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Contents
1 OBJECTIVE FORESTRY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1 General Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Ecology and Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
1.3 Forest ecology and ecosystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
1.4 Forest Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
1.5 Wildlife Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
1.6 Forest Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
1.7 Forest products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
1.8 Plant and Wood Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1.9 Remote Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
1.10 Forest Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
1.11 Silviculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
1.12 Forest policy and governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
1.13 Agroforestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
1.14 Social Forestry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
1.15 Genetics & Tree Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
1.16 Tree Seed Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
1.17 Soil Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
1.18 Agricultural Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
1.19 Agricultural Statistics and Economics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
1.20 Plant Physiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
1. OBJECTIVE FORESTRY
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1.1 General Forestry
1. Code of ethics states that foresters are B. North India
obliged to be fair and just in dealing with C. North East
coforesters and
D. Southern India
A. superiors
B. subordinates 5. Of all the environmental factors that influ-
ence the growth of trees, the most limiting
C. indigenous peoples
is:
D. environment
A. moisture
2. Which is not a forest insect? B. topography
A. fungi C. soil quality
B. bark beetles D. temperature
C. wood borers
6. Emphasis on use of pesticides, herbicides,
D. leaf cutters and monoculture
3. What was the title of the federal program A. green revolution
created in 1985 that was designed to help B. agricultural revolution
landowners plant trees and develop vege-
tative cover for erosion control? C. industrial revolution
A. Conservation Reserve Program D. subsistence agriculture
B. Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act 7. How many sections are in a township?
C. National Environmental Policy Act A. 36.0
D. Multiple Use Sustained Yield Act B. 63.0
4. Baigas are a forest community of C. 66.0
A. Central India D. 6.0
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. A
1.1 General Forestry 3
8. Which is not an objective of prescribed C. easier handling and transportation

burning?
D. a much shorter planting season

A. killing extra seedlings
B. fuel reduction 13. Which trophic level would be able to feed
the most people?
C. control of competing vegetation
A. producers
D. preparation of the seedbed
B. primary consumers
9. The current Secretary of the Department
C. secondary consumers
of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) D. tertiary consumers
A. Sec. Robert Defensor
14. Which of the following has not resulted in
B. Sec. Elizea Gozun a sharp reduction in the damage caused by
C. Sec. Jamby Madrigal forest fires?
D. Sec. Heherson Alvarez A. Global Warming
E. Sec. Roy A. Cimatu B. Improved knowledge of forest fires
10. When harvesting planted trees within pri- C. Better equipment

vate lands that are registered with DENR, D. More adequately trained personnel
a cutting permit is no longer necessary
when harvested timber is not to be trans- 15. The fastest spreading of all types of forest
ported. fires is:
A. statement is true A. crown fires
B. statement is false B. deciduous fires
C. statement is violation to Sec. 68 of PD C. ground fires
705 as amended
D. surface forest
D. only true for A & D lands.
16. What percent of the United States is range-
11. What is the tragedy of the commons?
land?
A. the general idiocy of the average hu-
A. 75
man
B. The failure to create a sense of shared B. 57
responsibility C. 80
C. the prevalence of extreme poverty in D. 36
the developing world
D. destruction of shared resources 17. A helicopter can direct seed as many as
through self-serving behavior acres per day.
A. 2500.0
12. Using a containerized seedling rather than
bareroot seedlings usually results in: B. 1500.0
A. improved rates of survival and growth C. 1800.0
B. lower initial cost for seedlings D. 2250.0
9. E 10. A 11. D 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. A 16. D 17. A 18. A

18. Which of the following is not a cause of C. Dipterocarps, the single dominant fam-
noninfectious disease? ily in the tropical rainforest
A. Parasites D. all of the above
B. Air pollution
24. Is a piece of wood 12” x 12” x 2”:
C. Drought damage
D. Ice damage A. two board feet
19. How many trees are required to plant 10 B. one board foot
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acres of land on a 6’x6’ spacing? C. one-half board foot
A. 12100.0 D. four board feet
B. 21000.0
C. 15100.0 25. Why are there more climax communities in
the eastern half of the country than in the
D. 11000.0 west?
20. The Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards A. The East Coast has more public lands
for public officials and employees
B. There are more houses in the east
A. RA 7613
B. RA 56713 C. There is more rainfall in the east, and
less wildfires
C. RA 6713
D. There are more wildfires in the west,
D. RA 6731
so the west is in more of a continual state
21. Cutting trees out of an immature stand to of succession
promote the growth of the remaining trees E. Two of these
is called:
A. thinning 26. Which of the following would be consid-
B. a salvage cut ered a public employment opportunity?
C. a rotation age cut A. Bureau of Land Management
D. a protection cut B. Audubon Society
22. The general name for organisms like ani- C. International Paper
mals and fungi that get their energy from
D. Weyerhaeuser
eating other organisms.
A. Producers 27. All of the following are determined by
B. Consumers measuring basal area EXCEPT
C. Detritivores A. the height of a particular tree
D. Carnivores B. the degree of stocking of a stand of
23. In the logo of the Society of Filipino trees
Foresters, the three trees symbolizes: C. the amount of timber to remove in thin-
A. narra, our national tree ning an overstocked stand
B. mancono, Philippines’ hardest wood D. timber volume calculations
19. A 20. C 21. A 22. B 23. C 24. A 25. E 26. A 27. A 28. A
28. Outgrowths which cause trees to grow in C. a saddle

irregular patters that result in beautifully D. flat land
grained woods are called:

34. Deforestation
A. burls
A. Planting trees in rows for future har-
B. forbs
vest
C. jugalones B. The clearing of trees, transforming a
D. spalts forest into cleared land
29. The original forest cover of the United C. Building shopping malls where a forest
States was: used to be
A. 900, 000, 000 acres D. Grazing cattle on pastures
B. 900, 000 acres 35. Which of the following is a biological con-

trol of forest insects?
C. 9, 000, 000 acres
A. Introduction of a predator
D. 90, 000 acres
B. Planting of resistant varieties
30. Cambium C. Application of pesticides
A. Is dead D. Selective harvesting
B. is the living and growing portion of the
36. Which of the following is NOT considered
plant
a naturally durable wood?
C. is the part of the leaf that opens for
A. white pine
gas exchange
B. white oak
D. is a bacterial disease that is killing
many trees in Tulare County C. cedar
D. black walnut
31. Herbicide damage may be indicated by:
37. EO 192 defined as a process of change
A. twisting of needles, stunted growth
to meet the needs of the people without
B. tumor-like enlargements on the trunk lessening the potential for meeting their
C. elongated cankers future needs, the needs of other societies
and those of future generations.
D. yellow to orange lesions on bark
A. ecological stability
32. In Arizona, which species accounts for
B. sustainable development
about 90% of all harvested timber?
C. DENR’s program
A. ponderosa pine
D. people empowerment
B. Douglas fir
38. The current trend in Forest Service ecosys-
C. cottonwood
tem management policy is:
D. aspen
A. holistically assessing each situation
33. On a topographical map, what is meant by B. clear cutting as much as possible
the contour lines being close together? C. allocation of resources
A. very steep land D. implementing geographical bound-
B. a depression aries to separate various uses
29. A 30. B 31. A 32. A 33. A 34. B 35. A 36. A 37. B 38. A
39. Which of the following was not a method 44. Refers to the inculcation, assimilation and
adopted by Saminists? acquisition of knowledge, skills, profi-
ciency and ethical and moral values af-
A. Lying down on the land
ter the initial registration of a profes-
B. Refusing to pay taxes and fines sional, that raises and enhances the pro-
fessional’s technical skills and professional
C. Refusing to perform labour
competence.
D. Flogging the Dutch A. Self-directed learning package
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40. The objective of Agriculture and Fisheries B. in-service training
Modernization act is: C. continuing professional education
A. poverty alleviation and social equity D. apprenticeship training
B. food security 45. The forest industry buys most of their
C. global competitiveness sawlogs using the:
D. all of the above A. Doyle rune

B. international scale
41. Afforestation is
C. Scribner rule
A. planting trees on non-forested land D. cunits
B. removing trees from specific geologic
regions 46. Which is not a factor affecting the success
or failure of direct seeding?
C. tree mortality in large contiguous ar-
A. Temperature
eas
B. Bird Populations
D. none of above
C. Vegetative Cover
42. Water contained within the cell wall in D. Soil Moisture
wood is called:
47. The stem of a leaf is known as a:
A. bound water
A. petiole
B. fiber water
B. spine
C. free water
C. blade
D. suppressed water
D. midrib
43. Removing a section of the outer and inner
48. This agency is responsible for the man-
bark of a standing tree all the way around
agement and conservation of most federal
the bole is called:
lands and natural resources
A. girdling A. U.S. Department of Agriculture
B. scaling B. Bureau of Land Management
C. debarking C. National Park Service
D. measuring the inside diameter D. US Department of the Interior
39. D 40. D 41. A 42. A 43. A 44. C 45. A 46. A 47. A 48. D 49. D
49. The branch of forestry which deals with 54. What is the baseline distance when using
the understanding of the interrelationship a Biltmore stick?
between the forest ecosystem and the hu-

A. 66 feet
man social system
B. 100 feet
A. Forest Ergonomics
C. 75 feet
B. Human Resources Development
D. 50 feet
C. Forestry Extension
55. Which is the major limiting factor affecting
D. Social Forestry
growth in Arizona?
50. Which of the following are benefits of the A. moisture
forest? B. soil chemistry
A. Climate regulation C. light intensity
B. Soil stabilization D. the growing season
C. Healthy functions of ecosystems
56. Which of the following branches of the
D. All of above USDA do not have responsibilities associ-
ated with forestry?
51. To pass the licensure examination for
Foresters, the candidate must obtain an A. Environmental Protection
average of 75% on all of the subjects with B. State and Private Forestry
no rating below in any of the subjects.
C. Research and Experimental
A. 50 %
D. National Forest System
B. 60%
57. Marine fisheries are particularly suscepti-
C. 75% ble to the tragedy of the commons because
D. 65% A. fish are r-selected species that experi-
52. Which of the following is an example of a ence boom and bust cycles.
solution to the tragedy of the commons? B. fish are highly migratory, so they don’t
A. Improving literacy among urban popu- belong to any one nation.
lations C. pollution is highest in areas with high
B. Raising tax rates for large corpora- fish populations.
tions D. international waters are governed by
antiquated nautical law.
C. Inventing stronger antibiotics
D. Passing a law to set limits for fisher- 58. With RA 7161, the government will now
men be able to capture an acceptable economic
rent of the forest resources with forest
53. Coniferous forests are made up primarily charges now levied at of actual FOB
of trees that market price for timber
A. change color in the fall A. 10%
B. bear cones B. 15%
C. shed their leaves C. 20%
D. have thin bark D. 25%
50. D 51. B 52. D 53. B 54. A 55. A 56. A 57. B 58. D 59. A
59. Which of the following species is a “soft- A. Pinugo payo

wood? ” B. Muyong Resources Permit
A. Limber Pine C. Ancestral claim
B. Sugar Maple D. Cordillera IPs claim
C. Gambel Oak
65. acres or a 1 mile square
D. Arizona Walnut
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60. Which of the following trees were pro- B. petiole
moted for building ships or railways?
C. pistil
A. Firs and Pines
D. rotation
B. Bushes and creepers
66. Transit, theodolite, and dumpy refer to
C. Teak and Sal
types of:
D. Shisham and Acacia
A. levels
61. Timbers in the around usually used to sup- B. compasses
port power or telephone lines
C. calipers
A. poles
D. stereoscopes
B. mile
67. What is it called when a replanted forest
C. piling
has no diversity?
D. choker
A. Silviculture
62. are a skilled Forest cutters and shifting B. Monoculture
cultivation
C. Pop culture
A. Baigas
D. Bioculture
B. Maria gonds
68. Refers to the act by which the national
C. Kalangs
government confers and transfer power
D. Dhurwas and authority heretofore performed by na-
tional agencies, together with the corre-
63. Arizona is included in which forest responding person, equipment, assets, liabil-
gion? ities, records and other opportunities, to
A. Rocky Mountain the various LGUs to perform specific func-
B. Northern tions and responsibilities
C. Central Hardwood A. devolution
D. Tropical B. revolution
C. deconcentration
64. A form of recognition of the significant role
of ICCs of the Cordillera are playing their D. turn over
smallholdings for livelihood, biodiversity 69. Most pulpwood today is bought by:
conservation and as buffer zones against
destructive human intrusions in the up- A. weight
lands: B. cunits
60. C 61. A 62. C 63. A 64. B 65. A 66. A 67. B 68. A 69. A
C. board feet 75. A type of leaf that consists of a petiole and

D. cords two or more leaf blades called leaflets

A. compound leaf
70. Uncut timber adjacent to a stream filters
surface runoff and provides shade to keep B. simple leaf
water temperatures from rising. What are C. copperage
these uncut areas called?
D. pollen
A. Buffer Strips
76. All the different populations that live to-
B. Stream Crossings
gether in an area make up a(an)
C. Stream Fords
A. organism
D. Wildlife Corridors
B. community
71. Surveys of the boundaries of a timber tract C. species
are done to:
D. ecosystem
A. establish exact property lines
B. determine stand classification 77. Trees that are used for making paper are
called
C. find the volume of timber on the tract
A. pulpwood
D. locate fences and firebreaks
B. timber
72. Refers to a permit issued by the President
C. lumber
or his duly authorized representative cer-
tifying that a project will not bring about D. veneer
unacceptable impact.
78. Pubescent of a leaf refers to:
A. Environmental Impact System
A. hairiness
B. Environmental Clearance
B. color
C. Environmental Compliance Certificate
C. veins
D. Lease Agreement
D. serrations on the margin
73. The measurement of the diameter of a tree
from 4 1/2 feet above ground on the up- 79. The part of a tree that grows into a seed
hill side is called a(n):
A. DBH A. ovule
B. GIS B. stamen
C. cord C. ovary
D. CDE D. polyp
74. Basal Area 80. How many acres are there in one section?
A. cross sectional area of a tree A. 640.0
B. the butt log portion of a tree B. 460.0
C. patch of wild, herbaceous material C. 600.0
D. none of above D. 160.0
70. A 71. A 72. C 73. A 74. A 75. A 76. B 77. A 78. A 79. A 80. A 81. A
81. The male sex cell 86. The term “site” as used in forestry is
defined by many environmental factors.
A. pollen
Which of the following is not a factor used
B. xylem to define a site?
C. pace A. type of trees
D. ovule B. climate
C. soil
82. Community-based Forest Management is
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based on the concept D. slope
A. Effective law enforcement and sustain- 87. A group of many populations of organisms
able forestry will follow in the same area
B. stakeholder analysis and sustainable A. species
forestry will follow B. population
C. watershed-based management ap- C. community
proach and sustainable forestry will fol- D. ecosystem
low
88. The abilities required for environment and
D. people first and sustainable forestry
natural resources management workers
will follow
and professional are classified into the fol-
lowing basic skills:
83. Which of these is not one of the three main
parts of a tree? A. problem identification and analysis
skills
A. the culm
B. decision-making and judgment skills
B. the roots
C. Implementation, monitoring and eval-
C. the crown uation skills
D. the bole D. b & c
E. all of the above
84. The Adivasi communities in India traded
through the nomadic communities like 89. What is a coniferous tree?
A. Gonds A. A tree that’s leaves go brown in the
B. Bahua winter.
B. Any cone bearing tree species. Usually
C. Banjaras
trees with needles.
D. Mundas C. A tree that only has flowers, and no
leaves.
85. Which plant structure carries water from
the roots up to the rest of the plant? D. How the heck should I know? (If you
click this, you NEED to study more).
A. Phloem
90. “Roundup ready” GM crops are geneti-
B. Xylem
cally modified to
C. Leaves
A. be resistant to Roundup, a glyphosate
D. Biomass herbicide
82. D 83. A 84. C 85. B 86. A 87. C 88. E 89. B 90. A

B. resist freezing temperatures C. 36.0

C. reproduce quickly and enable farmers D. 12.0

to save seeds
96. Immediately outward from the cambium
D. be easier to harvest
are the living cells called the inner bark,
91. It is a document defining the terms and pro- or
cedures for access, use, and protection of A. phloem
natural resources within CBFMA area:
B. annual ring
A. Interim Resource Use Permit
C. xylem
B. Ancestral Domain Management Plan
D. sapwood
C. Resource Use Plan
D. Community Resource Management 97. In a woodlot with even-aged trees, the lot
Framework usually needs to be thinned when the trees
are years old.
92. Which of the following is a significant
A. 15 to 30
problem in nurseries that grow coniferous
seedlings? B. 1 to 5
A. damping off C. 5 to 10
B. needle cast D. 10 to 15
C. pitch canker
98. BONUS QUESTION:The full name of the
D. slime flux newly elected President of the Philippines
93. Aspect A. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr
A. the direction a slope faces B. Bongbong R. Marcos Jr.
B. a tree’s “sun facing” position C. Ferdinand I. Marcos Jr.
C. the direction of the sun D. Rodrigo Roa Duterte
D. none of above
99. One of the following is not a form of social
94. Dendrochronology is: forestry:
A. dating history with tree rings A. agroforestry
B. using tree height and age for a site in- B. community forestry
dex C. community-based forest management
C. measuring tree height with a den- D. family type of contract reforestation
drochronometer
D. a form of seedbed preparation 100. The three numbers on a bag of fertilizer
represent all of the following EXCEPT
95. John’s normal pace is 3.9 feet long. How
A. nitrogen
many paces would he need to measure
three chains? B. phosphorus
A. 51.0 C. magnesium
B. 66.0 D. potassium
91. D 92. A 93. A 94. A 95. A 96. A 97. A 98. A 99. A 100. C 101. A
101. In rangeland management, an animal unit 106. Which plant structure carries
month (AUM) is food/glucose from the leaves down to
A. the amount of forage needed to feed a the rest of the plant?
1, 000 pound cow for one month A. Phloem
B. the amount of organic fertilizer de- B. Xylem
posited by a 1, 000 pound cow in one C. Leaves
month
D. Biota
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C. the number of cattle grazing in a spe-
cific area for one month 107. The relative humidity range for most pre-
scribe burns should be from to
D. the number of cattle cold during one
month A. 30%/60%
B. 25%/35%
102. Which part of the tree carries water and
nutrients upward? C. 40%/60%
A. Xylem D. 30%/50%
B. Phloem 108. Is a system of monitoring the environ-
C. Heart mental consequences of forest manage-
ment by communities and other stakehold-
D. Cambium ers:
103. Which is not a drying defect? A. criteria and indicators of sustainable
forest management
A. knots
B. environmental impact system
B. split
C. monitoring and evaluation system
C. crook
D. forest resource assessment
D. twist
109. Biltmore Stick
104. Which of the following is not a factor af-
fecting the anatomy of fire? A. timber measuring device
A. Ignition point B. a peavy
B. Natural barriers C. a stick used to separate drying lumber

D. none of above
C. Slope
D. Moisture 110. To keep mud out of streams near log land-
ings, a can be used.
105. A U.S. classification used to-designate
A. silt fence
lands that may be used for recreation,
grazing, timber harvesting, and mineral B. rotten log
extraction. C. culvert
A. Tree plantations D. ditch
B. multiple-use lands
111. What is something we CANNOT find out
C. Rangelands from a tree cookie?
D. Forests A. if there was fire
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B. if there was drought 117. A tree with a very heavy, strong, and
C. how many leaves it has durable wood that has a rich dark brown
color is:

D. age
A. walnut
112. When scaling logs at a sawmill, the scaler
B. maple
usually combines log length (in feet) with
to determine board foot volume/ C. hickory
A. Average DIB, small end D. ash
B. Weight 118. The first chief of the United States Forest
C. Average DBH Service was:
D. Top height A. Gifford Pinchot
113. Filipino citizens can acquire lands of the B. Franklin B. Hough
public domain by either C. James Audubon
A. purchase D. John McSweeney
B. grant
119. One practical solution to prevent over-
C. homestead grazing on rangelands is
D. all of the above A. control the number of grazing animals
114. Only about 5% of private forest B. rotational grazing
landowners have a written management C. limit the duration of grazing in a given
plan on their forest. The survey shows area
of private forest acreage is under manage-
ment using a written plan D. all of these are viable options
A. nearly 40% 120. Which of the following is not an objective
B. nearly 60% of social forestry?
C. nearly 20% A. strengthening of local communi-
ties/institutions
D. none of above
B. improvement of the socio-economic
115. What should be done to press a plant status of the communities
A. Collect a part of the plant that is not C. hiring of community members as
likely to cause serious injury to the plant. project workers
B. Fold all leaves on top of each other D. promotion of social equity
C. Do not ever include the flower
121. The revision in the organizational struc-
D. Always include the roots
ture of DENR regional office which legalize
116. When working on steep ground a tree the existence of ARED (Assistant Regional
should ideally be felled: Executive Director) is contained in:
A. upslope A. DAO 99-50
B. downslope B. DAO 99-51
C. across the slope C. DAO 99-52
D. off a cliff D. none of the above

122. Why are flowers very colorful (and why B. No genetic improvement
do they produce odor? ) C. Less control of spacing and stocking
A. So people buy them D. Generally lower yield
B. To make gardens look good
128. Clearcutting is
C. To attract pollinators
A. A timber harvesting practice where all
D. To attract sunlight
trees larger than 20 feet tall are cut har-
vested.
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123. Generally speaking, a technician is some-
one who has majored in forestry and has B. When logging companies plant new
graduated from a saplings in an area bigger than 1 hectare.
A. technical school C. A timber harvesting practice where all
B. high school of the trees in a given area are harvested
at the same time.
C. 4 year college
D. When forestry services clear out the
D. Post-Bachelorette program
underbrush in a given area.
124. Attrition mill is
129. This wildlife species is endemic to the
A. a hog Philippines and is confined to the islands
B. a planer of Bohol, Samar, Leyte and some parts of
Mindanao. Locally, it is called mamag, mal-
C. a veneer mill
mag, or mago in Mindanao:mago in Samar;
D. none of above magau in Leyte; and maga-tilok-lok by the
manobo. What is the scientific name of
125. is the future of our forests.
this species?
A. Reforestation
A. Cervus alfredi
B. Farming
B. Tragulus nigricans
C. Planting
C. Tarsius syrichta
D. none of the answers listed
D. Sus barbatus
126. A management system that includes fire
suppression will likely lead toI. Large 130. Deforestation refers to
quantities of biomass accumulating on the A. planting of trees
forest floor.II. An increase in the likelihood
B. cultivation of crops
of uncontrolled natural fires.III. An acceler-
ation of nutrient cycling C. disappearance of forests
A. I only D. depletion of forests
B. I and II 131. Indian Forest Service was set up in the
C. I and III year:
D. II and III A. 1865
127. Which of the following is not a disadvan- B. 1864

tage of natural regeneration? C. 1854
A. Low cost establishment D. 1884

132. A tally system used with tally books is 137. A dot grid is used to determine the:
the: A. number of acres in a tract

A. 10 dot tally system B. miles
B. three record system C. board footage
C. computer tally D. slope
D. systematic tally 138. Which disease of hardwoods enters the
tree through the deep wounds caused by
133. Why are pollinators important to us? logging operations or fire?
A. They are not that important. A. Heart Rot
B. They are important because they pro- B. Fusiform Rust
duce honey.
C. Nectria Canker
C. They are important because they are D. Annosus Root Rot
part of the food chain.
D. They are important because they polli- 139. This agency manages fish, wildlife, and
nate our crops and plants. habitats.
A. US Forest Service
134. The Material Safety Data (MSD) sheet B. US Fish and Wildlife Service
contains information about all of the fol-
lowing EXCEPT: C. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration
A. cost per application
D. Bureau of Reclamation
B. chemical make-up
140. All of the following are problems cre-
C. first aid instructions ated by the deforestation of rainforests
D. proper disposal except?
A. increased erosion
135. Which of the following bearings on a
quadrant compass converts to 310 de- B. loss of biodiversity in the area
grees on an azimuth compass? C. changes in local rainfall levels
A. N50W D. an increase in the availability of graz-
ing land
B. N10W
C. S10E 141. Which of the following is NOT one of the
four layers of forest?
D. S50E
A. forest ceiling
136. A site where logs are gathered to haul B. understory
them to a sawmill
C. canopy
A. yard D. emergent
B. pace
142. The yearly demand for wood products in
C. acre the United States is about cubic feet.
D. Leaf A. 19 billion

B. 253 billion 147. ‘Khandad’ was a name used for shifting

C. 23 billion agriculture in
D. 190 billion A. Srilanka
B. India
143. A standard cord of wood measures
C. Brazil
A. 128 cubic feet
D. Africa
B. 128 square feet
148. The number of rings on a tree determines
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C. 160 cubic feet
its
D. 160 square feet
A. height
144. One effect of overgrazing natural range- B. weight
lands is
C. age
A. increased biodiversity because of the
increase in plants cattle will not eat, such D. number of boards
as sagebrush, mesquite, and cactus 149. The area of the cells where the growth of
B. decreased solar powere because soil a tree (diameter) takes place is the:
is compacted and can no longer support A. cambium
solar cells
B. pith
C. soil erosion, because cattle damage
C. heartwood
the grass roots and the grass can no
longer grow D. sapwood
D. increased soil porosity because the 150. Which of the following methods of timber
cattle are not present to compact the land cruising uses a prism to determine what
as they walk and stand on it trees are to be measured?
145. Any person who shall provide nay infor- A. variable plot
mation leading to the apprehension and B. strip cruising
conviction of any offender foe violation of C. radius plot method
forest laws, rules and regulations or con-
D. fixed plot method
fiscation of forest products shall be given
a reward in the amount of of the pro- 151. The practice of silviculture is concerned
ceeds of the forest products. with:
A. 20% A. all of these
B. 30% B. method of reproduction
C. 40% C. intermediate cuttings
D. 50% D. protection of the stand
146. Social forestry is an approach to forest 152. What factors are considered when deter-
management that involves: mining optimum growing conditions?
A. people’s participation A. all of these
B. social equity B. aspect
C. sustainable forest productivity C. available moisture
D. all of the above D. soil type

153. A tree can be aged by counting the annual 158. An area set aside with the intent of-
growth rings. Which of the following tools preserving a large tract of intact ecosys-
can be used to accomplish this? tem or a landscape.

A. Increment Borer A. National wilderness areas
B. Bark Gauge B. National wildlife refuges
C. GPS C. Rangelands
D. Ring Borer D. Forests
154. A classification method for trees, plants 159. When planting trees, a spacing of 8x8
and animals using scientific names and feet will result in how many trees per
Latin terminology acre?
A. taxonomy A. 680.0
B. safety B. 340.0
C. Cambium C. 3400.0
D. trunk D. 6800.0
160. is the portion of the fire from which

155. Reproduction of trees by the copice
air is moving away. This portion of the
method refers to:
fire is moving slowest and is burned over.
A. the sprouting of trees
A. Rear
B. planting seedlings
B. Head
C. planting seeds
C. Flank
D. fertilizing before planting
156. Construction of railways tracks in India 161. A mode of utilizing and developing natu-
created a huge demand for ral resources as stated in the 1987 Consti-
A. Timber tution:
B. Iron A. co-production
C. Elephants B. joint venture
D. Bamboo C. production sharing
D. all of the above
157. In the reforestation program of DENR, as-
sociation, organization, foundations, or co- 162. What is bycatch?
operatives can engaged into contract for
A. Catching other sea life than what you
an area of:
were aiming to catch
A. 5-10 hectares
B. Fish caught as the ships go by
B. 10-100 hectares
C. Fish that escapes out of nets
C. more than 100 hectares
D. Fish caught at the very end of the fish-
D. up to 80 hectares only ing season

163. What are considered “the commons” 168. Bastar people believe each village was
given land by
A. Common house hold items like knifes,
spoons, and forks. A. The British
B. A renewable resource owned by no B. The Gods
one and available for use by anyone at lit- C. The Earth
tle or no charge
D. The Chief
C. A field where college students can sit
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outside in between classes 169. A is the most accurate tool for mea-
suring tree diameters.
D. none of above
A. diameter tape
164. Sunlight, carbon dioxide and water pro- B. tree caliper
duce carbohydrates through a process
known as C. wedge prism
A. Photosynthesis D. biltmore stick
B. Inspiration 170. environmental advantage of no-till agri-

C. Oxidation culture
A. less erosion
D. Respiration
B. decrease in labor costs
165. Plainsawed lumber is also called: C. increased use of herbicides and pesti-
A. flat grained cides
B. edge grained D. increased need for irrigation
C. radial sawed 171. Which of the following careers would
D. quarterseed most likely involve managing timberland
for private landowners?
166. excessive irrigation in drier climates A. Professional Consulting Forester
leads to
B. Forest Engineer
A. local and regional flash flooding
C. Research Forester
B. increased water tables
D. Urban Forester
C. increased soil salinization
172. If a cord of firewood cost $200, how
D. increased crop yields much would a stack of wood measuring 4’
x 6’ x 8’ cost?
167. Which of the following is least likely to
present a health hazard to forestry work- A. 300.0
ers? B. 312.0
A. air quality C. 200.0
B. cold D. 250.0
C. heat
173. A renewable resource is harvested sus-
D. terrain tainably if

A. the amount of replacement is less than A. austerity measures

the amount harvested. B. fairness

B. the amount of replacement is equal to
C. proper decorum
the amount harvested.
D. love of work and dignity of labor One
C. soil erosion is prevented.
of the norms and guidelines in the Code
D. replacing trees costs less than har- of Filipino Foresters is “develop and main-
vesting trees. tain a high professional prestige. Uphold
high standard of the forestry profession
174. Which instrument is not used to measure and take pride in its practice. Observe
diameter?
A. clinometer 179. If Mr. Brown plans to plant 15 acres of
Longleaf Pine seedlings on 6 feet x 10 feet
B. D tape intervals, how many seedlings per acre
C. tree caliper will Mr. Brown plant?
D. biltmore scale A. 726.0
175. A high traffic area is likely to have what B. 908.0

effect on soil? C. 680.0
A. decrease in nutrients D. 544.0
B. increased compaction
180. Fire suppression can result in a(n)
C. increased aeration
A. increase in animal habitats.
D. leaching
B. buildup of material that fuels future
176. The process of change in an ecosystem is fires.
C. decrease in property damage.
A. Selective Cutting D. an increase in the jack pine population.
B. Mast-bearing trees
181. The margin of the leaf can be used to iden-
C. Succession tify many hardwood tree species. The mar-
D. Den Trees gin is found on what part of the leaf?
177. Estimating a volume of standing timber A. blade
A. crusing B. mid-rib
B. spacing C. petiole
C. piling D. lenticels
D. felling 182. Which of the following is an intangible
product of forests?
178. One of the norms and guidelines in the
Code of Filipino Foresters is “develop and A. water quality
maintain a high professional prestige. Up- B. firewood
hold high standard of the forestry profes-
sion and take pride in its practice. Observe C. pine straw mulch
D. greenery used for decorations

183. Clear-cutting can result in wide-scale B. Collecting timber

due to the unprotected soil. C. Scientific forestry
A. erosion D. Keeping communities away from
B. extraction forests
C. status 189. A piece of equipment that helps navigate
D. none of the answers listed is sometimes referred to as a GPS. What
do the letters GPS stand for?
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184. The flagship species of DENR Region 8 of-
fice is A. Global Positioning System
A. mancono B. Ground Positioning System

C. Ground Position System
B. Phil. Spotted deer
D. Global Position System
C. Phil. Mallard
D. Molave 190. Who was the first Inspector General of
Forests in India?
185. A silviculturally sound treatment for deal-
A. Dietrich Brandis
ing with wolf trees is:
B. Lord Dalhousie
A. girding
C. Frank Worcell
B. felling
D. Lord Curzon
C. bucking
D. limbing 191. Wildlife species in the possession of pri-
vate person must be registered with DENR
186. Which of the following is not a correct which include:
procedure to use in planting seedlings?
A. threatened species
A. Plant seedlings in an upright position,
B. exotic species
with the roots doubled up
C. non-threatened faunal species
B. Plant seedlings in slightly deeper than
they grew in the nursery D. all of the above
C. Plant only one tree in a given spot 192. The process by which plants produce glu-
D. Always pack soil firmly around the cose
roots A. photosynthesis
187. Which of the following is not an advan- B. Anther
tage of planting seedlings? C. township
A. Initial investment is high D. pistil
B. Complete control over the species 193. Which of the following is an energy inten-
C. Fast erosion control sive means of forest vegetation control?
D. Control of tree spacing A. machine clearing
188. Which of the following is a new develop- B. hand clearing

ment in forestry? C. broadcast burn
A. Conservation of forests D. spot treatment with herbicides

194. Swidden agriculture is known in Cen- B. soil erosion

tral America C. environmentalists

A. milpa D. popularity
B. lading
200. It is an organization, direction, coordina-
C. chena
tion and control of human and material re-
D. jhum sources to achieve common purpose.
195. Which of the following is a primary rea- A. management
son for deforestation? B. supervision
A. to graze cattle C. administration
B. to grow crops D. authority
C. to provide fuelwood
201. Between 1950 and 1990, wheat pro-
D. all of these duction in India in average pounds per
196. Which of the following is an accurate por- acre more than tripled, which allowed In-
trayal of the stages of succession? dia to meet its population’s need for food.
Which of the following best explains this
A. annual weeds, perennials, shrugs, change?
young trees
A. The elimination of poverty in India’s ru-
B. annual weeds, shrubs, perennials, ral regions
young trees
B. The use of genetically modified seeds
C. perennials, annual weeds, shrubs,
young trees C. The increase of microloan programs
that provide farmers with credit
D. none of above
D. The use of large farm tractors and
197. is considered the father of systematic combine harvesters
botany. E. The use of improved plant hybrids and
A. Linnaeus agricultural chemicals.
B. Pinchot
202. Government agencies proposed to be
C. Dubiel merge with the Department of Environ-
D. Hasiotis ment and Natural Resources (DENR)
A. Department of Agrarian Reform
198. Cutting down every tree in a large area
is an example of B. Department of Agriculture
A. Selective Cutting C. Department of Energy
B. Shelterwood Cutting D. a & b
C. Clear Cutting E. All of the above
D. Strip cutting 203. The railway network expanded rapidly in
199. What is probably the biggest problem fac- India from the
ing U.S. National Parks today? A. 1820s
A. regulations B. 1830s

C. 1850s 209. Areas released as A & D can be processed

D. 1860s for titling for private ownership. Which
of the following statements will not apply
204. The smallest unit of ecological organiza- when the area is proclaimed as Protected
tion is a single Area?
A. population A. A & D lands will be reverted to timber-
B. community land
C. organism
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B. A & D lands will be reverted to timber-
D. ecosystem land including titled lots
205. The American Forest Institute says there C. untitled properties can no longer be ti-
are four steps in developing a good forest tled
management program. Which of the fol- D. All titling process within protected ar-
lowing is not a proper step in developing eas will be suspended
a good forest management program?
A. Becoming a certified tree farm 210. Which of the following management prac-
tices would not be categorized as a silvicul-
B. Decide on your objectives
tural practice?
C. Develop a plan
A. marketing timber
D. Analyze the situation
B. tree planting
206. Which of the following is a commercial
crop? C. intermediate cuttings
A. Rice D. harvest cuttings
B. Wheat
211. Abscission
C. Cotton
A. leaf separation from tree
D. Maize
B. a tree bole scar
207. The scorched earth policy was followed
by C. root grafting to neighboring trees
A. Japanese in Java D. none of above
B. British in India
212. CAFOs make meat more economical, but
C. French in Vietnam may have some negative environmental
D. Dutch in Java impacts. These include all of the following
EXCEPT
208. Best Management Practices include
which of the following? A. increase in nutrients in stormwater
runoff.
A. using buffers
B. leaving dead trees in place so as not to B. increase in sediments in stormwater
disturb growth runoff.
C. allowing goats to graze in newly C. increased use of land area over other
planted areas types of animal farming.
D. increased logging during wet seasons D. high concentrations of animal waste.

