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Term 2 Recovery Grade: Environmental Science
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What effects are human activities causing?
Global Warming
Pollution
Extinction of species
All of above
2
What biome has the least biodiversity?
Tropical Rain Forest
Taiga
Tundra
Temperate Forest
3
What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
4
Identify the following Biome
Desert
Grassland
Forest
Ocean
5
Ecological succession results in
Climax community
Decrease in habitat
Less biodiversity
Biome regulation
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Define a keystone species:
Animal who serves a crucial role in the way a ecosystem runs
An animal who serves as an emotional support in your life
Another word for threatened
Another word for endangered
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The cycling of matter is important because...
Matter can only be found in land.
Matter can be created.
Bacteria use matter to convert organisms into solar energy.
Only a limited amount of matter is available.
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What is the definition of natural resources?
Materials or substances specifically made of timber
Neither
Materials or substances that naturally occur in nature.
Materials or substances that are man made and can not occur in nature.
9
Define PARASITISM
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
where both organisms benefit
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
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What is a nonrenewable energy source?
An energy resource that cannot be used up
An energy source that is available in limited amounts
An energy resource that is replaced as fast as, or faster than, it is used
An energy resource that is unlimited
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An ecological footprint is...
the amount of resources needed to support each person.
the amount of wilderness available on the earth.
a measure of the earth's biological capacity.
a measure of a person's part in creating a sustainable envt.
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Which of the following organisms are herbivores?
white grubs and caterpillars
owls and dragonflies
ladybugs and grasshoppers
finches and mosquitoes
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What is a stage of the carbon cycle?
Respiration
Combustion
Photosynthesis
All of the above
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Community of living organisms
Ecosystem
Circle of life
Fishies!
Life of underwater species
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State an example of a Keystone species
Sea fish
Giraffes
Sea otters
Sea lions
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Where would you find this food chain?
arctic habitat
desert habitat
rain forest habitat
ocean habitat
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the cycling of matter through earths system is called
sunlight
rocking
energy
light
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A negative human impact on the tundra.
weather
awareness of biodiversity
climate change
wind
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A Biome is ...
Large area sharing a climate, plants and animal life
The general weather of an area over a long period of time
An area that has the same plants
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What is the Aquatic Biome?
Only Freshwater environments
All water, including Fresh and Salt water environments
Only salt water environments
The largest biome, covering 75% of the world.
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what food web is this
fresh water food wed
ocean food web
22
What do invasive species do to an environment
reduce biodiversity
increases biodiversity
harms environment
help the environment thrive
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Biomass is produced from...
Alcohol
Electricity
Vegetable and animal products
Oxygen in water
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Define COMMENSALISM
where both organisms benefit
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
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What does pandemic mean?
a band
all over the country
medicine
worldwide
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generalize niche definition
role of an organism within wide parameters
organisms that don't have a role
role of an organism within narrow parameters
role of an organism in an ecosystem
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Primary succession
Gradual growth of organisms in an area that was previously bare.
New species replacing old ones
Secondary succession
The gradual growth of organisms formerly home to different species.
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What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Mutualism
Parasitism
It isn't one
Commensalism
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What is airborne transmission?
through the air
through skin
through digestive system
through contact
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What is an effect of La Nina?
Temperature difference between the western and eastern pacific increased
Fewer tropical cyclones in Japan
Droughts in NE Africa, S Africa and China
Temperature difference between the western and eastern pacific decreased
31
Identify the following biome
River
Desert
Grassland
Forest
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Which organisms are LEAST numerous in this ecosystem?
eagles and mountain lions
rabbits and deer
badgers and snakes
flowers and trees
33
How can fossil fuels be used as a energy source ?
Use fuel for transportation
Use as fuel for heating
All of the above
Manufacturing
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Which of the following is an example of human impact on the environment?
Habitat destruction
Floods
Competition
Tornadoes
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Ecological niche
Roles of a species
Animal growing
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What are INVASIVE SPECIES?
Organisms that came from other countries or regions
Species that are from the same location
Organisms that are non-native
The opposite of native species
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These are organisms that make their own food.
Primary consumers
Producers
Secondary consumers
Top Carnivore
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What biome has the most biodiversity?
