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Environmental Science Final Review
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1
Any organism that uses the sun’s energy to create sugars is a
Secondary Consumer
Primary Producer
Primary Consumer
Omnivore
2
What is the chemical formula for water?
H2O
H - O
H2O2
OH2
3
When energy is transferred between trophic levels, the actual amount of energy transferred is
90%
50%
100%
10%
4
The equation for determining population growth is
(births + immigration) + (deaths – emigration).
(births + emigration) + (deaths – immigration).
(birth s+ immigration) – (deaths + emigration).
5
What does the diagram below represent?
Polarity Scale
pH Scale
Periodic Table
Ion Chart
6
What is the three word definition that we use to describe evolution?
Populations Never Change
Hypothesis Law Theory
Generations of Time
Change over Time
7
Giraffes, lions, zebras, hyenas, and all the other living things of the Serengeti make up a(n)
Population
Ecosystem
Community
Biome
8
The first level of all food pyramids
Secondary Producers
Primary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Primary Producers
9
_________ is the weight of living material at some particular time.
Biomass
Trophic Level
Energy Pyramid
Ecosystem Limit
10
What is the term for organisms, including plants and algae, which create their own food?
Consumers
Decomposers
Omnivores
Producers
11
Wolves being selected for by humans into dogs is an example of what?
Genetic Drift
Genetic Flow
Artificial Selection
Natural Selection
12
Matter that organisms require for life processes are called
legumes
fertilizers
nutrients
decomposers
13
A vector is a(n)
kind of pathogen
type of infectious disease
type of emerging disease
organism that carries pathogens
14
In the years immediately after a fire, a forest will experience
Primary Succession
None of the answers are correct
Secondary Succession
Tertiary Succession
15
Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life—both producers and consumers?
Aphotic Zone
All of the Zones have Equal Production
Benthic zone
Photic Zone
16
The idea of evolution is considered a _________ because it has a _________ amount of evidence.
Law, Large
Theory, Small
Hypothesis, Large
Theory, Large
17
Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tens to have the highest temperatures?
aphotic zone
all have roughly the same temperatures
photic zone
benthic zone
18
Which of the following is an abiotic factor?
Humans
Bacteria
Precipitation
Cells
19
A species of turtle creates many eggs, not many of which make it to adulthood? What type is it?
None of the Answers are Correct
Type II
Type I
Type III
20
Marshes, swamps, and bogs are examples of
freshwater wetlands
ocean zones
estuaries
terrestrial biomes
21
The ultimate source of energy in every environment is....
Rocks
Omnivores
Bacteria
The Sun
22
When numerous food chains link to each other in an ecosystem, it is known as a(n) _________.
Food Web
Ecosystem
Energy Transformation Diagram
Food Cluster
23
What type of growth does the graph represent?
None of the Answers are Correct
Logistic Growth
Exponential Growth
Decreasing Growth
24
“All the living things and their physical environment within a given area” best defines
Ecosystem
Species
Community
Population
25
In order of smallest to largest, an ecologist studies life at these scales:
Individual, Community,Population, Ecosystem, Biosphere
Individual, Population,Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere
Biosphere, Ecosystem,Population, Individual, Community
Ecosystem, Community,Population, Individual, Biosphere
26
Which of the following has the largest biomass?
Plants
Carnivores
Omnivores
Herbivores
27
What products are created by the process of photosynthesis (What is produced, not used)?
Sunlight and Energy
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
Carbohydrates and Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen and Carbohydrates
28
What are the four methods of evolution?
Mutation, Gene Testing, Mutations, Change over Time
Mutation, Gene Drift, Immigration, ArtificialSelection
Mutation, Natural Selection, Genetic Drift, Migration
Mutation, Gene Drift, Gene Flow and Artificial Selection
29
What is the element of life?
Nitrogen
Helium
Hydrogen
Carbon
30
What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water?
40%
92%
70%
10%
31
Cites and the Convention on Biological Diversity are examples of
organizations that promote poaching
laws to increase the number of species
polls measuring American opinion about biodiversity
treaties to protect biodiversity
32
Which is the highest population density of grasshoppers?