213. Tendu Leaves are used in making C. defoliation

A. Bidis D. death by girding

B. pottery 218. All private plantations within titled or
C. dishes tax declared lands should be registered at:
D. basket A. CENRO
B. PENRO
214. The cutting and burning of trees
C. FMS-DENR Regional Office
A. has no affect on the environment.
D. MENRO
B. releases carbon dioxide and con-
tributes to climate change. 219. Lands occupied, possessed and utilized
C. is beneficial to ecosystems and animal by individuals, families and clans who are
habitats. members of ICCs/IPs since time immemo-
rial.
D. reduces flooding and erosion.
A. ancestral domain
215. All the below would occur in an area that
B. ancestral lands
has been recently clear-cut EXCEPT
C. cultural lands
A. an increase in water pollution as sedi-
ment flows into streams D. grabbed lands
B. an increase in biodiversity, because 220. A dry open grassland.
land with fewer trees and less sunlight is A. National wilderness areas
more inviting to a variety of species
B. National wildlife refuges
C. a loss of soil fertility, because of the
increase in wind and water erosion C. Rangelands
D. more water flows on sloped, denuded D. Forests

land, resulting in erosion and increases 221. What was the policy followed by the
the likelihood of landslides British in India towards forests during the
First and the Second World Wars?
216. A management system that includes pre-
scribed burns will likely lead to:I. Large A. The forest department cut trees freely
quantities of biomass accumulating on the to meet British war needs
forest floor.II. A decrease in the likelihood B. Cutting of trees was strictly prohibited
of uncontrolled natural fires.III. An acceler- for everyone, including the British
ation of nutrient cycling
C. More and more trees were planted to
A. I only give employment to Indians
B. I and II D. None of the above
C. I and III
222. Which of the following is not a classifica-
D. II and III tion of public domain:
217. Attacks by scales and aphids would result A. Agricultural lands
in: B. Buffer Zones
A. stunted tree growth C. Mineral lands
B. forked and crooked trees D. National parks

223. Which of the following is true with re- 228. In 1630, there was an estimated one
gard to fungal colonization? billion acres of forest land in the United
States. That number dramatically dropped
A. Once begun, it cannot be controlled
to 759 million acres when measured in
B. Usually, no serious damage results to 1907. What do you think the most recent
infected trees figure is?
C. It cannot spread through the roots A. 747 million acres
D. It is easily controlled with a systematic B. 389 million acres
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fungicide C. 903 million acres
224. Which of the following is NOT a pre- D. none of above
scribed action to maintain a healthy for- 229. Which of the following US Presidents
est? created the CCC (Civilian Conservation
A. Overstocking the stand Corps)?
B. Using prescribed fire A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Planting genetically superior B. Theodore Roosevelt

seedlings C. Dwight D. Eisenhower
D. Fertilizing the trees D. Woodrow Wilson
230. America’s eastern forests were originally
225. A collection of organisms that make up a
cleared to produce lumber for ships, logs
community as well as all of the nonliving
for , and fields to be farmed.
aspects of the environment.
A. homes
A. Population
B. buildings
B. Community
C. cabins
C. Habitat
D. hardwood
D. Ecosystem
231. Which of the following characterizes
226. Magnetic declination is the “forestry crisis”
A. angle between true and magnetic A. serious inadequacy of policies, frame-
work, strategies and programs
B. amount of local attraction
B. monotonic decline of forest resources
C. angle between true and magnetic AND
C. serious shortages of forest goods and
amount of local attraction
services
D. none of the answers listed D. All of the above
227. The least accurate tool for determining 232. What are characteristics of a tree?
the bearing of a line is:
A. Grow to at least 20 ft
A. GPS receiver B. Have a sizable crown
B. Transit C. Have a single trunk
C. Hand compass D. perennial, woody plant
D. Staff compass E. All of these

233. Most haul roads are designed with 238. Which of the following tools can be used
grades not exceeding percent. to determine the basal area?
A. Wedge Prism, Relaskop

A. 10.0
B. 12.0 B. Relaskop, Dot Grid
C. 15.0 C. Wedge Prism, Dot Grid
D. 20.0 D. Log Rule, Dot Grid
234. Alienable lands of public domain shall be 239. The first National Park established in the
limited to agriculture. United States was:
A. Yellowstone
A. true
B. Smoky Mountain
B. false
C. Grand Canyon
C. should be used for forestry purposes.
D. Yosemite
D. should be reserved to aliens or foreign-
ers Lands of the public domain are clas- 240. In measuring the site index of a tree,
sified into agricultural, forest or timber, which criteria must be answered?
mineral lands and national parks. Agricul- A. age of a tree and total tree height
tural lands of the public domain may be
B. age of a tree and merchantable height
further classified by law according to the
uses to which they may be devoted. C. DBH and totally free height
D. merchantable height of DBH
235. How many board feet are in a 2 inch x
12 inch x 24 inch Southern Pine board? 241. The cutting down of selected trees in a
A. 4 board feet forest so the growth of other trees is not
affected.
B. 4.5 board feet
A. Selective Cutting
C. 2.5 board feet
B. Controlled Burn
D. 3.5 board feet
C. Thinning
236. The first consideration in using chemical D. Clear Cutting
pesticides should always be:
242. The industrialized agriculture system
A. safety shuts down without what key ingredi-
B. timing of the application ent?
C. economic feasibility A. cheap fossil fuel energy
D. ease of application B. genetically modified organisms
C. efficient food processing plants
237. It refers to the process of tracking
changes in the forest biophysically and eco- D. The Food Quality Protection Act
nomically (in monetary terms) 243. Extensive agriculture involves
A. environmental quality assessment A. lots of land and labor
B. forest resource accounting B. little land and labor
C. impact assessment C. lots of land; less labor
D. analog forestry D. lots of labor; less land

244. Tree seedlings from a nursery that are la- B. there will be an increase in evapora-
beled 3-0: tion
A. were grown 3 years in a seedbed C. there will be a decrease in run-off
B. are too young to plant D. there will be a decrease in sedimenta-
tion
C. have a 3 inch tap root
D. were grown 3 years in a transplant bed 250. Which of the following is NOT an ecosys-
tem service provided by forests?
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245. Lands managed by agencies of the gov-
A. Provide habitat
ernment
B. Aid in nutrient cycling
A. National Parks
C. Sequester Carbon
B. National Rivers
D. Recreational opportunities
C. Public Lands
D. Restricted-use Lands 251. A widow maker is:
A. a tree lodged in another tree
246. Which methods of irrigation is the least
efficient with the highest rate of evapora- B. a poorly maintained saw
tion? C. a stem or limb bent under pressure
A. spray irrigation D. an overloaded log truck
B. drip irrigation 252. Which of the following is not a character-
C. furrow irrigation istic of ecosystems?
D. flood irrigation A. Succession
B. Stratification
247. Paper was first made from ground mul-
berry bark by the C. Zonation
A. Chinese D. Diversity
B. American Indians 253. The vast majority of wilderness areas in
C. Egyptians the US exist in
D. Incas A. the Midwestern states of Wisconsin,

Minnesota, and North Dakota.
248. A tree has its crown extended above B. Texas and Hawaii.
the rest.
C. the Western States (California, Ore-
A. dominant gon, and Washington).
B. co-dominant D. Alaska.
C. suppressed
254. It is an office attached to the DENR which
D. intermediate serves as the country’s mapping agency:
249. How does clear-cutting of forests change A. Land Management Bureau

the water cycle? B. National Mapping and Resource Infor-
A. there will be an increase in transpira- mation Authority
tion C. Forest Management Bureau

D. Natural Resources Development Cor- 260. The habitat in which you are most likely
poration to find mammals, reptiles, fungi and old
growth trees is

255. All mossy forests are part of the National
A. Early Succession
Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS)
and considered as: B. Shrub Habitat
A. national parks C. Young Forest
B. nature biotic area D. Mature Forest
C. strict nature reserves 261. Which of these are reasons to plant

trees?
D. resource reserves
A. Lower temperature and increase oxy-
256. Which is located between the sapwood gen
and the inner bark? B. Improve appearance and prevent ero-
A. cambium sion
B. pith C. Provide habitats and improve soil
health
C. heartwood
D. All of these
D. outer bark
262. Which among the following is the main
257. What is the total Basal Area for a plot reason for survival of some dense forests
if 10 trees were tallied using a 10 factor in India?
wedge prism? A. Conservationists
A. 100 square feet per acre B. Environmentalists
B. 100 cubic feet per acre C. Scientific forestry
C. 50 cubic feet per acre D. Villages protected them as sacred
grooves
D. 50 square feet per acre
263. The most widely known and used hard-
258. Which of the following is not a group wood is:
method of conducting extension work?
A. Oak
A. field visits
B. Maple
B. home visits
C. Hickory
C. community meetings D. Ash
D. method demonstration
264. Which of the following is NOT true with
259. This type of insecticide is taken up inter- regard to the topographic Abney level?
nally by the tree: A. It is used primarily on normal terrain
A. systemic B. It contains a scale that directly corre-
sponds to the correction graduations on a
B. contact poison
slope tape
C. bark poison
C. It is used to supplement slope tapes
D. brain poison on very steep terrain

D. It measures the angle between the 270. The United States has approximately
horizontal plane and line of sight along the how many acres of forest land?
scope A. 728 million
265. A stand in which the trees are the same B. 483 million
age or at least in the same age class is
C. 245 million
called:
A. an even aged stand D. 100 million
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B. an uneven aged stand 271. Selective cutting differs from clear cut-
C. two storied stand ting in that selective cutting:
D. virgin stand A. Increases surface runoff and erosion
266. Out of three categories, which forests B. Only removes a few trees
were regarded as the best? C. Takes out all the trees
A. Reserved forests D. Reduces the risk of forest fires
B. Protected forests
272. The chance that an accident might occur
C. Village forests during a research project
D. Both (a) and (b)
A. Risk
267. DBH is taken at what point on the tree? B. mile
A. at 4.5 feet C. Leaf
B. at the breast height of the person mea-
D. cord
suring the tree
C. at 3.0 feet 273. This agency manages about 253 million
D. at stump height acres of America’s public lands as well as
700 million acres of subsurface mineral es-
268. All of the following are characteristics of tate.
genetically engineered crops EXCEPT A. U.S. Department of Agriculture
A. resistance to disease
B. Bureau of Land Management
B. high water needs
C. National Park Service
C. need less fertilizer
D. US Department of the Interior
D. faster growing
E. higher yielding 274. By virtue of this law, the DENR was orga-
nized as the primary government agency
269. Of the below choices, which is the responsible for the sustainable develop-
most common reason for seizure (cylin- ment of the country’s resources
der/piston failure) of a chainsaw?
A. EO 912
A. Hole in the fuel line
B. EO 192
B. Dirty air filter
C. EO 182
C. Letting the saw run as fast idle with
the chain brake on D. EO 162
D. Using a non-resistor spark plug E. EO 182

275. This program is the very recent addition B. Back cut

to the total package of CBFMP which aims C. Over cut
to scrutinize or put value to existing and

future forest plantation harvest D. Front cut
A. Forest Resources Insurance System 280. Which of the following is not a com-
mon method of testing improved seeds or
B. Forest Resources Securitization Sys-
seedlings?
tem
A. regulation testing
C. Forest Resources Valuation System
B. provenance testing
D. Forest Resources Surety System
C. progeny testing
276. A technique sometimes used in forest D. clone testing
management, farming, or prairie restora-
tion to improve habitat and reduce wildfire 281. This a package of interventions which
risk. the government shall pursue to ensure the
A. Selective Cutting welfare and integration of disadvantaged
groups or basic sectors of the society into
B. Controlled Burn political and economic mainstream
C. Thinning A. Philippine Agenda 21
D. Clear Cutting B. Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Pro-
gram
277. Which of the following pest management
practices is categorized as a silvicultural C. Social Reform Agenda
method? D. Philippines 2000
A. Harvest mature trees or stands 282. Which of the following is the leading use
B. Paint uninfested trees with wax of water globally?
C. Use conventional pesticides on a regu- A. Domestic/Residential
lar basis B. Industry
D. Utilize pheromones, repellants, and in- C. Business/Commercial
hibitors
D. Agriculture
278. What is a fishing quota? 283. The toxin Bt (bacillus thuringiensis)
A. The number of fish that is not allowed comes from a cell.
to be fish in a fishery. A. bacteria
B. The money fishing companies get for B. protist
catching fish
C. corn plant
C. The maximum quantity of fish that is al-
D. fungus
lowed to be removed from a fishery.
D. none of above 284. Local Government Code of 1991
A. RA 7610
279. When felling a tree, a removes a
wedge of wood from the side where the B. RA 7160
logger wants the tree to fall. C. RA 7610
A. Undercut D. RA 1760

285. species, sometimes called conifers, 290. What form of nitrogen is found in the at-
are trees that have leaves in the form of mosphere and then captured by nitrogen
needles. fixing bacteria?
A. Softwood A. N2
B. Deciduous B. NH4
C. Hardwood C. NO2
D. Evergreen D. NO3
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286. Which of the following is NOT an eco- 291. Unfortunately, U.S. tree mortality (trees
nomic service provided by forests? dying naturally in any given year) is higher
now than at any other time over the last
A. provide habitat
60 years. Natural causes of death take
B. recreation nearly of the forest’s trees annually.
C. lumber A. 0.01
D. job opportunities B. 0.5
287. The most damaging pollutant in the US is C. 0.1

currently thought to be: D. none of above
A. ozone 292. It refers to the research agreement en-
B. nitrates tered into by and between private persons
or corporations, or foreign international
C. lead
entities, and the government of the Philip-
D. zinc pines for the purpose of undertaking bio-
prospecting.
288. Looking at a tree’s cross section shows
that each ring is made up of a darker A. Academic Research Agreement
colored area called summerwood and a B. Inter-agency Committee on Biological
lighter area called: and Genetic Resources
A. springwood C. Commercial Research Agreement
B. fall wood D. none of the above
C. winterwood 293. Biodiversity refers to
D. darkwood A. extinct species
289. Which of the following is true with re- B. the variety of species on Earth
gard to crown fires? C. nonrenewable resources
A. They almost always start as surface D. the rate of species decline
fires
294. Responsible for the reorganization of the
B. They are more common in deciduous
Bureau of Forestry after the World War II
forests
A. Florencio Tamesis
C. They are the most common type of for-
est fires B. Nicanor Lalog
D. They are the slowest spreading of all C. Francisco Tamolang
fires D. Carlos Sulit

295. Machinery used to pull logs from the C. A log on the ground
stump to the landing D. none of above

A. skidder
301. As a rule, only about to percent of
B. mile all properly planted seedlings will survive.
C. suckers A. 75/80
D. Anther B. 80/85
296. Overgrazing of grasslands can lead to re- C. 65/70
duced range quality. Two of the major ef- D. 70/75
fects of overgrazing are
A. erosion and desertification 302. America’s forests are natural re-
sources.
B. eutrophication and increased methane
production A. renewable
C. higher fire potential and increased pro- B. unrenewable
ductivity C. complete
D. higher primary productivity and am- D. finished
monification
303. Refers to the individuals or entities duly
297. A 66’ baseline is best used with a: deputized by the DENR in accordance with
A. topographic clinometer DAO 41 series of 1991:
B. percent clinometer A. SDENRO
C. Hand compass B. DENRO
D. Staff compass C. Green Rangers
D. Forest Rangers
298. Toxins that get passed up the food chain
in increasing amounts 304. A large area typically planted with a sin-
A. biomagnification gle rapidly growing tree species.
B. compaction A. Tree plantations
C. compounding B. multiple-use lands
D. non-elimination C. Rangelands
299. Permit required for harvesting planted D. Forests

premium species such as narra: 305. Which of the following would be the def-
A. Private Land Timber Permit inition of a detritivore?
B. Special Private Land Timber Permit A. Animals that eat insects.
C. Muyong Resources Permit B. Organisms that feed on rocks, recy-
D. Planted Timber Cutting Permit cling the nutrients back into the ground.
C. Organisms that eat only pants
300. A snag is a
D. Things that feed on dead organisms,
A. Always a den tree recycling the nutrients back into the
B. Standing dead tree at least 6’ tall ground.

306. Abnormal tissue growth on trees that is C. perpendicular to the high side
caused by insects or mites is called: D. ground level
A. gall
311. refers to a leaf being shaped like a
B. pitch
heart.
C. fungus
A. Cordate
D. conk
B. Elliptic
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307. The staff bureau under the DENR which, C. Rhomboid
among other functions, recommend poli-
cies and/or programs for the effective pro- D. Deltoid
tection, development, occupancy, manage-
312. The portion of the forest that receives full
ment and conservation of forest lands and
sun and is composed of the trees’ crowns
watershed to ensure continued supply of
forest water, goods and services A. Forest meadows
A. Forest Management Bureau B. Forest Umbrella
B. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau C. Forest Canopy
C. Lands management Bureau D. Climax community
D. Environment Management Bureau 313. Accretion is
308. Forest policy from 1800 to the present A. the amount of tree growth
can be seen as a shift from to one
B. the amount of tree stem straightness
that is more decentralized, participatory
and people-oriented. C. the amount of tree bark loss
A. defeatist and anti-industry D. none of above
B. technology-drive and extraction fo- 314. Spooner Amendment provides that:
cused
A. no sale, lease or disposition of public
C. regulatory, centrally controlled and in-
lands or timber in mining lands shall be
dustry biased
made
D. leasehold and mass-based
B. not more than 30 licensees shall be
309. After intensive logging between 1870 granted in one province
and 1920, of the Nation’s forests C. license shall be granted for one year
grow trees that are less than 50 years old.
D. all of the above
A. 0.55
B. 0.85 315. DDT, an insecticide, is in the envi-
ronment. This means it doesn’t break
C. 0.33 down/decompose. It lasts a long time.
D. none of above A. persistent
310. The DBH of a tree is measured on the: B. synergistic
A. high side C. acute
B. low side D. threshold

316. Abney level C. raised-relief

A. measures heights D. contour

B. measures relative flatness 322. Which of the following statements is true
C. measures tree diameter with respect to forest ecosystems?
D. none of above A. The more diverse an ecosystem, the
more resistant it is to insect damage
317. Poorer, lighter, shallower soil better sup-
B. One natural disaster in the stand will
ports
not result in a total loss in timber re-
A. Oaks sources
B. Hardwood Trees C. A single-species plantation is more re-
C. Conifers sistant to insect damage than a mixed one
D. All of the above D. A disease outbreak is likely to do more
damage to a mixed ecosystem than a
318. products are the ones most commonly single-species plantation
associated with forests.
323. Under DENR rules and regulations regard-
A. Wood ing the harvesting of naturally grown tim-
B. Medicinal ber within private lands, the number of
C. Food permit allowed is:
D. none of the answers listed A. one permit per person per year
B. one permit per titled property per year
319. The width of a fire line is determined by:
C. more than one permit per titled prop-
A. all of these erty per year depending on the har-
B. amount of flash fuels vestable volume
C. fuel moisture content D. a & b
D. slope 324. This law is known as Wildlife Conserva-
tion and Protection Act of 2001
320. If an undried sample of Southern Pine
sample weighed 10 ounces and the same A. RA 7586
sample once dried weighed 8 ounces, what B. RA 9674
would be the moisture content of the sam- C. RA 9147
ple?
D. RA 3821
A. 0.25
E. RA 1776
B. 0.3
325. Under the Local Government Code of
C. 0.2
1991 enforcement of forestry laws, pol-
D. 0.23 lution control laws, and small scale mining
is devolved to:
321. Maps that convert three-dimensional fea-
tures into a two-dimensional representa- A. municipality
tion are: B. barrio
A. topographic C. province
B. relief D. other government offices

326. Tia’s normal pace is 3.2 feet long. How B. 8 sq. ft

many paces will she need to measure three
C. 80 sq. inches
chains?
A. 62.0 D. 800 sq. ft
B. 51.0
332. Which of the following is NOT a way
C. 36.0 farmers would traditionally modify plants
D. 12.0 in the past?
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A. transgenic manipulation
327. Sustainable forest management must in-
clude which of the following? B. selective breeding
A. environmental benefits C. saving seeds
B. social benefits
D. cross-pollinating
C. economic benefits
D. all of the above 333. A farmer discovers pests have become
resistant the the atrazine she’s been us-
328. Preparation of the seedbed could include: ing so she must use larger, more frequent
A. all of these doses. This is known as
B. burning A. the pesticide treadmill
C. disking B. both an acute and a chronic effect
D. fertilization C. a synergistic effect
329. It is a means to create conditions for de- D. an antagonistic effect
velopment through people’s participation.
It is a strategy for mobilizing people to be- 334. A Filipino who is a graduate of a four-
come fully and collectively involved in the year course in forestry from an educa-
activities that aim to improve their lives. tional institution abroad is to take
A. Participatory planning Foresters examination:
B. participatory development A. not allowed
C. community organizing B. surely to fail when
D. community planning
C. is allowed
330. The first Director of the Bureau of D. not provide for in RA 6239
Forestry
A. David H. Brown 335. Which of the following was not a cate-
B. Arthur S. Fisher gory defined by the British colonial rulers
in India?
C. George P. Ahern
A. Reserved forests
D. Dence McPeque
331. The basal area per acre is if one has
tallied 8 trees with a 10 factor prism. C. Village forests
A. 80 sq. ft D. Community forests

336. Which would NOT be a reason to use GM 341. A large crowned tree with a short stem
crops? that takes up too much growing space is
known as a:

A. Using GM crops can increase crop
yields. A. wolf tree
B. Using GM crops can reduce use of in- B. seed tree
secticide sprays. C. cull tree
C. Using GM crops may be able to feed D. pretty tree
more people faster.
D. Using GM crops can increase pesticide 342. What part of the tree does the nymph of
resistance in pests. the cicada feed on?
A. roots
337. The pine sawfly causes damage to what
part of pine trees? B. trunk
A. Needles C. leaves
B. Twigs D. flowers
C. Limbs 343. Tissue found at the tips of roots and at
D. Trunk/stem the ends of stems responsible for the in-
crease of the length of a plant
338. A levy imposed by the government on A. Apical Meristem
naturally growing timber and other forest
products cut by a permittee or licensee and B. meristem
from plantations established in compliance C. pistil
with TLA reforestation obligations D. Annual ring
A. forest charges
344. The National Forest Management Act
B. rental
A. requires plans for national forests that
C. value added tax follow multiple use and maximum sustain-
D. timber sales tax able yield guidelines.
339. Who was the tribal leader of the rebel- B. requires plans for national forests that
lion at Chhotanagpur? follow multiple use and ecosystem-based
management guidelines.
A. Birsa Munda
C. encourages prescribed burning as a
B. Sidhu means of protecting national forests.
C. Kanho D. promotes the removal of small trees
D. Non of them and underbrush by timber companies.
340. What is a pollinator? 345. The government’s plan for the imple-
A. Animal that moves pollen from plant to mentation of the Community-based Forest
plant Management Strategy containing therein
its short, medium and long term goals and
B. Animal that eats pollen strategies:
C. A plant that makes pollen A. Community Based Forest Management
D. A plant that does not make pollen Plan

B. National Comprehensive Community C. an increase in atmospheric O2

Forestry Action Plan D. an increase in ecological services
C. Community Resource Management
351. A fire which is caused by lightning would
Framework
be:
D. Community Based Resource Manage- A. wildfire
ment Program Plan
B. broadcast burn
346. Kevlar is a material used in: C. back fire
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A. safety clothing D. spot burn
B. herbicide 352. Which of the following descriptions about
C. fertilizer the organization of an ecosystem is cor-
D. surfactants rect?
A. Communities make up organisms,
347. When is it legal to collect wildflowers or which make up populations.
plants?
B. Populations make up organisms,
A. always in national forests which make up communities.
B. on state land or in national parks C. Organisms make up communities,
C. Never which make up populations.
D. On your own property, on national for- D. Organisms make up populations,
est land, or on BLM land, only it it is not a which make up communities.
rare or endangered species. 353. Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
of 2000
348. Which of the following is not a guiding
principle of CBFM strategy A. RA 8003
A. Sustainable Development B. RA 3009
B. autonomy C. RA 9003
D. RA 3009
C. people empowerment
D. participatory approach 354. This agency was established on June
1900 through General Order 92 of the
349. What act was passed in 1971 to ensure United States government
that working conditions in the US are safe A. Bureau of Forestry
and healthful?
B. Department of Forest Service
A. Occupational Safety and Health Act
C. Inspeccion General de Montes
B. Employee Health and Safety Act
D. Reforestation Administration
C. Workplace Safety Act
355. Which of the following is NOT considered
D. Occupational Hazard Reduction Act a primary wood industry?
350. Industrial logging in a deciduous forest A. furniture manufacturing
can cause B. plywood plant
A. an increase in atmospheric CO2 C. pulp mill
B. a decrease in flooding D. sawmill

356. A state of being free of danger and injury A. 0.26

A. safety B. 1.06

B. spacing C. 0.66
C. xylem D. none of above
D. Forestry 362. Loggers use the term “bucking” to refer
357. Two inch thick lumber is usually referred to:
to as at the sawmill. A. cutting a tree into sections, once it has
A. eight quarter been cut down
B. cutting a tree down
B. five quarter
C. cutting out the defective or rotten
C. six quarter
parts of the tree
D. four quarter
D. a tree hitting the ground which then
358. The blandongdienstein system of exempt- bucks like a horse
ing villages from rent in return of free
363. Which of the following statements is true
labour was introduced by whom?
regarding the “financing system” within
A. Britishers Protected areas:
B. French A. PASU collects the entry fee subject to
C. Dutch guidelines approved by PAMB
D. Portuguese B. entry fee is kept by the PASU or his
duly authorized representative
359. Which factor does not influence the loss
C. tenured migrants pays an entry fee as
of moisture from wood?
soon as they enter the protected area
A. fire history
D. income generating activity such plant-
B. temperature ing cash crops within protection zone is al-
C. humidity lowed
D. air movement 364. A guaranteed peaceful possession and
use of specific forestland area and the re-
360. This agency manages all national parks, sources found therein, covered and agree-
many monuments, and other conservation ment, contract, or grant which cannot be
and historic properties. altered or abrogated without due process:
A. U.S. Department of Agriculture A. tenure
B. Bureau of Land Management B. permit
C. National Park Service C. lease
D. US Department of the Interior D. agreement
361. There is more wood today in American 365. Rotation age refers to the age when
forests than there was in 1953. The cu- trees should be:
bic foot increase of wood growing in these
forests over the last 60 years has been A. planted
B. harvested

C. pruned D. Tap root, lateral roots, fibrous roots,

D. fertilized root hairs
366. The Indian Forest Act was amended in 371. The layer of one year as viewed from a
and cross section of stem, branch or root
A. 1877, 1906 A. Annual ring

B. 1878 B. crusing
C. landing
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C. 1899
D. 1927 D. spacing
367. Which of the following agricultural inputs 372. When using the topographic scale on an
were the most recent technological innova- abney level at a distance of 66 feet and
tions employed in less developed countries the readings are-4 to the base to the top
during the Green Revolution? of a tree, the total height is ?
A. Metal plows and harvesting equipment A. 49 feet
B. Irrigated farm fields B. 41 feet
C. Seed hybrids and animal breeds C. 82 feet
D. Chemical fertilizers and pesticides D. 98 feet
E. Terracing in highland terrain 373. The most expensive but most efficient
method of irrigation is
368. The life span of the adult gypsy moth is
usually about: A. Sprinkler
A. 7 days B. surface
B. 1 day C. Drip
C. 15 days D. Basin
D. 45 days 374. A bill passed by Congress becomes a law
369. Back Cut when:
A. final cut when felling a tree A. when the President signs it
B. a final pulpwood harvest B. when the President does not sign nor
communicate his veto of the bill within 30
C. saw kickback days of receipt thereof
D. none of above C. when the vetoed bill is repassed by
370. What are four types of roots in a com- Congress by 2/3 vote of all its members,
plete root system? each house voting separately
A. Tap root, lateral roots, fibrous roots, D. all of the above

deeply descending roots 375. Best Management Practices include all of
B. Tap root, lateral roots, deeply descend- the following except:
ing roots, cambium A. allowing goats to graze in newly
C. Root cap, lateral roots, fibrous roots, planted areas to protect seedlings from
deeply descending roots weed competition

B. control of logging during wet seasons 380. Which of the following is NOT an abiotic
C. removing tops of trees from streams factor?

D. using buffers A. water
B. sunlight
376. Destroying signs and billboards relative
to forest protection and conservation falls C. bacteria
under the category of D. soil
A. qualified theft 381. The Western United States has only
B. forest offense 3.6% of forest area in planted forests
C. vandalism while eastern forests have just over
of forest acreage in plantations.
D. trespassing
A. 0.1
377. A cut made for the primary purpose of re- B. 0.5
moving trees that have been attacked by
C. 0.3
insects or disease is called a:
D. none of above
A. sanitation cut
B. selection cut 382. Public lands in the US are categorized for
use based on the managing agency and
C. clear cut
designated restriction level. In general,
D. shelterwood cut NPS lands are used for
378. Which of the following is a negative ef- A. grazing, mining, timber harvesting,
fect of deforestation? I. Increased flood- and recreation.
ingII. Increased biodiversityIII. Increased B. timber harvesting, grazing, and recre-
soil erosion ation.
A. I only C. recreation and conservation.
B. I and II only D. wildlife conservation, hunting, and
C. I and III only mining.
D. I, II, and III 383. The most destructive of all forest insects
are:
379. Green Revolution technology has re-
sulted in which of the following in moder- A. borers
nagriculture? B. gall mites
A. The development of high-yield grains C. leaf feeders
and the expansion of cultivated areas
D. plant-sucking mites
B. The construction of new irrigation sys-
tems and a reduction in the use of fertiliz- 384. What is an abiotic factor
ers A. a living thing in the environment
C. An increase in the circulation of invest- B. something that was once living but is
ment capital to help the poorest farmers now dead
D. The loss of prime agricultural land and C. something that is made of cells
smaller yields from grain crops D. something that is non living in the en-
E. The end of famine in the world vironment

385. Backfire 389. Cattle release what type of greenhouse

A. deliberate fire used to slow wildfire gas as a result of fermentation in their di-
gestive tract?
B. fire escaping over an established fire-
line A. Oxygen
C. that portion of the wildfire behind the B. Carbon Dioxide

fire crew C. Phosphorus
D. none of above D. Methane
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386. This year the Society of Filipino Foresters 390. How many acres are in an area 20 chains
will celebrate its anniversary. long by 20 chains wide?
A. 56 A. 40.0
B. 57 B. 640.0
C. 50 C. 400.0
D. 54 D. 20.0
E. none of the above SFF was founded in
1948 but became impotent during the to- 391. This is the study of interactions between
talitarian regime of President Ferdinand organisms and the interactions that organ-
Marcos. It was revitalized in 1986 by isms have with their environment.
a group of private practitioners of the A. Evolution
profession led by Forester Louis Lauden-
cia, who was the Association Executive of B. Biology
the Philippine Wood Products Association C. Ecology
since 1981
D. Commensalism
387. Which shows the levels of organization in
the correct order from smallest to largest 392. To determine the yield or volume from a
standing tree you must find out the
A. Species, community, ecosystem, popu- and height.
lation, biome, biosphere
A. diameter and usable
B. Population, species, community,
ecosystem, biome, biosphere B. diameter and total
C. Ecosystem, biome, species, popula- C. defect and total

tion, community, biosphere D. defect and usable
D. Species, population, community,
ecosystem, biome, biosphere 393. Which of these statements does not de-
scribe the process of clear cutting trees?
388. The removal of snags following a fire is A. It is economically efficient
called
B. It creates a large disturbance to the
A. monoculture. environment
B. prescribed burning. C. It produces timber products at a very
C. sustainable forestry. high rate
D. salvage logging. D. It protects biodiversity

394. Indigenous cultural communities is also 400. Which of the following is not considered
known as: “slash? ”

A. Indigenous Peoples A. merchantable logs
B. Original Residents B. limbs
C. Native Folks C. needles
D. Filipino Aborigines D. unmerchantable tops
395. A point in succession when overstory 401. Gypsy moths cause the most damage to
trees are replaced by younger trees of the trees during which stage?
same species. A. larval
A. Primary Succession B. egg
B. Climax Community C. pupal
C. Secondary Succession D. adult
D. Dominant Trees
402. Which is a type of direct seeding?
396. Which of these is a forest product? A. all of these
A. Silk B. broadcast
B. Gum C. strip seeding
C. Wood D. spot seeding
D. All of these
403. How else can pollen be moved besides
397. The Forest Act of divided forests into pollinators?
three categories. A. Sunlight
A. 1878 B. Wind
B. 1865 C. Snow
C. 1927 D. Hail
D. 1837
404. Other animals besides bees can pollinate
398. Lumber cut from pruned trees is usually: flowers. These animals include:
A. knot free A. dogs, cats, birds, and bunnies
B. straighter grained B. bats, hummingbirds, butterflies, and
C. whiter in color flies
D. higher density C. horses, cows, pugs, and sheep

D. elephants, giraffes, lions, and tigers
399. A compass needle points to magnetic
north, which is the same as: 405. A “shake and bake” is a:
A. 1, 300 miles from true north A. fire shelter
B. 13, 000 miles from true north B. fire plow
C. true north C. drip torch
D. the North Pole D. soil dryer

406. Which of the following would be consid- 411. Titled lands can be expropriated, or title
ered a public employment opportunity in cancelled or amended in favor of the gov-
forestry? ernment when:
A. Army Corps of Engineers A. the President wants it
B. Audubon Society B. said lands are not tilled or cultivated
C. International Paper C. public interest so requires
D. Weyerhaeuser D. non payment of taxes
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412. Forest planting in the United States cur-
407. What is the corresponding Azimuth read-
rently averages about acres per year
ing of a bearing N 30 degrees W?
A. 2.4 million
A. 330 degrees
B. 700000.0
B. 187 degrees
C. 1.4 million
C. 300 degrees
D. none of above
D. 230 degrees
413. The majority of the world’s wood is con-
408. The research, collection, utilization of bio- sumed for what purpose?
logical and genetic resources for purposes A. fuel
of applying the knowledge derived from
them for scientific na/or commercial pur- B. building
poses. C. paper
A. technological research D. none of these
B. bioprospecting research 414. The maximum slope of any forest lands
C. genetic research which may be classified as grazing land
D. ecosystem research A. 50%

B. 18%
409. How many cords of wood would there be
C. 49%
in a stack 16 feet wide, 16 feet long, and
32 feet high? D. 45%
A. 64.0 415. Which of the following is a threat to for-
B. 14.0 est ecosystems?
A. climate change
C. 24.0
B. unsustainable logging
D. 128.0
C. invasive species
410. A pore in plant leaf allowing for the ex- D. All of these
change of gases
416. The contour interval on a topographic
A. stomata
map indicates the
B. biomass
A. difference in elevation represented by
C. stigma adjoining contour lines
D. style B. elevation at a specific point

