Midterms Exams in People and Ecosystem

Name:_______________________________________Year and Section__________________Date:______________

I. Matching Type. Match the words on the box with the sentences below that best describes them. Write the
letter of your answer before the number of each item. (Use capital letters only.)

G. Marine
A. Biome D. Prairie J. Tundra M. Neritic Zone
Ecosystem
B. Freshwater
E. Taiga H. Deciduous Forest K. Intertidal Zone N. Savanna
Ecosystem
C. Temperate
F. Estuary I. Desert L. Tropical Rainforest O. Open Ocean
Rainforest
P. Development Q. Preservation R. Conservation S. Environmental
T. Pollution
Viewpoint Viewpoint Viewpoint Science

1.) It is a community of plants and animals adapted to a range of temperature and moisture.
2.) Type of rain forests having moderate temperatures.
3.) Type of forest that mostly contains coniferous trees. It is warm and rainy during summer and very
cold every winter.
4.) Belief that humans should be able to freely use and benefit from all of Earth’s resources.
5.) Ecosystem which includes estuaries, intertidal zones, neritic zones, and the open ocean.
6.) Area that receives less than 25 cm of rain per year.
7.) It is an area between the highest high tide line and the lowest low tide line.
8.) Belief that all parts of the environment are equally important, no matter how useful they are to
humans.
9.) The area below the low tide line which extends over the continental shelf.
10.) Grasslands that are located closer in the equator.
11.) Rain forests found in regions close to the equator.
12.) Belief that people should use resources from the environment as long as they do not destroy those
resources.
13.) Extremely cold and dry biome.
14.) Type of forest that receives enough rain to support the growth of trees and other plants. Trees shed
their leaves and grow new ones each year.
15.) Where does the freshwater of a river and saltwater of the ocean meets?
16.) Study of the natural processes that occur in the environment and how human affects them.
17.) An area that is populated mostly by grasses and other non-woody plants.
18.) Ecosystem which includes streams, rivers, ponds and lakes.
19.) It is separated in two zones, the surface zone and the deep zone.
20.) Any change to the environment that has a negative effect on living things.

II. Identification. Identify the words described in each number. Write your answer on the space provided
before the number.
1.) A relationship in which one organism derives benefits wherein it does not harm the other.
2.) A relationship in which both organisms derive benefits.
3.) A relationship which is beneficial to one organism but harmful to the other.
4.) Competition between members of the same species.
5.) Competition between different species.

List down 2 Abiotic Factors

List down the 3 Biotic Factors
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 List down the 2 Types of Reproductive
List down the 3 Key Features of Populations Strategies
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12.) 15.)
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III. TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and

FALSE if not. Write you answer before the number of each item.

1.) Satellites and space craft allow us to view, photograph and map Earth from Space.
2.) Submarines and ships allow us to view, photograph and map the ocean floor.
3.) As population continues to grow so does the demand for resources.
4.) Buoys and other monitoring devices provide us with data related to events such as bad weather
conditions and earthquakes.
5.) Powerful computer programs called GIS (Geographic Interface Systems) help scientists organize, layer
and interpret huge amounts of data in order to study how the Earth changes over time.
6.) In a/an closed system, energy may enter and leave, but matter does not.
7.) Renewable resources are naturally replaced in a long period of time
8.) In a/an open system, system and its surroundings freely exchange both matter and energy.
9.) Lithosphere is the gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth.
10.)Geosphere makes up the rocks, mountains, beaches, and all other physical features of the Earth.
(Except the water)
11.) Non-renewable resources are not replaced as they are used.
12.) Hydrosphere contains all the water in the Earth system.
13.) All living things on Earth compose the biosphere.
14.) Energy cycle occurs when compound is changed and moved throughout the Earth’s spheres.
15.) Select Cutting process of cutting-down all trees in an area at once.
16.) It is like a balance. Energy that comes in must equal the energy stored.
17.) Solar Power comes from nuclear fusion reactions in the sun.
18.) Geology Energy comes from the Earth as radioactive materials decompose.
19.) Select cutting is the process of cutting down only some trees in a forest and leaving a mix of tree sizes
and species behind
20.) Tidal Energy is the result of the pull of the moon on the Earth’s oceans.
21.) Emigration is the movement of individuals into a population.
22.) Immigration is the movement of individuals out of a population.
23.) Dispersion describes the spacing of organisms relative to each other.
24.) Density-dependent factors are abiotic factors in the environment that have an increasing effect as
population size increases.
25.) Density-dependent factors are abiotic factors in the environment that affect populations regardless
of their density.

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