Tropical Rain Forest
Desert
Temperate Forest
Grassland
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What are some sustainable living practices?
Changing all our light bulbs to LED bulbs
Using the clothes dryer instead of hang-drying clothes
Use more plastic bags
Open all doors when using the air conditioner
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What are some sustainable living practices?
Throwing unused paper away
Turning off all taps when not in use
Driving everywhere in a private car
Plant our own little garden
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What ecological succession is being shown?
Secondary
Primary
Tertiary
Natural Disaster
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Habitat Fragmentation effects wildlife by:
Reducing predation
Isolating populations and reducing habitat quality
Increasing edge effect
Enhancing wildlife habitat diversity
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What includes dead organisms, dead parts of organisms?
Survival
Biotic factors
Abiotic Factors
Selective breeding
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an example of pollution is..
people dropping trash
exhaust fumes from vehicles
all of the above
factories putting off chemicals into the air
45
Which of the following organisms is an autotroph?
shrimp
mushroom
green algae
bread mold
46
Define the water cycle.
Water that flows over Earth’s surface
A large mass of ice and snow moving on land
The continuous movement of water in all its forms
The loss of water through the leaves of plants
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Which of the following human activities has a positive effect on an ecosystem?
Clearing a forest to build a new shopping mall
Planting new seeds after a forest has been cut down
Spraying chemical fertilizers on the plants
Introducing a new species to an ecosystem
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Humans affect the cycling of matter by _________.
burning fossil fuel
using fertilizers
cutting down trees
all of the above
49
What is habitat fragmentation?
Development often grows trees.
Development often grows plantations.
Development often feeds on islands.
Development often splits ecosystems into pieces.
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Nonrenewable resources
are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years.
exist in a fixed quantity.
can be exhausted within dozens or hundreds of years.
all of the choices.
51
Terrestrial ecosystems are . . .
grasslands, oceans, forests
forests, ponds, estuaries
estuaries, forests, deserts
deserts, tundras, taigas
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Two species that share the same realized niche are an example of
competative exclusion
resource partitioning
pollination
extripation
53
The CDC is
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
all of the above
under the US Department of Health & Human Services
a US Federal Agency
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Where would you find this food chain?
forest habitat
arctic habitat
desert habitat
ocean habitat
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Why might a predator switch the type of prey it feeds on?
Less energy is needed to catch the new prey
More energy is needed to catch the new prey
Predators lose energy by preying on the same food type
Some prey tastes better than other prey
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Phosphorous Cycle
Humans can only mine phosphates, there is no cycle
Rocks erode, phosphates released into soil
Phosphates released into air fall onto ground, collected
Does not cycle at all
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the pioneer species of primary succession are
lichens and mosses
flowers grasses
animals and trump
birds and bugs
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What is a food web?
organisms that depend of the food source
a web that is made by spiders to collect food
batman dies at the end of endgame
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
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What is wrong with this food web?
The arrows aren't pointing in the right direction
The rabbit is not in the right place
Wolves don't eat moose
Ravens aren't detritivore
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What are the three main types of fossil fuels?
Coal, Gas, Water
Coal, Oil, Gas
Gas, Electric, Water
Smoke, Water, Fuel
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Whats the difference between a threatened species and an endangered species
Endangered is first warning, Threatened close to extincted
Endangered is close to extincted threatened is first warning
A threatened species is one with many predator
Nothing
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What is a Pioneer species?
The Organ Trail
Land without soil
The first species to populate the Land
The Pioneer's
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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
A change in time from space which occurred from the Big Bang Theory
The process of which the temperature of the environment changes
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Which organisms have the MOST available energy?
mice, grasshoppers, and rabbits
snakes and shrews
owls
grasses
65
Characterized by living organisms.
Biotic
Abiotic
Succession
food Web
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what is an Endangered Species ?
dead animals.
a panda
a species of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction.
Plants dying
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What are greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide, surface ozone, nitrogen, CFC's
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC's
Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, CFC's
carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen
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Which organisms are most numerous in this ecosystem?
hyperparasites
herbivorous birds
parasites
trees
69
What is a pathogen?
Causes the antigen and antibody to connect, creating a virus
The pathogen connects with antigen to create an antibody
A disease that cannot pass from person to person
Causes diseases such as bacteria and viruses
70
Which of these gases are greenhouse gases?
