Environmental Science

A field that draws on ecology, geology, meteorology, biology,

chemistry, and physics to study environmental problems and human
impacts on the environment.

This pertains to the measurement of hazards from a scientific point of

view and the evaluation on the socio-economic impact of a
hazardous event.

 Density
 Proximity
 Risk Assessment
 Vulnerability

These are hazardous threats that occurs and harms human beings

 Technological Disasters
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Natural Hazards
 Natural Disasters

This is a characteristic of population which is the time needed for a

population to be double in size at a constant rate annually

 Total Fertility Rate

 Infant Mortality Rate
 Doubling Time
 Exponential Growth

Which of the following is NOT a common element associated with

organic molecules?

 Nitrate
 Sulfur
 Phosphorus
 Carbon

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Crop failure due to a volcanic eruption

 Primary Effect
  Secondary Effect
 Tertiary Effect

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Nuclear Radiation

 Atmospheric Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Geologic Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards

This branch of ecology that deals with genetics of population and

community ecology

 Population Ecology
 Community Ecology
 Conservation Biology
 Restoration Ecology

Migration of people is age-selective

 True
 False

These are producers where by production is driven entirely by

hydrothermal energy, as hydrothermal vents.

 Saphrotrophs
 Photoautotrophs
 Heterotrophs
 Chemoautotrophs

This component of the population is a key factor of the socio-

economic condition of an area and is often used by geographers at
the regional level

 Age Composition
 Religious Composition
 Sex Composition
 Racial and Ethnic Composition

To avoid confusion when common names are used in refereeing to

organisms, a binomial system is utilized

 True
  False

An environmental problem that happens because of the presence of

certain pollutants in the atmosphere

 Water Pollution
 Acid rain
 Urban Sprawl
 Ocean Acidification

Ecology comes from the Greek word "oikos" which means

_________

 Society
 Ecology
 Discourse
 Habitation

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Severe Thunderstorms

 Geologic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards

This is a type of feeder that feeds only on a limited range of particular

organisms

 Selective Feeder
 Common Feeder
 Generalist feeder
 Specialist Feeder

We cannot say that there is a pure race because of race diversity

 True
 False

This one of the developments in our perception that includes

information that is collected and processed tha enables us to analyze
and compare global databases over long periods of time.
  View of Earth from space
 Enhanced Computing Power
 Research Advances
 Global Databases

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Earthquakes

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Geologic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Loss of habitat because of a flood

 Tertiary Effect
 Secondary Effect
 Primary Effect

__________is the transfer of food energy from the source in plants

through a series of organisms with repeated eating and being eaten

 Food Web
 Food Chain
 Food Dependence
 Food Cycle

This component of the population is the most fundamental and is

often used by demographers in understanding the idea of fertility and
mortality

 Sex Composition
 Racial and Ethnic Composition
 Age Composition
 Religious Composition

These are hazardous threats that are induced or influenced by

humans

 Natural Hazards
  Technological Disasters
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Natural Disasters

This development has allowed us to use data and theory together in

the study of Earth and the interaction between many parts of the
earth's system

 Research Advances
 Enhanced Computing Power
 View of Earth from space
 Global Databases

Heat and reflected light are the only things that leave the Earth

 True
 False

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Lightning

 Geologic Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

This is the trophic level of the producers

 Third Trophic Level

 Fourth Trophic Level
 Second Trophic Level
 First Trophic Level

Solar energy is a biotic factor

 True
 False

Earthquakes have been responsible for producing water on the

Earth's surface and atmosphere. .

 True
 False
This component of the population that defines one nation's identity

 Educational Composition
 Linguistic Composition
 Religious Composition
 Age Composition

Floods, landslides, and windstorms and other erosion processes

actually replenish soil and helps sustain life.

 True
 False

It pertains to the flow of energy in refers to the flow of energy in

ecosystems through the food chain

 Biodiversity
 Diversity Flow
 Ecosystem Flow
 Caloric Flow

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Hurricanes

 Secondary Effect
 Tertiary Effect
 Primary Effect

This is one theory on population that says the population growth is

merely a symptom rather than the cause of poverty. It is because the
social class or less privileged are exploited.

 Malthusian Theory
 Survival of the Fittest
 Theory of Evolution
 Marxian Theory

Ecosystem is a community of organisms interacting with one another

as well as with their non-living environment

 True
 False
A naturally-occurring phenomenon on Earth is called a Natural
disaster.

