Environmental Sciences Introduction Test Mrs. Capers
Match the prefixes with the multiples
1. deca a. billion
2. kilo b. thouthandth
3. giga c. tenth
4. milli d. ten
5. centi e. thousand
6. The basic unit for length is
a. ml b. kg c. m d. cm3
7. The basic unit for mass is
a. ml b. kg c. m d. cm3
8. The unit used to measure the distance from Mobile to Huntsville is
a. kl b. kg c. km d. cm3 e. none of these
9. A liter has
a. 10 ml b. 100ml c.1000 ml d. none of these
10. 1/10 m equals
a. 0.1 m b. 0.01 m c. 1m d. none of these
Use this picture for #’s 11; 12
11. The container is called a
a. Erlenmeyer flask b. graduated beaker c. graduated cylinder d. none of these
12. How much liquid is in the container?
a. 5.9 ml b. 5.9 mm c. 6.0 ml d. 6.1 ml e. 6.1 mm
13. What is the proper term for this piece of equipment?
a. a digital scale b. a three beam balance
c. a triple beam scale d. a triple beam balance
14. This formula °C = (5/9) x (°F-32) converts
a. Degrees Celsius to Degrees Fahrenheit
b. Degrees Fahrenheit to Degrees Celsius
c. Degrees Celsius to Degrees Kelvin
d. Degrees Fahrenheit to Degrees Kelvin
15. A leap year has ______days
a. 364 b. 365 c. 365.25 d. 366
16.
How much weight is on this scale?
a. 50.0 g b. 53.43 g c. 54.0 g d. 54.3 g e. none of these
17. An hour has
a. 3600 minutes b. 3600 seconds c. 60 minutes d. a and b d. b and c
18. Which of these is not part of Lab Safety?
a. Laboratory Hygiene b. Sharps Safety c. Safety Equipment
d. Food Safety e. Fire Safety
19. Which of these is not considered safety equipment?
a. Shower b. eyewash c. computer d. First Aid kit e. Fire blanket
20 - 24. Match the symbol with the safety procedure.
a b c d e
20. Eye safety 21.Poison 22. Chemical safety
23. Clothing Protection Safety 24. Sharp Safety
25. Anything that possesses all of the characteristics of life is known as ______?
a. an animal b. a plant c. an organism d. an ecosystem e. a population
26. What should you not do in lab?
a. Protect your clothing when working with chemicals
b. Turn your back to a Bunsen burner
c. Leave bulky jackets in the classroom
e. Take off excess jewelry
27. The condition in an experiment that is changed is the
a. independent variable b. dependent variable c. altered variable
28. The ______group is the test group, in which all conditions are kept the same except for the single condition being tested.
a. experimental b. control c. steady d. predictable
29. Which of these is not a step in the scientific method?
a. stating a problem b. predicting outcome c. finding solutions
d. analyzing data e. communicating results
30. Anything in an organism’s external or internal environment that causes the organism to react is a ______?
a. stimulus b. response c. homeostasis d. reaction
31. The simplest level of organization is ______?
a. a cell b. a molecule c. a. biosphere d. an atom
32. Which of these is/are not abiotic?
a. Birds b. Rocks c. water d. a and b c. b and d
33. Biota consists of
a. rocks and gravel b. soil and air c. bacteria and fungi d. birds and water
Match the definition with the word
#’s 34 - 38
a. adaptation b. niche c. competition d. predator e. prey
34. the “job” an organism in its environment. i.e. plants produce oxygen, bacteria decompose waste, hawks control mice population, etc.
35. the struggle for survival between living things for the limited resources.
36. change in the body or behavior of a species making it easier to survive. i.e. poisonous jellyfish, camouflage bugs, protective shell, etc.)
37. an animal that is hunted or eaten by other animals
38. an animal that hunts and eats other animals
#’s 39 - 43
a. symbiosis b. parasitism c. commensalism d. host e. mutualism
39. a kind of symbiosis in which one organism benefits without harming the other
40. two organisms living together.
41. a kind of symbiosis in which both organisms help each other
42. a kind of symbiosis in which one organisms gains and the other is harmed
43. the organism that a parasite “lives off of” and harms
#’s 44 - 48
a. ecosystem b. population c. biosphere d. community e. organism
44. the portion of Earth that supports living things; but needs abiotic factors to sustain life.
45. Populations of plants and animals that interact with each other in a given area with the abiotic components of that area.
46. All the populations of different species that live in the same place at the same time
47. An individual living thing that is made of cells, uses energy, reproduces, responds, grows, and develops
48. A group of organisms, all of the same species, which interbreed and live in the same place at the same time
49. A biome is the same as a/an
a.Community b. Population c. Ecosystem d. Biosphere
50. Which order is correct from the simplest to the most complex
a. Population – Ecosystem – Community – Biosphere
b. Population – Community - Ecosystem - Biosphere
c. Biosphere – Community – Ecosystem – Population
d. Biosphere – Ecosystem- Community - Population
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