WorksheetsEnvironmental Science Fall Final 2025
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the process that adds carbon dioxide indirectly to the atmosphere through the removal of producers?
a)
Assimiliation
b)
Nitrogen fixation
c)
Carbon sequestration
d)
Deforestation
2.
What is the solid fossil fuel found under the surface of the Earth, often within mountains?
a)
Peat
b)
Coal
c)
Petroleum
d)
Natural Gas
3.
One unintended side effect of artificial fertilizers is ...
a)
Rain runoff leading to algal blooms in local waters
b)
Increased rates of carcinogens in crops leading to cancer in humans
c)
Increase in crop production and increase in food costs
d)
Crops have become dependent on fertilizers and are overall weaker than before
4.
Which of the following is not considered a greenhouse gas?
a)
Nitrogen
b)
Water vapor
c)
Carbon dioxide
d)
Methane
5.
Bacteria in root nodules of legumes and some plants help by...
a)
Storing chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
b)
Absorbing water from the soil.
c)
Converting nitrogen into a usable form.
d)
Gathering phosphorus to feed the plant.
6.
1 meter is equal to 100 centimeters. A bird is measured to be 17 centimeters long. How long is this in meters?
a)
1.7 meters
b)
0.17 meters
c)
0.017 meters
d)
17 meters
7.
Which number is the largest?
a)
1.5 x 10^3
b)
2.9 x10^-6
c)
5,000,000
d)
9.9 x 10^4
8.
Which of the following are true about atoms?
a)
Atoms last forever, except in nuclear reactions.
b)
Atoms bond to other atoms to form molecules
c)
All physical things are made of atoms
d)
Atoms can turn into other atoms through chemical reactions
9.
Approximately what percent of our atmosphere is made up of carbon dioxide?
a)
0.5%
b)
10%
c)
20%
d)
80%
10.
Where does most of Earths energy come from?
a)
Outer space
b)
Wind and water currents
c)
The sun
d)
Gravity
11.
Why are temperatures different around the world?
a)
The angle of light rays hitting Earth is different at different locations
b)
Some parts of Earth are further away from the sun than others
c)
Light rays are weaker at some places on Earth
d)
Heat from underground increases the temperature of some places
12.
What is the most abundant element in air?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Carbon
d)
Sulfur
13.
Which below contains the air, oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, ozone, and wind?
a)
Geosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
14.
"A very hot and dense layer of the Earth that is made of solid iron and nickel". This describes which layer of the Earth.
a)
Continental crust
b)
Inner core
c)
Mantle
d)
Ferrous layer
15.
What is not one of the 4 factors that interact to cause weather?
a)
Wind
b)
Air pressure
c)
Heat
d)
The nitrogen cycle
16.
What causes air pressure (leading to the wind we feel)?
a)
Conduction
b)
Gravity
c)
Convection
d)
Radiation
17.
What is the lowest layer of the atmosphere?
a)
Troposphere
b)
Meosphere
c)
Exosphere
d)
Stratosphere
18.
Ozone absorbs ultraviolet radiation from the sun causing what?
a)
The sky to appear blue
b)
The temperature in that region to decrease
c)
Plants to not be able to photosynthesize
d)
The temperature in that region to increase
19.
Choose the abiotic carbon reservoirs in the carbon cycle.
a)
Atmospheric carbon dioxide
b)
Decomposers
c)
Consumers
d)
Dissolved calcium carbonate and calcium bicarbonate in the oceans
20.
Where do satellites orbit?
a)
The exosphere
b)
the troposphere
c)
The tundra
d)
With fireflies in that big bluish-black thing
21.
The term used when a oceanic plates slides under a continental plate as they collide together is...
a)
Subduction
b)
Divergence
c)
Volcanism
d)
Erosion
22.
Which type of soil conservation practice involves the creation of flat growing areas along a hillside?
a)
Terracing
b)
Windbreaks
c)
Hydroponic farming
d)
Rotation farming
23.
Which form of heat transfer allows for plate tectonics to occur on Earth?
a)
Convection
b)
Conduction
c)
Radiation
d)
Radiographic
24.
