or Climate?
The forecaster predicted thunderstorms for tomorrow.

a)

Weather

b)

Cimate

43.

Which continent is shown here?

a)

I don't know that yet!

b)

North America

44.

Which continent is shown on the globe here?

a)

Africa

b)

Australia

45.

Which of these letters indicates the location of Australia?

a)

B

b)

D

46.

Which layer of the atmosphere contain all the weather?

a)

Thermosphere

b)

Troposphere

47.

Moving air in Earth’s atmosphere is called ___________.

a)

wind

b)

weather

48.

Which of these BEST describes the atmosphere?

a)

a blanket of air that surrounds Earth

b)

all of Earth's water

49.

What are clouds made of?

a)

small animals

b)

tiny droplets of water

50.

What does temperature measure?

a)

how fast the wind is moving

b)

how warm or cool something is

51.

Which of the following is a part of weather?

a)

wind

b)

all of these

52.

Which part of the day is usually the warmest?

a)

evening

b)

noon

c)

night

d)

morning

53.

This cycle shows the way water evaporates from Earth’s surface into the air, condenses, and falls back to the surface as precipitation.

What is this cycle called?

a)

A. the water cycle

b)

B. the weather cycle

c)

C. the precipitation cycle

54.

This diagram shoes three important processes in the water cycle, What does number 1 show?

a)

Evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

55.

This diagram shoes three important processes in the water cycle, What does number 2 show?

a)

Evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

56.

This diagram shoes three important processes in the water cycle, What does number 3 show?

a)

Evaporation

b)

condensation

c)

precipitation

57.

What does it mean to adapt?

a)

To stay the same

b)

To move environments

c)

To change in order to survive

d)

To stay the same in order to survive

58.

birds dancing for mates

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

59.

fish swimming in schools

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

60.

Long Limbs

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

61.

Puffer Fish Spines & Large Jaws

a)

physical adaptation

b)

behavioral adaptation

62.

Fur Color

a)

Physical Adaptation

b)

Behavioral Adaptation

63.
Composed of all the water on or near the earth
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
64.
This sphere is composed of all the living things 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
65.
Geo = 
a)
Earth
b)
Sphere
c)
Life
d)
Water
66.
Hydro = 
a)
Sphere
b)
Earth
c)
Life
d)
Water
67.
A fossil is ____.
a)
a dead rotten animal
b)
the remains of things that lived a long, long time ago
c)
a plant that dried up
68.

Brazil's rainforest is located in a region with a tropical climate. The tundra of the North Pole is located in a region with a polar climate. Why does air in an area with a tropical climate hold more water than air in a polar climate?

a)

Tropical climates have more rivers.

b)

Warm air holds more hot water vapor.

c)

Polar climates get more sunlight.

d)

Polar climates have ice instead of water.

69.

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

a)

Sunny and hot

b)

Sunny and cold

c)

Rainy and hot

d)

Rainy and cold

70.
As the Earth travels around the Sun, it creates a pattern that makes _____
a)
the months
b)
the years
c)
the seasons
d)
day and night
71.

What are thunderstorms?

a)

a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail

b)

a storm with high winds and heavy snowfall.

c)

a mobile swirling of violently rotating winds with the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud

d)

a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges

72.

What are tornadoes?

a)

a storm with thunder and lighting and typically also heavy rain or hail

b)

a storm with high winds and heavy snowfall.

c)

mobile violently rotating winds with the appearance of a funnel shaped cloud and beneath a large storm system.

d)

a huge storm with strong winds and storm surges

73.

When convergent plates collide, if both plates are pushed upward, this forms.

a)

Fissures

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Volcanoes

d)

Rock Cycle

74.

​The arrows in the mantle are showing _________ which move the Earth's plates.

(click on the image to enlarge)

a)

continental drift

b)

convection currents

c)

radioactive decay

d)

conduction

75.
All food chains begin with a ____________.
a)
primary consumer
b)
secondary consumer
c)
producers
d)
scavengers
76.
In this food web, the snake and the mouse have this relationship
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
predation
d)
parasitsm
77.

Primary Consumer

a)

Most likely an herbivore

b)

Must find its own food

c)

Most likely eats meat “ONLY”

d)

Creates its own food through photosynthesis

e)

Most likely an omnivore

78.