 True
 False

This is a type of food chain that starts from a green plant base, then
goes to herbivores, then on to carnivores

 Bio-concentration
 Detritus Food Chain
 Grazing food chain
 Bio-magnification

These are consumers that recycle organic matter in ecosystems by

breaking down dead organic materials.

 Chemoautotrophs
 Autotrophs
 Saphrotrophs
 Heterotrophs

The death rate in humans has an inverse relationship with birth rate

 True
 False

Volcanic eruptions caused the formation of mountain ranges that

direct water to flow downhill and in turn form rivers and lakes.

 True
 False

This is a type of species relationship in which one species is neither

helped nor harmed.

 Mutualism
 Commensalism
 Inter Specific Competition
 Predation

An important feature of a food chain and food web where the

potential of organisms to concentrate materials from the environment
in significant amounts directly or indirectly through feeding or
respiratory activities
  Grazing food chain
 Bio-magnification
 Bio-concentration
 Detritus Food Chain

This is a collection of interdependent components, each with its own

defined boundary

 Diversity
 System
 Biodiversity
 Ecosystem

A characteristic of generalized species is being able to tolerate a

wide range of environmental conditions

 True
 False

Biology seeks to understand the interaction among organisms,

populations, communities and the ecosphere

 True
 False

The Earth is considered an open system as it is susceptible to

external factors

 True
 False

This development has allowed to apply contemporary processes as a

continuation of past processes of data capture and collection
regarding the

 Global Databases
 Research Advances
 View of Earth from space
 Enhanced Computing Power

This is a water process cycle that happens when ice water turns into
vapor

 Sublimation
 Transpiration
 Evaporation
  Condensation

This component of the population which can be considered as the

backbone of progress for a country

 Age Composition
 Educational Composition
 Religious Composition
 Linguistic Composition

Natural hazards are important and have benefits to humans and the
environment

 True
 False

If a phenomenon has negative effects on humans and have

destroyed life and property, it is called a natural hazard

 True
 False

An environmental problem that created imbalance and change in the

ecosystem because of human activities that lead to the destruction of
certain species and habitat

 Deforestation
 Ozone Layer Depletion
 Loss of Biodiversity
 Ocean Acidification

These are species that normally live and thrive in a particular

ecosystem

 Keystone species
 Indicator species
 Immigrant or alien species
 Native species

__________________is utilized to make nucleic acid and the

phospholipids that make up biological membranes

 Nitrogen
 Carbon
 Sulfur
 Phosphorus
What are the two most important composition of a population?

 Age and Sex

 Birth and Sex
 Age and Mortality
 Birth and Mortality

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Cyclones

 Geologic Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards

A lot of energy is lost at each tropic level that is why a typical food
chain is limited to only 4-6 links on each level

 True
 False

Ecology comes from the Greek word "logos"which means _________

 Habitation
 Ecology
 Discourse
 Society

__________matrix of food chains showing the patterns of energy and

material flow through a community

 Food Cycle
 Food Dependence
 Food Web
 Food Series

Human population is similar and only has distinctions of race and

ethnicity

 True
 False
When one organism consumes another, both energy and materials
are retained

 True
 False

Urban development contributed to population size concentrated on a

specific area

 True
 False

The process of recycling of inorganic matter involving living

organisms and the non-living environment.

 Biochemical Cycles
 Diversity Cycles
 Bio Cycles
 Chemical Cycles

These are types of hazards/disasters because of the interaction of

humans with the environment.

 Technological Disasters
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Natural Disasters
 Natural Hazards

An environmental problem that occurs because of the increase in

global warming which occurs due to the rise in temperature of
atmosphere caused by human activities such as burning of fossil
fuels and the emission of harmful gases by industries.

 Pollution
 Waste Disposal
 Climate Change
 Deforestation

The main function of consumers is to break down all organic matters

 True
 False

Living components in an ecosystem are called

 Cyclic
  Abiotic
 Biotic
 Semiotic

This one of the developments in our perception of Earth likened to a

blue green sphere that seems to float in blackness.

 Research Advances
 View of Earth from space
 Global Databases
 Enhanced Computing Power

A famous thinker who said that the rate of increase in population

grows faster or at a compound rate versus the rate of food
production.

 Thomas Robert Marx

 Karl Marx
 Karl Malthus
 Thomas Robert Malthus

Diversity is important because it provides richness in species

 True
 False

An environmental problem that is caused by any addition to air,

water, soil or food that threatens the health, survival or activities of
human or other living organisms.

