Lab Safety/Ch 1
After handling chemicals in the lab you should always
A) Dry them off with a paper towel
B) Wash your hands with just cold water in the sink
C) Wash your hands with both soap and water
C) Wash your hands with both soap and water
Earth is about 4.6 _________ years old
A) Thousands
B) Millions
C) Billions
C) Billions
The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?
A) Ecology
B) Biology
C) Chemistry
A) Ecology
Which type of organism performs photosynthesis?
A) Producer
B) Herbivore
C) Carnivore
A) Producer
A species that moves into a new place, takes over, and damages species already living there.
A) Endangered Species
B) Threatened Species
C) Invasive Species
C) Invasive Species
Broken glass should be
A) Put into a container specifically for broken glass
B) Picked up with your hands
C) Placed in the nearest trash can
A) Put into a container specifically for broken glass
Below the crust is where you will find this layer
A) Mantle
B) Crust
C) Core
A) Mantle
The living parts of an ecosystem are considered
A) Abiotic
B) Biotic
B) Biotic
Humans have created corn with larger sweeter kernels; apples, pears, and oranges with better taste. This is an example of
A) Natural Selection
B) Artificial Selection
C) Speciation
B) Artificial Selection
There has been a total of __________ mass extinctions
A) 5
B) 6
C) 10
A) 5
Which of the following is always a NONRENEWABLE natural resource?
A) Sunlight
B) Plastic
C) Coal
B) Plastic
The ___________ is where you would find all the water of Earth.
A) Atmosphere
B) Geosphere
C) Hydrosphere
C) Hydrosphere
A) Population
B) Biome
C) Organism
B) Biome
An organism that eats only meat
A) Omnivore
B) Herbivore
C) Carnivore
C) Carnivore
This occurs when the last member of a species dies off?
A) Endangered
B) Threatened
C) Extinction
C) Extinction
Information you collect during your experiment?
A) Data
B) Variable
C) Conclusion
A) Data
This type of plate boundary is when two plates collide?
A) Divergent
B) Transform
C) Convergent
C) Convergent
Rattlesnakes, mice, small birds, crickets, grass, water, air, soil, sun, all make up a
A) Population
B) Community
C) Ecosystem
C) Ecosystem
A species that eats both plants and animals
A) Omnivore
B) Carnivore
C) Herbivore
A) Omnivore
As you near the equator, the levels of biodiversity_______?
A) Stays the same
B) Increase
C) Decrease
B) Increase
Data expressed in numbers
A) Quantitative Data
B) Qualitative Data
C) Quality Data
A) Quantitative Data
Chemicals in the air impact the weathering of rocks. What two spheres are interacting?
A) Hydrosphere and Geosphere
B) Atmosphere and Geosphere
C) Biosphere and Hydrosphere
B) Atmosphere and Geosphere
Name the levels of ecology from smallest to largest
A) biosphere, biome, ecosystem, community, population, organism
B) biome, organism, biosphere, population, community, ecosystem
C) organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
C) organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
A species that has a strong or wide-reaching impact on a community is called
A) Invasive Species
B) Speciation
C) Keystone Species
C) Keystone Species
The disappearance of a population from a given area, but not the entire species.
A) Endangered
B) Threatened
C) Extirpation
C) Extirpation