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