 Climate Change
 Deforestation
 Pollution
 Waste Disposal

Diversity is presence of genetic differences between animals within

species, both between and within populations

 True
 False

A famous thinker who proposed social justice and equity for

everybody to have a good standard of living and stabilize population
growth.
  Karl Marx
 Thomas Robert Malthus
 Thomas Robert Marx
 Karl Malthus

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Tornadoes

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Geologic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

This is the trophic level of the primary consumers

 Second Trophic Level

 Third Trophic Level
 First Trophic Level
 Fourth Trophic Level

Statement indicating a high probability of a hazardous event

happening based on a prediction or forecast

 Forecasting
 Precursor event
 Prediction
 Early warning

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Volcanic Eruptions

 Other Natural Hazards

 Geologic Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

The degrees of success of a nation as it also shapes society in

different ways

 True
 False
Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they
are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Coal Dust

 Atmospheric Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Geologic Hazards

Economic activities and the social attitudes, affects all aspects of

individual life

 True
 False

An environmental problem that is caused by scarcity of food

production which involves the intervention of science to produce
crops at a faster rate.

 Climate Change
 Acid rain
 Over Population
 Genetic Engineering

Non-Living components in an ecosystem are called

 Biotic
 Semiotic
 Abiotic
 Cyclic

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Fires ignited, electric and water disruption because of
earthquakes

 Tertiary Effect
 Primary Effect
 Secondary Effect

Ecosystem is a self-sustaining system which uses energy and the

cycled materials

 True
 False
Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they
are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Disease epidemics

 Other Natural Hazards

 Atmospheric Hazards
 Geologic Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards

An early warning implies that people should alter their normal life
routines because of the danger of an imminent event

 True
 False

This can be seen as a factor for the rapid increase in population

where advancement in technology paved ways to alternative ways of
conceiving and contributed to population increase

 Migration
 Decline in Death Rate
 Lack of Education
 Increase in Birthrate

This branch of ecology that aims to re-establish the integrity of

natural systems which was destroyed by human activity

 Community Ecology
 Ecosystem Ecology
 Restoration Ecology
 Population Ecology

Diversity is the foundation of ecosystems to which human beings are

connected

 True
 False

This a branch of ecology that is focused on the determination of

behavior patterns in animals.

 Physiological Ecology
 Evolutionary Ecology
 Behavioral Ecology
  Molecular Ecology

These are species that serve as early warnings that a community or

an ecosystem is being damaged

 Native species
 Indicator species
 Keystone species
 Immigrant or alien species

This branch of ecology that is focused on the biology of molecules.

 Molecular Ecology
 Physiological Ecology
 Evolutionary Ecology
 Behavioral Ecology

Energy flows through ecosystems in the form of ____________ and

leaves in the form of heat

 Sunlight
 Energy
 Molecules
 Air

This is one theory on population that says that the rate of increase in
population grows faster or at a compound rate versus the rate of food
production which increases slowly or remains stable

 Marxian Theory
 Theory of Evolution
 Survival of the Fittest
 Malthusian Theory

A classification of resource that is essentially inexhaustible on a

human time scale

 Non Renewable Resources

 Renewable resources
 Environmental Degradation
 Potentially Renewable Resources
Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they
are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Insect infestations

 Geologic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

This component of the population is a key factor because it plays an

essential function in the lives of human beings and in fact, wars have
been fought because of this.

 Religious Composition
 Age Composition
 Sex Composition
 Racial and Ethnic Composition

This branch of ecology that is focused on the transformation of

energy associated with materials movement between organisms and
the physical environment.

 Population Ecology
 Landscape Ecology
 Community Ecology
 Ecosystem Ecology

If a phenomenon has negative effects on humans and have

destroyed life and property, it is called a natural hazard.

