Unit 1 Test: Environmental Studies
First and last name
Question 1/22
Name the process that involves moisture from vegatation rising into the atmosphere
A.
B.
C.
D.
Evaporation
Condensation
Ammonification
Transpiration
Question 2/22
What do biogeochemical cycles represent?
A.
B.
C.
D.
How certain nutrients move through the environment and are continually used and recycled
How energy moves through trophic levels of an ecosystem
How the adaptations of organisms change based on environmental pressures
How biotic changes destroy unstable ecosystems
Question 3/22
Name the compound to which humans and animals in the biosphere exhale
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Question 4/22
When leaves and other vegetation break down, they produce this compound:
A.
B.
C.
D.
H2O
Carbon DIoxide
Ammonia
Nitrogen
Question 5/22
When water rises into the atmosphere, this is called:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heat rising cycles
Transpiration
Evaporation
Elevation
Question 6/22
Biogeochemical cycles demonstrate how nutrients are created and destroyed
A. True - With every cycle comes new nutrients from the Earth that cycle back into the biosphere
B. False - Matter is never created nor destroyed. Only recycled.
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Question 7/22
Which of the following does NOT add carbon to the atmosphere?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Fossil fuel combustion
Question 8/22
In which stage of the nitrogen cycle is atmospheric nitrogen converted into biologically usable forms?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nitrogen Fixation
Denitrification
Decomposition
Ammonification
Question 9/22
Sleet, snow, hail, and rain are examples of:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Different forms of water
Precipitation
Fall weather
Results of the water cycle
Question 10/22
Which of the following is an example of how biogeochemical cycles are important to sustaining life?
A.
B.
C.
D.
New carbon atoms are created during the carbon cycle.
Oxygen atoms are converted into carbon atoms during respiration.
Nitrogen waste from an organism is converted into usable nutrients for others.
The atoms in water molecules are destroyed during a drought.
Question 11/22
Which sphere on this Earth has two names and what are they?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hydrosphere and Water sphere
Biosphere and Human Sphere
Atmosphere and Space
Lithosphere and Geosphere
Question 12/22
Fertilizers are often created using:
A.
B.
C.
D.
Hydrogen and Nitrogen
Phosphorous and Nitrogen
Nitrogen and Ammonia
Carbon and Nitrogen
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Question 13/22
Phosphorous atoms are not often found alone.
A. True
B. False
Question 14/22
Which of the following is NOT a process that drives the carbon cycle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Photosynthesis
Decomposition
Ammonification
Cellular Respiration
Question 15/22
Which process turns Nitrates back into Nitrogen gas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Decomposition
Nitrogen Fixation
Ammonification
Denitrification
Question 16/22
Describe using examples from class how climate change is impacting our biodiversity. Ensure you include 3
different ways climate change affect biodiversity and explain why biodiversity is significant (5 marks)
(descriptive question)
Question 17/22
Explain why our recent increase in population is threatening our Earth by mentioning 3 different human
activities that are threatening our biodiversity and biosphere (ie. how does our increase in population threaten
our biosphere?) (5 marks)
(descriptive question)
Question 18/22
Describe the threat of introduced species to a natural habitat. What are the top three dangers that can occur from
introduced exotic species to biodiversity (5 marks)
(descriptive question)
Question 19/22
Describe what you think is the biggest threat to our biosphere today and how you suggest we can make changes
to our lifestyle to remedy the stress our biosphere is currently under. Ensure to use concepts learned in class and
specific examples of human activity (10 marks)
(descriptive question)
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Question 20/22
Label the following Carbon Cycle Diagram with the Correct Names of Each Process as they are found in the
word bank (12 marks)
(descriptive question)
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Question 21/22
Label the following Water Cycle and explain each process (12 marks)
(descriptive question)
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Question 22/22
Label the following Nitrogen Cycle and explain each process (12 marks)
(descriptive question)
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