C. elevation of a general area C. To eat it later

D. different types of contour lines D. none of above

417. Resource utilization under CBFM depends 422. Which of the following strategies would
on help ensure that we can provide food for
A. Community Resource Management a growing human population?
Framework A. Increase ethanol production in indus-
trialized nations
B. Resource Use Plan
B. encourage parents to have more off-
C. Annual Work Plan
spring to increase available farm labor
D. all of the above
C. increase palm oil production in poor
418. An event that happens unexpectedly or countries
unintentionally D. reduce the amount of meat consump-
A. accident tion worldwide
B. chain E. reduce the production of nitrogen fer-
tilizers
C. piling
D. stamen 423. When measuring diameter breast height
of a tree with a Biltmore Stick, how many
419. It was created to provide the mechanism inches from the eye is the stick held?
for the implementing the principles od sus- A. 25 inches
tainable development in the country
B. 30 inches
A. Philippine Council for Sustainable De-
velopmentC. Social Reform Council C. 21 inches
B. Philippine Agenda 21 council D. 24 inches
C. Social Reform Council 424. What is special about coniferous trees?
D. Philippine Technical Working Group for A. have tiny green leaves
Sustainable Development B. thin bark
420. Protection and development of ancestral C. are green year round
domain is primarily contained in: D. grow fast
A. Ancestral Domain Sustainable Devel-
opment and Protection Plan 425. What is the diameter of a tree if it has a
circumference of 81.64 inches?
B. Community Resource Management
Framework A. 26.00 inches
C. Ancestral Domain Management Unit B. 47.39 inches
D. Ancestral Domain Management Plan C. 81.64 inches

D. 36.27 inches
421. Which is NOT a reason to press plants
A. To keep a preserved specimen for iden- 426. What does GIS stand for?
tification A. Geographic Information System
B. To help identify the plant B. Global Interface System

C. Global Information System 431. The part of the logging operation in which
logs are dragged from where they were
D. Geographic Interface System
cut to a central location for loading is
427. It is a comprehensive program action called:
adopted by governments at the United Na- A. skidding
tions Conference on Environment and De-
B. snagging
velopment(UNCED) on June 1992 in Brazil
which provides a blueprint for action in all C. felling
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areas relating to the sustainable develop- D. bucking
ment of the planet up to the 21 st century.
432. This harvest method removes all trees in
A. Agenda 21
an area:
B. Forest Principles
A. Clear cut
C. Rio Declaration
B. Shelterwood cut
D. Climate Change Charter
C. Selective cut
428. Dutch Elm Disease is capable of damaging D. Seed tree cut
even healthy trees because:
433. Desertification usually occurs when
A. native species have little or no resis-
tance to the disease A. humans leave an area alone to un-
dergo secondary succession
B. it is caused by air borne organisms and
is impossible to control B. soil productivity decreases due to
drought and poor farming practices
C. it attacks the entire tree all at once
C. winds carry large amounts of sand
D. none of these from nearby deserts
429. When roots become saturated with wa- D. irrigation water is continually used in
ter due to over-irrigation, it causes death arid regions of the country
in plant roots. This is called:
434. Enacted by Congress in 1993, which pro-
A. salinization vides among others, for the increase in for-
B. desertification est charges.
A. RA 7160
C. agroforestry
B. RA 7161
D. waterlogging
C. RA 7061
430. The function of the xylem in the tree is
D. RA 7611
to:
A. conduct water and minerals to the 435. Organisms that can capture energy from
crown inorganic, nonliving sources.
B. grow wood and bark cells A. Producers
C. produce carbohydrate through photo- B. Consumers

synthesis C. Detritivores
D. develop leaves from nutrients D. Carnivores

436. The United States grows 10% of the 441. Which of the following methods of refor-
World’s forest, harvests less than 8% of estation has the lowest direct cost but is
the world’s wood and wood fiber and from also the slowest method and the least re-

this produces of the World’s forest liable?
products
A. natural seeding
A. 0.25
B. direct seeding
B. 0.5
C. coppice growth
C. 0.1
D. planting seedlings
D. none of above
E. planting cuttings
437. Controlled fire can be used for all but the
442. Lenticels, terminal buds and nodes are
following:
helpful when using for tree identifica-
A. public relations tion.
B. hazard reduction A. Twigs
C. site preparation B. Roots
D. hardwood control C. Bark
438. Basal area of a woodlot represents the: D. Leaves
A. area occupied by trees in square feet 443. On deciduous trees, is the most im-
B. stand stocking portant identification feature in the dor-
mant winter period.
C. stand density
A. bark
D. taper of a tree trunk
B. fruit
439. Which of the following is a positive out- C. leaves
come of tilling?
D. twigs
A. reduced soil drainage
B. increased soil erosion 444. Birsa Munda belonged to
C. increased aeration A. Andhra Pradesh
D. decreased crop production B. Maharashtra
C. Konker
440. Private lands includes:
D. Chhotanagpur
A. Titled lands (both administrative and
judicial titles)
445. Clean Air Act of 1999
B. A & D lands of approved patent appli-
A. RA 8749
cation
B. RA 7849
C. A & D under certificate of land owner-
ship award C. RA 8479
D. all of the above D. RA 8947

446. A “j rooted” seedling: 451. Deforestation has resulted in

A. the main root has upturned so the A. more farmland in some places but
seedling looks like the letter “J” more desertification in others
B. has blue jays nesting in the roots B. more farmland in some places and less
C. has been planted at the correct depth desertification in others
D. has been planted in the J soil horizon C. less farmland in some places but more
desertification in others
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447. Which of the following is an example of D. less farmland in some place and less
a population? desertification in others
A. the cats and dogs in your neighbor- E. no noticeable change in the amount of
hood farmland or desertification
B. the bushes and grass in a park
452. The oldest and most common method of
C. the rocks in a rock collection remote sensing used in forestry is:
D. the gray wolves in a forest A. aerial photography
448. The concept of “jura regalia” means that: B. electromagnetic radiation
A. all natural resources are owned by the C. ground cruise
State
D. thermal scan
B. natural resources shall be under the
control of DENR 453. Which of the following is not usually con-
sidered a part of fire management?
C. full control and supervision by the
State A. regarding
D. forest offender/violators is subject to B. presuppression
due process of law C. prevention
449. As a general rule, the market demand for D. suppression
hardwood:
454. is the most violent and dangerous
A. varies between regions type of forest fires.
B. is greatest in the Southeast
A. Crown fire
C. has been declining at a steady rate
B. Surface fire
since the 1980s
C. Ground fire
D. far exceeds that for softwood
450. A removes all injured, diseased, or
vulnerable trees in a stand, regardless of 455. When did the rebellion take place in Bas-
their merchantability. tar?
A. sanitation cutting A. 1810
B. clear cutting B. 1919
C. seed tree cutting C. 1910
D. shelterwood cutting D. 1819

456. Where is Bastar located? A. Geological Survey (USGS)

A. Southernmost part of Chhattisgarh B. Department of Agriculture

B. In central Jharkhand region C. Environmental Protection Agency
C. In Andhra Pradesh D. Department of the Interior
D. None of the above 462. Fees which refer to payment being made
for the services and operational expenses
457. After finishing reading with a transit, and of the government in the processing, moni-
before moving to the next location, the fol- toring and managing the licenses/permits
lowing must be done: being issued by DENR:
A. lock the needle firmly A. forest charges
B. draw a sketch of the area including B. rental
streams
C. administrative fees
C. pull the hub D. performance bond
D. take a vertical reading
463. Prospecting of biological and genetic re-
458. If the specific gravity of wood is ex- sources shall be allowed only with of
pressed as 0.56, and a cubic foot of water the concerned local communities.
weighs 62.5 pounds, how much would a A. payments of entrance fee
cubic foot of wood weigh?
B. prior informed consent
A. 35 pounds C. courtesy call
B. 37 pounds D. free patent
C. 39 pounds
464. A growth-removal ratio of 1:27 means
D. 33 pounds that
459. Oriented Strand Board (OSB) is A. growth exceeded removal by 27 per-
cent
A. made from wood chips
B. removal exceeded growth by 27 per-
B. made from recycled plastic chips cent
C. more expensive to produce than ply- C. 27 trees were planted for every one
wood veneers tree cut
D. showing a rapid decline in the US D. 27 trees were cut for every one tree
planted
460. A hand tool used in making a hole in the
soil where a tree can be planted 465. This agency is managed by the US Depart-
A. planting bar (dribble) ment of Agriculture and manages the 155
National forests and 20 National grass-
B. plantation lands.
C. seedling survival A. US Forest Service
D. Apical Meristem B. US Fish and Wildlife Service
461. The Federal agency that studies and mon- C. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
itors geology and publishes topographic ministration
maps is the: D. Bureau of Reclamation

466. Round timbers, generally driven into the 471. The chairman of the Protected Area Man-
ground to support other structures and agement Board (PAMB) is:
generally pressure-treated with creosote
A. RTD of PAWD
are called
A. piling B. RTD of FMS
B. poles C. President of Peoples’ organization
C. cross-ties D. Barangay captain where the protected
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D. mine timber area is located
467. What was the shifting cultivation called 472. Where is the legal record of all land trans-
in Sri Lanka? actions found?
A. Jhum
A. deed book
B. Chena
B. lien book
C. Mixed cultivation
D. Multi-cropping C. book of legal documents
468. Which of the following shows pine D. county ledger

grades from LEAST to HIGHEST value?
473. The best example of a surface fire is
A. pulpwood, chip n’ saw, veneer, saw
timber, pole timber A. the type of fire that burns seedlings,
small trees, and leaf litter, but not mature
B. chip n’ saw, pulpwood, saw timber,
trees and most animals
pole timber, veneer
C. pulpwood, chip n’ saw, veneer, pole B. fire that is deliberately set, frequently
timber, saw timber in the tropical rainforest, after the trees
have been cut down
D. pulpwood, pole timber, chip n’ saw, ve-
neer, saw timber C. fires that occur along newly exposed
edges of forest after fragmentation has
469. Today, most wood used for pulp and pa- occurred
per production is sold by the:
A. ton D. fire that allows dead wood, leaves, and
other flammable ground litter to accumu-
B. cord late
C. thousand board foot
D. board foot 474. Eleven percent of U.S. western forests
are legislatively reserved and protected
470. True or False? A deciduous tree is a tree from logging. What percent of eastern U.S.
that drops it’s leaves (broad leaf or nee- forests are withdrawn from timber produc-
dles). tion and utilization?
A. True A. 0.03
B. False
B. 0.12
C. Huh?
C. 0.08
D. “Work work work work work work!
Tell me do you work work work work!” D. none of above

475. Considered as the center piece of all C. resin

DENR people-oriented programs D. sap

A. CBRMP
481. Why did colonists need durable timber?
B. ISFP A. To build ships for the Royal Navy
C. FLMA B. To construct bridges
D. CBFMA C. For furniture
476. What is overfishing? D. To build beautiful homes
A. The removal of bad fish from a environ- 482. The separation between lobes on a leaf
ment is a(n):
B. The removal of fish/ species of fish A. sinus
from a body of water at a rate that the B. serration
species can not replenish in time.
C. outline
C. The removal of dead fish from a body D. perimeter
of water
483. Removing trees that have been or may be
D. none of above
killed or damaged due to insects, ice, fire,
477. Wood boring insects can be detected by: and other agents is called:
A. all of these A. salvage cutting
B. holes in the wood B. sanitation cutting
C. pruning
C. sawdust on the log
D. liberation
D. sound
484. All of the following are ecological bene-
478. Which of these is not an example of a fits of surface fires EXCEPT
commons?
A. Aid in seed dispersal in certain species,
A. The air such as lodgepole pines
B. The ocean B. Return key nutrients back in to the soil
C. Privately owned farms C. Stimulate germination in some trees
D. none of above D. Destroys the wildlife and vegetation in
an area
479. The weight of the complete tree that can
be used to produce energy is called: 485. This foundation has been involved in
forestry activities since 1973. It initi-
A. biomass
ated the development of the first commu-
B. energy flow nal lease agreement in the country which it
C. energy fuel value the legal right to develop these lands into
a “multi-use” forest
D. thermal unit
A. Haribon Foundation
480. Which is not a forest product? B. Foundation for Philippine Environment
A. ore C. Kalahan Educational Foundation
B. wood D. Federation of Free Farmers

1.2 Ecology and Environment 50
486. A rule for action manifesting or clarify- C. 1 chain

ing specific organization goals, objectives, D. 10 paces
values, or ideals and often prescribing the
obligatory or most desirable ways and 490. is the process by which water vapor
means for their accomplishment leaves a living plant and enters the atmo-
A. Manifesto sphere.
B. Code of conduct A. Transpiration

B. Photoperiodism
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C. Guidelines
C. Respiration
D. Policy
D. Circulation
487. The greatest amount of distortion on an
aerial photograph occurs at the: 491. Which of these agencies does not use the
concept of multiple use?
A. edges of the photograph
A. the National Park Service
B. center of the photograph
B. the U.S. Forest Service
C. left side of the photograph
C. the Bureau of Land Management
D. right side of the photograph
D. none of above
488. What is the primary function of a vegeta-
tive filter or buffer strip? 492. What is the definition of the tragedy of
the commons?
A. Removes sediment
A. When humans overuse a natural re-
B. Removes pollution source
C. Removes fuel B. When the short-term, positive effects
D. all of these go to the individual, while the long-term,
negative effects are spread out to the
489. When using the “percent” scale on an group
Abney level, what distance should you be C. When humans act selfishly, thinking of
from a tree? their own self-interest
A. 100 feet D. When plants and animals compete for
B. 66 feet space, resources, and/or food
1.2 Ecology and Environment

1. Initial or primary sources of toxic sub- the use of biofuels, such as biodiesel,
stances ethanol, and cooking oils made from plant
material. The desired outcome of using
A. automobile emissions
these biofuels would be
B. dolphin meat
A. a decrease in the use of fossil fuels
C. zooplankton
B. a decrease in the release of oxygen
D. Spartans gas
2. Car manufacturers have begun to explore C. an increase in abiotic resources

D. an increase in global warming 8. What Biome is covered in a dense canopy

and an understory?
3. In making environmental decisions and
A. Tropical Rain Forest

policies, governments interact with
B. Desert
A. organizations.
C. Tundra
B. businesses.
D. Tropical Savanna
C. citizens.
9. What animal would be found in the savan-
D. all of these. nah?
4. Members of a species in a defined area A. Bison

B. Monkey
A. Ecosystem
C. Lion
B. community
D. Polar Bear
C. biodiversity
10. The wise management of natural re-
D. population sources, including the preservation of habi-
tats and wildlife
5. Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a
source of concern? A. conservation
A. Humans depend on other organisms B. degradation
for food and oxygen C. legislation
B. species extinctions have been rare D. communication
throughout history 11. The selective breeding of organisms by hu-
C. Loss of biodiversity is not a consern be- mans for specific characteristics is called?
cause extictions are common A. evolution
D. two answers are correct B. natural selection
C. adaptation
6. Multiple organisms of the same species de-
scribes a D. artificial selection
A. organism 12. is a biodegradable material that be-
comes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate
B. population
more rapidly than it can decompose
C. community A. Plastic
D. ecosystem B. Mercury
7. This occurs when niches overlap between C. Newspaper
species and they have to compete for re- D. Metal from Junk cars
sources.
13. Consumer that eats plants
A. competition
A. heterotroph
B. interspecific B. herbivore
C. parasite C. producer
D. intraspecies D. community

14. What is the original source of almost all C. Community

energy in most ecosystems?
D. Size
A. carbohydrates
20. If a scientist only includes the data that
B. sunlight
supports their hypothesis, and not the
C. water data that does not support their hypoth-
D. carbon esis
A. it’s ok, nobody is watching over her
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15. How might an introduced plant species kill
shoulder
native plant species?
B. People may not believe the results are
A. . Its rapid growth can deprive native
reliable
plants of sunlight.
B. Its rapid growth can deprive native C. nobody else will try the experiment
plants of food. D. They will not find the answer to their
C. It can cause soil loss from erosion. problem.
D. Its rapid growth can deprive native 21. which of the following defines habitat?
plants of oxygen.
A. an area with only abiotic factors
16. same species same place same time B. a large area of land that is known for
A. organism its climate and organisms
B. species C. a small area within a habitat with food
C. population water and shelter for organisms to live
D. community D. an area that provides shelter and food

for organisms and can contain many mi-
17. What does every food chain start with? crohabitats.
(Even if it’s not drawn or written there!)
22. which one of these is abiotic?
A. producers
A. a black bear
B. sun
C. consumer B. cotton
D. decomposers C. a mushroom
D. gold
18. Role an organism plays in an environment.
A. Niche 23. The number of white-tailed deer in cer-
tain areas of Long Island New York has
B. Nice
increased significantly. Introducing which
C. Quiche organism would best help stabilize the
D. Habitat deer population on Long Island?
A. Bacteria
19. What is the number of individuals in an
area called? B. Coyote
A. Population C. Moose
B. Number D. Another species of deer

24. A period with no rain 30. As you move up from one trophic level to
A. Famine another, why is only 10% of energy from
the previous level passed on?

B. Landslide
A. producers get 100% of the energy
C. Drought
B. it’s lost as heat and to perform life
D. Flood functions.
25. Series of steps in which organisms trans- C. primary consumers keep misplacing
fer energy by eating and being eaten the rest.
A. foodweb D. none of these
B. consumer
31. Which of the following leads to a decrease
C. food chain in biodiversity?
D. omnivore A. protection of ecosystems
26. A coral reef and the organisms that live in B. pollution control
it form C. selective cutting
A. a habitat D. introduction of exotic or invasive
B. a community species
C. a population
32. found in extreme places, such as hot
D. an ecosystem springs
27. An underground layer of rock or sediment A. archaea
that holds water B. bacteria
A. watershed C. eukarya
B. groundwater D. none of above
C. permeability
33. When a certain population becomes so
D. aquifer dense that it harms or changes the quality
28. The groups of plants and animals that in- of life in that environment, we have
teract within an ecosystem A. a population
A. Organism B. overpopulation
B. Population C. pollution
C. Biosphere D. none of above
D. Community
34. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere enters
29. Which limiting factor is independent of the the biotic parts of the biosphere through
number of individuals in a population?
A. competition A. respiration
B. parasitism/disease B. photosynthesis
C. stress C. decomposition
D. natural disasters D. fossil fuels

35. AREAS THAT ARE UNDER INFLUENCE OF 40. Where an organism lives
DDT MAY OBSERVE A DECLINE IN BIRD’S
A. habitat
POPULATION WHICH IS DUE TO
B. niche
A. BIRDS STOP LAYING EGGS
C. heterotrogh
B. EEG DID NOT HATCH
D. biosphere
C. PREDATION OF EGGS INCREASED
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE 41. Physical area in which an organism lives.
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A. Earth
36. Animal that eats only producers.
B. Ecology
A. Herbivore
C. Biome
B. Omnivore
D. Habitat
C. Carnivore
D. Velicoraptivore. 42. What are the 3 types of dispersion?
A. Size, Density, Dispersion
37. What factor describes when populations
decrease because animals are moving out B. Groups, Couples, Single
of a population? C. Near, Far, Wherever you are
A. Emigration D. Random, Clumped, Uniform
B. Limiting Factors
43. The process by which toxic substances
C. Immigration build up in biological systems over time
D. Exponential Growth A. bioaccumulation
B. biomagnification
38. Another name for a consumer is a
C. bioassimilation
A. heterotroph
D. bioramification
B. autotroph
C. producer 44. Where are proteins made?
D. plant A. Golgi body
B. Mitochondria
39. Which of the following interactions is an
example of symbiosis? C. Chromosomes
A. an insect acts as a pollinator for a D. Ribosomes

plant species
45. The size of a population will decrease if
B. a population of hummingbirds mi- mortality
grates during the summer
A. Increases
C. a tropical bird performs a courtship
dance for a mate B. Decreases
C. Stays the same
D. a mother bear feeds and protects her
cubs D. none of above

46. The part of the environment that is made 51. Which of the following answer choices
up of anything that is or was living, or was most accurately describes climate?
produced by something living.

A. The daily temperature and precipita-
A. Biotic tion
B. Abiotic B. The average temperature and precipi-
C. Biosphere tation over a long period of time
D. Community C. The amount of storms an area experi-
ences
47. What is the general trend between popu-
D. The highest temperature an area expe-
lation numbers and natural resources?
riences
A. As population increases the amount of
natural resources decrease 52. Many oak trees are cut down and removed
B. As population increases the amount of from an oak-hickory forest. A likely result
natural resources increase of the direct harvesting of the oak species
would be the
C. As population decreases the amount
of natural resources decreases A. disruption of natural cycles
D. There is no relationship between pop- B. conservation of these natural forest

ulation and natural resources resources
C. recycling of all the nutrients in the for-
48. What human activity affects the environ- est
ment in such a way that algae blooms in-
crease? D. prevention of the extinction of animals
native to the area
A. agriculture
B. fertilizer run off increases nutrients in 53. Over the past 100 years deforestation
ground water has caused the red-cockaded woodpecker
to become endangered in North Carolina.
C. people contaminating fresh water
Which of the following most accurately de-
sources
scribes this event?
D. all of the above
A. Habitat alteration
49. What biome has the most seasons? B. Introduction of invasive species
A. Desert C. Air pollution
B. Tundra D. Poaching
C. Rain Forest
54. If I were the mayor, I single-use plas-
D. Deciduous Forest
tic in this town.
50. BIO FACTOR INCLUDE A. will ban
A. PLANT ANIMALS B. would ban
B. PLANT ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENT C. banned
C. WATER TEMPERATURE D. would have banned single-use plastic
D. NONE in this town.

55. Birds with large sharp claws and beaks 59. Which of the following choices only in-
most likely eat cludes abiotic factors?
A. tall grasses A. Sunlight, algae, and temperature
B. pond microorganisms B. Fish, crabs, oxygen
C. small animals C. Sunlight, soil, and oxygen
D. none of above D. Algae, temperature, and dog
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56. The act of cutting down or burning all the 60. A connection of food chains with many
trees in an area food energy paths in an ecosystem is a
A. Deforesting A. ecosystem
B. Deforestation B. food web
C. De-Treeing C. environment
D. Conserve D. none of above
57. The ecosystem with the greatest sustain- 61. Which of the following biomes is character-
ability will be the one that has the- ized by low rainfall, freezing temperature
A. greatest variety of different organ- and the presence of polar bears and scarce
isms. vegetation?
B. greatest variety of different organ- A. Taiga

isms. B. Tundra
C. lowest population of harmful insects. C. Temperate forest
D. fastest growing season for green D. Desert
plants.
62. Only this much energy passes along in
58. Ling feeds her guppies one-half teaspoon feeding relationships:
of fish food every day. The average guppy
population in her aquarium over a four- A. 15%
month period is 38 guppies. She increased B. 5%
the food to one teaspoon per day. After
a four-month period, the average popula- C. 10%
tion is 53 guppies. Which of the following D. 100%
statements is supported by these data?
63. Which human activity would most likely
A. The size of the aquarium was a limiting
deplete nonrenewable resources?
factor.
A. useof natural enemies to eliminate in-
B. One-half teaspoon of food was a limit-
sect pests
ing factor.
B. developmentof wildlife refuges
C. As long as Ling keeps adding more
food, the guppy population will continue to C. governmentalrestriction of industrial
grow. pollution
D. Guppies reproduce rapidly. D. increased use of fossil fuels

64. An increase in chlorofluorocarbons and 69. Using economic considerations of resource

aerosols are most likely to result in an in- use, the law of supply and demand de-
crease in what? scribes the

A. Acid rain A. Availability of abundant resources
B. Ozone depletion B. relationshop between the availabilty
and worth of resources
C. Global warming
C. worth of nonrenewable
D. Ocean acidification D. reduced demand resulting from lack of
available resources
65. In any food chain or web, the herbivores
get only 10% of the energy contained in 70. AN EXAMPLE FOR TERRESTRIAL GASTRO-
the plant POD
A. rule of 10 A. SEA HARE
B. rule of 90 B. GARDEN SNAIL
C. 50-50 C. NUDIBRUNCH
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
D. law of the land
71. This biome covers 70% of the Earth’s sur-
66. Define resource face.
A. The natural home or environment of an A. Ocean
animal, plant, or other organism B. Rainforest
B. A place, person, or thing from which C. Temperate deciduous forest
something comes or can be obtained
D. Boreal forest (Taiga)
C. An action or strategy which may be
adopted in adverse circumstances 72. Made up of a community AND the abiotic
environment. All the living and nonliving
D. none of above things in the same area.
A. Biosphere
67. Approximately what percentage of Earth’s
water is SALT water? B. Population
A. 97 % C. Community
D. Ecosystem
B. 71%
E. Biome
C. 30%
73. A cost-benefit analysis is
D. 3%
A. a study of the factors that influence de-
68. What trophic level do Herbivores occupy- cisions of producers and consumers.
ex:mouse eating seeds B. an economy in which the government
A. producers decides what is manufactured.
B. primary consumers C. a balance between the supply and de-

mand of a product.
C. secondary consumers
D. the comparison between the effects of
D. tertiary consumers an environmental decision.

74. Which is the simplest level of organization B. 20%

within the environment? C. 80%
A. cell D. 50%
B. organism
79. a stable ecological community that has
C. population reached equilibrium
D. community A. ecological succession
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75. When ecosystems experience distur- B. climax community
bances, the effects can be wide ranging. C. secondary succession
Consider a marine ecosystem where all
of the sharks are lost due to over fishing. D. pioneer speciles
What chain of events could then follow 80. Scientists studying two adjacent ecosys-
this disturbance? tems observe different varieties of organ-
A. The remaining fish species would also isms in the two areas. All of the following
decline. factors would contribute to the differing
varieties of organisms in these two habi-
B. Populations of other large fish would
tats EXCEPT-
increase.
A. climate.
C. Populations of other predators would
immediately increase. B. soil type.
D. Species that were food for sharks C. water resources.
would increase in population size. D. wind.
76. Humans have an effect on ecosystems 81. Reasons that viruses are considered to be
when they use native grasslands or nonliving is because
forested areas for farming or urban use.
A. They are not cellular
One negative effect of these changes on
the ecosystem is that there will be B. They cannot reproduce on their own
A. Less biodiversity C. They cannot make proteins
B. More homes D. all of the above
C. Successful economic growth 82. The number of individuals in a given area
D. Increased food production is the population’s
A. range
77. Which biome features permanently frozen
soil called permafrost? B. density
A. Coniferous Forest C. distribution
B. Deciduous Forest D. none of above
C. Desert 83. A powerful or major influence or effect
D. Tundra A. Influential
78. The amount of energy that usually trans- B. Big Deal
fers from one trophic level to the next C. Destructive
A. 10% D. Impact

84. Which statement about human population C. nitrogen

growth is LEAST likely to be correct? D. oxygen

A. Modern medicine has allowed human
populations to extend well past the earth’s 89. In an underdeveloped area, many infants
carrying capacity, as more people survive and children die due to waterborne disease
for longer. and the lack of freshwater. In this case,
fresh water would be considered:
B. Technological advances in farming and
medicine will allow human populations to A. a sustainable resources
continue to grow without natural limits. B. a population control
C. Advances in agriculture have allowed C. a limiting factor
the world’s food supply to expand dramat- D. carrying capacity
ically in the last 100 years.
90. A population is
D. Worldwide, the birthrate of humans is
higher than the deathrate. A. A group of one species in one area
B. Multiple species that live in one area
85. An organism that makes a home for itself
in a new place is called a (an) C. All of the living and nonliving things in
an area
A. endangered species
D. None of these
B. new species
C. strange species 91. This biome generally has 4 seasons.
D. exotic species A. Boreal forest (Taiga)

B. Arctic tundra
86. Why might an introduced animal species
C. Desert
overrun native species in an ecosystem?
D. Temperate deciduous forest
A. . Its population size is smaller than
those of native species. 92. Why are Americans warned to avoid drink-
B. . It is more energy efficient, so it eats ing the water when visiting developing
less food. countries?
C. It is a predator of the native species. A. Water in developing countries is discol-
ored.
D. It often has no natural enemies
B. Water in developing countries is com-
87. evidence of excessive fertilizer use posed of different elements.
A. ecological succession C. Water in developing countries may be
minimally treated and could cause illness.
B. secondary succession
D. Water in developing countries con-
C. algal bloom
tains large amounts of chlorine from over
D. old field succession treatment.
88. an atmospheric gas that increases when 93. The major cause of acid in rain is industrial
fossil fuels are burned activity. This including the burning of
A. carbon dioxide A. burning of coal,
B. water vapor B. burning of gasoline,

C. burning of oil 99. What are two ways to add to a popula-

D. All of the above cause acid rain tion’s growth rate?
A. Mortality and Emigration
94. Because no one nation owns the earth’s at-
mosphere, there is very little for any B. Mortality and Natality
one country to keep it clean. C. Immigration and Emigration
A. money D. Natality and Immigration
B. time 100. Precipitation is a MAJOR part of which
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C. incentive cycle?
D. reason A. both nitrogen and water cycles
95. After a volcanic eruption, lava covers the B. carbon cycle
land. What is the order that plants grow C. nitrogen cycle
to repopulate the area? D. water cycle
A. Lichens → Shrubs → Grasses →
Trees 101. Which biome is more biodiverse?
B. Lichens → tree → shrubs→Grasses A. Desert
C. Grasses → Lichens → Shrubs → B. Sand

Trees C. Tundra
D. Lichens → Grasses → Shrubs → D. Rainforest
Trees
102. What would Earth be like without the
96. Where do you take your plastic bottles? greenhouse effect?
A. into rubbish bin A. The same temperature
B. recycling bank B. a little cooler than it is now
C. buy-back centre C. . Too cold to live
D. bin D. a little warmer than it is now
97. Decisions about how to protect Earth’s at- 103. Death and decomposition are part of
mosphere are made on a level. many life cycles. What else helps return
A. local nitrogen and carbon to the ground?
B. national A. animal waste
C. global B. lightning
D. personal C. rain
D. DNA
98. Organisms that are better adapted to the
environment survive to pass traits to their 104. The amount of resources that you use is
offspring called your
A. Natural Selection A. resource debt to use ratio
B. Homeostasis B. ecological footprint
C. Selective Breeding C. nonrenewable/renewable data
D. Extinction D. use / nonuse data

105. A relationship between two organisms in B. Pollutant

which one organism benefits and the other
C. Water Quality
is harmed.

D. Turbidity
A. Mutualism
B. Competition 111. Kudzu, a vine covering many acres of
C. Parasitsm North Carolina, was introduced to the
United States in 1876 to control erosion.
D. Commensalism
Over the years, scientist found that Kudzu
106. Lions eat gazelle. There are 1000 units creates problems by rapidly growing and
of energy in the level of the pyramid with preventing other species from getting sun-
the gazelle. What is the amount of energy light. Which best describes kudzu?
at the lion’s level? A. a noncompetitive species
A. 10000 B. an invasive, nonnative species
B. 10 C. an agent of erosion
C. 100
D. an abiotic factor
D. 100000
112. What do scientist call organisms that are
107. Primary succession begins where there not native to an ecosystem and cause harm
was no ecosystem and no soil such as to native organisms?
A. a severe storm
A. native plants
B. a volcanic eruption
B. invaders
C. an old farm is abandoned
C. invasive species
D. a forest fire
D. natural species
108. What system classifies climates?
A. Koppen Classification System 113. Two species of ground squirrels live in
the same habitat and eat the same types
B. Kelvin Temperature System of seeds. What is the best description of
C. Mcdonalds numbering system their relationship?
D. Naperville street system A. predator/prey
109. All of these fields of study contribute to B. commensalism
environmental science except C. symbiosis
A. astronomy. D. competition
B. biology.
114. The most common kind of dispersion in
C. ecology.
nature is
D. chemistry.
A. clumped
110. presence of abnormally high concentra-
B. uniform
tions of harmful substances in the environ-
ment, often put there by people C. random
A. Pollution D. inderminate

115. What climate zone is a rain forest B. The number or quantity of people or
A. A things that can be conveyed or held by a
vehicle or container
B. B
C. The highest possible vital index of a
C. C species
D. D D. none of above
116. can be grouped in two categories, 121. the presence in or introduction into the air
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point source and nonpoint source. ofa substance, which has harmful or poi-
sonous effects.
A. Environmental science
A. biofuel
B. Natural resources
B. air pollution
C. Pollution
C. solid waste pollution
D. Population growth
D. sanitation
117. Green plants, algae, and certain bacteria
122. What is a characteristic of a desert?
use sunlight to make food
A. A lot of rain
A. heterotroph
B. Always Hot
B. autotroph
C. Little rain
C. herbivore
D. Always cold
D. detritovore
123. when organisms fight over food, water,
118. Secondary succession (thnk soil) forms af- shelter, and mates
ter a catastrophic event like a forest fire A. biology
and has a growth rate than primary
succession because soil already exists. B. pioneer species
A. extremely slower C. competition

D. biodiversity
B. slower
C. faster 124. A group of individuals of the same species
living in the same area is a/an
D. none of above
A. population
119. A natural resource that can be replaced B. community
at the same rate at which it is consumed
C. ecosystem
is a
D. biome
A. non-point-source pollutant
B. renewable resource 125. Complex network of many intercon-
nected food chains and feeding relation-
C. non-renewable resource ships.
D. biodegradable resource A. habitat
120. What are limiting factors B. food web
A. The availability to food, water, shelter C. energy pyramid
and space D. limiting factor

126. Which is a producer? C. Silt

A. deer D. Sand

B. tall grass
132. Which of the following is NOT a consumer
C. lion
A. grass
D. worm
B. dog
127. When a population has reached carrying
capacity C. shark
A. Growth & Immigration are equal to D. fish
Death & emigration
B. Growth & Immigration are less than 133. the ecological pyramid that is always up-
Death & emigration right
C. Growth & Immigration are greater A. pyramid of energy

than Death & emigration B. pyramid of number
D. Growth is exponential C. pyramid of biomass
128. are a diverse group of both unicellular D. none of the above
and multicellular organisms
A. archaea 134. a symbiotic relationship in which one or-
ganism benefits and the other is not af-
B. bacteria
fected.
C. fungus
A. Commensalism
D. protist
B. Parasitism
129. The number and variety of organisms in
C. Mutualism
an area at one time is called
A. biodegradable D. Producism
B. biodiversity 135. What is the part of Earth that supports

C. point-source pollutant life?
D. deforestation A. Hydrosphere
130. What term describes the spacing of or- B. Geosphere
ganisms relative to each other? C. Atmosphere
A. Density
D. Biosphere
B. Dispersion
C. Size 136. What are the living factors in an environ-
ment?
D. Population
A. abiotic
131. What type of soil is the LEAST perme-
able? B. biotic
A. Clay C. biotical
B. Gravel D. abiotical

137. Albert wants to practice conservation. A. Fish populations may decline due to
He has decided to examine his lifestyle lower river levels.
in order to identify areas in which he can B. Birds may not build nests due to tem-
reduce the resources he consumes, reuse perature change.
resources he already has, and recycle re-
sources that he cannot reuse. In which of C. Flowering plants may produce more
the following ways can Albert best reduce seeds due to lack of water.
the resources he currently consumes? D. Predator populations may increase
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A. Usepaper grocery bags as gift wrap due to increased prey populations.
B. Ridea bike to work instead of taking his 142. symbiotic relationship in which both or-
car ganisms benefit
C. Subscribeto a daily rather than a A. competition
weekly newspaper B. Mutualism
D. Usean organic rather than synthetic C. nitrogen fixation
fertilizer in his garden
D. energy pyramid
138. What trophic level would a hawk eating 143. Community and the abiotic factors that
a snake be? affect it.
A. producers A. Population
B. primary consumers B. Ecosystem
C. secondary consumers C. Biosphere
D. tertiary consumers D. Organism
139. Which of the following is not an abiotic 144. Part of the earth that living organisms in-
factor? habit
A. sun A. biosphere
B. temperature B. biome
C. soil C. niche
D. grass D. ecosystem
140. study of interactions among organisms 145. Which of the following would have a neg-
and their environment ative impact on an ecosystem
A. ecology A. constructing highways

B. planting trees
B. niche
C. recycling paper
C. habitat
D. none of above
D. biodiversity
146. Which of the following is not a renewable
141. Drought is a weather condition that may resource?
limit the amount of water resources avail-
able to an ecosystem. Which of the follow- A. coal
ing may be one result of drought? B. wind energy

