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Term 3 Recovery Grade: Environmental Science
Term 3 Recovery Grade: Environmental Science
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Terrestrial Biome shown below?
Grassland
Estuary
Boreal Forest
Tiaga
2
Identify the following biome
Grassland
Forest
River
Desert
3
The cycling of matter is important because...
Matter can be created.
Matter can only be found in land.
Only a limited amount of matter is available.
Bacteria use matter to convert organisms into solar energy.
4
What biome has the most biodiversity?
Desert
Temperate Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Grassland
5
Where would you find this food chain?
desert habitat
ocean habitat
arctic habitat
forest habitat
6
What does competition mean?
When 2 animals or plants dont like each other.
When 2 animals or plants dont need certain resources.
When 2 animals or plants compete for resources.
When 2 animals or plants work togther for resources.
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Which community has higher species richness?
same for 1 & 2
2
1
8
what food web is this
fresh water food wed
ocean food web
9
Habitat Fragmentation effects wildlife by:
Isolating populations and reducing habitat quality
Enhancing wildlife habitat diversity
Increasing edge effect
Reducing predation
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Which organisms have the MOST available energy?
mice, grasshoppers, and rabbits
snakes and shrews
owls
grasses
11
Humans affect the cycling of matter by _________.
cutting down trees
burning fossil fuel
using fertilizers
all of the above
12
How can fossil fuels be used as a energy source ?
All of the above
Use as fuel for heating
Manufacturing
Use fuel for transportation
13
The Nitrogen cycle includes the...
...biosphere and lithosphere ONLY.
...atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.
...atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
...hydrosphere and atmosphere ONLY.
14
Whats the difference between a threatened species and an endangered species
Nothing
A threatened species is one with many predator
Endangered is close to extincted threatened is first warning
Endangered is first warning, Threatened close to extincted
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Characterized by living organisms.
food Web
Succession
Biotic
Abiotic
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Climatograph
Shows the areas fain levels
A diagram that shows an area's avg temp and precipitation
Measures the rain in flood zones
Measures the rain everywhere
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What is ecological succession?
The process of change in a ecological structure over time
The process of which an organisms develops a change over time
The process of which the temperature of the environment changes
A change in time from space which occurred from the Big Bang Theory
18
Windmill energy is considered nonrenewable
False
True
19
Define PARASITISM
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where both organisms benefit
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
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Which of the following organisms is an autotroph?
mushroom
shrimp
bread mold
green algae
21
generalize niche definition
role of an organism within narrow parameters
organisms that don't have a role
role of an organism in an ecosystem
role of an organism within wide parameters
22
What is Secondary Ecological Succession?
All of the above
When scientists succeed on the second try
When a forest is destroyed and grows back completely
When a tree becomes bigger than other trees
23
Identify the CONSUMERS in the food web:
Marsh grass and cattail.
Grasshopper, snake, shrew, frog, cricket, shrew, and hawk.
Snake, hawk, grasshopper, shrew, frog, and cattail.
Hawk, snake, frog, cricket, and shrew.
24
Biomass is produced from...
Oxygen in water
Electricity
Vegetable and animal products
Alcohol
25
An example of conserving energy is ___________.
Keep all the lights on in your house.
Only using your car for transportation.
Turning off the water when brushing your teeth.
26
the pioneer species of primary succession are
birds and bugs
animals and trump
lichens and mosses
flowers grasses
27
the cycling of matter through earths system is called
rocking
energy
light
sunlight
28
Species richness, relative abundance and species diversity.
A
C
B
D
29
A negative human impact on the tundra.
wind
climate change
awareness of biodiversity
weather
30
What are some sustainable living practices?
Using the clothes dryer instead of hang-drying clothes
Open all doors when using the air conditioner
Use more plastic bags
Changing all our light bulbs to LED bulbs
31
What is the Closest layer of the atmosphere to the Earth?
Exosphere
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
32
What is a stage of the carbon cycle?
