Ecological communities of plants and animals living together in a particular climate is called a
A. decomposer
B. wetland
C. consumer
D. biome
D. biome
100
The process by which rocks are formed, altered, destroyed and reformed by geological processes is
A. life cycle
B. carbon cycle
C. hydrologic cycle
D. rock cycle
D. rock cycle
100
How much matter there is in an object is
A. density
B. mass
C. volume
D. weight
B. mass
100
A type of atom that is distinguished by its atomic number is
A. an element
B. a molecule
C. a compound
D. a mineral
A. element
100
The transfer of heat through solids
conduction
200
The land area from which surface runoff drains is
A. watershed
B. wetland
C. lentic
D. lotic
A. watershed
200
Rock produced under condition involving intense heat, as rocks of volcanic origin or rocks cystallized from molten magma is
A. igneous
B. metamorphic
C. sedimentary
D. mineral
A. igneous
200
The amount of space an object occupies is
A. density
B. mass
C. volume
D. weight
C. volume
200
The resistance an object has to change in its state of motion is
A. endothermic
B. exothermic
C. radiation
D. inertia
D. inertia
200
Transfer of heat through light
radiation
300
Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms and their remains are
A. consumers
B. decomposers
C. biomes
D. mitigation
A. consumer
300
Rock that was once one form of rock but has changed to another under the influence of heat or pressure is
A. igneous
B. metamorphic
C. sedimentary
D. mineral
B. metamorphic
300
A process or reaction that absorbs energy in the form of heat is
A. endothermic
B. exothermic
C. inertia
D. density
A. endothermic
300
The study of inheritance is
A. geography
B. topography
C. genetics
D. forensics
C. genetics
300
An example of this heat transfer is a lava lamp
convection
400
An environmental factor related to or produced by living organisms is
A. watershed
B. wetland
C. abiotic
D. biotic
D. biotic
400
Rock that has formed through the deposition and soldification of sediment is
A. igneous
B. metamorphic
C. sedimentary
D. mineral
C. sedimentary
400
The tool used to measure mass is
A. volume
B. mass
C. balance
D. meter stick
C. balance
400
Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location is
A. sustainability
B. non-point source pollution
C. point source pollution
D. air pollution
C. point source pollution
400
According to the law of ______________ of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed
conservation
500
Relating to or living in still water is
A. sustainability
B. lentic
C. lotic
D. consumer
B. lentic
500
The parts of land, sea and atmosphere in which organisms are able to live is
A. biosphere
B. hydrosphere
C. lithosphere
D. atmosphere
A. biosphere
500
Substance that is not the same from one sample to the next & can be separated into its parts is
A. a pure substance
B. a solution
C. a mixture
D. an element
C. a mixture
500
Close relationship between 2 organisms often resulting in mutualism (win-win), parasitism (win-lose) or commensalism (win-no harm)
A. symbiotic
B. consumer
C. decomposer
D. biotic