Parasitism

a)

A. Both organism’s benefits

b)

B. This is the maximum number of organisms that can be supported by an ecosystem

c)

C. Non-Living parts of the environment

d)

D. Things that can grow a population or the lack thereof, can destroy a population.

e)

One organism benefits and the other is harmed

79.
All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.
a)
community
b)
habitat
c)
population
d)
ecosystem
80.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
81.
An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a 
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
autotroph
82.
When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, what happens to the population?
a)
Continues to grow
b)
The population starts to die off to return to carrying capcity
c)
The population will go extinct due to lack of resources
d)
The population grows then finds a new carrying capacity
83.

Which letter shows exponential growth happening?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

84.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
85.

Why do animals migrate?

a)

they enjoy traveling

b)

they do not like to stay in one place very long

c)

find food, join other animals, go to a colder environment

d)

find food, to mate, to give birth to young

86.

a behavior an animal knows without learning it

a)

instinct

b)

behavior

c)

learned

d)

hibernation

87.

behaviors that come from watching other animals or through experience

a)

hibernation

b)

migration

c)

instinct

d)

learned behavior

88.

Josie likes to visit the park in her neighborhood to watch hummingbirds. Based on the beak of the hummingbird, what does it most likely eat?

a)

Fish

b)

Nuts

c)

Insects

d)

Flower Nectar

89.
Why Do aniamals Adapt?
a)
To make their life better
b)
To Survive in their envorment.
c)
To make people happy
d)
ALL of the above
90.
Which best describes how a porcupine defends itself from predators?
a)
it changes color
b)
it has sharp quills
c)
it moves very rapidly
d)
it makes a loud noise
91.

The teeth in this picture are from an animal that would most likely eat

a)

grass

b)

insects

c)

fruit

d)

fish

92.
Which feature of a rose helps it grow without being eaten by large animals?
a)
flowers with bright colors
b)
sharp thorns
c)
small seeds
d)
deep roots
93.

Volcanoes

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Geology

d)

Oceanography

e)

Pseudoscience

94.

Waves

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Geology

d)

Oceanography

e)

Pseudoscience

95.

Thunderstorms

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Geology

d)

Oceanography

e)

Pseudoscience

96.

Star properties

a)

Meteorology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Geology

d)

Oceanography

e)

Pseudoscience

97.

Bigfoot

a)

Geology

b)

Meteorology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Oceanography

e)

Pseudoscience

98.
What is an observation for this picture?
a)
The man is scared
b)
The man is going to get eaten
c)
There is a man in a kayak
d)
The man is paddling fast
99.

Which step of the scientific method is this example-

Container #: State of Water: Height:

1- water =14.0 mL, ice =14.8 mL

2-water=20.0 mL, ice= 20.8 mL

3-water= 24.0 mL, ice=24.9 mL

a)

question

b)

hypothesis

c)

experiment

d)

data

e)

conclusion

100.
Scientists use _______ to help them answer questions.
a)
guesses
b)
evidence
c)
gravity
d)
stories
101.

A statement of whether your hypothesis was supported.

a)

conclusion

b)

summary

c)

scientific knowledge

102.
How do scientists learn about the world around them?
a)
by ignoring observations 
b)
by studying plants
c)
by asking questions 
d)
by studying plants 
103.

What are climate factors?

a)

Latitude/Elevation

b)

All of the Above

c)

Wind/Ocean Currents

d)

Surface features (Landforms)

104.

Higher elevations are warmer than lower elevations.

a)

True

b)

False

105.
True of False?  
Animals that live in the desert have adapted to live with little water since the desert gets little rainfall.
a)
True
b)
False
106.
The non-living part of an ecosystem
a)
Ocean
b)
Lava Flow
c)
Birds
d)
Abiotic
107.

In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?

a)

Deer

b)

Grass

c)

rain

108.
Nonliving things found in an ecosystem.
a)
factories
b)
factor trees
c)
biotic factors
d)
abiotic factors
109.
Which is a biotic factor?
a)
Fox
b)
Mountain
c)
Air
d)
Sunlight
110.

What could happen to this food web if all the plants were eliminated?

a)

only fungi would survive

b)

the food web would collapse

c)

birds and nematodes will increase

d)

the food web would produce more decomposers

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