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Direction: Read each question carefully, and then CIRCLE THE ANSWER that best fits the question.
1. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary area of study that deals with all of the following, except:
a. Economics
b. Ethics
c. Politics
d. All of the above
2. Environment is defined as:
a. More than one of the choices is correct.
b. Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime.
c. All organisms, including people, affecting many components.
d. The surrounding conditions that affect organisms.
3. An ecosystem is:
a. A body of freshwater.
b. The lowland area on either side of a river.
c. A group of interactive species and their environment.
d. The transition zone between the grassland and the desert.
4. Which of the following is a correct example of interrelatedness?
a. Wolves reintroduced --> elk decline --> willows increase --> beavers increase --> water flow stays the same.
b. Wolves reintroduced --> coyotes decline --> rodents decline --> willows increase.
c. Wolves reintroduced --> coyotes decline --> rodents increase --> foxes decrease.
d. Wolves reintroduced --> elk decline --> willows increase --> beavers increase.
5. The Earth Summit was:
a. Formerly known as the UNCED.
b. Held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
c. The first worldwide meeting dealing with environmental concerns.
d. All of these are correct.
6. The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations include:
a. Improving health
b. Ending poverty
c. All of the above are Sustainable Development Goals
d. Addressing climate change
7. Energy use:
a. Has been declining in much of the world.
b. Is primarily from alternative energy sources.
c. Includes much use of biomass in developing countries.
d. Increased significantly in the richer countries.
8. The scientific method is
a. Reliable.
b. All of these are correct.
c. Limited in terms of when it can be used.
d. Impartial.
9. What Law of Thermodynamics states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or converted from
one form to another.
a. Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
b. First Law of Thermodynamics
c. Second Law of Thermodynamics
d. Third Law of Thermodynamics
10. Which of the following is an example of an abiotic factor?
a. The interactions between different species in a community.
b. The number of individuals of a particular species living in a community.
c. The diversity of prey and predator species in a community.
d. The climate of the community in which the species mentioned above inhabit.
11. Natural selection is the process that determines
a. Which scientist publishes their experiments.
b. Who an individual mates with.
c. Which individuals within a species will reproduce and pass their genes to the next generation.
d. How active an animal is at night.
12. When a population becomes isolated from another population of the same species over a long period,
a. Gene exchange is likely to occur.
b. Extinction is likely to occur.
c. Competition has increased.
d. Speciation is likely to occur.
13. The extinction of organisms is:
a. Common event today.
b. Not occurring today.
c. Very unusual.
d. Was more common in the past.
14. The relationship between frogs and insects is an example of?
a. Competitive exclusion.
b. Intraspecific competition.
c. A predator-prey relationship.
d. Coevolution.
15. Human impact on temperate forests includes:
a. Logging.
b. Farming.
c. Population centers.
d. All of these are correct.
16. Which is an example of a stage in secondary succession?
a. A new lake is produced by damming a river.
b. A forest regenerating after a forest fire.
c. Pure sand.
d. Bare rock is produced from a volcano.
17. Primary succession is:
a. Of very short duration.
b. A progression that begins with the destruction of an existing ecosystem.
c. A progression that begins with a total lack of organisms.
d. All of these are correct.
18. All of the following must be in the euphotic zone EXCEPT.
a. Crabs
b. Seaweed
c. Corals
d. Phytoplankton
19. Which of the following best matches the description? A biome that receives less than 25 cm of precipitation per year.
a. Phytoplankton
b. Littoral zone
c. Grassland
d. Desert
20. Tiny photosynthetic organisms that float near the ocean surface are called?
a. Zooplankton
b. Phytoplankton
c. Algae
d. Cyanobacteria
21. Biomes can be distinguished based on values from the two most important environmental factors. Which of the
following abiotic conditions are the biggest determinants of biome location (select all that apply)?
a. Salinity
b. Precipitation and Temperature
c. pH
d. Light levels
22. On a population growth curve, the _____________________ phase results in a rapid increase in the size of the
population.
a. Deceleration
b. Exponential growth
c. Lag
d. Stable equilibrium
23. Terms used to describe factors (or sets of factors) that limit population size include
a. Environmental resistance.
b. All of these are correct.
c. Density-dependent and independent limiting factors.
d. Extrinsic and intrinsic limiting factors.
24. Ecologists refer to the maximum sustainable population for an area as
a. None of these are correct.
b. Exponential growth.
c. Lag phase.
d. Carrying capacity.
25. Which of the following characteristics typically leads to INCREASES in total fertility rates? Mark all that apply.
a. Increased age to get married.
b. Infant mortality rates are high, the country lacks social security, and rural communities.
c. Access to contraception.
d. Increased opportunities for education and work for women.
26. From a historical perspective, which one of the following causes the greatest alteration in people's lifestyle?
a. Television
b. Electric appliances
c. Prefabricated housing
d. Automobile
27. The first transfer of energy on Earth occurs:
a. Within the molten core.
b. During photosynthesis.
c. During respiration.
d. None of these are correct.
28. OPEC
a. All of the statements are correct.
b. Consists of Arabic countries.
c. Controls about 40 percent of the world’s oil production.
d. Countries are all in the Middle East.
29. Which fossil fuel is the most abundant?
a. Coal
b. Natural gas
c. All of the choices are equally abundant.
d. Oil
30. Which of the following fossil fuels causes the least environmental problems?
a. Coal
b. Oil
c. Natural gas
d. Tar sands
31. Since fossil fuels are ____________, as they become ______ the price _____.
a. nonrenewable, available, fluctuates
b. nonrenewable, scarce, rises
c. renewable, scarce, rises
d. renewable, abundant, rises
32. Environmental problems associated with wind power are:
a. Transportation of electricity over long distances is required.
b. Hazardous to birds, and some people consider them to be a form of visual pollution.
c. Only produce electricity when the wind blows.
d. Vibrations causing earthquakes.
33. According to the definition of biofuels, which of the following would not be considered a biofuel?
a. Palm oil
b. Horse-drawn carriages
c. Soy beans
d. Sugarcane
34. A species becomes extinct when:
a. All individuals of a species are eliminated.
b. Habitat change causes organisms to leave an area.
c. All of the statements are correct.
d. Individuals of two different species try to mate.
35. In addition to carbon dioxide, which of the following is a greenhouse gas?
a. Carbon monoxide
b. Nitrogen
c. Oxygen
d. Methane
Prepared by: Banayo, Royeth D., LPT. MAEd (o)