C. solar energy 152. Populations of different organisms living

D. water in an area

A. species
147. a common type of succession that occurs
B. community
on a surface where an ecosystem HAS pre-
viously existed C. niche
A. ecological succession D. biome
B. secondary succession 153. A secondary consumer
C. old-field succession A. eats primary consumers
D. algal bloom B. eats producers
C. eats plants
148. Choose which of the following is NOT an
example of a natural resource. D. none of above
A. coal 154. To measure population density, you must

divide the number of individuals living in a
B. sunlight
defined space by the
C. timber (trees)
A. area of the space
D. plastic B. birth and death rates
149. MIMICRY IS C. carrying capacity
A. AN ADAPTATION MADE FOR FINDING D. height of the space
MATES
155. Producers are generally found at the be-
B. AN ADAPTATION FOR SURVIVING ginning of a food chain. Which statement
TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION best explains why this is true?
C. EVOLVED RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN A. Consumers are always more complex
AN ORGANISM AND AN OBJECT organisms than producers.
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE B. There are always more consumers
than producers in food chains.
150. Which of the following is an example of
C. Producers are usually smaller in size
a biotic component of the environment?
than consumers.
A. wind
D. Producers do not rely on other organ-
B. vegetation isms for food.
C. water 156. Throughout New York State, some farm-
D. temperature ers have switched from growing a vari-
ety of vegetable crops to growing a sin-
151. What does the “I” in HIPPCO repre- gle crop, such as corn. Other farmers are
sent? concerned that such a practice will make
A. Population it more likely that an entire crop could be
lost to disease or infestation by an insect
B. Invasive Species
pest. This is a valid concern because this
C. Incumbent species practice
D. Isolated species A. reduces the biodiversity of their fields

B. increases the number of decomposers 161. What is not a cause of habitat destruc-
in their fields tion? Logging Forest Fires Sanctuaries
C. decreases the need to import food Agriculture
D. increases the number of invasive A. Logging
species B. Forest fires
157. A symbiotic relationship where both or- C. sanctuaries
ganisms benefit. D. agriculture
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A. mutualism
162. Group of interacting population s that
B. commensalism
live in the same geographic area
C. parasitism
A. Ecosystem
D. predation
B. Community
158. Definition of Migration
C. Biosphere
A. The act of leaving one’s own country to
D. Habitat
settle permanently in another
B. Seasonal movement of animals from 163. the process by which individuals that are
one region to another better adapted to their environment sur-
C. The action of coming to live perma- vive and reproduce with more success than
nently in a foreign country less well adapted individuals do
D. none of above A. evolution
159. Two closely related species of birds live in B. natural selection

the same tree. Species A feeds on ants and C. adaptation
termites, while Species B feeds on caterpil- D. artificial selection
lars. The two species coexist successfully
because 164. In landfills, leachate means
A. each occupies a different niche A. A toxic, liquid substance created when
B. they interbreed water filters through waste materials at a
C. they use different methods of repro- landfill and leaches out, or extracts, toxic
duction substances from them.
D. birds compete for food B. trash on top of the ground

C. chemicals in the air at landfills
160. A population is correctly defined as hav-
ing which of the following characteristics? D. none of above
I. inhabiting the same general area II. in-
dividuals belonging to the same species III. 165. An organism that cannot adapt to
possessing a constant and uniform density changes in the environment will most
and dispersion likely-
A. I only A. produce more offspring
B. III only B. die
C. I & 11 Only C. change its traits to survive
D. II & III only D. store more food

166. symbiotic relationship in which one or- 171. Many common products, such as wooden
ganisms benefits and the other organism furniture, paper, and books, are made
is not affected from trees. Which of the following is

A. invasive (non-native) species a likely consequence of humans cutting
down a forest in order to make use of the
B. mutualism natural resources there?
C. nitrogen fixation A. thedecrease of chemical runoff into
D. commensalism the oceans
167. A biotic factor consists of B. increasedacid rain

C. theincrease of light pollution in cities
A. Living organisms
D. thedestruction of habitats
B. non living things
C. Both living and non living organisms 172. Remoras ride along on sharks and eat
scraps from shark meals; the sharks nei-
D. ecosystems
ther benefit nor are they harmed. What is
168. A population of goldfish living in a bowl this an example of?
has no predators, no diseases, and unlim- A. mutualism
ited food. Which of the following factors
B. commensalism
most likely caused the population to stop
growing? C. parasitism
A. Amount of food D. none of above
B. Amount of space 173. A symbiotic relationship where one or-
C. Amount of air ganism benefits and the other is un-
harmed.
D. none of above
A. commensalism
169. Hardin’s “Tragedy of the Commons” es-
B. mutualism
say addresses the conflicts associated
with what environmental challenge? C. apex predator
A. Preventing pollution D. parasitism
B. Preserving biodiversity 174. What is the result of the pioneer species
C. Curbing overpopulation in Primary Succession?
D. Protecting shared resources A. kills the dead materials after a disas-
ter
170. What is a pioneer species? B. creates soil
A. Pioneer means first-so it must be the C. feeds animals
first thing to grow where nothing has
grown before. D. puts fresh oxygen into the air
B. Pioneer means last-it’s the last thing 175. Largest number of individuals of a pop-
in an ecosystem ulation that the environment can support
C. Pioneer has to do with covered wag-
ons and traveling west during the 1800s. A. carrying capacity
D. none of above B. population crash

C. lag phase 181. What is an example of an omnivore?

D. mutualism A. Human
B. Deer
176. Kudzu in North Carolina has taken over
the majority of plant life. This is known C. Hawk
as an species. D. Lion
A. native
182. One characteristic of a stable ecosystem
B. predator is
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C. invasive A. a high number of predators
D. enemy B. an interdependence of organisms
177. a man made, underwater structure that C. a lack of biodiversity

promotes the growth of reef dwelling D. an increase in human interference
aquatic organisms.
183. Which of the following is true in a climax
A. Corral reefs community?
B. Artificial reefs A. the community will constantly evolve
C. organisms and change
D. food B. if one species dies, a new species will
fulfill the same role
178. A squirrel makes a change to its environ- C. They are stable for a long time, with
ment when it- the same species maintaining their popu-
A. climbs a tree lation
B. digs a hole to bury an acorn D. it goes through a major change called
“climax” every few hundred years
C. collects acorns
D. jumps from tree to tree 184. What are nonrenewable resources?
A. corn
179. What do ecosystems have that the other
three levels of organization do not have? B. Coal
A. living things C. sugar
B. biotic factors D. canola
C. abiotic factors 185. The factor that has the biggest influence
D. organisms on biome classification is:
A. Topography
180. An unwanted change in the environment
B. Magnetic fields
that is caused by substances or forms of
energy C. Soil type
A. renewable resource D. Climate
B. non-renewable resource 186. What is an example of an herbivore?
C. pollution A. Fox
D. point-source pollutant B. Wolf

C. Deer C. scavengers
D. Hawk D. decomposers

187. The human population has the reproduc-
192. What type of distribution is the most
tive ability to produce unrealistically large
common among all organisms?
populations. How would you describe
their growth? A. Uniform
A. Logistic growth B. Unmeasured
B. Exponential growth C. Clumped
C. Declining growth D. Random
D. Linear growth
193. Increased industrialization will most
188. The energy at each trophic level in the likely
pryamid of energy decreases by a factor
of A. decreaseavailable habitats
A. 10 B. increaseenvironmental carrying ca-
pacity
B. 1
C. 100 C. increasethe stability of ecosystems
D. 2 D. decreaseglobal warming
189. Which is an example of an ecosystem? 194. The correct order of ecological organiza-
A. Jungle animals tion from the smallest to the largest is
B. forest plants A. organism, community, population,
ecosystem, biosphere, biome
C. The tundra
D. Savanna temperatures B. biosphere, biome, ecosystem, commu-
nity, population, organism
190. The ability of a population of living C. organism, population, community,
species to increase under ideal environ- ecosystem, biome, biosphere
mental conditions.
D. population, organism, biosphere, com-
A. Carrying Capacity
munity, ecosystem, biome
B. Biotic Potential
C. Biodiversity 195. After a natural disaster such as a hurri-
cane or tornado, what will happen in the
D. Species Richness
damaged ecosystem?
191. Stability within an ecosystem is achieved A. Nothing; it will remain uninhabited.
partially by the presence of organisms
that break down important molecules and B. A new, different ecosystem will evolve.
make them available for other organisms C. An ecosystem like the previous one
to use. These organisms are will be re-established.
A. plants D. No one really knows what to expect af-
B. herbivores ter a natural disaster.

196. Honey guide birds alert and direct bad- B. affect most of the plants and animals
gers to bee hives. The badgers then ex- in the ecosystem
pose the hives and feed on the honey first.
C. only affect animals that live in the
Then the honey guide birds eat.
trees of the ecosystem
A. mutualism
D. only affect animals that live in ecosys-
B. commensalism tem
C. predation
201. Which choice best describes topsoil?
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D. competition
A. Humus, minerals, and air
197. What is the measurement of population
per unit area or unit volume? B. Bacteria, rocks, and water
A. Capacity C. Mud, sand, and water
B. Population Density D. Water, humus, rock particles, miner-
C. Size als, and air
D. Capacity 202. Due to overfishing, the number of fish in
198. What does the term carrying capacity de- the ocean could drastically decrease. This
scribe? will cause
A. The maximum number of birth rates A. an increase in the stability of the
for a population. oceans
B. The ability of a population to accept B. an increase in the salt content of the
new immigrants. oceans
C. The ratio of birth rates to death rates C. a decrease in the stability of the
in a population. oceans
D. The population size that the environ- D. a decrease in the oxygen available in
ment can sustain. the oceans
199. A sustainable world would be character-
203. What does every food chain start with
ized by the
(hint:original source of energy)?
A. preservation of rare animals by reloca-
tion from natural habitats to laboratories A. producers
B. invention of safer storage facilities for B. sun
increased amounts of toxic wastes C. consumer
C. maximum exploitation of natural re-
D. decomposers
sources using more advanced technolo-
gies
204. To find population density:
D. indefinite existence of human popula-
A. population divided by growth rate
tions in healthy and prosperous conditions
B. population divided by area
200. Cutting down trees will
C. growth rate divided by population
A. have very little effect on the living
things in the ecosytem D. density divided by population

205. Which biome, because of its climate and C. Herbivore

amount of rainfall, has the largest number
D. Parasitism
of species of plants and animals?

A. Tundra 211. Which of these relationships is harmful?
B. Rainforest A. crocodile and plover bird
C. Desert B. Two scavenger birds fighting to eat a
D. Pineforest dead animal
206. Listing both the benefits and expenses in- C. A flea on a dog
volved in implementing a particular envi- D. A ladybug eating aphids on a plant
ronmental solution is an example of a(n)
A. Cost benefit analysis 212. Which human activity would preserve
nonrenewable resources?
B. risk assessment
A. deforestation
C. ecological footprint
B. removingcarnivores from a forest
D. market equlibrium
C. recycling
207. Scientists say that may cause the
earth’s temperature to rise by 3 degrees. D. heating homes with fossil fuels
A. world warming 213. A resource which occurs naturally in the
B. global heating environment and is used by people is re-
C. global warming ferred to as
D. world heating A. an environmental resource.

B. a point source.
208. of freshwater on Earth is “locked away”
in what water source location? C. a natural resource.
A. atmosphere D. technology.
B. rivers and lakes
214. Carbon exists in the atmosphere as part
C. underground of
D. ice and glaciers A. carbon trioxide
209. The study of heredity B. carbon dioxide
A. Cytology C. water
B. Genetics D. none of these answers are correct
C. Van Leeuwenhoek
215. SECONDARY PRODUCERS ARE
D. Herd Theory
A. HERBIVORES
210. Heterotroph that preys (eats) on other
heterotrophs. B. CARNIVORES
A. Carnivore C. PRODUCERS
B. Omnivore D. NONE OF THE ABOVE

216. The variable that the scientist manipu- 222. Organisms with the most beneficial traits
lates in an experiment is called the will survive. This is commonly known as
A. controlled variable
B. observation variable A. theory of evolution
C. dependent variable B. variations
D. independent variable C. survival of the fittest
217. A natural resource that forms more D. ecosystems
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slowly than the rate at which it is con-
sumed is called 223. The process by which substances increase
A. biodiversity in concentration as one moves up a food
chain
B. point-source pollutant
C. renewable resource A. bioaccumulation
D. non-renewable resource B. biomagnification
218. Which word means “safe to drink? ” C. bioassimilation
A. Hardness D. bioramification
B. Potable
224. Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are ex-
C. Clear amples of:
D. Turbidity A. scavengers
219. Animal that eats both producers and con- B. predators
sumers.
C. prey
A. Herbivore
D. decomposers
B. Carnivore
C. Omnivore 225. Pollution
D. Tyrannasaurusvore A. does nor affect humans
220. What does fungi do to dead plants and B. can make humans sick
animals?
C. makes humans sick only after many
A. Leave them there years
B. Decompose them
D. none of the above
C. Wait for other animals to eat them
D. Move away 226. Which gas makes up 78 percent of our at-
mosphere but can be used by plants only
221. What can farmers use to prevent the when transformed by bacteria first?
harming of beneficial insects?
A. nitrogen
A. spray insecticides
B. natural pest control B. oxygen
C. new pestisides C. hydrogen

D. nonaerosal insecticides D. carbon dioxide

227. AN ORGANISM THAT LIVES IN OR AN- 231. precipitations carrying large amounts of
OTHER ORGANISM AND DERIVE DERIVE dissolved acids, which kills wildlife and
ITS NUTRIENTS FOR ITSELF AT THE EX- damages buildings, forests, and crops.

PENSE OF HOST IS CALLED A. amog
A. SCAVANGER B. air pollution
B. PREY C. transportation
C. PREDATORS D. acid rain
D. PARASITE 232. Organism that captures energy from sun-
E. NONE light or inorganic substances to makes
it’s own food; provides the foundation of
228. Which of the following historical events the food supply for other organisms; also
most likely triggered the largest increase called a producer.
in the human population? A. Autotroph
A. theBlack Death plague, which oc- B. Heterotroph
curred in the mid-1300s
C. Detritvore
B. thedomestication of wheat crops, D. Herbivore
which began around 8000 B.C
C. thefall of the Roman Empire, which oc- 233. Photosynthesis is important because
curred around A.D. 800 A. it makes carbon dioxide
D. the Industrial Revolution, which began B. it makes food for the food webs
in the late 1700s C. it makes water
229. This organelle takes food and turns it into D. it’s not important
ENERGY for plant and animal cells. 234. Where the better adapted organisms sur-
A. Chloroplast vive to pass traits along to offspring.
B. Mitochondria A. Evolution
C. Lysosome B. Natural Selection

C. Extinction
D. Ribosome
D. Artifical Selection
230. This biome contains mostly spruce trees
and Douglas firs, which are both ever- 235. All the organisms in an ecosystem that
green. The winters are long and cold and belong to the same species.
the summers are short and rainy. The soil A. population
is very rich. Moose and elk live here. This
B. community
biome is classified as a
C. carrying capacity
A. taiga
D. ecosystem
B. tundra
236. A food chain is represented belowgrass >
C. deciduous forest
rabbit > hawkStructures within the rabbit
D. temperate forest are formed using

A. solar energy from the grass B. Pollution

B. heat energy lost to the environment C. Habitat destruction
C. chemical energy from the hawk D. All of the above
D. chemical energy from the grass
242. Many years ago, a volcanic eruption
237. Rabbits and foxes both occupy an ecosys- killed many plants and animals on an is-
tem. If the rabbit population is depleted land. Today the island looks much as it did
by disease, what will happen to the fox before the eruption. Which statement is
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population? the best possible explanation for this?
A. More foxes would immigrate to the A. Altered ecosystems regain stabil-
area. ity through the evolution of new plant
B. The fox population would increase. species.
C. The fox population would decrease. B. Destroyed environments can recover
D. The fox population would not change. as a result of the process of ecological
succession.
238. A region of land that drains into a river.
C. Geographic barriers prevent the mi-
A. water reclamation gration of animals to island habitats.
B. watershed D. Destroyed ecosystems always return
C. aquifer to their original state.
D. irrigation
243. How have humans mitigated their impact
239. Which substance is used in a sewage on the biosphere?
treatment system to kill harmful bacte- A. Reintroduction programs
ria?
B. Clear cutting
A. ammonia
C. Habitat alteration
B. chlorine
C. sand D. Acid rain
D. soap 244. The number one threat to biodiversity is
240. Recycling rose from 6.6% of trash in A. pollution
1965 to of trash being recycled by
Americans in 1991. B. mercury
A. 7.7% C. global warming

B. 10.% D. habitat loss
C. 17%
245. eats producer
D. none of above
A. prey
241. Population growth in the 20th cen- B. consumer
tury accelerated which environmental
stress(es)? C. herbivore
A. how humans use natural resources D. decoposer

246. How do plants get their source of energy D. don’t use any at all
(food)?
251. A flowering plant has seeds that are car-

A. Plants get their food from the soil and
water ried by the wind. Infer the most likely
dispersion pattern of the plants that grow
B. Plants use the energy from the sun, air, from these seeds.
and water to make their food
A. uniform
C. Plants get their food from minerals
D. Plants get their food from the decaying B. clumped groups
plants and animals C. random
247. What is the name of the process by which D. spatial
populations become adapted to environ-
mental change? 252. Organisms that relies on other organisms
A. Biodiversity for food; consumer
B. Natural selection A. herbivore

C. Selective breeding B. decomposer
D. Codominance C. heterotroph
248. A large community characterized by the D. species
dominant forms of plant life and the pre-
vailing climate. Many ecosystems co- 253. the place an organism lives
existing. For example:grassland, desert,
A. ecosystem
tropical rainforest.
A. Biosphere B. niche
B. Population C. home
C. Community D. habitat
D. Biome
254. living things within an ecosystem.
249. Which process occurs after a forest fire?
A. niche
A. eutrophication
B. consumers
B. photosynthesis
C. biotic factors
C. primary succession
D. secondary succession D. population
250. In order to use a resource sustainably you 255. Different kinds of water have different
should levels of acidity. To measure the acidity of
A. use it a a rate where it can be replen- liquids, we use the scale.
ished A. pH
B. use as much as you want, the people B. mH
in 3rd world countries do not need it
C. oH
C. use it before someone else does and
there is none left for you D. none of above

256. A foreign insect is introduced into the 260. Which is a decomposer?

Texas. It eats a lot of leaves, and trees A. rabbit
start to become leafless . Many different
animals feed on the new insect, but even B. worm
they cannot control its numbers. Eventu- C. dirt
ally, trees begin to die. Why would a D. flower
rapid increase of the new insect population
cause certain species of herbivores to van- 261. gradual development of an ecosystem
ish or be fewer in number? over time
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A. They would not have enough toeat. A. ecology
B. Theywould not have enough space to B. pioneer species

live. C. succession
C. Theywould not have tree bark to eat. D. biodiversity
D. none of above 262. Which example describes an abiotic fac-

tor that could impact the diversity of an
257. Ecology is ecosystem?
A. the study of environmental pollution A. An increase in prey can impact the
and overpopulation. number of predators in an ecosystem
B. the study of relationships between or- B. An introduction of an invasive species
ganisms and their environment. can change the amount of resources in an
ecosystem
C. the attempt to control environmental
pollution and overpopulation. C. The competition for food can impact
the survival rate between members of the
D. another name for the science of biol- same species in an ecosystem
ogy.
D. An increase in the amount of acid rain
258. A large amount of dust and ash from a re- can change the pH of an ecosystem
cent volcanic eruption settles in the region. 263. What are decomposers?
Which of the following organisms that live
near the volcano will most likely survive? A. Organisms that get their nergy by
breaking down waste and dead organims
A. Deer
B. Organisms that eat other living organ-
B. Grasses isms
C. Trees C. Organisms that eat plants
D. Fish D. Organisms that make their own food
264. Decomposers cycle matter and energy be-
259. All organisms in a food chain or food web
tween which of these?
that cannot make their own food
A. water and soil
A. heterotroph
B. producers and consumers
B. autotroph
C. dead organisms and scavengers
C. herbivore
D. remains of living things and the envi-
D. detritovore ronment

265. A is the natural home or environment D. Frequently recycling paper and plastic
of a plant, animal, or other organism. products

A. habitat
270. The of an environmental proposal are
B. symbiosis often economic.
C. food chain A. costs and benefits
D. intraspecies B. population growth
266. The acidity of a local stream would most C. pollution source
likely be affected by
D. fossil fuels
A. a change in the percentage of decom-
posers livingin the stream 271. How are populations affected by short-
B. a new source of air pollution term environmental changes?
C. a new predator species being intro- A. They do not have time to adapt to the
duced to theecosystem changes that take place
D. a decrease in the amount of sunlight B. They increase in number significantly
that reaches the stream due to the changes that take place
C. Only certain individuals are affected by
267. Sea otters live in the ocean. Which of the
the changes that take place
following is NOT likely to be a limiting fac-
tor on the sea otter population? D. They are not affected by the changed
A. disease that take place
B. competition 272. Which of the following describes the de-

C. drought pletion of a renewable resource
D. predation A. hunting excess deer to maintain
healthy population size
268. Which major biome is home to cacti,
mesquite, white thorn, pack rats, small B. intensive cultivation of farmland that
reptiles, and coyotes? exhausts soil nutrients
A. desert C. Mining coal
B. taiga D. increasing use of solar energy to gen-
erate electrical power
C. tundra
D. grassland 273. Deforestation of areas considered to be
rich sources of genetic material could limit
269. Which of the following would increase a future agricultural and medical advances
person’s overall ecological footprint? due to
A. Using public transportation to work
A. themaintenance of dynamic equilib-
B. Properly insulating houses to reduce rium
the amount of heat necessary during win-
B. theloss of biodiversity
ter months
C. A school system turns on all the heat C. anincrease in the ecosystem’s carry-
in the classrooms when it is 70 degrees ing capacity
outside D. thedepletion of the ozone layer

274. The bodies of all living things are based 279. What is the preservation and wise use of
on carbon. Which of the following is the natural resources called?
primary source of carbon in living things?
A. Conservation
A. carbon compounds stored in fossil fu-
B. Ecology
els
C. Habits
B. carbon compounds in the soil
D. Biodiversity
C. dissolved carbon dioxide in the bio-
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sphere
280. What is another name for an autotroph?
D. carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
A. Herbivore
275. Graphic organizer to demonstrate how B. Producer
one organism eats another organism and
C. Consumer
obtains energy.
A. Food Chain D. Decomposer
B. Food Web 281. A person who designs and builds com-

C. Energy Pyramid plicated products, machines, systems, or
structures
D. Energy Chain
A. Smart
276. An ecosystem will most likely remain sta- B. Designer
ble if
C. Activist
A. it has more predators than prey
D. Engineer
B. it has a high level of biodiversity
C. biotic factors decrease 282. What is a BIOME?
D. finite resources decrease A. A biome is an entire community of liv-
ing organisms in a large geographic area.
277. An abiotic factor consists of
B. a biome is an entire community living
A. non living things species in a single major area
B. both living and non living organisms C. a biome is an entire community of liv-
C. Living organisms ing organisms in a lot of major area
D. only living organisms in the belton com- D. A biome is and entire community of liv-
munity. ing organisms in a little bit of a major area
278. Compared with their counterparts in de- 283. More than one of the SAME species liv-
veloped countries, individuals in developing together in the same area at the same
ing nations typically have a time.
A. Higher standard of living A. Organism
B. larger ecological footprint B. Population
C. Shorter life span C. Community
D. Greater dependence on fossil fuels D. Ecosystem

284. The graph of logistic growth can be de- 289. There are 750 squirrels in a square mile
scribed as area. What is this an example of?

A. S-shaped A. Age of animals
B. J-shaped B. Carrying Capacity
C. W-shaped C. Population Density
D. U-shaped D. Symbiosis
285. This is the measure of relative clarity of 290. Scientists are concerned about overfish-
a liquid. ing of shark populations. Sharks feed on
rays and rays feed on scallops. Without
A. Turbidity sharks, rays consume all the scallop beds.
B. Flocculation This situation demonstrates that:
C. VOCs A. humans can improve an ecosystem
byremoving predators.
D. ppm
B. humanscan upset an ecosystem by re-
286. An unnatural increase in the world’s tem- moving species.
perature that scientists agree may soon
C. reducingthe shark population in-
have huge effects on the planet.
creases the quantity of scallops that can
A. Extinct be taken.
B. Destructive D. sharksare not important for the stabil-
C. Engineer ity of the ecosystem.
D. Global Warming 291. Sustainability refers to

A. how many species are present in an
287. Why has Earth’s human carrying capacity
ecosystem
increased greatly?
B. when a species goes extinct
A. Other organisms have been displaced
by agriculture, so there is more space for C. how long a species lives
humans. D. the ability to maintain ecological pro-
B. Humans have modified their environ- cess over long periods of time.
ment due to technological advances. 292. Illustrates the hierarchy of feeding rela-
C. Humans can live closer together than tionships in a community
other animals A. food web
D. Humans are now eating fewer plants B. food chain
than they used to.
C. trophic structure
288. Which is not a cause of species extinc- D. biomass pyramid
tion?
293. What has led to the rapid increase in
A. habitat loss
the human population over the past 200
B. gardening years?
C. poaching A. the agricultural revolution
D. exotic species B. the industrial revolution

C. improvements in waste disposal and C. WATER AND AIR POLLUTION

medicine
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
D. all of these
298. Which biome, because of its climate, has
294. A fundamental concept of ecology is that
the largest number of species of plants and
living organisms
animals?
A. are independent and do not interact
with each other or with the physical envi- A. tundra
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ronment. B. desert
B. do not interact with other living organ- C. rain forest
isms, but do interact with the physical en-
vironment D. pine forest
C. interact with each other, but do not in-
299. Drinking water has a pH of
teract with the physical environment
D. interact with other living organisms A. 1
and interact with the physical environ- B. 7
ment
C. 12
295. Which description most accurately de-
D. none of above
scribes the biosphere?
A. A group of organisms of the same 300. What is the theme for world environment
species day 2021
B. A group of organisms of different
A. Sustainability for future generations
species
C. A group of organisms of different B. Time for nature
species along with the abiotic factors that C. Ecosystem Restoration
make up their environment
D. Beat plastic pollution
D. All life on Earth and their physical sur-
roundings 301. Advances in medicine and in farming have
296. Achiving a sustainable world is a goal increased
that will depend on A. human population growth
A. responsible consumption by devel- B. biodiversity
oped countries
C. renewable resources
B. a higher standard of living in develop-
ing countries D. exotic species
C. cooperation between governments, in-
dustry and citizens 302. No longer existing
D. two answers are correct A. Extinct
297. LICHENS ARE GOOD BIOINDICATORS OF B. Dead
A. SOIL POLLUTION C. Gone

B. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION D. Endangered

303. Define ecosystem 308. What factor contributes most to the sus-
tainability of a habitat?
A. a biological community of interacting

organisms and their physical environment A. Competition among large predators
B. the natural home or environment of an B. Large variety of organisms
animal, plant, or other organism C. Presence of volcanic rock
C. the regions of the surface, atmo- D. Absence of bacterial species
sphere, and hydrosphere of the earth oc-
cupied by living organisms 309. What is another name for an animal that
eats both plants and animals?
D. a group of interdependent organisms
A. Herbivore
of different species growing or living to-
gether in a specified habitat B. Omnivore
C. Carnivore
304. The of Earth’s land, water, or air is
called pollution. D. Producer
A. condition 310. Sea stars live in saltwater ecosystems.

Some species live in shallow tidal pools,
B. contamination while others live in the deepest parts of
C. control the oceans. This is a description of the
of sea stars.
D. conservation
A. niche
305. Where sunlight can penetrate in a marine B. habitat
biome
C. population
A. photic zone
D. community
B. aphotic zone
311. A bird that gets food by cleaning the
C. grassland teeth of a crocodile is an example of
D. tropical rain forest what?
A. Mutualism
306. Pollution sources fall into two categories:
B. Commensalism
A. biotic and abiotic C. Parasitism
B. point source and nonpoint source D. Communism
C. renewable and nonrenewable
312. a non-living factor in an environment is
D. air and water A. biotic
307. COSMIC RAYS SUCH AS GAMMA RAYS B. abiotic
ARE SOURCE OF WHICH POLLUTION C. commensalism
A. SOIL D. ecology
B. NOISE 313. An example of habitat destruction is
C. THERMAL A. planting trees
D. RADIATION B. cleaning up oil spills

C. clearing a tropical rainforest 318. What is the movement of individuals out

of a population called?
D. preventing nonpoint-source pollution
A. Immigration
314. Why are there fewer organisms in each B. Emigration
level as you go up the energy pyramid
C. Migration
shown?
D. Capacity
A. There is more energy available at
higher levels. 319. fuel created from living matter, such as
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trees
B. Higher levels have more mean ani-
mals. A. reforestation
C. There is less energy available at B. desorestation
higher levels. C. Biofuel
D. Predators get hungrier. D. sanitation
320. LIMITING FACTOR FOR PRODUCTIVITY
315. What is it called when you put scraps
IN AQUATIC SYSTEM
of vegetables and fruits in a pile in your
yard? A. LIGHT
A. Combustible Pile B. WATER
C. AIR
B. Composting
D. ALL THE ABOVE
C. Garbage
321. A collection of organisms that belong to
D. Fertilizer
different populations but all live in the
316. An environmental factor such as storms same area and interact with one another.
and extreme heat or cold that affects pop- A. Population
ulation regardless of their density B. Ecosystem
A. density-dependent factor C. Community
B. population density D. Ecosphere
C. dispersion 322. What type of factors represent the living
D. density-independent factor organisms in an environment?
A. Abiotic
317. Why do water sources need to be con- B. Biotic
served?
C. Viruses
A. We have a limited amount of fresh wa-
D. Natural Disasters
ter.
B. Pollution reduces the amount of usable 323. An example of a natural resource is
water. A. oil
C. Because we need to save it for the B. air
whales C. water
D. Both a and b. D. all of these

324. all the living organisms that live in an B. primary succession

area and the nonliving features of their en- C. secondary succession
vironment

D. pioneer speciles
A. ecosystem
B. limiting factor 330. Most water pollution is the result of
C. biomes A. human activities.
D. energy pyramid B. animals living in the water.

C. volcanic eruptions.
325. Model used to describe the amount of en-
ergy moving from one feeding level to an- D. storms.
other. 331. where two or more organisms seek the
A. Food Chain same resource at the same time.
B. Food Web A. habitat
C. Energy Pyramid B. population
D. Energy Chain C. commensalism
D. competition
326. Nitrogen makes up percent of the at-
mosphere. 332. In lakes in New York State that are ex-
A. 66% posed to acid rain, fish populations are de-
clining. This is primarily due to changes in
B. 78%
which lake condition?
C. 90%
A. BioticFactors
D. none of above
B. ozonelevels
327. Which of these is a MAJOR cause of acid C. increasedsunlight (optional)
rain?
D. pH
A. spraying pesticides on crops
333. In order for an ecosystem to remain sta-
B. burning fossil fuels for energy
ble there must be
C. dumping sewage in river systems
A. drastic modifications to the environ-
D. using uranium to generate electricity ment
328. is the role played by (occupation or B. interrelationships and interdependen-
profession) and the address of a particu- cies among organisms
lar species in its ecosystem; C. limited biodiversity
A. niche D. gradual changes in climate
B. habitat 334. Which of the following is an abioitic fac-
C. distribution tor that could affect biotic factors?
D. ecosystem A. Population of rabbits.
329. succession that occurs in an area where B. Length of daylight.

soil is already present C. Presence of harmful bacteria.
A. ecological succession D. Number of herbivores.

