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SCIENCE 8
QUARTER 3 SUMMATIVE TEST 4.4
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Directions: Write the letter of your answer on the space provided. USE CAPITAL
LETTERS ONLY. (20 points)
______ 1. When do bacteria are essential?
A.combustion B. photosynthesis C. nitrogen fixation D. evaporation
______ 2. Which of the following statements about cycles of matter is true?
A. Matter is lost in each cycle.
B. Human activity has little or no impact on cycles.
C. Each cycle involves evaporation and condensation.
D.Matter is moved between the physical environment and living organisms.
______3. Water changes from a liquid to a vapor during _________.
A. precipitation B. respiration C. evaporation D. decomposition
______ 4. Drinking after running on a hot day replaces water lost through ___.
A. condensation B. respiration C. transpiration D. combustion
______ 5. Water that seeps into the ground, where it is stored in underground caverns or in porous rock, is called
_______________.
A. runoff B. deposition C. ground water D. lakes
______ 6. Organisms need nitrogen to ____________.
A. breathe C. break down carbon molecules
B. build proteins and DNA D. build sugar
______ 7. When fungi and bacteria decompose organic matter, they return ____ to the environment.
A. oxygen B. nitrogen C. carbon D. both B and C
______ 8. Approximately 91 percent of the Earth’s ____ falls on the ocean.
A. nitrogen B. water C. carbon D. precipitation
______9. What is the source of carbon in fossil fuels?
A. combustion and respiration C. the buried remains of long-dead organisms
B. carbon captured during nitrogen fixation D. carbon dioxide in ground water
______ 10. Carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere in increasing quantities, causing it to hold heat.
These causes ____________.
A. the temperature of land to rise. C. global warming
B. the temperature of the ocean to rise D. all of the above
______ 11. Which action can have the greatest impact on reducing the threat of global warming?
A. composting B. reducing C. recycling D. planting a tree
______ 12. Why should we care about the rainforests?
A. They provide or nurture biodiversity. C. They are a source for medicines and other chemicals.
B. They are sources of food and other resources. D. All of the above.
______ 13. What is generally agreed upon as being the greatest threat to our wildlife resources?
A. global warming B. habitat loss C. ozone depletion D. pollution
______ 14. What is global warming?
A. The normal temperature fluctuations of the Earth’s climate cycle
B. The melting of the polar ice caps
C. The trend of increasing temperatures on Earth
D. The changes in Earth’s biosphere that affect the atmosphere
______ 15. What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?
A. the same temperature B. too cold to live
C. a little cooler than it is now D. a little warmer than it is now
______ 16. What is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on Earth?
A. Habitat destruction C. Loss of drinking water
B. Decrease in food supply D. Pollution
______ 17. The trend of increasing global temperatures is known as
A. global warming B. ozone layer
C. greenhouse effect D. acid rain
______ 18. Which is an advantage of using crop rotation over using fertilizer to add nutrients to the soil?
A. The same crops can be planted every year. C. Crop rotation uses less water.
B. Soil nutrients are renewed naturally. D. It reduces the need for additional landfills
______ 19. Fertilizers flowing into the lake can cause the rapid growth of algae. How does the rapid growth of the
algae affect the ecosystem of the lake?
A. It attracts more birds and other wildlife to the lake.
B. It prevents the loss of habitats for fish and other organism.
C. It causes a rapid increase in the population of fish in the lake.
D. It causes a rapid increase in the population of plants in the lake.
______ 20. Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent extinction?
A. preserving natural areas C. breeding endangered animals in captivity
B. keeping endangered animals as pets D. reintroducing endangered animals to nature
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