Environmental Science Worksheet-7

Environmental Science Worksheet-7

1. What is the process of extracting fresh water from salt water called?

(a) Desalination                            (b) Salination

(c) Purification                              (d) Contamination

2. What is an aquifer?

(a) A small pond that is filled with water.

(b) An underground layer of rock or soil that is filled with water.

(c) A fresh water lake.

(d) A salt water lake.

3. Which of the following cause weathering of the Earth's crust?

(a) Water                                                 (b) Air                         

(c) Changes in temperature       (d) All of the above

4. Which of the following is the greatest agent of erosion of the Earth's crust?

(a) Air                 (b) Wind            (c) Water           (d) Ice

5. What is the name of the process that plants use to capture the Sun's energy and turn it into food?

(a) Food synthesis                        (b) Decomposing

(c) Photosynthesis                        (d) Photosynopsis

6. What are the three main parts of the Food Chain in the correct order of energy transfer?

(a) Producers, Consumers, Decomposers

(b) Producers, Decomposers, Consumers

(c) Generator, Consumers, Decomposers

(d) Producers, Processor, Decomposers

7. What does the molten rock deep below Earth's surface called?

(a) Magma        (b) Lava    (c) Mineral        (d) Fossil

8. What are three types of rocks found in nature?

(a) Sedimentary, igneous and clay

(b) Humus, igneous and metamorphic

(c) Sedimentary, ferrous and metamorphic

(d) Sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic

9. What is the adaptation?

(a) A trait that helps plant produce its own food.

(b) A trait that helps animal eat plant to survive.

(c) An inherited behavior that enables plants and animals to survive in its environment.

(d) A learned behavior that enables plants and animals to eat in its environment.

10. The ability of an animal to look, act, smell or sound like someone else is called _____.

(a) Mimicry                                   (b) Camouflage

(c) Hydrotropism                         (d) Stimulus

Answer Key:

(1)–(a); (2)–(b); (3)–(d); (4)–(c); (5)–(c); (6)–(a); (7)–(a); (8)–(d); (9)–(c); (10)–(a)