335. an organism whose cells have nuclei and 340. All the living things in an environment
cell walls A. Biotic factors
A. eukarya B. Traits
B. fungi
C. Animals
C. bacteria
D. Natural Selection
D. none of above
341. Which of these are three types of pollu-
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336. are materials or substances such as tion?
minerals, forests, water, and soil that oc-
A. noise, light, chemical
cur in nature and can be used for economic
gain. B. global warming, climate change,
greenhouse gases
A. Fossil fuels
C. overpopulation, cities, landfills
B. Synthetic resources
C. Natural resources D. carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen
D. Common resources 342. Deforestation by burning has been de-

scribed as a “double whammy” to the en-
337. What forms in the second step of water vironment, meaning it has 2 negative im-
treatment? pacts. Why is this description accurate?
A. flocs A. Forestburning releases CO2 while de-
B. alum creasing oxygen, which disrupts cycles
C. aeration B. Deforestationreduces the amount of
D. clorine oxygen in the atmosphere, which depletes
the ozone layer
338. a final and stable community C. Forestclearing is often followed by
A. ecological succession land development, which often leads to in-
B. secondary succession creasednoise pollution
C. climax community D. Deforestationincreases the number of

plant and animal species by destroying
D. old-filed succession habitat
339. There are many large-mouth bass, a type 343. Which factor is a density-dependent limit-
of fish, living in a small lake near Waco, ing factor on the population of a species?
Texas. How would increased fishing in the
lake effect the lake ecosystem? A. seasonal variation
A. Predators of the bass might starve due B. natural disasters
to loss of a food source C. unusual weather
B. The population of the bass’ prey would D. predation
decrease.
C. The bass would spend more time swim- 344. Bears have a thick coat of fun, this adap-
ming near the surface tation is best in an environment that is
D. Water level in the lake would decrease A. dry

as more fishing took place B. windy

C. cold 350. The single-celled algae found in aquatic

ecosystems are known as
D. none of above

A. phytoplankton
345. Which human activity would be most B. zooplankton
likely to have a negative impact on the en-
C. kelp
vironment?
D. seaweed
A. Planting trees to control soil erosion
B. Limiting the use of chemicals that kill 351. the study of the interactions that take
weeds. place among organisms and their environ-
ment.
C. Stopping the draining of swamps.
A. ecology
D. Burning coal and oil to generate elec- B. biomes
tric power.
C. food chain
346. What is a correct food chain? D. limiting factors limiting factors
A. Acorn → squirrel → hawk 352. How does a bird “change its environ-
B. Hawk → squirrel → acorn ment” to meet its NEEDS?
C. Squirrel → acorn → hawk A. builds a nest

B. flies around
D. Worm → hawk → acorn
C. catches bugs
347. non-living parts of an ecosystem-air/ D. looks for something to eat
water/ soil/ sun
353. Where is pollution found on the earth?
A. symbiosis
A. only in the air
B. biomes
B. only on the land
C. abiotic
C. only in the water
D. ecology D. on land, in the air, and in the water
348. What are renewable resources? 354. Why do the populations of invasive
A. natural gas species grow so quickly?
A. Invasive Species are native to an area.
B. fossil fuels
B. Invasive species are prey to many ani-
C. soybeans mals.
D. coal C. Invasive species have no predators.
D. Invasive species keep the ecosystems
349. LITTER IS
in equilibrium.
A. BIODEGRADABLE
355. Occurs when two or more organisms seek
B. NON BIODEGRADABLE the same resource at the same time.
C. BOTH BIO AND NON BIO DEGRADABLE A. Competition
D. NONE OF THE ABOVE B. Symbiosis

C. Predation C. The rocks that make up the mountains

D. none of above D. The wind and water erosion of the
mountains
356. We each throw away an average of
pounds of trash a day, or nearly 1 ton of 361. Which best describes the relationship be-
trash every year. tween carrying capacity and Earth’s re-
A. 55 sources?
B. 50 A. A population that is below the carry-
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ing capacity will have an increase in con-
C. 5 tagious diseases
D. none of above B. A population that is above the carrying
357. What term refers to the number of males capacity will have a decrease in natural re-
and females in various reproductive age sources
groups? C. A population that is below the carry-
ing capacity will experience a decrease in
A. age structure
freshwater resources
B. carrying capacity
D. A population that is above the carry-
C. reproductive dispersal ing capacity will experience an increase in
D. birth rates plant production
358. Heterotroph that eat both plants and an- 362. The direction of the flow of energy in a
imals. food web is represented by
A. Carnivore A. Light bulbs
B. Omnivore B. Dotted Lines
C. Herbivore C. Arrows
D. Parasitism D. Bubbles
359. Highest level of biological organization- 363. The nitrogen cycle is a process in which ni-
all parts of the Earth. trogen is moving from the air to the ground
to and back again.
A. Biosphere
A. plants, animals, and humans (living
B. Ecosystem
things)
C. Population
B. lava
D. Community
C. clouds
360. Many of the biomes that exist on Earth D. hydrogen
can be found in the western part of North
Carolina. What is the primary reason for 364. Fertilizers used to improve lawns and
the existence of such a wide range of gardens may interfere with the equilibrium
biomes in this area? of an ecosystem because they
A. The rivers and lakes in the mountain A. cause mutations in all plants
areas B. cannot be absorbed by roots
B. The wide range of altitude of the moun- C. can be carried into local water sup-
tains plies

D. cause atmospheric pollution 370. Which ecosystem would scientists con-

sider to be the most stable?
365. What amount of percentage does the en-

ergy decrease as it goes up the pyramid? A. a coral reef that is fished by native peo-
ple several times a day
A. 100%
B. a tropical rainforest that is being cut
B. 1000% down to make room for farmland
C. 10% C. a temperate forest where all the tree
D. 1% trunks have been damaged by beetles.
D. a savanna that retains the same num-
366. How should you prepare for this test to- ber of species even when a drought oc-
morrow? curs
A. Study
371. What is a climax community?
B. Watch Netflix
A. An ecosystem that is just beginning to
C. Play sliter.io (game) grow.
D. Go fishing B. An ecosystem that is stable and ma-
ture and has reached the final stages of
367. Why can an invasive species be poten-
succession.
tially threatening to an ecosystem?
C. An ecosystem that is damaged by a for-
A. Organisms in the ecosystem may not
est fire.
know how to protect themselves
D. An ecosystem that is damaged by a
B. They can add genetic variation
landslide.
C. They can mate with members of the
community which leads to the evolution of 372. How do warmer temperatures and higher
a new species rainfall generally influence biodiversity?
D. They can be used to synthesize new A. Biodiversity increases
medicine for harmful diseases B. Biodiversity decreases
368. What factor does not determine the size C. Biodiversity stabilizes
of an individual’s ecological footprint? D. Biodiversity increases then decreases
A. amount and efficiency of resource use
373. Gradual changes in all the interconnected
B. amount of waste produced weather elements on our planet:
C. size of population A. Conifer
D. toxicity of waste produced B. Climate change
369. Study of interactions between organisms C. Wildfire

and their environment D. Ecosystem
A. niche
374. Ecology is the study of
B. community A. the interactions of organisms and their
C. ecology environment.
D. ecosystem B. the human body

C. the study of communities and popula- 380. a symbiotic relationship in which one or-
tions ganism benefits and the other is harmed.
D. the study of living organisms. A. Commensalism
375. What is the characteristic shape of a B. Parasitism
curve illustrating logistic growth? C. Mutualism
A. J-shaped D. Producism
B. U-shaped
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381. Which of the following gases is thought
C. S-shaped
to be responsible for increasing global tem-
D. L-shaped peratures
376. What is the dispersion pattern of herding A. argon
animals, birds that flock together, and fish B. nitrogen
that form schools?
C. carbon dioxide
A. clumped
D. ozone
B. random
C. uniform 382. What is a habitat?
D. unpredictable A. The physical location where animals
live
377. A GROUP OF POPULATION OF TWO OR
MORE SPIECES OCCUPYING THE SAME GE- B. Another name for a community
OGRAPHICAL AREA DURING A PARTICU- C. An animals behavior
LAR TIME CALLED
D. A bad behavior of organisms
A. ECOSYSTEM
383. Which statement best explains the pur-
B. COMMENSALISM
pose of the microorganisms in this aquar-
C. INTERACTION ium?
D. COMMUNITY A. Microorganisms are an abiotic factor
378. What “fixes” nitrogen in the soil so that important for decomposition.
it can be used by plants? B. Microorganisms are a source of food
A. decomposing plants for the plant.
B. bacteria C. Microorganisms recycle the energy in
this ecosystem.
C. viruses
D. Microorganisms recycle nutrients that
D. rocks
support the ecosystem.
379. Which is the thin layer of the earth that
supports life and also the largest level of 384. A third-level consumer has to be which
ecological organization? type?
A. A community A. Carnivore.
B. The biosphere B. Decomposer.
C. A population C. Producer.
D. The biome D. Herbivore.

385. Which scenario describes a population? 390. species diversity eventually increases in
A. beetles, fungi, and spiders living under A. primary succession

a log B. secondary succession
B. all of the German cockroaches living in
C. both types of succession
a house
D. none of above
C. a bee pollinating flowers
D. all of the different species of fish living 391. MEASURING BOD IS PRIMARILY USED
in around a coral reef FOR ESTIMATING
A. TYPE OF MICROBES
386. The difference between an ecosystem
and a community is that a(an) B. LEVEL OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN
A. community includes both living and C. QUANTITY OF ORGANIC MATTER IN
nonliving parts of the environment. SEWAGE WASTE
B. community includes both natural and D. NONE OF THE ABOVE
artificial parts of the environment.
392. An example of a typical pioneer species,
C. ecosystem includes both living and that is one that appears in the earliest
nonliving parts of the environment. stages of ecological succession, is-
D. ecosystem includes both natural and
A. oak trees
artificial parts of the environment.
B. spiders
387. Much of today’s environmental problems
C. weeds
began in which period(s) of human his-
tory? D. humans
A. Hunter gather period 393. What is another name for producer?
B. agriculture revolution A. consumer
C. industrial revolution B. herbivore
D. two answers are correct C. autotroph
388. A group of individuals of the same species D. lichen
living in their environment is known as a:
394. Succession that occurs in an area with NO
A. ecosystem
SOIL
B. population
A. ecological succession
C. community
B. primary succession
D. biosphere
C. secondary succession
389. very common and can be found in many D. pioneer speciles
places, including soil and animal bodies
A. eukarya 395. Where would you expect to find most of
the seaweed and algae found in an ocean
B. archaea biome?
C. bacteria A. far out at sea and near the ocean sur-
D. none of above face

B. close to shore and near the ocean sur- 401. a system of food chains that shows the
face transfer of energy is termed
C. close to shore and on the sea floor A. food web
D. far out to sea and on the sea floor B. food chain
C. prey
396. All the individuals of one species living in
the same area D. predator
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A. Organism 402. Choose the correct order of organization
B. Population from smallest to largest
C. Community A. Species→ Population→ Community→

Ecosystem→Biosphere
D. Ecosystem
B. Community→ Species→ Population→
397. Producers Biosphere → Ecosystem
A. reproduce asexually C. Ecosystem→ Community→ Species→
Population→ Biosphere
B. synthesize their own food
D. Population→Species→ Community→
C. release energy stored in organic Ecosystem→Biosphere
molecules
D. excrete wastes from organs 403. Continued depletion of the ozone layer
will most likely result in
398. Factors that can limit or decrease the size A. anincrease in skin cancer among hu-
of a population. mans
A. Carrying Capacity B. a decreasein atmospheric pollutants
B. Limiting Factors C. anincrease in marine ecosystem stabil-
C. Photosynthesis ity
D. Respiration D. adecrease in climatic changes
404. If two similar species who usually live in

399. Non-living factor that affects an ecosys-
different areas and eat the same types of
tem
prey suddenly live in the same ecosystem,
A. biotic factor what will most likely happen?
B. abiotic factor A. One species would act as a predator
C. food chain for the other.
D. biome B. Both species would compete for food

resources.
400. Process by which animals convert sugars C. They would form a mutualistic relation-
into energy and Carbon Dioxide. ship.
A. Photosynthesis D. none of above
B. Respiration
405. process by which plants make their own
C. Limiting Factors food
D. Carrying Capacity A. respiration

B. competition 411. Mandates the restoration and mainte-

C. photosynthesis nance of the chemical, physical, and biolog-
ical integrity of the nation’s waters

D. producer
A. Safe Drinking Water Act
406. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your an-
swer sheet to indicate the word or phrase B. Clean Water Act
that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the under- C. Clean Air Act
lined part in each of the following ques-
tions. It seems impossible to completely D. Resource Conservation Recovery Act
ban people from cutting down forests for
412. Sunlight, wind and water are re-
wood and farming.
sources
A. permit
A. renewable
B. discourage
B. nonrenewable
C. promote
D. prohibit C. semirenewable
D. unrenewable
407. Who causes the most damage to coral
reefs? 413. Which term refers to the study of organ-
A. Whales isms and their interactions within the en-
B. Fish vironment?
C. Boats A. biosphere
D. Humans B. niche
408. Consumes wastes and dead organisms. C. ecology
A. consumer D. habitat
B. decomposer
414. Organism that cannot make its own food
C. producer and gets nutrients and energy require-
D. limiting factor ments by feeding on other organisms; also
called a Consumer.
409. The environment contains:
A. living things (biotic) only A. Autotroph
B. Nonliving things (abiotic) only B. Heterotroph

C. Both living and nonliving things C. Detritvore
D. only artificial things D. Herbivore
410. place where an organism lives and that 415. What is missing from this food chain?
provides the types of food, shelter, mois- Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake
ture, and temperature needed for survival.
A. Producer
A. habitat
B. prey B. Primary Consumer
C. symbiosis C. Secondary Consumer
D. niche D. Decomposer

416. All of the following are abiotic factors ex- C. helped

cept: D. public transportation
A. plants
422. Conserving wetlands and reducing defor-
B. temperature estation will help
C. rocks A. protect habitats
D. wind B. stop air pollution
C. eliminate exotic species
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417. Biology
D. slow over population
A. The study of Bacteria
B. The study of cells 423. symbiotic relationship in which one or-
ganism benefits and the other organism is
C. The science that studies all living harmed
things
A. secondary succession
D. The study of endocrine glands
B. predation
418. A forest full of many kinds of trees and C. pioneer species
grasses is an example of a D. parasitism
A. group
424. A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are
B. organism demonstrating
C. population A. mutualism
D. community B. competition
C. predator/prey
419. After a volcanic eruption, mosses and
lichens colonize the cooled lava flows. This D. parasitism
is 425. What is significant about the first three
A. primary succession (3) levels of organization in the environ-
ment?
A. The first three (3) levels have only abi-
C. climax comunity
otic factors.
D. trophic levels B. The first three (3) levels have only ionic
420. The living part of an ecosystem factors.
A. Biotic C. The first three (3) levels have only bi-

otic factors.
B. Abiotic
D. The first three (3) levels have abiotic
C. Mother Earth and biotic factors.
D. Flowers 426. How does nitrogen get to the ground
421. We will reduce air pollution and helped from the atmosphere?
the environment if we use public trans- A. rain and lightning
portation . A B C D B. thunder
A. will reduce C. heat
B. pollution D. dangifino

427. You are observing a population of lizards 432. The by-product of human existence is
when you notice that the number of adults
A. population growth.
has increased and is higher than previously

observed. One explanation for such an ob- B. natural resources.
servation would include
C. biodiversity.
A. reduction in death rate
D. pollution.
B. increased immigration
C. decreased emigration 433. Only 10 percent of the energy stored in
D. decreased emigration an organism can be passed on to the next
trophic level. Of the remaining energy,
428. Which limiting factor would increase due some is used for the organism’s life pro-
to the number of individuals in a popula- cesses, and the rest is
tion?
A. Used in reproduction
A. Unusual weather
B. Natural disaster B. Stored as body fat
C. Births C. Stored as body tissue
D. Disease D. Eliminated as heat
429. Trash in the environment is a problem be-
434. Which of the following is a biotic factor
cause
within an ecosystem?
A. animals can eat it and die.
A. Herivores that feed on producers
B. animals can get their heads stuck in
containers. B. Climate in the region
C. it can kill ocean plants and animals. C. Amount of oxygen in the air
D. all of the above
D. Amount of sunlight
430. Earth’s atmosphere is made up of 78%
and 21% 435. The role of plants in a food web is
A. nitrogen, oxygen A. consumer
B. oxygen, nitrogen B. decomposer
C. hydrogen, carbon monoxide
C. predator
D. hydrogen, carbon dioxide
D. producer
431. Environmental science is a study of which
types of interactions between humans and 436. What type of graph would be best for
the environment? representing the data from Ling’s experi-
A. how humans use natural resources ment
B. how human beings relate to the nonliv- A. Line graph
ing environment
B. Bar graph
C. how human actions alter the environ-
ment C. Scatter Plot
D. all of the above D. Pie chart

437. Which is NOT an example of a natural en- A. Mr. Haar

vironmental change? B. Mrs. Lukasiewicz
A. a beaver dam C. Activist
B. a hurricane D. Advocate
C. a volcanic eruption 443. succession that occurs in an area with no
D. a housing development soil
A. ecological succession
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438. Choose the list that BEST describes what
plants and animals need to survive. B. primary succession
A. soil, water, sunlight, food, air C. secondary succession
B. air, water, sunlight, and a source of D. pioneer speciles
food for energy 444. An increase in the atmospheric levels of
C. food, air, oxygen, space, and water carbon dioxide (CO2) is the biggest con-
D. environment, habitat, space and sun- tributor to which of the following?
light A. El Nino
B. global warming
439. the first level on a food chain, an au-
totroph, and a plant C. wind storms
A. biology D. ozone depletion
B. producer 445. any close relationship between species,
C. consumer including mutualism, commensalism, and
parasitism
D. prey
A. energy through an ecosystem
440. Similar organisms that can reproduce B. symbiosis
with each other are considered to be mem-
C. energy pyramid
bers of the same
D. habitat
A. community
B. species 446. Biotic factors of an ecosystem are:
A. non-living
C. biosphere
B. plants
D. ecosystem
C. living things
441. Temperature, light, air, water, and soil D. soil
are all parts of the environment
A. alive 447. An environmental factor such as preda-
tion, disease, and competition that de-
B. biotic pends on the number of members in a pop-
C. abiotic ulation per unit
D. living A. dispersion
B. density-independent factor
442. A person who uses or supports strong ac-
tions to help make positive changes in so- C. density-dependent factor
ciety D. population growth rate

448. The primary cause of invasive species in- C. pollution

troduction is D. renewable resource

A. too much food
453. Which is not one of the 4 steps of Natural
B. human actions Selection?
C. weather events A. Struggle to Survive
D. asteroids B. Artificial Selection
449. Choose the most common way that in- C. Inherited Variation
vasive organisms threaten their adopted D. Over-Reproduction
ecosystems?
454. Which two biomes have the least precip-
A. They reproduce quickly. itation?
B. They compete with native organisms A. tropical rain forest and temperate
for resources. grasslan
C. They have fewer uses for humans in B. savanna and tropical dry forest
the area. C. tundra and desert
D. none of above D. boreal forest and temperate woodland
450. How does the latitude of the tundra gen- 455. Competition between two different
erally compare with that of the taiga? species, such as Paramecium caudatum &
A. The tundra is in polar regions while the Paramecium aurelia, is called competi-
taiga is near the equator tion.
B. The taiga is in polar regions while the A. interspecific
tundra is near the equator B. intraspecific
C. The tundra is in polar regions while the C. predator
taiga is slightly closer to the equator D. herbivore
D. The taiga is in polar regions while the
456. Abiotic factors are parts of the environ-
tundra is slightly closer to the equator
ment that are
451. After a catastrophic wildfire that clears A. Nonliving
the land of all plants and trees, -
B. Living
A. plants will not grow again in the C. Populations
burned area.
D. Vegetation
B. bushes will grow in the area before
weeds grow. 457. Grazing cows disturb the grass and cause
insects to fly around the cows as they eat.
C. weeds will grow in the area before
In turn, birds swoop in and eat the insects.
trees grow.
This type of feeding relationship is an ex-
D. only trees will grow in the burned area. ample of
452. Too many organisms in one area for the A. commensalism.
resources available is called B. mutualism.
A. biodiversity C. parasitism.
B. overpopulation D. predation.

458. The greatest biodiversity on earth is C. So people can see and appreciate
found in the biome. forests in the future.
A. taiga D. All of the above.
B. grassland 464. a group of organisms that can mate to
C. temperate deciduous forest produce fertile offspring.
D. tropical rainforest A. organism
B. species
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459. This biome is near the equator.
C. population
A. Temperate deciduous forest
D. community
B. Grassland
C. Rainforest 465. Which sector uses the most water?
D. Desert A. agriculture
B. industry
460. Process by which plants convert sunlight
to produce food and oxygen. C. household
A. Niche D. none of above
B. Habitat 466. Overpopulation occurs when a popula-

tion exceeds its carrying capacity. White-
C. Respiration
tailed deer are considered to be an over-
D. Photosynthesis populated species in the central United
States. What is one consequence of white-
461. Organisms move away from an area
tailed deer exceeding their carrying capac-
A. Competition ity?
B. Predation A. People don’t see deer as often in urban
C. Emigration areas.
D. Immigration B. The deer are less healthy and more

prone to disease.
462. Which of the following cycles needs dif- C. There are more predators to eat the
ferent types of bacteria to make the most deer.
common gas in the atmosphere useful to
D. The deer have stopped breeding.
plants?
A. the water cycle 467. Over the past 200 years, the level of car-
bon dioxide in the atmosphere has
B. the carbon cycle
A. increased steadily.
C. the nitrogen cycle
B. increased, but recently decreased.
D. the hydrogen cycle
C. decreased steadily.
463. Why is it important to use forest areas D. shown no change.
sustainably?
A. So animals have food 468. Example of a decomposer
B. Because animals use forests for food, A. fungus

shelter and life. B. mouse

C. plants 474. Raccoons eat aquatic animals. If chemi-

D. frogs cals entered the lake with rain water and
destroyed the plants, how would this im-

469. Under which of the following conditions pact the raccoon population?
would the global population decrease? A. Raccoonswould have more aquatic an-
A. birthrate = death rate imals to eat.
B. birthrate > death rate B. Raccoonswould begin eating land

plants.
C. death rate > birthrate
C. Raccoonswould have less aquatic ani-
D. none of above mals to eat.
470. I think renewable energy is the answer D. Raccoons would only drink water.
to many environmental problems. Student
B: 475. Choose the complete and logical food
chain.
A. I couldn’t agree more.
A. sun-plant-rabbit-eagle
B. It’s up to you.
B. deer-squirrel-plant-sun
C. That’s very kind of you.
C. sun-deer-plant-eagle
D. That would be interesting.
D. eagle-squirrel-rabbit-plant-eagle
471. In the relationship between a lion and a
476. If an animal is nearly extinct, it is
zebra, the lion is considered what?
A. in danger
A. prey
B. endangered
B. predator
C. exotic
C. herbivore
D. extinct
D. autotroph
477. Silverfish live and hunt with army ants.
472. Which is NOT shown on a population They share the prey. They neither help nor
pyramid? harm the ants.
A. Age A. Mutualism
B. Sex (male/female) B. Parasitism
C. Ethnicity C. Commensalism
D. none of above D. none of above
473. Water lilies do not grow in desert sand 478. The process by which the scientific com-
because water availability to these plants munity examines a paper before its publi-
in a desert is cation is called
A. a limiting factor. A. peer review
B. a competition factor. B. partner share
C. the logistic growth curve. C. fact checking
D. the carrying capacity. D. good reporting

479. The process of recovering valuable or use- 485. Which level of organization is the most
ful materials from waste is called complex?
A. recycling A. organism
B. renewing
B. population
C. rebuilding
C. community
D. reducing
D. ecosystem
480. A tree is a
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A. composer 486. chain showing how energy passes from
B. decomposer one organism to the next
C. producer A. food web
D. none of above B. abiotic
481. An organism that produces its own food C. herbivore
supply from inorganic compounds is called
a(an) D. food chain
A. heterotroph
487. As you move upward, from level to level,
B. consumer in an energy pyramid, energy
C. detritivore
A. increases
D. autotroph
B. decreases
482. An organism that eats the primary con-
sumer. C. stays the same
A. Primary Consumer D. increases exponentially
B. Secondary Consumer
488. What is the term for each step in the
C. Tertiary Consumer
transfer of energy and matter within a bi-
D. Producer ological community?
483. Which soil horizon contains the most hu- A. energy path
mus?
B. food web
A. Topsoil
B. Subsoil C. trophic level
C. Parent material D. food pyramid

D. Bedrock
489. Where would you most likely find
484. Which of these are important sources of nitrogen-fixing bacteria?
drinking water in the US?
A. in the leaves of trees
A. Rivers
B. on dust particles in the atmosphere
B. Lakes
C. Reservoirs C. on the roots of legumes
D. All options are correct D. in blue-green algae

490. A carbon “sink” is best described as: 495. Most of the energy that supports life on
A. a reservoir that readily releases car- Earth comes from

bon to another reservoir A. animals
B. a carbon reservoir that stores more B. protein
carbon that it is releasing C. chemicals
C. something that causes carbon to leak D. sunlight
out to the atmosphere
496. Largest population an environment can
D. a carbon reservoir that is releasing
support at any time.
more carbon than it is taking in
A. Indicator Species
491. The place in which an organism lives.
B. Limiting Factors
A. community
C. Carrying Capacity
B. habitat D. Limiting Capacity
C. population
497. an old growth forest with lots of species
D. competition of organisms; a MATURE forest
492. Causing a very large amount of damage A. limiting factor
A. Impactful B. climax community
B. Destructive C. habitat
C. Dangerous D. biodiversity
D. Tsunami 498. According to the law of supply and de-
mand, reduced oil production leads to
493. How is it possible for a carbon atom to
become part of a fossil fuel? A. lower demand for oil
A. it is part of decomposing plant and an- B. lower oil prices

imal matter are under pressure for mil- C. higher prices for oil
lions of years D. exploration of new fuel sources
B. it is transformed by lava that hits the
earth’s surface 499. What is not an abiotic factor?
A. Dirt
C. it is changed when it reaches the atmo-
sphere B. Air
D. water can change carbon into a fossil C. Sun
fuel D. Trees
494. What types of organisms always occupy 500. A waste-to-energy incinerator creates
the base of an energy pyramid? heat and electricity by burning
A. Consumers A. trash
B. Producers B. waste
C. Herbivores C. garbage
D. Predators D. All of the above

501. The was not a direct result of the In- 506. If we our own water bottles, we can
dustrial Revolution help reduce plastic pollution.
A. Over hunting of large mammals A. will bring
B. shift in the use of fossil fuels B. bring
C. Improved quality of life C. are bringing
D. Growth of cities D. brought

507. More than one species living and interact-
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502. A stable ecosystem can have high bio-
ing in the same area.
diversity because each species in that
ecosystem A. Organism
A. occupies a different niche B. Population

C. Community
B. inhabits a different environment
D. Ecosystem
C. is part of a different community
D. lives in a different biosphere 508. Population size is
A. A measurement of population per unit
503. Nesting birds often space themselves area
evenly from other nests. This pattern is B. All the inhabitants of a particular area
called
C. The actual number of individuals in a
A. clumped dispersion. population
B. uniform dispersion. D. none of above
C. random dispersion 509. All of the organisms living in an area to-
D. scatter dispersion gether with their physical environment
A. population
504. When all of the biotic and abiotic factors
are working together, this is an example B. community
of a(n) C. ecosystem
A. Community D. biome
B. Ecosystem 510. What does a Secondary Consumer eat?
C. Population A. Tertiary Consumers
D. Organism B. Primary Consumers
C. Producers
505. Which of the following is not a condition
of sustainability? D. Secondary Consumers
A. considering ways of not being harmful 511. The part of the environment that is made
to the environment up of non-living things; things that were
B. avoiding depleting natural resources never living.
A. Biotic
C. using resources without regard to the
effects on the environment B. Abiotic
D. supporting long-term ecological bal- C. Biosphere
ance D. Community

512. The ocean ecosystem has a high sustain- 517. A substance that makes land, water or
ability because of- air dirty and not safe to use

A. strong, persistent currents. A. Deforestation
B. predator/prey relationships. B. Conserve
C. green plants growing on the bottom. C. Pollute
D. the large variety of different organ- D. Pollutant
isms.
518. Which is an example of a population?
513. The study of interactions that occur A. different kinds of bacteria
among organisms and their environment is
B. A group of fish and sharks
A. Biosphere C. deer, bear, and rabbits
B. Ecosystem D. A herd of cattle
C. Ecology 519. In a grassland ecosystem, lions prey on

D. Symbiosis wildebeest. The population of lions has de-
clined steadily because of illegal hunting.
514. If a frog is the prey, what could be the What will most likely happen to the popu-
predator? lation of wildebeest?
A. Grass A. The wildebeest population will in-
crease
B. Insect
B. The wildebeest population will de-
C. Snake crease
D. Snail C. The wildebeest population will remian
the same
515. What is Ecological Succession?
D. none of above
A. Competition between plants in a soci-
ety 520. Which statement describes the flow of
B. A natural disaster such as a flood or matter and energy in decomposers?
fire A. A decomposer digests living organ-
C. The cycle of a tomato plant isms to produce energy, water, and car-
bon dioxide.
D. The change an ecosystem experiences
over time B. A decomposer uses carbon dioxide,
water, and energy from the sun to pro-
516. Which term refers to the job an organism duce oxygen and sugars.
plays within its environment? C. A decomposer consumes dead or dy-
A. biosphere ing organisms to produce oxygen and sug-
ars.
B. ecology
D. A decomposer breaks down decaying
C. habitat
matter to produce energy and release nu-
D. niche trients back into the environment.

521. What is predation? 526. hetertrophs who eat other consumers

and producers
A. When one organism captures and
feeds on another A. biology
B. When two organisms benefit each B. producer
other C. consumer
C. When an organism eats a plant D. prey
D. An organism that eats other animals
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527. Physical location where an organism
522. in an ecosystem, refers to the unique lives.
ways an organism survives, obtains food A. Ecosystem
and shelter, and avoids danger
B. Population
A. biotic factors
C. Niche
B. niche
D. Habitat
C. predator
528. The trees in this biome shed their leaves
D. organism
and grow new ones each year:
523. The main source of energy for all life A. temperate deciduous forest
comes from B. grasslands
A. the Earth C. deserts
B. the moon D. tundra
C. the sun
529. What is environmental science?
D. the food we eat/make
A. the study of how humans interact with
524. Hazardous waste includes waste that can the environment
A. catch fire B. the study of how humans use re-

sources
B. make people sick
C. the study of how humans pollute
C. explode
D. all of these
D. all of the above
530. Choose the best definition for sustainabil-
525. Biodiversity is ity
A. the variety of species within an ecosys- A. using as many resources as you want,
tem whenever you want
B. a large number of the same species in B. only using renewable resources and
an ecosystem not using many nonrenewable resources
C. an abundant amount of the same pri- C. only using nonrenewable resources
mary consumers and not using many renewable resources
D. the ability to have an abundant source D. using only just enough resources for
from the same species survival

531. Why are advantageous traits more likely 536. Which of the following provides organ-
to be passed onto offspring? isms in an ecosystem with ALL of their ba-
sic needs to survive?

A. Because they are more likely to sur-
vive and reproduce. A. habitat
B. Because they come from dominant al- B. soil
leles. C. producers
C. Because they come from recessive al- D. air
leles.
537. MAJOR RESERVOIR OF CARBON IN
D. Because the trait is an acquired pheno- EARTH IS
type. A. OCEAN
532. A trophic pyramid is an that shows B. CRUST
C. AIR
A. food chain / compeition D. ALL THE ABOVE
B. food web / predation 538. Carbon can be found in
C. food chain / biomass A. the ocean and seas
D. food web / invasive species B. rock and mantle of the Earth
C. the atmosphere
533. Water is lost to the abiotic parts of the
D. all of these are correct
biosphere from the biotic parts by the pro-
cess of 539. Where do almost all pollutants eventu-
A. evaporation ally end up?
A. in rivers
B. condensation
B. in the ocean
C. runoff
C. in the air
D. transpiration
D. in landfills
534. What is the movement of individuals into 540. Decomposers break down dead plants
a population called? and animals. This puts back into the
A. Immigration soil.
B. Emigration A. producers
C. Migration B. energy
C. food
D. Capacity
D. consumers
535. Reaches a climax community quicker be-
541. What are two ways do decrease a popu-
cause soil is already present
lation’s growth rate?
A. primary succession A. Mortality and Natality
B. secondary succession B. Mortality and Emigration
C. both types of succession C. Natality and Immigration
D. none of above D. Immigration and Emigration

542. Which level of organization is more com- B. the amount of disease affecting organ-
plex than a population and less complex isms in the ecosystem
than an ecosystem? C. the amount of rainfall the habitat re-
A. organism ceives
B. population D. the number of predators in the area
C. community 548. Cougars are predators that often eat
D. ecosystem weakened or diseased animals. This is a
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description of the of cougars.
543. One reason predators might increase is
A. mutualism
A. The weather is warmer
B. commensalism
B. Parasites have increased
C. niche
C. The prey have increased
D. habitat
D. Food has decreased
549. Which of the following best describes an
544. Which of the following cycles does photo- ecosystem?
synthesis produce oxygen and respiration A. all the living organisms in an area and
produce carbon dioxide? their physical surroundings
A. the water cycle B. a region with a distinct climate
B. the carbon cycle C. all the living organisms of the same
C. the nitrogen cycle species throughout the world
D. the hydrogen cycle D. all the living organisms in an area
545. Separation of wilderness areas away 550. What is the largest level of ecological
from other wilderness areas study?
A. Mitigation A. Ecosystem
B. Habitat Degredation B. Population
C. Habitat Fragmentation C. Community
D. Aphotic Zone D. Organism
546. A living or once-living organisms in an 551. What is something in an environment

ecosystem is a that will limit population growth?
A. population A. Carrying Capacity
B. biotic factor B. Limiting Factor
C. abiotic factor C. Abiotic Factor
D. community D. Biotic Factor
547. Which of the following determines the 552. A stable ecosystem is characterized by
carrying capacity of an ecosystem? having
A. the most limited resources required A. predators that outnumber their prey
for survival B. a continual input of energy

C. limited autotrophic nutrition 557. To keep our ecosystem healthy, we must

keep our?
D. no competition between species

A. biodegradability
553. The term biodiversity refers to B. earth
A. the number of species living on earth C. sun
B. the number and variety of species liv- D. biodiversity
ing on earth
558. Which cycle involves condensation, evap-
C. the number and variety of species that oration, and precipitation?
are considered renewable
A. The water cycle
D. the number and variety of species that
B. The carbon cycle
live in in an area
C. The nitrogen cycle
554. Which of these are negative conse- D. The motor cycle
quences of farming? [select ALL that ap-
ply] 559. How do humans affect their environ-
A. Nitrogen/Fertilizer run off causing an ment?
algae bloom A. positvely
B. Loss of habitat for animal homes B. negatively
C. Loss of territory for animals to hunt C. both
D. Birds will be able to find seeds in fields D. none of above
560. Populations of different species that in-

555. So, how does an ecosystem start if there teract in some way.
is no soil?
A. Organism
A. Moss and lichen break down rock and
lava and produce soil. B. Population
C. Community
B. Moss and lichen are air borne and they
move by the wind to start in a secondary D. Ecosystem
succession environment.
561. is the water that collects in spaces
C. Moss and lichen are simple living or- and soil UNDERGROUND.
ganism that can start growing almost any-
A. Soil water
where.
B. Groundwater
D. All answers
C. under pools
556. One organism hunts and eats another or- D. ice caps
ganism.
562. Plants that have deep roots, which ex-
A. predation tend, are able to reach cooler regions
B. mutualism and absorb water that the roots of other
plants can’t reach. This adaptation is ex-
C. carnivore
pected in a habitat with which of the fol-
D. parasitism lowing climatic conditions?

A. Cool and sunny 568. There is historical evidence that civiliza-

B. Hot and arid tions can crumple when pressures from
population and consumption overwhelm
C. Wet and cloudy resource availability. Indeed many great
D. Cold and dark civilizations have fallen after depleting re-
sources from their environments, and each
563. Which of the following are NOT factors has left devastated landscapes in its wake.
affecting the environment? What did the people of Easter Island do to
A. Use of energy make their society crumble?
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B. Use of resources A. used their resources sustainably
C. Water and air quality B. started fighting with each other
D. Financial cost C. used all of their resources without
564. A community of living and nonliving thinking about the future
things in their natural environment makes D. planted two trees for every tree that
up a they cut down
A. food web
569. Why would citizens be advised to recycle
B. ecosystem plastic products?
C. food chain A. Because the products are not
D. none of above biodegradable and would therefore ac-
cumulate if thrown in the garbage
565. A wrasse fish feeds on the parasites
found on the black sea bass’s body. Both B. Because this would increase the con-
species benefit. sumption of petroleum products
A. Mutualism C. Because this would decrease the

amount of green industry jobs
B. Parasitism
D. Because the products can be made
C. Commensalism
into inexpensive public art
D. none of above
570. Which biome is characterized by low tem-
566. When different species live together. peratures and low amounts of rainfall?
A. symbiosis A. tundra
B. habitat
B. desert
C. competiton
C. temperate deciduous forest
D. predation
D. tropical rain forest
567. Any abiotic or biotic factor in an ecosys-
tem that causes a population’s size to slow 571. the loss or destruction of forests, mainly
or decrease is a factor. for logging or farming.
A. growth A. Deforestation
B. limiting B. Reforestation
C. carrying C. solid waste pollution
D. density dependent D. water pollution

572. all the biotic factors in the same place at 577. are the most diverse ecosystems in
the same time the world.

A. population A. tropical rain forests
B. community B. coral reefs
C. ecosystem C. grasslands
D. biome D. urban areas
573. What type of factors represent the non-
578. What percentage of energy is passed on
living aspects of an environment?
to each tropic level?
A. Abiotic
A. 10%
B. Biotic
B. 50%
C. Bacteria
C. 90%
D. Protists
D. 100%
574. A focus of environmental science not stud-
ied in ecology is the 579. complete the following population →
community →? → biome
A. Interaction among living things
A. biosphere
B. use of natural resources
C. influence of humans on the environ- B. ecosystem
ment C. organism
D. two answers are correct D. organ system
575. When an environment changes, some or- 580. Which of the following greenhouse gases
ganisms are better adapted to deal with is NOT paired with an activity that pro-
the change. What will these organisms duces it?
do?
A. carbon dioxide-respiration
A. They will survive and reproduce, pass-
ing on their genetic traits. B. methane-raising cattle
B. They will survive but they will not re- C. carbon dioxide-burning fossil fuels
produce. D. methane-cutting down trees
C. They will not be able to pass on their
genetic traits. 581. A farmer plants two species of grass
with similar nutrient needs on the same
D. None of the above
small plot of land. What kind of inter-
576. Which human activity has had the great- action will most likely occur between the
est impact on climate change? two species?
A. building skyscrapers A. parasitism

B. deforestation B. competition
C. burning fossil fuels C. commensalism
D. production of nuclear waste D. mutualism

582. Which is not a limitation to the biotic po- C. absorbing it through our skin
tential of a species? D. none of these are correct
A. Disease
588. A large tract of land is purchased by a
B. Predation commercial agricultural company. The land
C. Restricted food resources is cleared of its native flora (plants), and
a single crop is planted instead. What is
D. Excessive choice in mates
the effect of this action?
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583. Which term refers to the number and va- A. There is an increase in the variety of
riety of species on Earth? foods.
A. Biosphere B. The biodiversity of the area is reduced.
B. Population C. Thereis a reduction in the size of the
C. Biomes land
D. Biodiversity D. Thecost of the planted crop increases
584. Boom and bust cycles, where populations 589. A nonliving element in an ecosystem is an
will grow and shrink over and over, are A. animal
usually caused by B. abiotic factor
A. Predator-Prey Relationships C. biotic factor
B. Parasite-Host relationships D. organism
C. Extinction
590. Green plants are
D. None of these
A. producers
585. a symbiotic relationship in which both B. consumers
species benefit.
C. herbivores
A. Commensalism D. omnivores
B. Parasitism
591. How do animals depend on plant for sur-
C. Mutualism vival?
D. Producism A. Animals help spread seeds of plants
for new growth
586. What is an invasive species?
B. Animals are producers in a food web
A. A native (naturally found) species
which are added to an area. C. Plants and animals need sunlight to
survive
B. A non-native (not naturally found)
species added to an area. D. Animals eat plants and other animals
that eat plants for food
C. A keystone species in an environment
D. none of the above 592. How would beavers building a dam cause
an increase in the fish population? The
587. How do humans get nitrogen? dam
A. eating plants and animals A. blocks a river and creates a lake.
B. breathing it in B. causespredators to hunt more fish.