 True
 False

These are called producers and are characterized by being self-

nourishing

 Saphrotrophs
 Chemoautotrophs
 Heterotrophs
 Autotrophs

This can be seen as a factor for the rapid increase in population

where advancement in technology and curing certain diseases
contributed to population increase
  Lack of Education
 Decline in Death Rate
 Increase in Birthrate
 Migration

An environmental problem that is characterized by the thinning and

lessening of the Earth's protective layer or cover

 Ocean Acidification
 Loss of Biodiversity
 Deforestation
 Ozone Layer Depletion

This is a result of natural occurring processes that happens on Earth

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Natural Hazards
 Natural Disasters
 Technological Disasters

Race reflects unity and solidity in a community and It also reinforces

the idea of patriotism and nationalism

 True
 False

This is a type of species interaction where two species compete for

the same scarce resources

 Mutualism
 Parasitism
 Inter Specific Competition
 Predation

This pertains to the manner in which a hazard or disaster will affect

lives and properties of humans

 Density
 Vulnerability
 Risk Assessment
 Proximity

Refers to a short or long term prediction of a phenomenon

  Prediction
 Early warning
 Forecasting
 Precursor event

The Earth's changing surroundings and the dynamic relationships of

organisms has now reached a plateau on diversity

 True
 False

Human intervention and science advancements in veered away from

the natural human and nature occurrences.

 True
 False

These are called consumers which utilize complex materials

 Saphrotrophs
 Chemoautotrophs
 Heterotrophs
 Autotrophs

There is a disparity between the usage of natural resources and its

replenishment

 True
 False

This is a characteristic of population evidenced by an increase in

quantity by a constant amount per unit time

 Total Fertility Rate

 Doubling Time
 Infant Mortality Rate
 Exponential Growth

This is a characteristic of population that refers to the number of

infants who died in a particular year

 Infant Mortality Rate

 Exponential Growth
 Total Fertility Rate
  Zero Population Growth

This refers to the differences of one organism or species to another.

It may be differences in color, size or appearance

 Variation
 Synecology
 System
 Biology

An environmental problem that is characterized by the thinning and

lessening of the Earths protective layer or cover

 Ozone Layer Depletion

 Loss of Biodiversity
 Deforestation
 Ocean Acidification

This branch of ecology that deals with the relationships and

interaction of interrelated ecological communities

 Community Ecology
 Conservation Biology
 Population Ecology
 Ecosystem Ecology

This is a characteristic of population that is defined when immigration

plus the number of births in a population is equal to the number of
emigration plus death

 Infant Mortality Rate

 Total Fertility Rate
 Exponential Growth
 Zero Population Growth

An environmental problem that is a result of over consumption of

natural resources and manufacturing of plastics

 Pollution
 Deforestation
 Climate Change
 Waste Disposal
An environmental problem that occurs because of excessive
production of CO2 which causes harm to marine life

 Ocean Acidification
 Ozone Layer Depletion
 Deforestation
 Loss of Biodiversity

Humans do not have control of environmental problems specially

global warming

 True
 False

__________________is crucial in the formation of the 3-dimentional

shape of proteins

 Nitrogen
 Sulfur
 Carbon
 Phosphorus

This branch of ecology that consists of organisms of the same

species that lives in the same place and time

 Population Ecology
 Landscape Ecology
 Ecosystem Ecology
 Community Ecology

This can be seen as a factor for the rapid increase in population

because human have no knowledge on the ill effects of
overpopulation

 Lack of Education
 Decline in Death Rate
 Migration
 Increase in Birthrate

This deals with the study of groups of organisms which are

associated together as a unit.

 Autecology
 Biology
  Synecology
 System

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Flooding, hurricane, caused by a landslide into a lake or river.

 Primary Effect
 Secondary Effect
 Tertiary Effect

This component of the population structure that is deemed less

important because it's determinants are not good decisive factor.

 Racial and Ethnic Composition

 Religious Composition
 Age Composition
 Sex Composition

This can be seen as a factor for the rapid increase in population

where human mobility specially concentrating in areas where there is
high employment opportunity

 Decline in Death Rate

 Lack of Education
 Increase in Birthrate
 Migration

Earthquakes have been responsible for producing water on the

Earth's surface and atmosphere.

 True
 False

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Water damage caused by flooding

 Secondary Effect
 Primary Effect
 Tertiary Effect

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Landslides

 Secondary Effect
  Tertiary Effect
 Primary Effect

This is a water process cycle that happens when liquid water turns
into vapor

 Transpiration
 Evaporation
 Sublimation
 Condensation

Energy is lost when undigested food is excreted out by the

consumers

 True
 False

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Wildfires

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Geologic Hazards

This a branch of ecology that is focused on how living things respond

to factors in the environment like temperature, water maintenance,
oxygen balance, salt balance etc.

 Molecular Ecology
 Behavioral Ecology
 Physiological Ecology
 Evolutionary Ecology

This is a type of species relationship involving organisms that live in

or on another organism and feed on it without immediately killing it

 Commensalism
 Inter Specific Competition
 Predation
 Mutualism
Physical features of individuals can be used as a certain decisive
factor in judging the cultural traits of people.