40 grasshoppers/30 square meters
1 grasshoppers/1 square meters
2 grasshoppers/5 square meters
35 grasshoppers/10 square meters
33
What is one individual living thing?
Species
Community
Population
Organism
34
What does the diagram below represent?
Scientific Thinking
Scientific Menu
Scientific Process
Scientific Method
35
What ocean zone begins at the edge of the continental shelf and extends into deeper water?
littoral
intertidal
all of the above
open ocean
36
A tick sucking the blood of a moose is what type of interaction?
Predation
Herbivory
Symbiosis
Parasitism
37
If 300 deer live within a20-km
2
area, then 15 deer per km
2
is the deer ______ for that area.
Survivorship curve
Carrying Capacity
Population Density
Limiting Factor
38
Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?
Wind Energy
Natural Gas
Crude Oil
Coal
39
What is a species of organism that is likely to become extinct without help?
Extinction Organism
Endangered Species
Threatened Species
40
A deer browsing on a shrub (plant) is an example of
parasitism
symbiosis
predation
herbivory
41
What is a group of organisms that can interbreed and create fertile offspring?
Organism
Community
Symbiotic Relationship
Species
42
BONUS: How many elements are on the periodic table?
128
110
118
106
43
A tick sucking the blood of a moose is what type of interaction?
Parasitism
Symbiosis
Herbivory
Predation
44
In a population of 100 monkeys, you count 48 males and 52 females. What does this represent?
Age Ratio
Gene Ratio
Carrying Capacity
Sex Ratio
45
When a new island forms, it goes through which of the following?
Secondary Succession
Primary Succession
Tertiary Succession
New Land Succession
46
Which of the following characterizes are used to classify biomes?
Climate
Abiotic Factors
All of the Answers Are Correct
Biotic Factors
47
Which of the following factors cause different people to respond differently to hazards?
all of the above
health issues
weight
sex
48
Natural resources that are naturally replenished over months, years, or decades are called
Footprints
Renewable Resources
Fossil Fuels
Nonrenewable Resource
49
Read and Answer the following Question.
Temperate
Coniferous
Tropical
Deciduous
50
An interaction in which an individual kills and consumes an individual of another is called
Herbivory
Predation
Symbiosis
Parasitism
51
A resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called
Footprint Resource
Renewable Resource
Sustainable Resource
Nonrenewable Resource
52
Moss that eat dead trees are referred to as what?
Herbivores
Omnivores
Decomposers
Carnivores
53
The Graph below represents what type of growth?
Decreasing Growth
Exponential Growth
Logistic Growth
Limiting Growth
54
Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as “sunny and humid,” describe
Climate
Precipitation
Time
Weather
55
Which of the following is the correct age of the universe?
Thousands of Years
A few hundred years
Millions of Years
Billions of Years
56
Which of the following is an example of nonrenewable natural resource?
geothermal energy
sunlight
natural gas
wind energy
57
What has happened to resource consumption in the last 150 years including the industrial rev.?
it has increased significantly.
it has decreased significantly.
It has stayed the same
It has decreased slightly.
58
Which of the following are common sources of phosphorus?
fertilizer and detergents
volcanic eruptions
snow and rain
gases in the atmosphere
59
Which of the following countries has the largest ecological footprint?
Australia
France
South Africa
USA
60
Humans, by natural instinct and digestive capabilities are…
Herbivores
Omnivores
Carnivores
None are correct.
61
Antelope that live on a grassland during a drought experience a decrease in population becuase
lack of biotic factors
lack of habitats
lack of abiotic factors
lack of resources
62
What does biology mean?
Study of Abiotic Factors
Study of Life
Study of Matter
Study of Learning
63
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?
Wind Energy
Natural Gas
Wave Energy
Solar Energy
64
What is the systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through experiments?
Science
Biology
Ecology
Environmental Studies
65
Matter that organisms require for their life processes are called
Renewable Resources
Nutrients
Fertilizers
Decomposers