Combustion
All of the above
Photosynthesis
Respiration
33
Where would you find this food chain?
arctic habitat
ocean habitat
rain forest habitat
desert habitat
34
What biome has the least biodiversity?
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Tropical Rain Forest
Tundra
35
Community of living organisms
Circle of life
Fishies!
Life of underwater species
Ecosystem
36
What are INVASIVE SPECIES?
Species that are from the same location
Organisms that came from other countries or regions
Organisms that are non-native
The opposite of native species
37
The arrows on a food web...
...shows who is the predator.
...shows the direction the energy is moving to
...show who is the prey.
38
What are the three main types of fossil fuels?
Gas, Electric, Water
Coal, Gas, Water
Coal, Oil, Gas
Smoke, Water, Fuel
39
Identify the PRODUCERS in the food web:
Marsh grass and Cattail
Marsh Grass
Marsh grass and grasshopper
Cattail
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What includes dead organisms, dead parts of organisms?
Biotic factors
Survival
Abiotic Factors
Selective breeding
41
What is wrong with this food web?
The rabbit is not in the right place
Wolves don't eat moose
The arrows aren't pointing in the right direction
Ravens aren't detritivore
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Some evidence of global warming is:
polar ice melting
increase in CO2 emission
all of the above
average temperature increase
43
Is solar energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
renewable
nonrenewable
44
What is the Aquatic Biome?
The largest biome, covering 75% of the world.
All water, including Fresh and Salt water environments
Only Freshwater environments
Only salt water environments
45
Two species that share the same realized niche are an example of
competative exclusion
pollination
resource partitioning
extripation
46
What is a nonrenewable energy source?
An energy resource that is unlimited
An energy resource that cannot be used up
An energy resource that is replaced as fast as, or faster than, it is used
An energy source that is available in limited amounts
47
Which of the following is an example of human impact on the environment?
Floods
Habitat destruction
Competition
Tornadoes
48
Nonrenewable resources
are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years.
all of the choices.
can be exhausted within dozens or hundreds of years.
exist in a fixed quantity.
49
A Biome is ...
An area that has the same plants
The general weather of an area over a long period of time
Large area sharing a climate, plants and animal life
50
Ecological succession results in
Decrease in habitat
Less biodiversity
Climax community
Biome regulation
51
Atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time
Pollution
Climate Change
Environment
Weather
52
These are organisms that make their own food.
Top Carnivore
Secondary consumers
Producers
Primary consumers
53
Define a keystone species:
Another word for threatened
Another word for endangered
Animal who serves a crucial role in the way a ecosystem runs
An animal who serves as an emotional support in your life
54
Define COMMENSALISM
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where both organisms benefit
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
55
Mutualism occurs when
One animal is preying on another animal.
Two animals try to obtain the same resource.
Two organisms interact and both benefit.
56
Phosphorous Cycle
Humans can only mine phosphates, there is no cycle
Does not cycle at all
Rocks erode, phosphates released into soil
Phosphates released into air fall onto ground, collected
57
This climatograph shows
cool winter, warm summer
high levels of rainfall
stable temperatures year round
warm winter, cool summer
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What is a food chain?
Ultimate source of energy that drives photosynthesis
A diagram used to show the amount of organic matter
A diagram used to show the number of organisms at each trophic level
A model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
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Terrestrial ecosystems are . . .
forests, ponds, estuaries
grasslands, oceans, forests
estuaries, forests, deserts
deserts, tundras, taigas
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Species diversity
A
C
B
D
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What does this climatograph say about the region.
Temperature is high in the summer, rainfall remains steady
Temperature is low in summer, rainfall is high.
Rainfall is high in the summer, temperatures remain steady
Rainfall and temperature remain steady
62
Species richness, relative abundance and species diversity.
D
C
B
A
63
A food chain starts with the sun
True
False
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What ecological succession is being shown?
Natural Disaster
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
65
What is biodiversity?
The variety of life that can be found on earth.
The concentration of toxins in an organism.
The regions of the Earth
Study of animal behavior
66
These break down other organisms.
