REVIEW

Lab Safety/Ch 1

100

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

200

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

300

Which of the following is always a NONRENEWABLE natural resource?

A) Sunlight

B) Plastic

C) Coal

B) Plastic

400

Information you collect during your experiment?

A) Data

B) Variable

C) Conclusion

A) Data

500

Data expressed in numbers

A) Quantitative Data

B) Qualitative Data

C) Quality Data 

A) Quantitative Data

Chapter 2

100

Earth is about 4.6 _________ years old

A) Thousands

B) Millions

C) Billions

C) Billions

200

Below the crust is where you will find this layer

A) Mantle

B) Crust

C) Core

A) Mantle

300

The ___________ is where you would find all the water of Earth. 

A) Atmosphere

B) Geosphere

C) Hydrosphere

C) Hydrosphere

400

This type of plate boundary is when two plates collide?

A) Divergent

B) Transform

C) Convergent  

C) Convergent  

500

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

Chapter 3

100

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment?

A) Ecology

B) Biology

C) Chemistry 

A) Ecology

200

The living parts of an ecosystem are considered

A) Abiotic

B) Biotic

B) Biotic

300

A desert is an example of a ______________?

A) Population

B) Biome

C) Organism

B) Biome

400

Rattlesnakes, mice, small birds, crickets, grass, water, air, soil, sun, all make up a 

A) Population

B) Community

C) Ecosystem 

C) Ecosystem

500

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

Chapter 4

100

Which type of organism performs photosynthesis?

A) Producer

B) Herbivore

C) Carnivore

A) Producer

200

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

300

An organism that eats only meat

A) Omnivore

B) Herbivore

C) Carnivore

C) Carnivore

400

A species that eats both plants and animals

A) Omnivore

B) Carnivore

C) Herbivore 

A) Omnivore

500

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

Chapter 5

100

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

200

There has been a total of __________ mass extinctions

A) 5

B) 6

C) 10

A) 5

300

This occurs when the last member of a species dies off?

A) Endangered

B) Threatened

C) Extinction

C) Extinction

400

As you near the equator, the levels of biodiversity_______?

A) Stays the same

B) Increase

C) Decrease

B) Increase

500

The disappearance of a population from a given area, but not the entire species. 

A) Endangered

B) Threatened

C) Extirpation

C) Extirpation