 True
 False

We have witnessed the exponential growth of population in the past

years and this increase is faster that the replenishment of resources

 True
 False

Water is made up of two elements which are:

 Hydrogen and Carbon

 Oxygen and Hydrogen
 Oxygen and Nitrogen
 Carbon and Oxygen

Overpopulation is one of the most significant among environmental

issues because almost all human activities contribute to the
degradation of the environment

 True
 False

Age and sex are the two most important compositions of population

 True
 False

This a field of study that focuses on the relationships, functions and

interactions of the physical, chemical and biological components of
the environment

 Environmental Science
 Science and Technology
 Societal Change
 Ecological Balance

This is a characteristic of population a key measurement in the

increase of population

 Exponential Growth
 Doubling Time
 Total Fertility Rate
  Infant Mortality Rate

This is a type of species interaction when one organism kills and eats
another organism

 Inter Specific Competition

 Predation
 Parasitism
 Mutualism

This collection of interdependent components, each with its own

defined boundary which includes the totality or pattern of relations
between organisms and their environment.

 Biology
 Autecology
 System
 Synecology

This variable nature and tendency of among living organisms from all
sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic
ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part in

 Synecology
 System
 Biodiversity
 Diversity

Ecosystem reflects the partial pattern of relations between organisms

and their environment

 True
 False

__________________an important component of nucleic acid and

proteins

 Sulfur
 Carbon
 Nitrogen
 Phosphorus

These are the producers use sunlight as source of energy

 Chemoautotrophs
 Saphrotrophs
  Heterotrophs
 Photoautotrophs

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Tsunami

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Geologic Hazards

A characteristic of generalized species is living and thriving in many

different places

 True
 False

_________is the controlled physical, chemical and biological

"housing" or place, or more commonly known as habitat,

 Society
 Science
 Ecology
 Environment

An environmental problem that happens because of the relocation of

population from high density urban areas to low density rural areas
resulting in the spread of city over more and more rural land

 Acid rain
 Urban Sprawl
 Over Population
 Ocean Acidification

The likelihood that an event will occur based on scientific observation

 Forecasting
 Precursor event
 Early warning
 Prediction

________ is the controlled physical, chemical and biological

"housing" or place, or more commonly known as habitat,

 Environment
  Ecology
 Science
 Society

This deals with the study of the individual organism or an individual

species with emphasis on the behavior as a means of adaptation to
the environment.

 Biology
 Autecology
 Ecology
 Synecology

The increase or decrease in population size is independent of outside

factors

 True
 False

This branch of ecology that is focused on the impact to patterns and

changes evidenced in the progression of humans.

 Behavioral Ecology
 Molecular Ecology
 Evolutionary Ecology
 Physiological Ecology

This is a type of feeder that feeds on diverse organisms depending

on availability

 Specialist Feeder
 Generalist feeder
 Common Feeder
 Selective Feeder

An irregular small physical change that may be identified to lead to a

more destructive event.

 Prediction
 Early warning
 Forecasting
 Precursor event
An environmental problem whose main contributor are human
activities and practices that resulted in the emission of Greenhouse
gases.

 Acid rain
 Over Population
 Glocal Warming
 Climate Change

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Floods

 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Geologic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards

This is one of the main forms of interaction between organisms in any

ecosystems

 Dependency
 Breakdown
 Feeding
 Producing

These are species that have one or more roles in an ecosystem that
are disproportionately important compared to their biomass

 Immigrant or alien species

 Native species
 Indicator species
 Keystone species

Identify if the following hazards have Primary, Secondary or Tertiary

Effect: Earthquakes

 Primary Effect
 Secondary Effect
 Tertiary Effect

__________________ is present in all organic molecules

 Sulfur
 Carbon
  Phosphorus
 Nitrogen

A characteristic of specialized species is being able to live in multiple

habitat

 True
 False

This is a type of species relationship that is cooperative partnership

between 2 species in which BOTH species benefit

 Mutualism
 Inter Specific Competition
 Commensalism

Identify the categories of the following hazards and disasters if they

are Geologic, Atmospheric, Anthropogenic or Other Natural Hazards:
Landslides

 Geologic Hazards
 Atmospheric Hazards
 Anthropogenic Hazards
 Other Natural Hazards