Composers
Decomposers
Tertiary consumers
Autotrophs
67
Some organisms, because of their traits, are more likely to survive because of what?
Selective Breeding
Natural Selection
Decmposers
Consumers
68
Which of the following biomes has the lowest species richness?
temperate deciduous forest
taiga
tropical rain forest
tundra
69
What is biomass?
The consumer at the top of the food chain/web
How much energy is gained from eating other organisms
Plants
The total organic matter in an ecosystem
70
Ecological niche
Roles of a species
Animal growing
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What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
72
What do invasive species do to an environment
harms environment
reduce biodiversity
increases biodiversity
help the environment thrive
73
___ biomes are the most extensive type of aquatic biome.
Pondwater
Freshwater
Saltwater
Estuary
74
Indicator Species
are non native and outcompete the native species
alert us about the quality of the environment
are used as a cover to get people to protect the habitat
75
Examples of mutualism
A tick on a dog
A cat with fleas
Bees and flowers
76
Identify the following Biome
Desert
Ocean
Forest
Grassland
77
What is a food web?
batman dies at the end of endgame
a web that is made by spiders to collect food
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
organisms that depend of the food source
78
What is habitat fragmentation?
Development often feeds on islands.
Development often grows trees.
Development often grows plantations.
Development often splits ecosystems into pieces.
79
A climatograph show temperature and what?
elevation
latitude
longitude
precipitation
80
Define the water cycle.
Water that flows over Earth’s surface
The continuous movement of water in all its forms
A large mass of ice and snow moving on land
The loss of water through the leaves of plants
81
Species Evenness
genetic diversity
total number of species
number of dominant species
Relative abundance of species
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Which of the following biomes has the highest species richness?
savanna
desert
chaparral
tropical rain forest
83
What is the definition of natural resources?
Neither
Materials or substances specifically made of timber
Materials or substances that naturally occur in nature.
Materials or substances that are man made and can not occur in nature.
84
State an example of a Keystone species
Sea lions
Sea fish
Giraffes
Sea otters
85
What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
It isn't one
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
86
Which of the following is an example of species richness?
diving beetles ,blue gill ,lilies, water mites, crayfish
a herd of 60 elk, 6 bald eagles, and 90 white pine trees
prairie chickens at a lake competing for access to mates
vultures feeding on the remains of a carcass
87
Primary succession
The gradual growth of organisms formerly home to different species.
Gradual growth of organisms in an area that was previously bare.
New species replacing old ones
Secondary succession
88
what is an Endangered Species ?
Plants dying
a species of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction.
dead animals.
a panda
89
What effects are human activities causing?
Extinction of species
Global Warming
All of above
Pollution
90
What is a Pioneer species?
The Pioneer's
The Organ Trail
The first species to populate the Land
Land without soil
91
What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
92
Which of the following organisms are herbivores?
ladybugs and grasshoppers
owls and dragonflies
finches and mosquitoes
white grubs and caterpillars
93
Which organisms are LEAST numerous in this ecosystem?
badgers and snakes
eagles and mountain lions
rabbits and deer
flowers and trees
94
Which of the following human activities has a positive effect on an ecosystem?
Introducing a new species to an ecosystem
Spraying chemical fertilizers on the plants
Planting new seeds after a forest has been cut down
Clearing a forest to build a new shopping mall
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Species Richness
Number of species in an area.
Relative abundance of species
Number of individuals in a species
Different phenotypes in an ecosystem.
96
Which organisms are most numerous in this ecosystem?
trees
herbivorous birds
parasites
hyperparasites
97
What are some sustainable living practices?
Plant our own little garden
Driving everywhere in a private car
Throwing unused paper away
Turning off all taps when not in use
98
Why might a predator switch the type of prey it feeds on?
Less energy is needed to catch the new prey
Some prey tastes better than other prey
Predators lose energy by preying on the same food type
More energy is needed to catch the new prey
99
What biome has the least biodiversity?
Tropical Rain Forest
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Tundra
100
Which pond has the higher species richness?
Idek
Pond A
Pond B
Pond C