C. forcesmany birds to leave the ecosys- 598. Which of these is an example of two or-
tem. ganisms competing for a biotic factor?
A. Two different spiders compete for

D. removestrees from around the river.
mosquitos.
593. a change in a genetic characteristics of a
B. Two bats want to hibernate in the
population from one generation to another
same crevice in a cave.
A. natural selection
C. Two rocks are in the same stream.
B. evolution
D. Two deer need to use the same puddle
C. adaptation for water.
D. artificial selection 599. Which one is NOT an example of a decom-
594. All the alligators in a swamp are an ex- poser?
ample of a(n) A. mushroom
A. organism B. leaves
B. community C. mold
C. population D. worm
D. group 600. Model used to describe a series of over-
lapping food chains.
595. The branch of philosophy that deals with
A. Food Chain
good, bad, right, and wrong is called.
B. Food Web
A. logic
C. Energy Pyramid
B. ethics
D. Energy Chain
C. science
601. What is biomass?
D. culture
A. The amount of energy in an ecosystem
596. Why is it important to conserve the bio-
B. The total amount of living tissue
diversity of Earth?
C. The amount of dirt
A. to decrease the amount of global
predator populations D. The amount of water
B. to increase the stability of ecosystems 602. Organisms that cannot make their own
during environmental changes food is a
C. to decrease the stability of major A. producer
global ocean currents B. consumer
D. to increase the amount of nonrenew- C. detrivore
able resources located in the lithosphere D. food web
597. Animal that eats only meat. 603. A single individual from a population.
A. Herbivore A. Organism
B. Omnivore B. Population
C. Carnivore C. Community
D. Stegasaurusvore D. Ecosystem

604. What are 3 activities that cause the most C. precipitation levels.
damage to forest areas? D. average daily temperature.
A. people cutting firewood, mining, ani-
608. Which could most likely have a lasting
mals eating the plants
negative impact on the biodiversity of an
B. trees being cut for timber, clearing area?
land for farms and cities, people cutting A. deforestation
firewood
B. selective cutting
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C. animals eating the plants, trees being
C. an increase in plant populations
cut for timber, people cutting firewood
D. a reduction in the use of fertilizers
D. trees being cut for timber, clearing
land for farms and cities, mining 609. To keep something safe or from being
damaged or destroyed
605. What is an Exhaustible resource?
A. Protect
A. which are present in unlimited quan- B. Shield
tity in nature and thoseresources which
do not get exhausted or depleted by hu- C. Conserve
man activities. D. Congress
B. the circumstances, objects, or condi- 610. The process by which the characteristics
tions by which one is b:the aggregate of a species change over many generations
of social and cultural conditions that influ- in response to the environment.
ence the life of an A Note on Our 4, A. Adaptation
000th Podcast Heredity and environ-
ment are both important. B. Interdependence
C. Niche
C. These include air, clay sand, water and
solar energy. D. Limiting Factors
D. limited in nature and can be exhausted 611. Which of the following are biotic factors
by different human activities. in an ecosystem?
A. rain, sunlight, and plants
606. All of the following disciplines are major
contributors to the field of environmental B. plants, animals, and bacteria
science except C. temperature, animals, and plants
A. Biology and Earth Science D. animals, minerals in the soil, and rain
B. Chemistry and Physics 612. At the start of the Industrial Revolution,
C. Social Science about 10, 000 years ago, humans
D. Languages A. began planting crops and domesticat-
ing animals.
607. The Brazilian rain forest is an area with B. changed animal power to machines
significant biodiversity. As the rain forest that ran on fossil fuels
is replaced with agricultural land, it is rea-
C. started living in villages
sonable to predict a reduction in-
D. started to use resources sustainably
A. consumption of solar energy. and were very concerned about the envi-
B. sustainability over time. ronment

613. U.S. government to create the Environ- 618. Nitrogen fixation processes nitrogen
mental Protection Agency (EPA) in ? from which of the following sources?

A. 1969 A. lightning
B. 1971 B. fertilizers
C. 1970 C. dead plants
D. none of above D. atmosphere
614. Which of the following correctly shows 619. Which of the following shows an abiotic
the organization in an ecosystem, from the factor interacting with a biotic factor in the
smallest to the largest level? environment?
A. Community, Ecosystem, Organism, A. Lamprey eels survive by attaching
Population themselves to trout.
B. Ecosystem, Community, Population, B. Water temperature affects its oxygen
Organism level.
C. Organism, Population, Community, C. Low light intensity affects the growth
Ecosystem of forest pine trees.
D. Population, Community, Ecosystem, D. Gypsy moth caterpillars eat the leaves
Organism of apple tree.
615. An organism that eats the secondary con- 620. Which biome has the highest level of bio-
sumer. diversity?
A. Primary Consumer A. tundra
B. Secondary Consumer B. tiaga
C. Tertiary Consumer C. temperate forest
D. Consumer D. tropical rain forest
616. LARGEST POPULATION IN FOOD CHAIN 621. The idea behind source reduction is
IS A. reducing packaging
A. DECOMPOSERS B. reduce materials used in the produc-
B. PRODUCERS tion of packaging
C. PRIMARY CONSUMERS C. saves natural resources
D. SECONDARY CONSUMERS D. All of the above
617. an inheretid trait that increases an organ- 622. Normal rainfall has a pH of 5.6 but when
ism’s chance of survival and reproduction the pH falls below 5.6, the rainwater is
in a certain environment called
A. natural selection A. precipatation
B. evolution B. acid rain
C. adaptation C. leachate
D. artificial selection D. methane

623. Complex feeding interrelationships be- B. to maintain rapid economic growth

tween species C. to protect the rights of businesses
A. f ood web D. to ensure that resources are shared
B. f ood chain fairly and used efficiently
C. chain of fools 629. What is a reason that an animal would
D. biomass pyramid go extinct?
A. A very quick change to the environ-
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624. We can reduce our need for fossil fuels by
developing ment.
A. alternative energy sources B. Introduction of humans to the environ-
ment.
B. natural gas pipelines
C. All of the listed answers could cause
C. gasoline powered cars an extinction.
D. new oil sources D. A volcanic eruption that changes major
625. Organisms that breaks down and ab- patterns in the environment.
sorbs nutrients from dead organisms
630. Which symbols best describe para-
A. consumer sitism?
B. trophic level A. +, +
C. decomposer B. +, -
D. species C. +, 0
626. This invasive species came over in boats D. -, 0
from Europe in the 1980’s. They harm na-
631. Which has NOT contributed to the human
tive fish, clog pipes and ruin beaches.
population explosion?
A. Sea Lamprey
A. modern preventive medicine
B. Zebra Mussel
B. increase in life expectancy
C. Asian Carp
C. improved waste disposal
D. Feral Swine
D. increase in recycling and reusing prod-
627. the ability of one or more organisms to ucts
tolerate a particular chemical designed to
632. Coal, gasoline and oil are resources
kill it
A. renewable
A. evolution
B. adaptation B. nonrenewable
C. artificial selection C. semirenewable
D. resistance D. unrenewable
628. Which of the following should be the 633. What is the biosphere?
main goal of environmental decision- A. All the land, water and air on Earth and
making and policy? the organisms.
A. to restrict individual freedoms B. Only the abiotic factors on Earth

C. Only the biotic factors on Earth less fossil fuel. One reason to support this
D. An area that has a similar climate proposal is to

A. enable us to preserve rainforests in
634. PICK UP THE INCORRECT STATEMENT tropical areas
A. GLOBAL WARMING IS RISE IN AV- B. help us to reduce the production of car-
ERAGE TEMPERATURE OF EARTH’S CLI- bon dioxide gas
MATIC SYSTEM
C. allow us to decrease the use of fertil-
B. EUTROPHICATION IS SEEN IN WATER izers on crops
C. GREEN HOUSE EFFECT IS NATURAL D. encourage us to end research on wind
PHENMENON and water power sources
D. O3 (OZONE) IS HARMLESS TO
BREATHE 639. Almost all adaptations started off as?
A. selective breeding
635. the capacity to endure. In ecology, this
word describes how biological systems re- B. physiological
main diverse and productive over time C. structural
A. biodiversity D. mutation
B. habitat
640. What is the correct definition of popula-
C. microhabitat tion?
D. sustainability A. Group of individuals that can repro-
636. Deer ticks are responsible for spreading duce together
Lyme disease. This organism, which feeds B. A group of organisms that can repro-
on the blood of warm-blooded organisms duce and live in the same area
like mice, deer, and humans is best de-
C. All living things in an area interacting
scribed as
with all non-living parts.
A. predator
D. All the populations of different species
B. scavenger living in the same area.
C. parasite
641. What is an ecosystem?
D. host
A. a population of different species.
637. Which is not a good representation of a B. a community of living organisms and
food chain? non living things.
A. cricket → plant parts→ hawk C. a population of the same species.
B. plant parts → mouse → snake → owl D. The community of Sneed Middle
C. cricket → robin → fox School.
D. plant parts → land snail → mouse → 642. When a scientist does several trials of an
raccoon experiment, how much data should they
638. Although we rely on coal, oil, and natural share with other scientists?
gas to produce energy, some environmen- A. only the data that supports their hy-
tal scientists have proposed that we use pothesis

B. Only the data that does not support 648. A hole dug or drilled into the ground to
their hypothesis provide a supply of water.
C. All of the data A. watershed
D. only the data you want to share, you
B. desalination
don’t want anyone stealing your experi-
ment C. groundwater
643. starts with bare rock followed by lichen D. well
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A. primary succession
649. Which is a factor that does not increase
B. secondary succession biodiversity?
C. both types of succession
A. Diverse habitat
D. none of above
B. Survival
644. As succession progresses, animal species
diversity increases due to the fact that C. Nutrients
A. less soil is being created D. Environmental stress
B. food choices increase
650. Energy through an ecosystem while
C. precipitation rates stabilize matter
D. temperatures moderate
A. flows, cycles
645. What is commensalism?
B. cycles, flows
A. When one organism benefits and the
other is harmed C. cycles, recycles
B. When one organisms is benefited and D. flows, disappears
the other is neither helped nor harmed
C. When both organisms benefit 651. We are protected from the sun’s UV rays
by the
D. When neither organism benefits
A. atmosphere
646. the contamination of water bodies, usu-
ally as a result of human activities B. ozone layer
A. radioactive waste C. UV barrier
B. water pollution D. ezone layer
C. air pollution
D. solid waste pollution 652. Which term refers to the place where an
organism obtains everything they need to
647. The study of the interactions between or- survive?
ganisms and their environment.
A. biosphere
A. Biology
B. habitat
B. Geology
C. Ecology C. niche
D. Psychology D. ecology

653. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your an- D. none of above

swer sheet to indicate the word or phrase
that is CLOSEST in meaning to the under- 658. Biology is the study of

lined part in each of the following ques- A. life
tions. If we reuse plastic packaging and B. science
plastic bottles, we will reduce pollution.
C. matter
A. use something less
D. movement
B. use something again
C. use something twice 659. What are two goals that water treat-
ment plants fulfill?
D. stop using something
A. Clean and disinfect the water
654. Examples of a producer B. Boil and evaporate the water
A. frog C. Remove the animals and plants
B. algae D. Add chemicals and remove pesticides
C. worm
660. The final stable community of plants and
D. mouse animals is called:
655. The non-living part such as temperature, A. pioneer community
water, and sun are parts of an ecosys- B. farmland
tem.
C. climax community
A. biotic
D. old field
B. population
C. abiotic 661. Organisms that make their own food is a
D. organism A. consumer
B. producer
656. All of the following are examples of envi-
ronmental changes that can be caused by C. decomposer
humans except- D. predator
A. clearing land for housing develop- 662. ways to conserve resources include re-
ments ducing, recycling, and
B. pesticides A. renaming
C. volcanic eruption B. rebuilding
D. pollution C. reusing
657. Define ecology D. rethinking
A. the study of living organisms, divided 663. Global warming has been linked to a de-
into many specialized fields crease in
B. the branch of biology that deals with A. thesize of the polar ice caps
the relations of organisms to one another
and to their physical surroundings B. thetemperature of Earth
C. a biological community of interacting C. therate of species extinction
organisms and their physical environment D. therate of carbon dioxide production

664. Which human activity most directly 669. Immigration is

causes a significant increase in the amount A. The action of coming to live perma-
of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere? nently in a foreign country
A. growing corn for food B. The act of leaving one’s own country to
B. not using products containing plastics settle permanently in another
C. driving cars long distances C. Seasonal movement of animals from
one region to another
D. planting large numbers of trees
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D. none of above
665. Which of the following would increase
670. How can a global loss of biodiversity im-
population size? mark all that apply
pact the Earth?
A. immigration
A. It can increase ecosystem stability
B. emigration
B. It can promote a wider variety of life
C. increased birth rates within the biosphere
D. increased death rates C. It can lead to a global shortage of food
D. It can increase the life expectancy of
666. How are populations affected by long-
all species
term environmental changes?
A. They generally become extinct due to 671. What term is given by scientists to the
the changes that take place living parts of an ecosystem?
B. They increase in number due to the A. Biotic Factors

changes that take place B. Abiotic Factors
C. The adapt to the changes that take C. Community
place gradually over time. D. Population
D. They are not affected by the changes
672. An individual living thing is called
that take place
A. a population
667. Which of the following can cause pollu- B. an organism
tion?
C. an ecosystem
A. noise
D. a community
B. garbage
673. Which human activity would preserve fi-
C. chemicals
nite resources?
D. all of the above
A. deforestation
668. What Biome is very dry; receives very B. removing carnivores from a forest
little rainfall? C. recycling aluminum
A. Tropical Rain Forest D. the production of new species
B. Desert
674. Which biome covers most of the land
C. Tundra mass near the Earth’s equator?
D. Tropical Savanna A. tundra

B. desert 680. Nitrogen can be found

C. grassland A. in our atmosphere

D. tropical forest B. in DNA
675. Another name for a producer is an C. in proteins
A. heterotroph
D. all of these answers are correct
B. autotroph
C. herbivore 681. which of the following is an example of
an abiotic factor.
D. carnivore
A. rose bush
676. a type of succession that occurs on aban-
doned farmland B. water
A. old-field succession C. grass
B. ecological succession D. rabbit
C. secondary succession
D. algal bloom 682. Define biosphere
A. The regions of the surface, atmo-
677. Farming reduces the natural biodiversity
sphere, and hydrosphere of the earth oc-
of an area, yet farms are necessary to
cupied by living organisms
feed the world’s human population. This
situation is an example of B. The biosphere of the earth or another
A. poor land use planet, especially when the interaction
between the living and nonliving compo-
B. a trade-off
nents is emphasized
C. conservation
C. The envelope of gases surrounding the
D. a technological fix earth or another planet
678. Which of the following is the work of an D. none of above
environmentalists?
A. reduce air and water pollution. 683. What does ecology mean?
B. protect natural environments so that A. :someone who studies how living
endangered animals can survive things interact and depend on each other
C. find ways to conserve natural re- within ecosystem
sources. B. * A network of living and nonliving
D. all of these above organisms in which each organism is af-
fected by the other organisms in the net-
679. The most common reason species become work
extinct is due to:
C. * the branch of science dealing with
A. starvation
the complex relationship among living
B. loss of resources things in their environment
C. loss of habitat D. * Can be replaced by the efforts of hu-
D. loss of space mans

684. What is an ecological model of the rela- B. loss of drinking water

tionships that form a network of complex
C. decrease in food supply
interactions among organisms in a commu-
nity from producers to decomposers? D. pollution
A. food web
690. Which is the smallest level of an ecosys-
B. an ecosystem tem?
C. food chain A. organsism
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D. a population B. population
685. What are the three key factors of a pop- C. community
ulation?
D. ecosystem
A. Uniform, Random, Clumped
B. Immigration, emigration, Growth rate 691. A manatee is a water-dwelling herbivore
on the list of endangered species. If mana-
C. Size, Density, Dispersion tees were to become extinct, what would
D. People, place, things be the most likely result in areas where
they had lived?
686. What is a major contributor to global
warming? A. Certain producer organisms would be-
come moreabundant in the area.
A. excess oxygen
B. Othermanatees would move into the
B. excess carbon dioxide
area and restore balance.
C. excess carbon monoxide
C. Predators in the area would have
D. excess hydrogen morefood to eat.
687. Climate change is caused by rising levels D. Thearea would not be affected.
of
A. the oceans. 692. Symbiotic relationship in that is positive
for both organisms.
B. carbon dioxide and other greenhouse
gases. A. Paresitism
C. oxygen in the atmosphere. B. Mutualism
D. fossil fuels. C. Commensalism
688. Traffic fumes contribute greatly to air D. Symbiosis

in this city.
693. Which of the following terms is defined
A. pollute as genetic variation within populations
B. polluter and variation of populations within ecosys-
tems that makeup the biosphere?
C. pollutant
D. pollution A. Biome
B. Biodiversity
689. What is one of the greatest threats to
biodiversity on Earth? C. Ecosystem
A. habitat destruction D. Niche

694. Which of the following is an example of 699. A consumer is a

a community? A. heterotroph

A. All the tiger sharks in the ocean. B. autotroph
B. All the oak trees in a forest. C. omnitroph
C. All the cows on a farm. D. consumotroph
D. The plants and animals in the same 700. Biodiversity can be maintained by pro-
area. tecting
695. Which processes are most directly in- A. habitats
volved in the cycling of carbon, hydrogen, B. exotic species
and oxygen between plants and animals in
an ecosystem? C. crops
D. factories
A. transpiration and excretion
B. photosynthesis and respiration 701. Something that interrupts normal activity
C. dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis A. Disruption
D. decomposition and succession B. Noises

C. Symbiosis
696. A producer is a (n)
D. Interaction
A. heterotroph
702. What is a term for a group of popula-
B. omnitroph tions of different species living in the same
C. autotroph area?
D. oscartroph A. Population
B. Community
697. Which of the following illustrates the cor-
rect ordering of trophic levels? C. Ecosystem
A. decomposers-carnivores-autotrophs- D. Organism
herbivores 703. What type of model offers a more com-
B. herbivores-autotrophs-carnivores- plete picture of feeding relationships?
decomposers A. Food map
C. producers-herbivores-carnivores- B. Food chain
decomposers
C. Food web
D. carnivores-producers-omnivores
D. none of above
698. What biome has animals that are well 704. Decomposing plant and animal matter are
adapted to the very cold? MAJOR parts of which natural life cycles?
A. Desert A. nitrogen cycle
B. Rain forest B. carbon cycle
C. Tundra C. water cycle
D. Savanna D. both nitrogen and carbon cycles

705. People can reduce waste by using prod- 711. Which biome contains large populations
ucts that are of grazing herbivores, few species of birds,
A. non-renewable and deep, rich soil?
B. fossil fuels A. taiga
C. biodegradable B. tundra
D. exotic C. deciduous forest
D. grassland
706. Act of one organism feeding on another
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organism. 712. What is global warming
A. Predation A. the normal temperature fluctuations
B. Symbiosis of Earth’s climate cycle
C. Community B. the melting of the polar ice caps
D. Pasitism C. the trend of increasing temperatures

on Earth
707. What does every food chain start with? D. the changes in Earth’s biosphere that
A. producers affect the atmosphere
B. sun 713. A keystone species is important since its
C. consumer presence:
D. decomposers A. Keeps the entire food chain balanced.
708. What factor describes when populations B. Is essential for the correct amount of
increase because animals are moving into energy flow.
a population? C. Allows for predation to occur more ef-
A. Emigration ficiently.
B. Limiting Factors D. Keeps invasive species away from the
food web
C. Immigration
D. Exponential Growth 714. Logistic growth has 3 phases. In Phase
1, the population grows rapidly. In Phase
709. What % of freshwater is on Earth? 2, population grows slowly. In Phase 3,
A. 97% growth stops. What causes growth to
stop in the 3rd phase of logistic growth?
B. 71%
A. Emigration
C. 3 %
B. Immigration
D. 1 %
C. Exponential Growth
710. is a mixture of decayed plants, veg- D. Carrying Capacity
etables or food, etc. that can be added to
soil to improve its quality. 715. What is Mr. Mitchell’s favorite color?
A. Pesticide A. Red
B. Waste B. Green
C. Compost C. Blue
D. Chemical fertilize D. White

716. largest number of individuals of a popu- A. To kill the dead materials after a disas-
lation that the environment can support ter

A. carrying capacity B. To rebuild soil
B. primary succession C. To feed Johnny
C. denitrification D. To put fresh oxygen into the air
D. mutualism 722. What is a consumer that preys only on
other consumers?
717. Species that is seriously at risk for extinc-
tion A. Carnivore
A. Invasive Species B. Herbivore
B. Endangered Species C. Detritovore
C. Threatened Species D. Omnivore
D. Humans 723. Any close relationship between organ-

isms is called
718. A resource or environmental factor that
limits the size of a population. (the A. Consumer
amount of water limits the amount of ani- B. Carrying Capacity
mals that can live there) C. Symbiosis
A. Adaptation D. Ecosystem
B. Limiting Factors
724. A biological community of interacting or-
C. Interdependence ganisms and their physical environment.
D. Niche A. Ecosystem
719. The levels organism, population and com- B. Food Chain
munity have only which type of factors? C. Food Web
A. biotic D. Habitat
B. abiotic 725. As species disappear from a prairie
C. biotic and abiotic ecosystem, their disappearance results in
D. none of above decreased-
A. sustainability of the prairie ecosystem.
720. Which of the following best describes a
B. numbers of species in nearby ecosys-
community?
tems.
A. sharks, groupers, anemones and
C. likelihood of prairie wildfires breaking
shrimp on a coral reef
out.
B. decorator crabs on the seafloor
D. numbers of offspring in remaining
C. loggerhead sea turtles in Atlantic species.
D. prairie grassland in Wyoming
726. Which of the following lists include only
721. What is the goal of the pioneer species in biotic parts of an ecosystem?
Primary Succession? A. Rain, Grass, Temperature, Mice

B. Sand, Air, Water, Sunlight 731. the first organisms that appear in an eco-
C. Tree, Grass, Bear, Bird logical community
D. Bacteria, Soil, Minerals, Worms A. ecological succession

B. primary succession
727. taking more fish out of an ecosystem
than can be replaced by the reproductive C. secondary succession
rates of the remaining populations.
D. pioneer speciles
A. extint
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B. fishing 732. Nutrients pass through cycles
C. over fishing A. only within ecosystems.
D. over population B. only between ecosystems.
728. All the organisms in a particular location, C. both within and between ecosystems.
including their nonliving environment D. only within organisms.
A. ecosystem
733. Recently, a family of bobcats moved into
B. carnivore
an area with a large rabbit population.
C. niche What changes may occur in the ecosys-
D. population tem?
A. The rabbit population may increase
729. Kudzu, a vine covering many acres of
North Carolina was introduced to the B. The rabbit population may decrease
United States in 1876 to control ero-
C. The rabbit population may increase
sion. Over the years scientists have found
first, then decrease
that kudzu creates problems by growing
rapidly and preventing other plants from D. The rabbit population will remain the
getting sunlight. Which term best de- same
scribes kudzu?
734. Any living or non-living feature that re-
A. A noncompetitive species
stricts the number of individuals in a pop-
B. An agent of erosion ulation.
C. An invasive, exotic, non-native species A. carrying capacity
D. An abiotic factor B. limiting factor
730. Primary succession takes place in an area C. sample count
where-
D. competition
A. no soil or organisms were previously
present. 735. this type of succession occurs after a for-
B. wildfires removed existing prairie est fire
grass species. A. primary succession
C. large organisms outcompete smaller
organisms.
C. both
D. weeds grow in a garden next to vegeta-
bles. D. none of above

736. When every organism of a species has 741. Which of these is one cause of deforesta-
died. tion?

A. Evolution A. Urbanization
B. Natural Selection B. Buying a chirstmas tree during the hol-
C. Extinction idays
D. Artificial Selection C. Overbreeding birds in the wild

D. Cutting down the tree in your backyard
737. A park is home to a large number of
robins, squirrels and rabbits. The robins 742. What sport did Mr. Mitchell not play in
and squirrels live in the park’s trees. The High School?
robins feed on earthworms and insects A. Rugby
that live on the ground. The squirrels
eat the acorns produced by the park’s oak B. Track
trees. The rabbits hide in the bushes and C. Football
feed on the grass. Which factor would neg- D. Wrestling
atively impact the number of rabbits living
in the park? 743. Which list includes only abiotic factors?
A. Collecting acorns off the ground. A. soil, water, air, and sunlight
B. Planting more trees. B. ducks, fish, soil, and water
C. Removing park bushes. C. humidity, temperature, rodents, and
grasses
D. Removing the squirrels.
D. trees, flowering plants, mosses, and
738. All the alligators in the same area are an ferns
example of a(n)
744. Which of the following is the highest
A. organism
level of organization within the environ-
B. community ment?
C. population A. population
D. group B. organism
739. A population includes all C. ecosystem
A. members of one species in an area. D. biosphere
B. living organisms in an area. 745. an individual living thing
C. members of a certain species. A. organism
D. species that occur in an area. B. species
740. illustrates the simple energy flow in a C. population
community D. community
A. food web 746. An organism that is NOT native to a par-
B. food chain ticular region is called
C. trophic structure A. invasive
D. biomass pyramid B. endemic

C. natural C. biotic and abiotic

D. none of above D. ecology
747. Bacteria fix nitrogen on plant roots. 752. A farmer wants to increase the species
Plant roots provide sugar to bacteria. This biodiversity on his farm. Which of these
is an example of actions would be most effective?
A. mutualism A. plant large numbers of many different
types of crops on the farm
B. parasitism
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B. raise a few organisms of many differ-
C. commensalism
ent species of plants and animals on the
D. competition land
748. one of any living thing C. genetically modify the seeds of one
crop in order to introduce new genes to
A. omnivores the population
B. limiting factor D. focus on growing only one type of crop
C. abiotic and increase the number of pollinators
available
D. organism
753. A new species that causes harm to an
749. How could deforestation affect the atmo-
ecosystem
sphere?
A. Pollutant
A. It could lead to an increase in carbon
dioxide causing an increase in global tem- B. Invasive Species
peratures C. Disruption
B. It could lead to a decrease in carbon D. Impact
dioxide causing a decrease in global tem-
peratures 754. Limiting factors
C. It could lead to an increase in carbon A. are resources that are in short supply
dioxide causing a decrease in global tem- and limit the size of a population.
peratures B. are a cause of too much nitrogen in the
D. It could lead to a decrease in carbon water.
dioxide causing an increase in global tem- C. are hosts for parasites.
peratures D. only found in the jungle.
750. Humans depend on the environment for? 755. Which option is abiotic?
A. clothing A. Plants
B. internet B. Bacteria
C. electricity C. Water
D. none of above D. Fungi
751. Sunlight is an example of a factor 756. What is ecology?
A. biotic A. The study of life
B. abiotic B. The study of trees

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C. The study of all the interrelationships D. The study of the non-living factors in
between organisms and their environ- an environment
ment

1.3 Forest ecology and ecosystems
1. Choose the answer that best completes A. rainforest
the sentence below. Every organism in the B. deciduous
forest can be put in one of three categories,
producer, decomposer, or consumer. C. coniferous
A. namely D. none of above
B. although 6. What is another name for autotrophs?
C. as a result
A. decomposer
D. earlier
B. consumer
2. Which type of forest most likely contains C. producer
the greatest variety of habitats?
D. heterotroph
A. old-growth forests
B. even-aged stands 7. Screech owls nest in holes in trees. They
C. plantations eat mice and crickets. Where would a
screech owl most likely live?
D. monocultures
A. tundra
3. Deforestation is particularly harmful in
B. estaury
arid regions because it can lead to
C. forest
A. desertification.
B. a massive loss of biodiversity. D. rainforest
C. loss of jobs. 8. are living things that can make their

D. a decrease in greenhouse gases. own energy out of non-living resources all
around them, like oxygen and water.
4. The greatest threat to the success of a
A. producers
species is
A. Environmental pollution B. consumers
B. Loss of habbitat C. decomposers

C. Poaching D. heterotrophs
D. Hunting 9. Which phrase is true for private logging
E. Introduction of new predators into the operations?
natural habitat
A. produces a monoculture
5. Joey was walking through a forest and B. produces trees of different ages
looked up to see a monkey being chased
by a panther. Which type of forest was C. produces trees of different species
he most likely visiting? D. leads to high biodiversity

10. How do lichens contribute to primary suc- A. Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon
cession? dioxide in a process called photosynthe-
A. Lichens decompose organic matter sis.
from animals and plants B. Forest ecosystems cover about a quar-
B. Lichens begin to break down rock to ter, or one-fourth, of the total land surface
form soil in the world.
C. Lichens are nitrogen fixing bacteria C. Producers are living things that can
make their own energy out of non-living
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D. none of above resources.
11. Which forest ecosystem has all four sea- D. A deer decomposing in the soil pro-
sons? vides food for bacteria and nutrients for
plants to grow.
A. Taiga (Coniferous Forest)
B. Deciduous Forest 16. Taiga is a biome consisting of evergreen
trees (conifers). Where is taiga found?
C. Rainforest
A. northern parts of Mexico
D. none of above
B. midwestern states such as Kansas
12. Natural disasters such as flooding and tor-
C. northeastern states such as Maine
nadoes are linked to
D. southwestern parts of Canada
A. primary
B. secondary 17. High average daily temperature and heavy
annual precipitation are found in a
C. old field
D. ecosystem
B. Deciduous Forest
13. Tropical forests in the Amazon Basin and
C. Rainforest
other South American countries are primar-
ily being cleared or burned for D. none of above
A. cattle grazing and soybean plantations 18. What is this passage mainly about?
B. biodiesel for motor vehicles A. the differences between oxygen and
C. coffee and spice plantations carbon dioxide
D. oil palm and paper pulp plantations B. different kinds of consumers and the
reasons they are “at the top of the food
14. get their nutrients from other organ- chain”
isms or from waste matter. C. different organisms in a forest ecosys-
A. Producers tem and how they interact
B. Decomposers D. what happens when the ecology of a
C. Consumers forest is thrown off-balance
D. none of above 19. Fire releases back into the soil, making
it more fertile.
15. In an ecosystem, different organisms inter-
act with each other. What evidence from A. water
the passage supports this statement? B. gases

C. nutrients 25. Which consumer would you most likely

D. seeds find in a deciduous forest?

A. Toucan
20. Only cutting down mature trees of a spe-
B. Deer
cific size, type, and quality is an example
of C. Panther
A. Selective Cutting D. Duck
B. Shelterwood Cutting 26. Read the following sentence:“Consumers
C. Clear Cutting are the living beings who need to eat other
organisms to survive.” What does the
D. none of above
word organisms mean?
21. Which would not be an example of a pro- A. environments
ducer? B. waste matter
A. worm C. categories
B. moss D. living things
C. algae
27. An is when several kinds of organisms
D. tree interact with each other in one particular
area.
22. When humans breathe, what do we re-
lease back into the air that is a waste mat- A. producer
ter for humans? B. consumer
A. oxygen C. ecosystem
B. carbon dioxide D. decomposer
C. carbon monoxide
28. The process of change in the living parts of
D. none of above the ecosystem
23. Primary succession would take place on all A. ecological succession

of the following except B. primary succession
A. The slopes of a newly formed volcanic C. climax community
island D. pioneer species
B. A forest in northwest Oregon after it
had been logged 29. Which is a difference between a tropical
rainforest and a deciduous forest?
C. A receding glacier
A. A tropical rainforest is smaller in size
D. a drying lake than a deciduous forest
24. What does the word organism mean? B. A tropical rainforest recieves more
sunlight than a deciduous forest
A. environments
C. A tropical rainforest recieves more an-
B. waste matter nual precipitation than a deciduous forest
C. categories D. A tropical rainforest has more lakes
D. living things and ponds than a deciduous forest

30. What is another name for a heterotroph? C. People eating the same amount of
A. producer grain as meat
B. consumer D. People being under nourished

E. People eating a balanced diet from all
C. autotroph
food groups
D. decomposer
36. All the following are advantages of clear-
31. A scientist took a picture of a deer, a cutting EXCEPT
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black bear, and a squirrel in the wild. In
A. high profits in the short-term
which ecosystem did the scientist most
likely take pictures? B. increased water pollution
A. estaury C. high timber yields
B. tundra D. can reforest with fast-growing trees
C. forest 37. This fire burns undergrowth and leaf litter.
D. pond It kills seedling and small trees. It can pro-
tect the forest from pathogens.
32. are living beings that need to eat other A. Crown
organisms to survive.
B. Ground
A. prducers
C. Surface
B. consumers
D. none of above
C. decomposers
38. Which of the following type of tree har-
D. autotrophs
vesting is the most detrimental to the en-
33. In which biome can you find permafrost? vironment?
A. taiga A. Strip Cutting
B. tundra B. Selective Cutting
C. desert C. Clear Cutting
D. chaparral D. Partial Harvest
39. Based on the information in the passage,

34. Which terrestrial ecosystem has warm, hu-
what do all ecosystems have in common?
mid conditions and a large variety of ani-
mals and plants? A. All ecosystems are home to living be-
ings that interact with each other.
B. All ecosystems are home to trees,
B. Deciduous Forest
deer, humans, rodents, wolves, hawks,
C. Rainforest and bacteria.
D. Estaury C. All ecosystems have an equal number
of consumers, decomposers, and produc-
35. The second law of thermodynamics would ers.
tend to support
D. All ecosystems have a few consumers
A. People eating more meat than grain that do not interact with decomposers and
B. People eating more grain than meat producers.

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40. Bacteria obtain energy from a deer’s body, 43. Dropping leaves in the fall is a characteris-
while helping it efficiently. tic of what type of tree?

