Summative Test In

Environmental Science

I Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.

_____1. What is the most abundant element in the earth’s atmosphere?

a. Argon b. Carbon Dioxide c. Nitrogen d. Oxygen
_____2. In which layer do virtually all weather phenomena take place?
a. Exosphere b. Mesosphere c. Stratosphere d. Troposphere
_____3. Water in this planet is mostly
a. Ocean water b. Ground water c. Water in the atmosphere d. Polar Ice Caps
_____4. What is the basis for the division of the layers of the atmosphere surrounding earth ?
a. Changing Temperature b. Changing weather patterns
b. Changing amount of Oxygen d. Changing Composition
_____5. What is the reason to support the statement,” Cutting of trees in the large areas contributes to
Global Warming?”
a. Plants use Carbon dioxide to make food. When trees are cut CO 2 in the atmosphere will not
be used up.
b. Plants use Oxygen to make food. When trees are cut, Oxygen in the atmosphere will not be
used up.
c. Plants use water vapor to make food. When trees are cut, water vapor in the atmosphere
Will not be used up.
d. Plants use Nitrogen to make food. When trees are cut, Nitrogen in the atmosphere will not
be used up.
_____6. The biosphere includes the regions of the earth except for the _____________.
a. Tallest tree thriving in the highest mountain c. deepest ocean depth reached by sunlight
b. Inner core d. microorganisms living in the atmosphere
_____7. An organism that preys upon the bodies of dead animals is called ______________.
a. Commensal b. scavenger c. parasite d. predator
_____8. The following factors are abiotic except _______________.
a. Topography b. moisture c. species d. wind
_____9. Which of these is the largest biological organization?
a. Environment b. Biosphere c. Community d. Ecosystem
_____10. Which of the following makes up the lithosphere?
a. Continents and their seas c. Crust and upper mantle
b. Crust and water in it d. Mantle and molten magma

II. Identification: Identify the following.

________________________1. The complex of physical, geographic, biological, cultural and political

Conditions that surround an individual or organism and ultimately determines its form and nature of its
survival.
________________________2. It is the study of multitude interaction between human and world
around them living and non living.
________________________3. It indicates the realm of living organisms and their interactions with
environment via atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
________________________4. It is a multidisciplinary science which combines physics, chemistry,
biology, medical, health science, life science, agricultural science, forestry, public health and
engineering.
_________________________5. These are elements of environment focus on space, landforms, water
bodies , climate soil, rocks and minerals.
______________________6. These are the components of non-living factors that impact an ecosystem.
______________________7. These are elements such as economic, social and political elements are
essentially man-made features, which make cultural milieu.
______________________8. It comprises all types of water resources oceans, seas, lakes, rivers
reservoir, polar ice caps, glaciers and ground water.
______________________9. It includes all living organisms and biological life such as animals, forest,
bacteria and microorganisms.
______________________10. It implies the protective blanket of gases surrounding the earth.

III. Matching Type: Match column A from Column B. Letter only.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_____1. Separates the crust from the mantle a. Detritivores
_____2. Southern lights b. Autotrophs
_____3. Other-feeders c. Water vapor
_____4. Protects us from meteoroids d. Mohorovicic Discontinuity
_____5. Producer e. Decomposers
_____6. Sial Layer g. Aurora Australis
_____7. Detritus Feeders h. Mesosphere
_____8. Water in the atmosphere i. Gutenberg discontinuity
_____9. Final consumers of biotic community j. Consumers
_____10. Boundary between mantle and core k. Continental Crust

IV. Enumerate the following.

1-3 Elements of environment

4-8 Layers of earth’s atmosphere (in proper order)
9-10 Components of Environment

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Ma’am Melyn