Why does the temperature increase as elevation increases in the stratosphere?
a)
High energy cosmic rays collide with gasses in this area as you get further from the surface of theEarth
b)
Ozone gas heats up from the absorption of solar rays
c)
The atmosphere gets thinner which allows for a higher energy to particle ratio
d)
Heat from the surface of the Earth warms up this layer of the atmosphere.
25.
Which statement below is incorrect.
a)
Sandy soil is less nutritious than loamy soil
b)
Lower soil levels are less altered and more like their parent rock than higher levels
c)
The topsoil or A horizon is the most nutritious soil layer
d)
Plants incorporate atmospheric nitrogen into their systems by roots through the O Horizon
26.
Choose all that apply. What do living things require nitrogen for?
a)
DNA
b)
Sucrose
c)
Proteins
d)
Photosynthesis
27.
True or false. Most living things Including heterotrophs and autotrophs can use atmospheric nitrogen?
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Soil that has been turned over too many times and has dried out and lost nutrients as a result has gone through what too many times?
a)
Tilling
b)
Plowing
c)
Fertilizing
d)
Planting
29.
The phosphorus cycle is a major biogeochemical cycle. Which of the following below is Not true about the cycle?
a)
Phosphorus is a component of ATP which is used by living organisms for energy storage.
b)
Phosphorus is released by rocks during weathering where it flows into water systems.
c)
Phosphorus is exhaled by living animals and then recycles by autotrophs.
d)
Phosphorus is a component of artificial fertilizers and its overuse has negative side effects on the environment.
30.
Which of the following would be considered inorganic?
a)
A log waiting to be burned
b)
Atmospheric nitrogen
c)
Butane (lighter fluid)
d)
Gasoline
31.
Which of the following takes up approximately 20% of the atmosphere?
a)
Carbon dioxide
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Oxygen
d)
Methane
32.
Tilling is...
a)
The process of breaking up clumps of soil to provide an even base for seeds.
b)
The process of turning over soil to bring nutrients and moisture to the top.
c)
The process of adding topsoil to undernourished land.
d)
The process of cultivating crops at the end of the growing cycle.
33.
Which of the following leads to exhaustion of soil and fertility loss?
a)
Windbreaks
b)
Contour plowing
c)
Monoculture farming
d)
Strip cropping
34.
What major historical event coincided with the Dust Bowl
a)
World War I
b)
The Civil War
c)
Bloody Sunday
d)
The Great Depression
35.
Which area did the Great Plains cover?
a)
US Midwest
b)
US Southwest
c)
US Northeast
d)
US Westcoast
36.
What two factors combined to cause the events of the Dust Bowl?
a)
Major drought
b)
Poor land use
c)
Economic decline
d)
Crop disease
37.
What type of plate movement leads to the creation of new rock?
a)
Oceanic-oceanic divergent
b)
Oceanic-continental convergent
c)
Continental-continental transform
d)
Continental-oceanic convergent
38.
After the Dust Bowl, the federal government planted millions of trees throughout the southern plains to implement what type of soil conservation?
a)
Strip cropping
b)
Terracing
c)
Windbreaks
d)
Arbol preservation
39.
Why does ethanol burn and water does not?
a)
Water is organic and ethanol is not.
b)
Ethanol is more unstable due to its isotopic radioactivity.
c)
Ethanol has high energy carbon-hydrogen bonds.
d)
Water has only low energy hydrogen-oxygen bonds.
40.
All known life forms are considered ________ based life forms.
a)
Silicon
b)
Carbon
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Water
41.
Which country produces the most crude oil in the world?
a)
Kuwait
b)
USA
c)
Russia
d)
Saudi Arabia
42.
What results from two continental plates diverging from each other?
a)
Rift valley formation
b)
Mid ocean ridge formation
c)
Mountain formation
d)
Volcano formation
43.
Choose all of the products of photosynthesis.
a)
Glucose
b)
Water
c)
Carbon dioxide
d)
Oxygen
44.
Carbon is transferred through the food web by organisms by a process known as...
a)
Accumulation
b)
Assimilation
c)
Cellular respiration
d)
Combustion
45.
Explain the events of the dustbowl and the agricultural changes it brought about. (3 points)
4 lines
46.
Carbon dioxide is one greenhouse gas that is increasing in concentration in the atmosphere due to human activity. What are 2 explanations for this rise in concentration? Why is the total carbon level on Earth not changing?
(3 points)
4 lines
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