A. interact A. deciduous
B. produce B. evergreen
C. consume C. conifer
D. decompose D. bonsai
41. A management system that includes fire 44. Which type of ecosystem can be found in
suppression will likely lead toI. Large the mountain region of NC?
quantities of biomass accumulating on the
forest floor.II. An increase in the likelihood A. estaury
of uncontrolled natural fires.III. Increase in B. rainforest
fire-dependent species.
C. deciduous forest
A. I only
D. grasslands
B. I and II
C. I and III 45. A management system that includes pre-
scribed burns will likely lead to:I. Large
D. II and III quantities of biomass accumulating on the
42. Which of the following forestry methods forest floor.II. A decrease in the likeli-
causes the LEAST harm to the environ- hood of uncontrolled natural fires.III. An
ment? increase in fire-dependent species.
A. clear cutting A. I only
B. selective cutting B. I and II
C. slash and burn C. I and III
D. none of above D. II and III
1.4 Forest Management

1. There are four separate layers that make B. Prescribed burns
up a temperate mixed forest. Which is C. Stands
composed of all woody plants which grow
low to the ground? D. Silviculture
A. Herbaceous layer 3. Pulpwood
B. Shrub layer
A. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling
C. Sub-canopy layer and furniture
D. Canopy layer B. Wood used for making fiber for paper
2. :allow for the intentional setting of and other products
fires with controlled boundaries under cer- C. Wood from Conifers
tain conditions; also known as controlled
D. Wood from Deciduous trees
burns.
A. Harvest cutting 4. Which method of timber harvesting leads

to the greatest uneven-aged stands of re- D. Small, privately owned forest.

growth?
9. Which of the following is NOT a way to
A. Clear-cutting
reduce climate change risk?
B. Seed-tree approach
A. grow trees that are better adapted to
C. Shelterwood approach the changing climate
D. Selection system B. grow a variety of trees and species to
5. Which of the following poses the great- increase resilience
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est human health threat from air pol- C. ignore the problem
lution generated during prescribed, con-
trolled burns? D. become actively involved in actions to
reduce the causes of climate change.
A. carbon monoxide
B. fine particulate matter 10. Which of the following is an economic
value of forests?
C. lead
D. methane A. They provide wood.
B. They prevent soil erosion.
6. Many things we use on a daily basis, in-
cluding pencils, and wooden furniture, C. They regulate the water cycle.
are made from trees. D. none of above
A. DVDs
11. The clearing of a forest and its replacement
B. Magic
by another land use is called
C. Computers
A. deforestation
D. Paper
B. timber-harvesting.
7. phlame C. clear-cutting.
A. Forest land capable of producing over
D. none of above
20 f t 3 of industrial wood per year
B. Transports water and minerals up- 12. Maximum sustainable yield, ecosystem-
ward in tree roots, trunks, and stems. based management, and adaptive manage-
C. Cells that carry manufactured food to ment are three approaches to
areas of the plant where it is stored or A. poaching
used
B. overharvesting
D. Small, privately owned forest.
C. resource management
8. Timberland
D. none of these are correct
A. Forest land capable of producing over
20 f t 3 of industrial wood per year 13. mass destruction of trees is called
B. Transports water and minerals up- A. Afforestation
ward in tree roots, trunks, and stems.
B. Agroforestry
C. Cells that carry manufactured food to
C. Permafrost
areas of the plant where it is stored or
used D. Deforestation

14. The growing and cultivation of trees can 19. Sustainable resource management is the
also be referred to as
A. preservation of ecosystems

A. Agriculture
B. management of animals in the area
B. Silviculture
C. managing of resources so that are not
C. Monoculture depleted
D. Biodiversity D. managing of resources so that they
are depleted
15. What type of forest disease is character-
ized by being present in large quantities, 20. Forty percent of the world’s oxygen is pro-
spread by tiny spores, and using an inter- duced in which of the following?
mediate host?
A. Grasslands
A. bacteria
B. Tropical rainforest
B. virus
C. Neritic zone
C. fungus
D. Freshwater habitats
D. prion
21. only logging the most mature trees in
16. The basic goal of forest management is
the area
best described as:
A. Selective cutting
A. Profit for the wood lot owner
B. Shelterwood cutting
B. Use of forest resources without deple-
tion of forest lands C. Clear cutting
C. Use of wildlife resources with deletion D. Agroforestry
of wildlife
22. Shrub
D. Prevention of cutting trees.
A. Large group of trees and shrubs
17. Forest Land
B. Woody perennial plant that normally
A. Land at east 10 percent stocked by for- grows low, produces any stems or shoots,
est trees from the base, and does not reach more
B. Forest land capable of producing over than 15. ft high
20 f t 3 of industrial wood per year C. Boards cut from trees
C. Rings in a cross section of a tree root, D. removal of all marketable trees from
trunk, or limb representing one year’s an area
growth
D. Wood from conifers 23. There are four separate layers that make
up a temperate mixed forest. Which is
18. An old growth forest is composed of coniferous trees?
A. A forest that was cut a long time ago A. Herbaceous layer
B. A forest that has never been cut B. Shrub layer
C. A forest that was cut recently C. Sub-canopy layer
D. none of above D. Canopy layer

24. What type of harvest cutting is the most 29. One disadvantage of the selection system
economical? of timber harvesting is that it
A. selective A. produces even-aged stands.
B. shelterwood B. produces a monoculture.
C. clear C. causes soil erosion.
D. coppice D. is more dangerous for loggers.
30. Temperate deciduous forest are located be-
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25. Act passed in 1976 by U.S. Congress that
tween which two areas:
resulted in “new forestry” practices mim-
icking natural disturbances. A. the tropics and the cold land around
the poles
A. Roadless Rule Act
B. the equator and North America
B. Endangered Species Act
C. Antartica and Africa
C. National Forest Management Act
D. near the equator
D. Old Growth Forest Act
31. The Oregon Forest Practices Act protects
E. Antiquities Act
wildlife by all the following BUT
26. A forest that has never been logged is A. restricting logging in sensitive areas
called an
B. requiring wildlife trees and snags stay
A. old growth forest standing when harvesting
B. new growth forest C. requiring prescribed burns
C. never been touched forest D. limiting clear cuts
D. really old forest 32. Some tree plantations resemble a natural
forest thata.b.c.d.
27. Which method of timber harvesting is
likely to be the most costly for a timber A. has been adaptively managed.
company? B. contains uneven-aged stands.
A. Clear-cutting C. has never been harvested.
B. Seed-tree approach D. none of above
C. Shelterwood approach 33. Which of the following is a wildlife man-
D. Selection system agement classification?
A. River
28. :involves managing forest crops,
stands, goals/objectives of landowner, B. Park
best management practices (BMP), C. Wetland
wildlife habitats. D. Grove
A. Forest Management
34. Pick the layer that is the closest to the for-
B. Harvest cutting est floor.
C. Intermediate cutting A. Canopy
D. Improvement cutting B. Understory

C. Herb Layer 40. While conserving biological diversity in

D. Shrub Layer sustainable forest management, which fac-
tor is the least important?

35. What is prescribed burning?
A. ecological community diversity
A. When a medicine I take makes my skin
burn. B. invasive species diversity
B. Burning down everything in a place be- C. native species diversity
cause they are going to put brand new D. wildlife habitat diversity
stuff there.
C. Something the firefighters do. 41. When performing a controlled burn, which
D. Doing a controlled burn in a certain element of the fire triangle is being re-
area to clean the forest floor and help the duced?
trees to growth. A. fuel
36. Which type of management is being contin- B. heat
ually monitored and adjusted
C. oxygen
A. adaptive forest management
B. ecosystem-based forest management
C. Maximum sustainable yield 42. Which of the following is NOT a common
D. none of above forest crop tree species?
37. Prescribed burns targeted for fuel reduc- A. Oak

tion are best performed in what season? B. Hickory
A. fall C. Cottonwood
B. winter
D. Sugar maple
C. spring
D. summer 43. How does streamside forestation affect
water within a stream?
38. How do trees lower the earth’s tempera-
ture? A. increases beneficial silt levels
A. releasing oxygen B. increases carbon dioxide levels
B. releasing carbon dioxide C. decreases biodiversity of aquatic life
C. absorbing oxygen D. regulates temperature and oxygen lev-
D. providing shade els
39. What type of cutting removes injured, 44. If a wood product is certified by the Forest
diseased, or insect-infested trees leaving Stewardship Council, it was produced
only healthy trees?
A. using sustainable methods.
A. sanitation cutting
B. liberation B. from trees grown on a plantation.
C. thinning C. from recycled materials.

D. removal of undesirable trees D. because consumers demanded it.

45. Another name for Boreal is B. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling
A. Deciduous and furnishing
C. Young plants grown from seed
B. Taiga
D. The tendency of wood to bend perma-
C. Temperate
nently due to moisture change.
D. Tundra
51. A reforested stand must be “free to grow”
46. What are some Economic values of within years, according to the Oregon
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Forests? Forest Practices Act
A. timber for lumber A. 2
B. medicinal plants B. 4
C. increasing biodiversity C. 6
D. source of food D. 10
E. purifying water 52. Rangeland regulation began in the
A. 1800’s
47. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of
clearcutting? B. 1900’s
A. It is very economical C. 1700’s
B. It reduces stream flow D. 2000’s
C. Reduces forest floor disturbances 53. Which of the following is an example of a
D. Provides a lot of open habitat for elk management type of insect control?
and deer A. bird eats insect
B. pathogen
48. Approximately how many different types
of products have ingredients in them from C. bioengineered Bt
trees? D. thinning
A. 50 54. What long-term impact could the destruc-
B. 500 tion of large areas of forests have on
C. 5, 000 Earth?
A. decreased rates of erosion
D. 50, 000
B. increased atmospheric carbon dioxide
49. Who is the least responsible for deforesta- levels
tion?
C. decreased amounts of acid rain
A. Farming D. increased atmospheric oxygen levels
B. Commercial Agriculture
55. Removal of all marketable trees from an
C. Logging area.
D. Full Wood Removal A. Selective Cutting
50. Seedlings B. Controlled Burn
A. A unit of measurement for lumber that C. Thinning
equals 1” x 1” x 12” D. Clear Cutting

56. If you look at the cross-section of a tree 61. Which of the following would be consid-
and you notice narrowly spaced rings, this ered a climax species in an upland habi-
could mean tat?

A. the tree was facing competition A. algae
B. there was not enough resources avail- B. grasses
able to the tree
C. pines
C. the tree was dealing with pests
D. shrubs
D. all of these are possible inferences
57. When an ecosystem is left alone after a 62. Which of the following is NOT true regard-
controlled burn, what is the order of natu- ing the Oregon Forest Practices Act?
ral succession? A. OFPA is the nation’s oldest most com-
A. fire will have no effect on natural suc- prehensive set of rules for governing for-
cession est management
B. grasses first, then shrubs, followed by B. OFPA regulates the management of
trees private timber companies and landowners
C. large trees first, then shrubs, followed C. OFPA has rules to protect wildlife and
by grasses water resources
D. the fire would destroy all plant life
D. OFPA does not allow any clear-cutting
58. This results from the regrowth of trees
that were mostly all cut at the same time 63. What percent of earths land animals and
plants live in forests?
A. even aged
A. 50%
B. uneven aged
C. monculture B. 90%
D. no aged C. 70%
59. Tree D. 65%

A. Construction material made of thin lay- 64. The scientific management of forests
ers of wood glues together
A. Silviculture
B. Wood from conifers
B. Horticulture
C. Woody plant that produces a main
trunk and has more or less distinct and el- C. Woodiculture
evated head (a height of 15 ft. or more).
D. Xylem Layer
D. Boards cut from trees
65. soil, fresh water, wild animals, and timber
60. Prescribed burns
are examples of
A. are carefully controlled.
A. renerable resources
B. cannot be controlled.
B. inexhaustible resources
C. cause fuel buildup.
C. nonrenewable resources
D. cause permanent damage to ecosys-
tems. D. forest resources

66. are the site of photosynthesis B. They release pitch that traps the bee-
A. Roots tle, pushes is out, and suffocates it
C. They use chemicals that poison the
B. Trunk
beetle
C. Branches
D. They will self-prune the infested por-
D. Leaves tion of their limbs and/or trunk
67. There are four separate layers that make 72. There are four separate layers that make
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up a temperate mixed forest. Which is up a temperate mixed forest. Which is
also known as ground cover? composed of saplings?
A. Herbaceous layer A. Herbaceous layer
B. Shrub layer B. Shrub layer
C. Sub-canopy layer C. Sub-canopy layer
D. Canopy layer D. Canopy layer
68. most of the worlds remaining forests are 73. :generally smaller, lower quality logs
either boreal forests or which will be used to make paper.
A. tropical rain forest A. Improvement cutting
B. temperate forest B. Salvage cuts
C. tree plantations C. Stands
D. deciduous forests D. Pulpwood cuts
74. :collecting of trees after they have ma-

69. Smokey the Bear’s message resulted in
tured.
A. an increased number of forest fires.
A. Intermediate cutting
B. an increase in biodiversity.
B. Harvest cutting
C. suppression of all forest fires.
C. Pulpwood cuts
D. a loss of lives. D. Salvage cuts
70. Clear Cut 75. What is the role of private timber compa-
A. Removal of all marketable trees from nies in national forests?
an area A. They plan the sale of trees that are har-
B. Land at least 10 percent stocked by for- vested.
est trees. B. They build roads for logging.
C. Large group of trees and shrub. C. They manage timber sales.
D. Transports water and minerals up- D. They receive the profits from logging.
76. What is the goal of ecosystem-based for-
71. How do trees fight back against bark bee- est management?
tle attacks? A. To gather data for areas managed in
A. They can’t fight back; infested trees different ways, and develop a customized
die plan based on the results

B. To harvest resources while minimizing B. fire break

effects on the rest of the ecosystem
C. flank fire

C. To harvest maximum resources with-
D. head fire
out compromising future harvests
D. none of above 82. Which set of conditions would produce the
least intense prescribed burn?
77. Hardness
A. cold day with less than 10 mph winds
A. inactive core of a tree trunk or limb
B. cold day with more than 10 mph winds
B. Wood’s resistance to compression
C. Changes in dimensions of wood as it C. hot day with less than 10 mph winds
reacts to changes in humidity and temper- D. hot day with more than 10 mph winds
ature
D. Refers to the difficulty in cutting, shap- 83. Lumber
ing, nailing, and finishing wood A. Boards cut from tree.
78. :trees which are eliminated from an B. Woo cut from confers
area after a catastrophic event; the re- C. Woods resistance to compression
moval of any bent, broken or leaning trees
caused by this event. D. Young plants grown from seed.
A. Salvage cuts 84. Which of the following forest practices di-

B. Pre-commercial thinning rectly manipulates stand density?
C. Forest Management A. prescribed burning
D. Intermediate cutting B. reforestation
79. Forests provide recreational activities C. thinning
through D. harvesting
A. forest trails
85. The three approaches to resouce man-
B. wildlife parks agement are maximum sustainable yield,
C. sightseeing ecosystem-based management and
D. all of the above A. adaptive management
80. What percentage of California is rangeland B. forestry managememt
A. 40% C. natural resources based management
B. 50% D. sustainability management
C. 60%
86. Which factors are considered in a Sustain-
D. 70% able Forest Management Plan?
81. Which element of a prescribed burn is gen- A. Types of tree and other plant species
erally the safest, coolest, and slowest
B. Wildlife and niche habitat elements
method of control burning, and involves a
fire that burns into the wind? C. Natural disturbance patterns
A. backfire D. All of the above

87. Large scale planting of a single crop is 92. What do trees release into the environ-
called ment?
A. polycuture A. Oxygen
B. biculture B. Carbon dioxide
C. monoculture C. Carbon monoxide
D. even aged culture D. Helium
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88. clear cutting is a harvesting method in 93. Warp
which
A. A unit of measurement for lumber that
A. trees that provide shelter to seedlings equals 1” x 1” x 12”
are left uncut
B. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling
B. only some mature trees in an area are
and furnishing
cut
C. Young plants grown from seed
C. only immature trees in an area are cut
D. The tendency of wood to bend perma-
D. all of the trees in an area are cut
nently due to moisture change.
89. Plywood
94. Which forestry replanting technique estab-
A. Construction material made of thin lay- lishes a new forest from an existing for-
ers of wood glues together est in reduced times by using the combina-
B. Wood from conifers tion of selective harvesting and prescribed
C. Woody perennial plant that produces burning?
a main trunk and has more or less distinct A. bare-root seedlings
and elevated head (a height of 15 ft. or
B. containerized seedlings
more).
C. natural regeneration
D. Boards cut from trees
D. scalping
90. Refers to the difficulty in cutting, shaping,
nailing and finishing wood 95. Which of the following are social features
A. Ease of working of the sustainability triangle?
B. Woodlot A. hiking trails

C. Seedlings B. picnic tables
D. Inner Bark C. drinking water resources
D. all of these
91. What is the regulatory agency responsible
for enforcing the Oregon Forest Practices 96. Which is NOT a tree anatomy term?
Act?
A. Leaves
A. Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife B. Roots
B. Oregon Department of Agriculture C. Trunk
C. Oregon Department of Forestry D. Branches
D. All of the above E. Is mayonnaise an instrument?

97. Which of the following is an advantage of B. Improvement cutting

having livestock graze in wooded areas? C. Pulpwood cuts

A. dense undergrowth is controlled D. Salvage cuts
B. soil can be compacted
103. Which forest layer has the most biodiver-
C. trees may be stunted
sity and is home to large animals, insects
D. root development can be hindered and decomposers
98. What is deforestation? A. Emergent layer
A. Clearing Earth’s forests on a massive B. Understory Layer
scale C. Canopy Layer
B. Eating too much vegetables D. Forest layer
C. Going to a forest and pulling weeds
104. Which of the following acts encouraged
D. Clearing the five trees in my backyard settlers to move west and provided free
acreage to those who made the journey?
99. The percentage of Earth’s land surface cov-
ered by forests A. Homestead Act
A. 15. B. Organic Act
B. 30. C. Weeks Act
C. 50. D. Manifest Destiny Act
D. none of above 105. Which forest type is the most undis-
100. What percentage of the world’s total turbed by human disruption?
land area is covered by forests? A. Tropical rainforests
A. 1/4 B. Temperate
B. 1/3 C. Boreal
C. 1/2 D. Deciduous
D. 2/3
106. What is one economic value of forests
101. Woodlot A. provide habitat for orgamisms
A. Forest land capable of producing over B. purify water
C. timber for lumber and fuel
B. Transports water and minerals up-
D. prevent erosion
C. Cells that carry manufactured food to 107. The clearing of a forest and the replace-
areas of the plant where it is stored or ment of that forest by some other land use
used such as agriculture or residential is called
D. Small, privately owned forest. A. reforestation
102. :form of culling in which less valuable B. prescribed burn

trees of poor quality are harvested. C. salvage reforestation
A. Intermediate cutting D. deforestation

108. Which forest region runs from the coast 113. Which of the following cutting techniques
of Virginia to eastern Texas and holds the eliminates less valuable trees by harvest-
potential for meeting the future of pulp- ing or thinning trees of poor quality?
wood needs of the US?
A. Pre-commercial thinning
A. Bottomland Hardwoods forest
B. Improvement cutting
B. Central Broad-leaved forest
C. Pulpwood cuts
C. Tropical forest
D. Release cuts
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D. Southern forest
114. In regards to forest management plan-
109. The method of timber harvesting pro- ning, which practice is the least sustain-
duces a future forest that most closely re- able?
sembles the original forest in terms of bio-
A. harvesting without trend analysis
diversity.
B. long-term resources analysis
A. Clear-cutting
C. ongoing forest inventory
B. Seed-tree approach
D. use of a geographic information sys-
C. Shelterwood approach
tem
D. Selection system
115. Which of the following are groups of
110. The science or practice of planting, man- trees which exhibit uniformity in size, age,
aging, and caring for forests. structure and arrangement?
A. Forestry A. Forest crops
B. Silviculture B. Stands
C. Reforestation C. Timber
D. Deforestation D. Loblolly
111. Forests provide us with products used to 116. Renewable resources include soil, fresh
create goods. water, wild animals, and
A. Intangible A. minerals.
B. Manufactured B. coal.
C. Plastic C. timber.
D. None of the above D. none of above
112. The main purpose of thinning in western 117. The managing of resource harvesting so
Oregon is that resources are not depleted is called
A. reduce crowding A. resource management
B. produce timber revenue B. monoculture
C. create wildlife habitat C. salvage logging
D. encourage recreation D. clear cutting

118. Xylem Layer C. Forest policy framework

A. Growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or D. Unsustainable Forest Management

limb
123. Pine, spruce, and fir trees are examples
B. Rings in a cross section of a tree root,
of
trunk, or limb representing one year’s
growth A. Conifers
C. Cell structures that transport water, B. Deciduous trees
minerals, and nutrients within plants from C. You’re mom goes to college
the roots to the leaves
D. none of above
D. phloem; transports food downward in
a tree 124. Softwood
119. Cutting down full strips of forests, but A. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling
leaving fully developed forest in between and furniture
is an example of B. Wood used for making fiber for paper
A. Selective cutting and other products
B. Shelterwood cutting C. Wood from Conifers
C. Clear cutting D. Wood from Deciduous trees
D. none of above 125. Which method of timber harvesting is
120. About 2/3rds of Oregon’s timber har- likely to lead to a greater amount of de-
vest comes from forestation in an area?
A. federally owned land A. Clear-cutting

B. state owned land B. Seed-tree approach
C. private land C. Shelterwood approach
D. tribal land D. Selection system
121. The logging method of harvesting in 126. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
which up to 70% of trees are cut, leav- ples of an Oak Savannah plant species?
ing small patches of old growth standing A. Oregon White Oak
to provide seeds for regeneration.
B. Camas Lilly
A. Clearcut
C. Cat’s ear Lilly
B. Shelterwood
D. Douglas-fir
C. Selective
D. none of above 127. This is an area of younger trees that can
not reach mature growing stage b/c of the
122. What is called for the practice of regulat- lack of sunlight they recieve?
ing forest resources to meet the needs of
A. Canopy
society and industry while preserving the
forest’s health? B. Understory
A. Environmental protection C. Herb
B. Sustainable Forest Management D. Shrub

128. What part of the tree absorbs minerals 133. Over half of Oregon’s forestland is
and nutrients from the soil? A. publicly owned
A. Roots B. privately owned
B. Trunk
C. owned by the state of Oregon
C. Branches
D. owned by tribes
D. Leave
134. Evergreen
129. Sapwood
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A. Plants that do not lose their leaves on
A. Forest land capable of producing over a yearly basis
B. Evergreen trees with needle like
B. Transports water and minerals up- leaves and that produce cones
C. Plants that lost their leaves every year
C. Cells that carry manufactured food to
areas of the plant where it is stored or D. Wood from Deciduous trees
used 135. :harvesting of trees before they have
D. Small, privately owned forest. reached maturity.
130. Heartwood A. Harvest cutting
A. inactive core of a tree trunk or limb B. Intermediate cutting
B. Wood’s resistance to compression C. Prescribed burns
C. Changes in dimensions of wood as it D. Pulpwood cuts
reacts to changes in humidity and temper-
136. Shrinkage
ature
D. Refers to the difficulty in cutting, shap- A. inactive core of a tree trunk or limb
ing, nailing, and finishing wood B. Wood’s resistance to compression
131. Which of the following is NOT a benefit C. Changes in dimensions of wood as it

of selective harvest? reacts to changes in humidity and temper-
ature
A. Provides timber revenue
D. Refers to the difficulty in cutting, shap-
B. Supports wildlife habitat ing, nailing, and finishing wood
C. Creates even-ages stands
137. Inner Bark
D. Provides some open habitat for elk and
deer A. Growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or
limb
132. The harvesting of timber where small
B. Rings in a cross section of a tree root,
numbers of mature and healthy seed-
trunk, or limb representing one year’s
producing trees are left standing so that
growth
they can reseed the logged area
C. Cell structures that transport water,
A. seed tree approach
minerals, and nutrients within plants from
B. uneven planting the roots to the leaves
C. even planting D. phloem; transports food downward in
D. classic tree approach a tree

138. Hardwood C. Keep the soil healthy

A. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling D. can be helpful when not extremely hot

and furniture
B. Wood used for making fiber for paper 144. Which of the following forest manage-
and other products ment practices is the harvesting of trees
before they reach maturity?
C. Wood from Conifers
A. Silviculture
D. Wood from Deciduous trees
B. Propagation
139. The main goal of the Healthy Forests
Restoration Act is to C. Intermediate cuttings
A. prevent prescribed burning. D. Timber stand improvements
B. prevent erosion and soil damage.
145. Example of a Nonrenewable Resource..
C. prevent salvage logging.
A. Petroleum and Oil
D. make forests less fire-prone.
B. Water and Crops
140. Forest
C. Soil
A. Large group of trees and shrubs
D. Trees
B. Woody perennial plant that normally
grows low, produces any stems or shoots,
146. We get all of the following from Range-
from the base, and does not reach more
land EXCEPT
than 15. ft high
A. Forage
C. Boards cut from trees
D. removal of all marketable trees from B. Water
an area C. Rocks
141. Prescribed burns are fires that D. Habitat
A. are caused by lightning.
147. Which of the following will NOT reduce
B. are set by humans. fire risk?
C. never get out of control. A. thinning trees
D. increase the risk of injury.
B. pruning and removing shrubs
142. In what part of a forest would you ex- C. prescribed burns
pect to find squirrel nests?
D. growing trees in dense stands
A. snag
B. understory 148. Which forest layer is the thickest and
C. subcanopy where most animals live?
D. none of above A. emergent
143. Fires B. canopy

A. Eliminate the need for logging C. understory
B. Help surviving trees grow faster D. forest floor

149. What harvesting method most closely B. harvesting

mimics forest fires
C. insects, disease, or a calamity
A. Selective Cut
D. prevention of burning, harvesting, in-
B. Shelterwood Cut sects, diseases, or calamities
C. Clear Cut
155. Which of the following is an example of
D. All of the Above a browser?
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150. Which of the following reduces pest and A. Goat
disease risk?
B. Cow
A. frequent drought
C. Sheep
B. high density stands
D. Horse
C. frequent low intensity fires
D. selecting vulnerable species 156. What are the goals of forest manage-
ment?
151. Which forest region is limited to the
A. Conservation of land and resources
southern tip of Florida and is considered
unimportant commercially, but is very im- B. Reforestation of areas
portant ecologically?
C. Prevention of forest fires
A. Bottomland Hardwoods forest
D. All of the above
B. Central Broad-leaved forest
C. Tropical forest 157. Following a harvest, private land owners
must reforest within
D. Southern forest
A. a month
152. The result from the regrowth of trees
B. a year
that were not all cut at the same time is
called C. 2 years
A. even aged D. 6 years
B. uneven aged
158. Thinning a forest may change the
C. same aged
A. stand density
D. different aged
B. health of trees
153. All of the following impact carrying capac-
C. growth of trees remaining
ity EXCEPT
D. all of these
A. Stocking rate
B. Amount/type of vegetation 159. Widespread deforestation is a major fac-
C. Season tor in causing which ecological process?
D. Climate A. famine
B. erosion
154. Which of the following is not a way that
a forest can remain healthy? C. monsoons
A. burning D. tornadoes

160. Who owns many of the tree plantations 165. Which of the following is an example of
on which most logging in the United States a grazer?
takes place?

A. Goat
A. The government B. Deer
B. Private individuals C. Sheep
C. The logging companies D. Bird
D. No one 166. Most of Earth’s fresh water is used for
161. What type of harvest cutting results in an A. watering crops.
all-aged forest that produces income and B. drinking.
better long-term yield?
C. washing clothes and dishes.
A. selective
D. none of above
B. shelterwood
167. Deciduous
C. clear
A. Plants that do not lose their leaves on
D. coppice a yearly basis
162. Riparian buffers of 20-100 ft are re- B. Evergreen trees with needle like
quired by OFPA in order to leaves and that produce cones
A. protects aquatic species C. Plants that lost their leaves every year
B. protect the states water resources D. Wood from Deciduous trees
C. reduce timber revenues 168. Which approach to resource management

aims to harvest resources in ways that
D. keep streams clear and clean
minimize impact on the ecosystem and pro-
163. :groups of trees which exhibit unifor- cesses that provide the resource?
mity in size, age, structure and arrange- A. maximum sustainable yield
ment. B. ecosystem-based management
A. Pre-commercial thinning C. adaptive management
B. Prescribed burns D. watershed management
C. Silviculture
169. Which of the following is NOT an exam-
D. Stands ple of an Economic Relationship in Forest
Management
164. Board Foot
A. Commercial
A. A unit of measurement for lumber that
B. Astrological
equals 1” x 1” x 12”
C. Biological
B. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling
and furnishing D. Recreational
C. Young plants grown from seed 170. has caused an increase in endangered
D. The tendency of wood to bend perma- plant and animal species.
nently due to moisture change. A. Venus fly traps

B. Invasive species 175. Conifers

C. Soil erosion A. Plants that do not lose their leaves on
D. Wild fires a yearly basis
B. Evergreen trees with needle like
171. A forest manager left a brush pile when leaves and that produce cones
harvesting his woodlot. Why is this a
C. Plants that lost their leaves every year
good management practice for improving
wildlife? D. Wood from Deciduous trees
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A. Cuts down on the number of 176. Logging involves all but
mosquities
A. Removing only dead trees
B. reduces fire risk to wildlife
B. Removing trees that will be most prof-
C. Keeps water from becoming contami- itable
nated C. Removing fuel to fires
D. Provides cover for shelter and protec- D. Salvage harvesting
tion
177. What is a resource that cannot be re-
172. Which of the following best describe placed after being used through natural or
agroforestry? human processes.
A. Large farms growing young trees to be A. Renewable Resource
replanted into the forest
B. Nonrenewable Resource
B. Mature trees are logged first to allow
C. Regenerative Resource
thinner trees to flourish
D. Conservative Resource
C. Invasive plant species are planted to
thin out weaker trees 178. What is a resource that can be replen-
D. Trees grown in areas of agriculture ished when used through natural or human
which are used to stabilize environmental processes.
conditions of crops A. Renewable Resource
173. The US has million acres of rangeland B. Non Renewable Resource
A. 100 C. Regenerating Resource
B. 770 D. Conservative Resource
C. 550 179. Pests in the forest do all of the following

EXCEPT
D. 300
A. Only target already dying trees
174. Resource management is the
B. Consume leaves
A. preservation of ecosystems
C. Damage bark first
B. management of animals in the area D. Slow tree growth
C. managing of resources so that are not
depleted 180. Stocking rate is
D. managing of resources so that they A. How many animals fit in a given area
are depleted B. How many plants fit in a given area

C. How many trees should exist in a given 186. Which of the following in not a reason for
area deforestation?

D. None of the above A. Fuel
181. Cutting down every tree (or nearly) in a B. Farm land
large area is an example of
C. Settlements/ housing
A. Selective Cutting
D. room for solar pannels
B. Shelterwood Cutting
C. Clear Cutting 187. Ecological values for forests include
D. none of above A. prevent soil erosion
182. Oak Savannah historically has been man- B. regulate the water cycle by slowing
aged using runoff
A. mowers C. store carbon and release oxygen
B. fire
D. all of the above
C. logging
D. preservation 188. If there are many different variations
within a type of species, then that species
183. :thinning of a forested area by remov- has a great amount of
ing smaller, lesser quality trees which may
hamper the growth of trees used in com- A. Geographic Diversity
mercial settings. B. Genetic Diversity
A. Intermediate cutting
C. Biodiversity
B. Pulpwood cuts
D. Monoculture
C. Pre-commercial thinning
D. Salvage cuts 189. Trees in temperate deciduous forests such
as oak, maple, and elm lose their leaves
184. Good rangeland
A. Has high tier soil
A. Annually
B. has one single type of vegetation
B. Biannually
C. is on easy to utilize terrain
D. is located away from highly populated C. Perennially
areas D. Never
185. Which of the following are threats to Ore-
190. What greenhouse gas is reduced by the
gon Forests?
existence of forests?
A. Pests
A. carbon dioxide
B. Disease
C. Fires B. hydrogen
D. Climate Change C. methane

E. all of these D. oxygen

191. :practice of establishing, treating and C. Displacement of local communities

reproducing forest stands possessing de-
D. Biodiversity enrichment
sired characteristics.
A. Stands 197. Deforestation has the greatest impact on
B. Salvage cuts biodiversity
C. Silviculture A. on private lands
D. Pulpwood cuts B. in tropical areas and arid regions
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192. The process of replanting an area with C. in densly populated urban areas
trees. D. on public lands
A. Forestry
B. Silviculture 198. What type of wildlife would you suspect
if you saw the bark of young trees dam-
C. Reforestation aged?
D. Deforestation A. deer
193. What are the three legs of the sustain- B. beavers
ability stool?
C. rabbits
A. money, money, and more money
D. squirrels
B. economic, environmental, and social
C. environmental, diversity, and dynamic 199. What is an example of a game animal?
D. none of these A. Tiger
194. Veneer B. Elephant
A. Thin sheet of wood used in paneling C. Deer
and furniture
D. Bald Eagle
B. Wood used for making fiber for paper
and other products 200. Which harvesting method allows for nat-
C. Wood from Conifers ural regeneration and possible reduces the
D. Wood from Deciduous trees need for artificial regeneration.
A. Selective Cut
195. What naturally occurring gas do trees ab-
sorb? B. Shelterwood Cut
A. Oxygen C. Clear Cut
B. Carbon dioxide D. All of the above
C. Carbon monoxide
201. Oregon Forests are typically managed for
D. Helium
A. reserve
196. Which one of the following is not consid-
ered a consequence of deforestation? B. multi-use
A. Desertification C. timber production
B. Food Shortage D. all of these

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202. Which of the following is a contaminant B. Rings in a cross section of a tree root,
which cannot be traced back to a specific trunk, or limb representing one year’s
point? growth

A. Non-point pollution C. cell structures that transport water,
B. Non-point contaminant minerals, and nutrients within plants from
C. Streamside contaminant the roots to the leaves
D. Streamside pollution D. phloem; transports food downward in
a tree
203. When only some of the tree in a forest
are cut at once is called
205. The removal of snags (which include
A. selection system small trees, debris, leaves) following a
B. selection Sunday natural disturbance is called
C. shelterwood selection A. clear cutting
D. even aged selection
B. open cutting
204. Annual Rings
C. salvage logging
A. Growth layer in a tree root, trunk, or
limb D. chain saw cutting
1.5 Wildlife Management

1. Species such as deer and turkey are consid- 3. The manipulation of populations or habi-
ered tats to achieve desired goals is known as
A. Non-Consumptive
B. Game Species A. Preservation
C. Non-Game Species B. Management
D. Domesticated C. Conservation
D. none of above
2. The male has an elaborate display
to attract females. He gives repeated 4. Interacting with wildlife without harvest-
“peents” on the ground, often on remaining them is known as
ing patches of snow in the early spring. Af-
A. Poaching
ter a time, he files upward in a wide spiral.
As he get higher, his wings start to twit- B. Consumptive Use
ter. After reaching a height of 70-100m C. Non-Consumptive Use
(230-328 ft) the twittering becomes inter-
D. Trespassing
mittent, and the birds starts chirping as he
starts to descent. 5. How old was the oldest known wild
A. Woodcock Canada Goose?
B. Wood Duck A. 21 years old
C. Crow B. 25 years old
D. Ruffed Grouse C. 27 years old

D. 30 years old 11. The effort to maintain populations and use

available natural resources wisely through
6. Wildlife management wants to do what? research, education, and law enforcement
is known as
A. Rule the world
A. Preservation
B. Protect animals
B. Management
C. Own Africa
C. Conservation
D. Go to space
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D. none of above
7. What countries do Wildlife Management
in? 12. Bringing species under human control is
known as
A. 20
A. Wildlife Management
B. All
B. Domestication
C. 45
C. Poaching
D. 253 D. Species Management
8. Which of the following ducks engages in 13. The incubation period for the American
“brood parasitism”? Crow is about 18 days with the young
A. Mallard fledging in days.
B. Blue-winged Teal A. 14-20
C. Wood Duck B. 21-26

C. 28-35
D. None of the Above
D. 36-43
9. Allowing nature to take its own course
without any human interference is known 14. Harvesting animals by hunting, trapping
as and fishing is
A. Preservation A. Poaching
B. Management B. Consumptive Use

C. Non-Consumptive Use
C. Conservation
D. Trespassing
D. none of above
15. Invasive Species:
10. There are types of wildlife manage-
ment. A. cause harm to an ecosystem or envi-
ronment
A. 1
B. cause harm to human health
B. 2
C. are not native to Hawaii or any other
C. 3 places they reside
D. 4 D. All of the above
E. 5 E. None of the above

16. The Green-winged teal is duck, mean- 21. The nest material is woven into a shal-
ing that it typically feeds in shallow water low basket with a hollowed interior lined
by dabbling and upending. with finer smooth material to hold the