CO2, CH4
H2, He
O2, N2
Neon, Krypton
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Identify the PRODUCERS in the food web:
Marsh grass and grasshopper
Marsh Grass
Marsh grass and Cattail
Cattail
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The CDC stands for
Centers for Dessert Control
Crazy Doctor Control Center
Crabby Doctor Calling
Centers for Disease Control
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Indicator Species
are used as a cover to get people to protect the habitat
are non native and outcompete the native species
alert us about the quality of the environment
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What biome has the least biodiversity?
Taiga
Temperate Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Tundra
75
Terrestrial Biome shown below?
Estuary
Grassland
Boreal Forest
Tiaga
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A food chain starts with the sun
True
False
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Five major air pollutants?
CO, SO2 , NOx , Particulate matter, and Hydrocarbons
C0, S02 , N0z , Partikculate matter, and Hydrocarbons
CO, SO2 , NOx , Particulate matter, and Hydrocarbons
ĊÖ, ŜÖ2 , ÑÖx , Particulate matter, and Hydrocarbons
78
What does competition mean?
When 2 animals or plants work togther for resources.
When 2 animals or plants dont need certain resources.
When 2 animals or plants compete for resources.
When 2 animals or plants dont like each other.
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How can you make a difference by conserving?
Recycle
All of the above!
Reuse
Compost
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Some organisms, because of their traits, are more likely to survive because of what?
Consumers
Selective Breeding
Decmposers
Natural Selection
81
What is climate change?
A sudden change in conditions like temperature or rainfall
A seasonal weather change
A change in global or regional climate patterns
Increase in the overall temp of the earth's atmosphere
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What is Secondary Ecological Succession?
When a tree becomes bigger than other trees
All of the above
When scientists succeed on the second try
When a forest is destroyed and grows back completely
83
What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
84
What is sustainability?
making sure each city is livable
not caring about our future generations
meeting the needs of the present without impacting the future
polluting our earth daily
85
Windmill energy is considered nonrenewable
False
True
86
Identify the CONSUMERS in the food web:
Hawk, snake, frog, cricket, and shrew.
Marsh grass and cattail.
Grasshopper, snake, shrew, frog, cricket, shrew, and hawk.
Snake, hawk, grasshopper, shrew, frog, and cattail.
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These break down other organisms.
Autotrophs
Composers
Tertiary consumers
Decomposers
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Is solar energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
nonrenewable
renewable
89
What shape is
e. coli
bacteria?
rod-shaped
spiraled
comma-shaped
spherical
90
El Nino
Occurs when strong trade winds blowing E to W reduce temps
Strong wind high in the atmosphere
Occurs when weak trade winds blowing E to W increasing temps
A warm air mass rising up from Earth
91
The arrows on a food web...
...shows who is the predator.
...show who is the prey.
...shows the direction the energy is moving to
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What is biodiversity?
The regions of the Earth
The concentration of toxins in an organism.
The variety of life that can be found on earth.
Study of animal behavior
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Mutualism occurs when
Two organisms interact and both benefit.
One animal is preying on another animal.
Two animals try to obtain the same resource.
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An example of conserving energy is ___________.
Only using your car for transportation.
Turning off the water when brushing your teeth.
Keep all the lights on in your house.
95
What is an epidemic?
A rapidly spreading disease
A rapidly spreading muscle
A rapidly spreading person
A rapidly spreading STD
96
Explain the process of the Greenhouse Effect
The Earth is getting colder after releasing carbon into the atmosphere
Releasing heat into the atmosphere after the sun sents solar radiation
Trapping heat under the blanket of greenhouse gases after heat radiates
Everything gettting hotter
97
What is a food chain?
A model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
A diagram used to show the amount of organic matter
Ultimate source of energy that drives photosynthesis
A diagram used to show the number of organisms at each trophic level
98
Examples of mutualism
A cat with fleas
A tick on a dog
Bees and flowers
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What is biomass?
The consumer at the top of the food chain/web
The total organic matter in an ecosystem
How much energy is gained from eating other organisms
Plants
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The Nitrogen cycle includes the...
...atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
...biosphere and lithosphere ONLY.
...hydrosphere and atmosphere ONLY.
...atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.
