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This is a mid-term review for my academic environmental science class
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1
Which country is more likely to have a rapidly increasing population?
India
The United States
France
Australia
2
This biome receives little precipitation and experience very warm temperatures.
Taiga
Desert
Tundra
Temperate Rainforest
3
The climate of a biome depends upon...
Types of vegetation
Size of biome
Temperature
Precipitation
4
The cells of animals, plants, fungi, and protist contain a nucleus. Therefore they are...
Eukaryotes
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Prokaryotes
5
What was a positive outcome of the Industrial Revolution?
Increased pollution
Habitat destruction.
Decreased productivity
Improved medical care and nutrition
6
What are some characteristics of the agricultural revolution?
All the above
Domestication of animals
Growing and caring of plants
Development of farmland
7
What is a mean?
The average.
The medium.
The range.
The distribution
8
What percentage of energy is passed on from one trophic level to the next?
1%
100%
10%
90%
9
The first trophic level is made up of
Tertiary consumers
Producers
Secondary consumers
Primary consumers
10
What organism converts nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use?
Decomposers
Producers
Phosphorus Cycle
Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria
11
Which is NOT a biotic factor found in an ecosystem?
Plants
Dead leaves
Animal waste
Water
12
This is a large region characterized by specific climate and types of plants and animals
Ecosystem
Biome
Community
13
What organisms are examples of decomposers?
Plants
Bacteria
Protists
Fungi
14
Who developed the concept of Evolution by Natural Selection?
Marco Polo
Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Ms. Zebedeo
15
You can go on a wild safari in this biome.
Savanna
Desert
Tropical Rainforest
Tundra
16
The reformation of the ecosystem after the eruption of Mt. St. Helen is an example of...
Old-field succession
Secondary succession
Primary succession
17
This biome has the most biodiversity found on Earth.
Tundra
Desert
Tropical Rainforest
Grassland
18
Which kingdom contains organisms whose cells have nuclei, cell walls, but NO chlorophyll
Fungi
Protist
Animal
Plant
19
What is each step in an energy pyramid called?
Food web
Food chain
Energy level
Trophic level
20
What factor has contributed to the increase in the world's population over the last 200 years?
All the above
Medical advances
Improved hygiene and sanitation
The expansion of agriculture
21
Another name for an autotroph is...
Heterotroph
Producer
Consumer
Decomposer
22
What is another name for the Taiga?
Chaparral
Desert
Coniferous Forest
Tropical Rainforest
23
What term refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area?
Organism
Biodiversity
Species
Habitat
24
These are many-celled organisms that make their own food using the sun's energy
Plant
Fungi
Protist
Bacteria
25
Secondary succession would most likely occur at which location?
In the desert
On volcanic rock.
On a glacier
A forest destroyed by a fire.
26
Environmental science is the study of the interactions of humans with the natural environment.
True
False
27
What is the source of energy for almost all organisms?
The sun
Air
Water
Sugar
28
This is the reason why different breeds of dog, like the Chihuahua, exist
Coevolution
Artificial selection
Evolution
Natural selection
29
These are flowering plants that produce seeds in fruit
Deciduous forest
Evergreen trees
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
30
What is NOT an example of a renewable resource?
Coal
Fresh water
Trees
Air
31
This is the distance north or south of the equator
Longitude
Latitude
32
What is the ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical.
Coevolution
Resistance
Intolerance
Pesticide
33
Why do scientists use correlations?
It's unethical to study.
It happened too long ago for us to study.
It's impossible to study.
All the above.
34
What is the chance that something will happen?
Correlations.
Risk
The mean.
Probability.
35
State when human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely?
Consumption
Ecological Footprint
Resource Depletion
Sustainability
36
Which is an example of a pioneer species?
Small tree
Shrubs
Large oak
Grass
37
What factors are represented in a climatogram
Latitude
Precipitation
Altitude
Temperature
38
Which is an example of a biodegradable pollutant?
Newspaper
Lead
Plastic
Mercury
39
These are animals that lack a backbone
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
40
Which of the following would be subject to primary succesion?
A rock exposed by a retreating glacier
A forest that has been cut down
A forest that has been burned down
An abandoned farm
41
This is an organism that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Herbivore
Producer
Carnivore
42
This biome is typically found near the equator
Temperate Rainforest
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
Tundra
43
This is the biome we live in.
Temperate Rainforest
Grasslands
Taiga
Deciduous Forest
44
The picture below represents....
Food chain
Food web
Energy pyramid
Trophic levels
45
Nitrogen makes up what percentage of the Earth's atmosphere?
60%
10%
78%
0.04%
46
What is a change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next
Adaptation
Evolution
Hereditary traits
Natural selection
47
Which is NOT a model used to tell us about the environment?
Imaginary Model
Mathematical Model
Physical Model
Graphical Model
48
Which is NOT one of the three major environmental concerns of today?
Loss of biodiversity
Ocean acidification
Pollution
Resource depletion
49
Which is NOT one of the world's biomes?
Chaparral
Arctic
Savanna
Taiga
50
What is the process plants use to produce their own food?
Nitrogen Fixation
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Respiration
51
Which is an example of an organism?
Your classroom.
A pack of wolves
You dog.
The ants invading your picnic.
52
This is a group of organisms of the same species living in a specific geographic location
Community
Population
Ecosystem
Species
53
Which country is likely to have individuals with a high ecological footprint?
The United States
Sri Lanka
Ethiopia
Indonesia
54
This biome features fertile soil where a majority of our food is grown.
Grasslands
Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rainforest
Taiga
55
What impact did Hunter-Gatherers have on the environment?
Over-hunted large mammals
Settled in one area
Domesticated plants
Domesticated animals
