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Environmental Science Worksheet-2

Environmental Science Worksheet-2

 

  1. What happens when fossil fuels such as coal or oil are burned?

(a) Nitrogen is produced and enters the atmosphere

(b) Oxygen is produced and enters the atmosphere

(c) Carbon Dioxide is produced and released into the atmosphere

(d) Carbon is produced and released into the atmosphere

 

  1. What is photosynthesis?

(a) A process by which plant’s leaves take the carbon from carbon dioxide to make sugar, starch and protein.

(b) A process by which plant leaves take the oxygen from carbon dioxide to make sugar, starch and protein.

(c) Carbon dioxide production by decomposers

(d) Carbon dioxide destruction by decomposers

 

  1. Which of the following is a source of alternate energy?

(a) Wind energy                            (b) Solar energy

(c) Geothermal energy                (d) All of the above

 

  1. What happens when wood is burned?

(a) It absorbs energy from the Sun.

(b) It releases energy that a tree absorbed from the Sun.

(c) It produces solar energy.

(d) It neutralizes geothermal energy.

 

  1. What is the other name of all living things in an ecosystem?

(a) Life factors                              (b) Bio factors

(c) Biotic factors                           (d) Abiotic factors

 

  1. Which of the following is not a biotic factor?

(a) Animals       (b) Fungi           (c) Bacteria       (d) Soil

 

  1. What is a mineral?

(a) Black color compounds on the Earth's crust

(b) Grey color compounds on the Earth's crust

(c) It is a solid material on the Earth's crust with a variable composition

(d) It is a solid material on the Earth's crust with a specific composition

 

  1. Which of the following is not a mineral?

(a) Gem              (b) Salt               (c) Graphite                (d) Coal

 

  1. What is the main ingredient of the soil?

(a) Igneous rocks                          (b) Bacteria

(c) Weathered rock                      (d) Moisture

 

  1. What is humus?

(a) Decayed animal or plant material in the soil.

(b) Fresh animal or plant material in the soil.

(c) Nitrogen compound in the soil.

(d) Small mineral crystals in the soil.

 

Answer Key:

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