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