A. Diving eggs. The entire nest is generally a gloat-
ing structure anchored to upright stalks.
B. Social Average diameter is 12 inches, with a 12
C. Elusive to 15 inch ramp and an egg cup of about
D. Dabbling 1 inch in depth and 6 inches in diameter.
What game bird species is this most likely
17. Trends in wildlife management are: talking about?
A. hunting A. American Coot
B. use of drones drones B. Wood Duck
C. setting traps C. Woodcock
D. fishing D. Crow
E. All of the above
22. Species such as blue jays and robins are
18. This bird’s scientific name “collaris” refers considered
to its hard to see chestnut collar on it black A. Domesticated
neck. It’s not a good field mark to use
B. Game Species
for identifying the bird, but jumped out to
the nineteenth century biologists the de- C. Non-Game Species
scribed the species using dead specimens. D. Consumptive
A. Blue-winged teal
23. What is the largest subspecies of wild
B. green-winged teal turkey in the United States?
C. ring-necked duck A. Ocseola
D. wood duck B. Merriam
19. are the second most abudent duck in C. Rio Grande
North America, behind the Mallard. D. Eastern
A. Wood Duck
24. Wildlife management is the application of
B. Blue-winged Teal and technical principles to wildlife pop-
C. Ring-necked duck ulations and habitats to achieve a specific
D. Redhead goal.
A. Scientific
20. Wildlife management works by:
B. Ancient Practices
A. taking necessary steps to keep wildlife
populations well maintained C. Traditional Approaches
B. preserving threatened animals food D. Individual Opinions

supply and habitat 25. Which U.S. dept. established Wildlife Man-
C. controlling nuisance animals agement?
D. All of the above A. Navy
E. None of the above B. Airforce

1.6 Forest Utilization 152
C. Agricultulture ter another. This a form of social display.

D. Taxes Typically the bird in the lead is the male
of a mated pair. The second bird is an un-
26. All non-domesticated plants, animals, and mated male chasing his rival from the area
other living things are known as where he hopes to next. The third is the
A. Wildlife female of the mated pare, which seems to
go along for the ride.
B. Non-Game Species
C. Game Species A. Mallards
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D. Non-Comsumptive B. Mourning Doves
27. During the breeding season, you might see C. Wood Ducks
three flying in tight formation, one af- D. Ruffed Grouses
1.6 Forest Utilization

1. Which is not a good example of a BMP? B. 3
A. Locate roads above flood plains and C. 2
wet areas D. 1
B. Leaving trees or tree tops in streams
5. Which of the following ranks these forest
C. Cable out logs cut in streamside zones products from HIGHEST to LOWEST eco-
D. Locate stream crossings where the nomic value?
bottom is hard and relatively level A. Walnut veneer:White Oak barrel
staves:Red Oak flooring:Pallets
2. Which of the following could you use to
determine the slope of a hill? B. Pallets:Walnut veneer:White Oak bar-
rel staves:Red Oak flooring
A. Clinometer
C. Pallets:Red Oak flooring:White Oak
B. Increment borer barrel staves:Black Walnut veneer
C. Diameter calipers D. White Oak barrel:Pallets:Red Oak
D. Compass flooring:Walnut veneer
3. The Thousand Cankers Disease attacks 6. The DBH range of trees in pole-size stands
what tree species? is:
A. Black Walnut A. 0”-5”
B. Northern Red Oak B. 5”-10”
C. Shortleaf Pine C. 10”-15”
D. Green Ash D. None of the above
4. Remove trees adjacent to the crop tree so 7. The study of insects and their relationship
the crop tree’s crown is free to grow on with the forest is called:
sides? A. Dendrology
A. 4 B. Pathology

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C. Entomology 13. A clinometer measures:

D. Hydrology A. Soil moisture

B. Tree volume
8. Which type of regeneration will result in
an uneven-aged forest? C. Tree diameter
D. Tree height
A. Shelterwood
B. Single-tree 14. The proper distance one should hold a hyp-
someter from his or her eye is inches?
C. Seed tree
A. 15
D. Clearcut
B. 20
9. IPM stands for: C. 25
A. Improved Pest Management D. 30
B. Integrated Pest Management 15. Which one of the following species has the
C. Intensive Pest Management opposite arrangement?
A. Sugar Maple
D. Individual Pole Management
B. Shagbark Hickory
E. Intensive Pole Movement
C. Sassafras
10. How many seedlings will be planted one D. White Oak
one acre at a spacing of 10’ x 10’
16. Which product does NOT come from Red
A. 302 Oak?
B. 436 A. Ties
C. 889 B. Flooring
D. 1, 742 C. Veneer
D. Cooperage
11. What are the dimensions for a standard
cord of wood? 17. Windbreaks are most effective when ori-
A. 2 feet high x 4 feet wide x 8 feet long ented degrees to prevailing or trouble-
some winds?
B. 4 feet high x 4 feet wide x 8 feet long
A. 30
C. 4 feet high x 2 feet wide x 8 feet long
B. 45
D. 4 feet high x 4 feet wide x 4 feet long C. 60
12. Which one of the following is NOT an ad- D. 90
vantage of a riparian forest buffer?
18. Which one of the following species has al-
A. Management intensive ternate leaf arrangement?
B. Filter sediment A. Northern Red Oak
C. Provide bank stabilization B. Ohio Buckeye
D. Uptake nutrients and chemicals run- C. White Ash
ning off from the field D. Sugar Maple

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19. Defoliators are insects that attack what B. Red Oak

part of the tree? C. Sugar Maple
A. Bark D. White Oak
B. Buds
23. Properly applied windbreaks can benefit
C. Roots which of the following agricultural prac-
D. Leaves tice?
A. Crop rotation
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20. Trees in the main canopy of the forest that
receive direct sunlight only on the top of B. Confined animal feeding operations
the crown are called: C. Livestock and dairy cattle husbandry
A. Suppressed trees D. All of these are correct
B. Co-dominant trees
24. Name the regeneration system where
C. Intermediate trees healthy, large-crowned trees are scat-
D. Dominant trees tered throughout the harvested area to
provide seed for the next forest stand:
21. A windbreak should extend at least
A. Clearcut
feet past structures needing protection to
allow for wind turbulence at the ends of B. Shelterwood
the windbreak? C. Seed tree
A. 50 D. Single-tree
B. 100
25. Which tree species is the most tolerant to
C. 200 flooding?
D. 300 A. Northern Red Oak
22. Which tree species is the most intolerant B. Cottonwood

of shade? C. Shortleaf Pine
A. Cottonwood D. Shagbark Hickory
1.7 Forest products

1. Bee wax is used to make B. crown of the tree
A. Medicine C. Understoreys
B. Varnish D. canopy
C. Spices 3. Which Forest region has stunted trees due
D. none of above to thin soils and permafrost?
A. Taiga
2. Trees had crowns of different types and
sizes these had a layers in the forest. B. Boreal
these are known as C. Montane
A. different trees D. West Coast

4. Forests and wastelands belonging to both 10. A forest “biome” can be described as:
private individuals and government are
A. a circular area conatining only two
known as:

tree species
A. Sacred groves
B. a community of trees, wildlife, and
B. Reserved forest other organisms
C. Protected forests C. a lower area with increased bioogical
D. Unclassed forests activity
D. a forest hilltop with at least two omes
5. How big is a hectare?
A. 1000m x 1000m 11. Madras forest act was introduced in the
year
B. 10m x 10m
A. 1982
C. 1m x 1m
D. 100m x 100m B. 1882
C. 1782
6. The special dance of Mizo is
D. 1682
A. Cheraw
B. Kathak 12. Hypothermia occurs when a person is ex-
posed to cold temperatures (water or air)
C. Kuchipudi for a long period of time and the body’s
D. Garba core temperature drops to:
7. A forest is a large area covered with A. 98.6-95.6
A. ice B. 93.0-90.0
B. trees C. 88.6-85.6
C. water D. 83.0-80.0
D. none of above 13. In which of the following states, a very
high percentage of its forests is managed
8. Meaning of DEFORESTATION
by local communities?
A. Planting a new sapling
A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Cutting a tree
B. Arunachal Pradesh
C. Plucking a fruit
C. Andhra Pradesh
D. Nothing but soil erosion
D. Himachal Pradesh
9. A tool only used to determine a tree’s
basal area in square feet is called 14. Tendu leaves are used for:
A. data recorder A. Extraction of Bee Wax
B. log rule B. Making furniture
C. relaskop C. Particular wrapping purposes
D. wedge prism D. Making dyes

15. Florida forest cover almost of Florida’s 21. What is the Himalayan Yew?
35.7 million acres.
A. A type of deer
A. 10%
B. A medicinal plant
B. 20%
C. A species of bird
C. 40%
D. 50% D. A food crop grown in the Himalayas
16. What are the two types of timber sale con-
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22. Type of thinning that removes trees from
tracts a crowded stand according to a predeter-
A. lump-sum and pay-as-cut mined pattern or spacing plan without re-
gard to crown class
B. lump-sum and tonnage sale
C. pay-as-cut and tonnage sale A. crown thinning
D. pay-as-cut and commodity-sum B. geometric thinning
17. Coniferous trees such as Spruce and Fir are C. low thinning
softwoods and are used for D. sanitation thinning
A. making furniture
B. producing pulp which is needed to pro- 23. Tendu leaves are called of Odisha.
duce paper A. Best gold
C. protecting the coasts from tsunamis B. Grey gold
D. providing shade
C. Good gold
18. A forest is a purifier of and
D. Green gold
A. air
B. water 24. Which of the following states has the
largest area under permanent forests?
C. thought
D. emotions A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Madhya Pradesh
19. Which of the following is a species of grass
categorised as a ‘critical’ species among C. Uttarakhand
the threatened list of flora and fauna?
D. Maharashtra
A. Madhuca insigins
B. Tamarindus indica 25. Which of the following could be used to
C. Hubbardia heptaneuron describe the benefits humans receive from
forest resources?
D. Mangifera indica
A. aesthetics
20. Chipko Andolan literally means
B. economic value
A. Cut the tree movement
B. Hug the trees movement C. environemental protection
C. Grow more trees movement D. recreational opportunities

D. Cut few trees movement E. all of these

26. Approximately how many acres of forest B. Making of ships

land are in the US C. Factories, mines

A. 245 million
D. Construction of railways, making of
B. 483 billion ships, factories, mines
C. 728 million
32. Which of the following species of animals
D. 728 billion is a rare specie?
27. Who tried hard and got admission for A. Wild Asiatic buffalo
Suryamani in school B. Gangetic dolphin
A. Kaka(Uncle) C. Indian rhino
B. Chacha(Uncle) D. Black buck
C. Mama(mother’s brother)
33. Aphids, cicadas, spider mites and scales
D. Papa(father) are classified as what type of insect
28. A machine that carries logs from the felling A. beetles
machine pile to the loading deck either B. defoliators
with a grapple or a cable with chokers
C. sucking
A. feller-director
D. beneficials
B. forwarder
C. log truck 34. Biodiversity is very important for which of
the following creatures?
D. skidder
A. Plants
29. What is/are the special products obtained
B. Earthworms
from forests?
A. Lac C. Aliens
B. Sandalwood D. Humans
C. Rubber 35. What does suryamani‘s mother used to

D. All of these make plates?
A. Banana leaves
30. Which is the only place in the world where
the Asiatic lion is protected? B. Dry leaves
A. Jim Corbett National Park C. Brown leavea
B. Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary D. None of these
C. Ranthambore National Park 36. Which of these provinces is not one of the
D. Nandankanan Zoological Park top 3 lumber producers in Canada?
E. Gir National Park A. Quebec
B. British Columbia
31. The reason behind the declination of
forests is C. Manitoba
A. Construction of railways D. Ontario

37. What was the aim of Chipko Movement? 43. What are forest products?
[2010, 2011 (T-1)] A. Energy
A. Human rights B. veneer/food
B. Political rights
C. paper
C. Agriculture expansion
D. lumber
D. Forest conservation
E. fall of the above
38. Deforestation means
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44. In which of the following years was the
A. large scale planting of trees ‘Project Tiger’ launched? [2011 (T-1)]
B. large scale cutting down of trees A. 1951
C. both of these
B. 1973
D. none of these
C. 1993
39. WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY? D. 2009
A. THE VARIETY OF LIVING ORGANISM
FOUND IN A REGION 45. The people who are depended on forest di-
rectly and indirectly are called
B. INTERLINKING OF SEVERAL FOOD
CHAINS OF A REGION A. Industrialist
C. THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CANOPY B. Wild life Animals
AND THE FOREST FLOOR C. Stakeholders
D. THE TOPMOST LAYER OF THE FOREST D. Forest department
40. What is the desired level of forest as a 46. THE TOPMOST LAYER OF A FOREST IS
percentage for any country? KNOWN AS THE
A. 10-20% A. CANOPY
B. 20-30% B. EMERGENT LAYER
C. 30-40% C. UNDERSTOREY
D. 40-50%
D. FOREST FLOOR
41. Habitats are areas that
47. Forests are often referred to as earth’s
A. share that same weather, plants and
A. heart
animals
B. share only the same weather B. lungs
C. share only the same plants C. brain

D. have the same weather D. stomach
42. What is a natural resource? 48. Herbs form the layer in the forest
A. Resources we get from our house A. lower
B. Resources we get from people B. higher
C. Resources we get from nature C. middle

49. The people of Suryamani’s village were D. THEY ALSO GIVE US WOOD
afraid of whom? E. THEY ALSO GIVE US PLASTIC

A. The contractor
55. What is a forest
B. City people
A. A large expanse of trees, grass where
C. Grandfather animals (monkeys) live.
D. Panchyat B. Wood factories
50. Which term below integrates growing C. An area of land set apart for the pro-
sawtimber and producing forage on the duction of timber and other forest prod-
same land for livestock grazing ucts
A. silviculture D. an institution for educating children
B. silvopastoral systems 56. What are the different types of forest
C. sawpasture systems cuts?
D. pastureculture systems A. Shelterwood
51. An instrument used to measure elevation B. selection

by detecting and displaying the change in C. Seed-tree
atmospheric pressure on a dial gauge. D. Clearcutting
A. altimer
57. Tinago Falls provides aesthetic value or
B. planimeter recreation as cultural service. The fol-
C. stereoscope lowing valuation method may be used
D. wheeler caliper to determine the total economic value of
tourism except
52. HER SCHOOL WAS NEAR A A. Productivity Method
A. SMALL LAKE B. Market-Based Method
B. BIG RIVER C. Contingent Valuation Method
C. SMALL FOREST D. Benefit-Transfer Method
D. THICK FOREST
58. Fish is a product of the
53. Suryamani lives in A. Agro-based industries
A. Rajasthan B. Mineral based industries
B. Uttarakhand C. Forest based industries
C. Jharkhand D. Marine-based industries
D. Bihar
59. A watershed in Lanao del Norte provides
54. WHY IS FOREST IMPORTANT TO US? water supply to the residents and indus-
A. THEY PREVENT SOIL EROSION tries. It gives high economic benefits to
the entire province. The occurrence of for-
B. THEY PROVIDE US MEDICINE, OXE- est degradation declines the water stock in
GEN ETC. the watershed. You were hired to assess
C. THEY ALSO PROVIDE US PAPER AND the economic benefits of water supply.
RUBBER What valuation method will you use?

A. Productivity Method 64. are bio diversity hotspots

B. Market Based Method A. Wild life
C. Contingent Valuation Method B. Forest
C. Villages
D. Benefit-Transfer Method
D. Cities
60. Species that are found in some particular
65. The art and science of controlling the es-
areas, usually isolated by natural or geo-
tablishment, growth, composition, health
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graphical barriers, are known as:
and quality of forests is called
A. Endangered species A. forest science
B. Extinct Species B. forestculture
C. Endemic Species C. rotation
D. Vulnerable species D. silviculture
61. What percentage of India’s wild flora and 66. Which of these is not true about forests?
mammals are on the threatened list? A. Provide home to animals
A. 10 percent of recorded wild flora and B. help in causing rainfall
20 percent of mammals C. prevent soil erosion
B. 20 percent of recorded wild flora and D. purify air by absorbing oxygen and re-
10 percent of mammals leasing carbon dioxide
C. 10 percent of cultivated species of 67. What is correct regarding deforestation?
flora and 20 percent animals A. Increase in Global Warming
D. None of the above. B. Increase in rainfall
62. Large scale cutting of trees is called C. Destruction of numerous habitats

D. Leads to soil conservation
A. Deforestation
B. Afforestation 68. Suryamani studied hard and passed her
after getting a scholarship.
C. None
A. B.A.
D. none of above B. M.A
63. Found in the Eastern US the can C. L.L.B
inflict injury without biting, stinging or D. B.Com
scratching. When disturbed, it releases an
oily substance called “cantharidin” from 69. Which one among the following are not a
around the joints of its legs. part of the complex web of ecological sys-
tem?
A. acarina
A. Plants
B. blister beetle B. Animals
C. centipede C. Computers
D. massasauga D. Humans

70. Which is the examples of marine based in- 75. Telangana government has initiated mas-
dustries. sive plantation programme in the year

A. industries processing sea food or man- A. 2014
ufacturing fish oil.
B. 2015
B. Basket weaving, pottery and other
C. 2016
handicrafts.
C. Reliance Industries. D. 2017
D. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and 76. What are Gums used for?
Steel Authority of India Limited.
A. To color cloths and paper
71. Industries use seafood and ocean products B. To make adhesives and medicines
as raw materials, such as industries that
process seafood or manufacture fish oil. C. To make disposable plates
A. Marine-based D. To make varnish and paint
B. Agro-based 77. The forest is like our ‘collective bank’ this
C. Mineral based sentance meanes
D. Forest based A. Everyone has the right over it
72. Which of the following is not one of the B. Only the adivdsis have their right over
reasons for depletion of forests? [2010, it
2011 (T-1)] C. Only the Government has a right over
A. Mining it
B. Multi-purpose river valley projects D. None of the above
C. Grazing
78. Which type of cut involves a three-stage
D. Creation of shelter belts removal of corp trees over a period of
years?
73. When cruising tree diameters are recorded
in two-inch classes:eg., the 14-inch class A. clearcutting
contains those with DBH of: B. groupcutting
A. 13”-15”
C. shelterwood
B. 13”-14.9”
D. spot cutting
C. 13.1”-15.0”
D. 14”-14.5” 79. Aesthetics refers to
A. a measurement of a tree’s cross-
74. Which layer of the rainforest is this de-
sectional area, expressed in square feet
scribing:This layer is known as the “green
per acre
blanket” that shields sunlight from reach-
ing the forest floor. B. human perceptions of natural
beauty(including sight, sound, smell,
A. Forest Floor
touch, taste and motion)
B. Understory
C. a condition that makes it difficult or im-
C. Canopy possible for a person to perform activities
D. Emergent of everyday living

D. a political philosophy, begun in the 84. Productivity method can be used to mon-
1970s that encouraged “political ecolo- etize indirect use values 2. Productivity
gists” to advocate for environment and methods needs intervention in order to be
conservation gains in the context of global applied. Which statement/s is/are true?
decision making. A. 1 only
80. Which of the following categories of B. 2 only
forests is considered as the best on the ba- C. Both 1 and 2
sis of their utility?
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D. Neither 1 nor 2
A. Reserved forests
85. Who was not afraid of the contractor?
A. Budhiyamai
C. Village forests
B. shantamai
D. Community forests
C. bakarimai
81. Term used to describe the different types
D. none of above
of plants and animals in a territory.
A. Fauna 86. Burning weeds and growing crops are
known as
B. Flora
A. Crop rotation
C. Biodiversity
B. Joom farming
D. Ecosystem
C. Jhoom farming
82. Since 2000, Ms. Cruz engaged in manu- D. Crop farming
facturing forest related products to cater
both local and international demand. She 87. Which of the following products is not part
decides on the market price of products of the forest industry?
based on the actual cost of manufacturing A. Iron
and delivery. However, she is aware on
the possibility of increase or decrease of B. Plywood
her profit. This scenario describes C. Paper
A. Economic surplus D. Lumber
B. Consumer surplus 88. The national forest policy was declared in
C. Producer Surplus the year
D. None of these A. 1980
B. 1985
83. Which of the following statement is not
true? C. 1988
A. forest is the lifeline D. 1990
B. soil helps forests to grow 89. Which job below will involve an employee
C. plants and animals in a forest are not cruising timber for a forest products com-
depend on one another pany
D. forest influence the climate and water A. forest engineer

cycle B. research forester

C. forest technician 95. How many different types of needle-casts

D. forestry professor fungi are known to exist in the Southern
US?

90. Which of these provinces is the top lumber
A. 5
producer in Canada?
A. Quebec B. 15
B. British Columbia C. 25
C. Manitoba D. 35
D. Ontario
96. Wood is anisotropic which means
91. Pakistan’s forest resources are shriking at
the rate of % a year. A. Wood can absorb and excrete water
A. 1 B. wood is a good insulator

B. 2 C. wood is susceptible to termites
C. 2.5 D. wood has different characteristics in
D. 3 each part/field
92. The following are applications of total eco- 97. The temperature in the deciduous forest
nomic valuation framework, except biome is
A. Identification of ecosystems services A. has cool seasons and warm seasons
B. Quantification of identified ecosystem
B. cold
services
C. Monetization of quantified ecosystem C. always warm
services D. snowy
D. None of these
98. Which of these stages of forest succession
93. of the Amazon forest is located in which comes first?
country?
A. climax communities
A. Brazil
B. Venezuela B. Pioneer species
C. Bolivia C. Seral communitties

D. Colombia D. none of above
94. Forests help to purify the air. Through 99. Forests develop at places where the av-
photosynthesis they absorb carbon diox- erage temperature is greater than and
ide, remove harmful air pollutants and pro- where there is an annual rainfall of at least
duce oxygen. This is an example of what
sustainability factor?
A. 22 degree Celsius, 38m
A. Economic factor
B. Environmental factor B. 10 degree Celsius, 200mm
C. Social factor C. 17 degree Celsius, 450mm


100. which is referred to as the zone between 106. Which is/are false among these state-
metropolitan and agriculture base areas ments about the link of environment and
A. habitat interface economy? 1. Environment provides infi-
nite natural resources to the economy for
B. exploitation interface social well-being 2. The value of natu-
C. persecution interface ral resource resources can be measure by
D. urban/rural interface willingness-to-pay 3. Economy and envi-
ronment show a connecting system with
101. forest have vegetation input and output 4. The attributes of econ-
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A. scattered omy and environments as a system has no
changes in quality and quantity
B. man made
C. natural A. 3 and 4
D. none of the above B. 1, 2 and 4
102. Many species populations have declined C. 1 and 4

to low levels due to which of the follow- D. 2 and 4
ing:
E. None of these
A. habitat loss
B. degradation 107. what part has all the major functions that
support the tree
C. exploitation
D. all of the above A. stem
B. leaves
103. Which of the following plays a key role
in the ecological system? C. crown
A. Rocks D. none of above
B. Roads
108. THE CHILDREN PICK THE FALLEN FLOW-
C. Forests
ERS AND LEAVES TO WEAVE THEM INTO
104. Which of the following is not a medicinal A. EARINGS
plant?
B. CLOTHES
A. Amla
C. NECKLACES
B. Aswagandha
D. BRACELETS
C. brahmi
D. bamboo 109. By govt realised that development of
tribal people could not be thought of with-
105. What is slash? out giving them rights over forests
A. a type of pine tree grown in the south
A. 1980
B. debris left over from a logging opera-
tion B. 1988
C. downward cutting motion C. 1990
D. none of above D. 1992

110. Which describes a temperate forest? other non-timber forest products for his
A. found near equator business. He is willing pay 5% higher
than the actual product price. This situa-

B. found in far north tion refers to
C. found across much of the lower 48 A. Economic surplus
states
B. Consumer surplus
D. none of above
C. Producer Surplus
111. Cutting of trees is not good and is known D. None of these
as and planting trees is known as
116. Forests are classified as
A. Afforestation ; Deforestation
A. Protected
B. Deforestation ; Photosynthesis
B. Reserved
C. Deforestation ; Afforestation C. Protected, Reserved
D. Photosynthesis ; Afforestation D. Not classified
112. An ecosystem service 117. What percent of the total land mass of
A. are only products that you sell for Pakistan is covered by forests?
profit A. 1.3%
B. are costs provided to humans from the B. 4.8 %
environment C. 11.5%
C. are benefits provided to human from D. 17%
the environment
118. SEVERAL FOOD CHAINS OF A REGION IN-
D. none of above
TERLINK TO FORM A
113. Who among the following is in charge A. FOOD CHAIN
of management of forests and wildlife re- B. POPULATION
sources of India?
C. EXTINCTION
A. World Wildlife Foundation
D. FOOD WEB
B. Geological Survey of India
119. Which of the following is NOT a forest
C. Forest Department product?
D. Non-government organisations A. Gum
114. What fungus affects shortleaf, virginia B. Timber
and jack pines and red oaks C. Kerosene
A. white pine blister rust D. none of above
B. fusiform rust 120. Which of the following birds do not fall
C. eastern gall rust in the category of Critical species?
D. western gall rust A. Pink headed duck
B. Peacock
115. Mr. Torres engaged in Pasalubong Cen-
ter business for 10 years in Northern Min- C. Mountain quail
danao. He always buys honeybee and D. Forest spotted owl

121. Which of these tree growing forest are C. SEALING WAX

found in the USA? D. GUM
A. boreal
127. Where is the margin of the leaf located?
B. tropical
C. temperate A. top
D. all the above B. bottom

C. middle
122. Forests are home to 80% of the world’s
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terrestrial biodiversity. This is an example D. edge
of what sustainability factor?
128. Where else are lots of trees being
A. Economic factor planted?
B. Environmental factor
A. Costa Rica
C. Social factor
B. Mexico
D. none of above
C. None of the Above
123. If a species is found in many different D. All of the Above
places on planet earth, it is said to have
a large amount of 129. Which job will involve an employee orga-
A. Geographic Diversity nizing and managing logging operations
B. Genetic Diversity A. forest engineer
C. Biodiversity B. research forester
D. Monoculture C. forest technician
124. Processing sea food and manufacturing D. forestry professor
fish oil can be considered as examples of:
130. Which of these provinces is the top pulp
A. Agro based industries and paper producer in Canada?
B. Marine based industries A. Quebec
C. Mineral based industries B. Ontario
D. Forest based industries
C. British Columbia
125. Which of the following is not the a forest D. Alberta
product
A. GUM 131. Determination of the different categories
of existing plant and animal species are
B. PLYWOOD based on which of the following agen-
C. SEALING WAX cies?
D. KEROSENE A. The State Forest Department
126. WHICH OF THESE IS NOT A FOREST B. International Union for Conservation
PRODUCT? of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).
A. KEROSENE C. Forest Survey of India
B. PLY WOOD D. Earth Summit

132. The summation of economic surplus be- B. Economics

fore and after refers to the total economic C. Environmental Economics
loss2. Economic surplus before and af-

ter derived from the difference of con- D. None of these Environment None
sumer and producer surplus before and af- of these Economics Environmental Eco-
ter.Which statement/s is/are false? nomics
A. 1 only 137. Forests provide us
B. 2 only A. timber
C. Both 1 and 2 B. firewood
D. Neither 1 nor 2 C. paper
133. Which economic activity is NOT respon- D. all of these
sible for the deforestation of the amazon
138. Which of the following is considered to be
rain-forest?
an expenditure that creates or establishes
A. Agriculture an asset
B. Replanting trees A. business
C. Mining B. investment
D. Clear cutting C. personal
134. The branches of the tall trees look like a D. capital
roof over the other plants in the forest this
is called 139. Under Section 16 (c) (3) of the US tax
code, which example is not an example of
A. canopy a casualty loss?
B. crown of the tree A. insect or disease infestation
C. understoreys B. natural disaster
D. trees C. storm damage
E. none D. wild fire
135. Which two characteristics describe the 140. Forest-based Industries:
Amazonian climate?
A. Village industries are located in vil-
A. Temperate lages
B. Hot B. The industries which use forest prod-
C. Always sunny ucts
D. Humid C. Industries which artisans set up in
E. Cold their own houses, work with wood, cane,
brass, stone, etc.
136. It refers to the study of agent’s de- D. None of these
cisions that have environmental conse-
quences and how to affect these decisions 141. Before this rule Tribals treated forests as
to achieve environmental quality goals. their own property
A. Environment A. Kings

B. Nizam of Hyderabad 147. When I was growing up, we didn’t spend

much money on vacations since we always
C. British Rule
camped in Wisconsin’s state forests.
D. Independence
A. Aesthetic Value
142. Forests can be important to certain cul- B. Cultural Value
tures and are represented in art, folklore
C. Ecological Value
and traditional practices. This is an exam-
ple of what kind of sustainability factor? D. Economic Value
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A. Economic factor E. Recreational Value
B. Environmental factor 148. Forests are about % of the U.S.?
C. Social factor A. 5
D. none of above B. 12
143. select the benefits forests give us C. 35
A. absorb Carbon Dioxide D. 50
B. prevent flooding 149. When was THE FOREST CONSERVATION
C. control soil erosion ACT enacted by the Indian Parliament?
D. give us lemons for lemonade A. 1992
B. 1980
144. What do the roots of a tree absorb?
C. 1979
A. Soil
D. 1965
B. Water and Nutrients
E. 1963
C. Insects
D. All of the above 150. Her did not like this her doing the
movment for forests.
145. Near which area did Surya Mani do her
A. Chacha(uncle)
schooling
B. Kaka(uncle)
A. Near a Thick Green forest
C. Papa(father)
B. Near a factory
D. Mama(mother’s brother)
C. Near a Banyan tree
D. Near the City 151. Which of the following types of agri-
culture has led to wide scale deforesta-
146. It’s green, and lives in and out of water. tion and degradation of forests in north-
It’s very fast and it has very big teeth. eastern and central India?
A. frog A. Plantations
B. lizard B. Intensive Subsistence Farming
C. crocodile C. Shifting Cultivation
D. Shark D. Commercial Agriculture

152. Which of the following species was in- C. Nitrogen

cluded for the first time in the list of pro-
D. none of above
tected species in 1991?

A. Insects 157. Every year about Square Kms. Of
B. Fishes forests are lost in out state.
C. Plants A. 20
D. Reptiles B. 30
C. 40
153. Which of the following serve as green
lung? D. 50
A. Green pigment of the plants
158. A forest in Lanao del Sur provides raw
B. Forests materials for to the industries in the
C. Kitchen garden nearby province like honey, fruits, and
other non-timber forest products. The lo-
D. Greenhouse Gases
cal government unit decided to put up agro-
154. Afforestation forestry to improve the harvest. Prof.
Reyes and the entire team were asked
A. growing trees everywhere to determine the economic benefits of
B. growing trees in places where there agroforestry. What is the most suitable
were trees before method to use?
C. growing trees in areas where there A. Productivity Method
were no forests before
B. Market Based Method
D. none of these
C. Contingent Valuation Method
155. A 20-hectare forest provides raw ma- D. Benefit-Transfer Method
terials for the industries in the nearby
province like rattan, fruits, and other non- 159. Suryamani soon joined her to work for
timber forest products. The local govern- the
ment unit decided to put up agroforestry
to improve the harvest. Prof. Reyes A. Jharkhand Jungle Bachao Andolan
and the entire team were asked to de- B. Bihar Jungle Bachao Andolan
termine the economic benefits of agro-
forestry. What is the most suitable C. Bokaro Jungle Bachao Andolan
method to use? D. Maharashtra Jungle Bachao Andolan
A. Productivity Method
160. a is a linear diagram that shows how
B. Market Based Method certain animals living in a region get their
C. Contingent Valuation Method food.
D. Benefit-Transfer Method A. extinction
156. The trees purify the air by absorbing B. food web

A. Oxygen C. FOOD CHAIN
B. Carbon dioxide D. POPULATION

161. Gangetic dolphin belongs to which of the C. pulpwood

following categories of fauna? D. Deciduous
A. Endangered
167. Name Of suryamani’s Chacha
B. Vulnerable
C. Rare A. Manohar
D. Extinct B. Mahesh
C. Maniya
162. Grazing angus cattle in a recently thinned
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forest with coastal bermuda grass planted D. None of these
in the understory is an example of
168. I am among the most abundant creatures
A. aesthetics on the planet, my length ranges from 1/4
B. agroforestry of an inch to microscopic. I damage plants
C. cowtimber by puncturing plant cells with my mouth
part called a stylet. Who am I?
D. social forestry
A. Aphid
163. Which of the following statement regard-
B. Beetler
ing forests is INCORRECT?
C. Nematode
A. They serve home to many animals.
B. They prevent soil erosion. D. Scale
C. They help in increasing global warm- 169. What is the largest Forest region in
ing. Canada?
D. none of above A. Taiga
164. Which is the correct example of forest B. Boreal
based industries . C. Mixed
A. Paper Industry
D. West Coast
B. Furniture Industry
170. Which tree is taken as example in the
C. Building Industry
topic “industries based on forest”?
D. All of the above
A. Pine trees
165. Which of the following trees were grown B. Teak tress
for building ships and railways?
C. Kejri trees
A. Firs and Pins
D. Hemlock trees
B. Bushes and Creepers
C. Teak and Sal 171. Each growing season the tree adds
D. Shisham and Acacia annual rings.
A. one
166. Trees that grow new leaves every spring
and loose them in the fall. B. two
A. oak C. three
B. conifer D. four

172. Only about of our land has tree cover 177. Which leaf arrangement refers to sev-
to qualify as forest eral leaflets that are attached at the same
point on a rachis?

A. 10.05%
A. bipinnately compound
B. 16.65%
B. compound
C. 16.74%
C. palmately compound
D. 20.74%
D. pinnately compound
173. Which one of the following studies in-
sects, investigates the damages they 178. Productive forests cover of Pakistan.
cause to trees and determines the best
A. 1/3
management strategy to control the in-
sect? B. 2/3
A. beetleologist C. 1/2
B. entomologist D. 2/5
C. pathologist 179. Which economic activity is the biggest
D. treeologist cause of deforestation in the Amazon?
A. Agriculture
174. Marine-based industries are based on
? B. Fishing
A. Forest products C. Poaching
B. Minerals D. Route construction
C. Agricultural products 180. Machine designed to carry short wood,
D. Oceanic products but not tree length logs from the harvest-
ing site to the loading deck
175. Which of the following forest pests is not
A. feller-director
an insect?
B. forwarder
A. aphids
C. log truck
B. cicadas
D. skidder
C. nemotodes
D. scales 181. What are the 4 major strategies avail-
able to mitigate carbon emissions through
176. The forests and its products are very im- forestry activities?
portant to our quality of life by provid-
A. Increase the amount of forested land
ing water quality and recreation which are
through reforestation
also know as
B. Expand the use of forest products that
A. intangible
sustainably replace fossil-fuel emissions
B. tangible
C. Reduce carbon emissions caused by
C. non-commercial deforestation and degradation
D. non-essential D. All of the Above

182. Trees purify the air by absorbing 188. FEED ON DEAD ANIMALS.
A. Oxygen A. HERBIVORES
B. Carbon dioxide B. SCAVENGERS
C. Nitrogen C. OMNIVORES
D. none of above D. CARNIVORES
183. What are the three common US log rules 189. IN WHICH LANGUAGE CHILDREN SANG
SONGS?
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A. Doyle, Decimal C and International 1/4
A. HINDI
B. Doyle, Scribner and Biltmore
B. GUJRATI
C. International C, Biltmore and Scribner C. MARATHI
D. International 1/4, Scribner and Doyle D. KUDUK
184. The vast majority of forests in Manitoba 190. Forest based industries are
belong to which forest region?
A. Those units use agricultural products
A. Boreal for manufacturing.
B. Montane B. Those units use minerals for produc-
C. Mixed tion.
C. Those units use forest raw materials
D. Taiga
for manufacturing.
185. what is oak wood used for? D. None Of these
A. cabinets 191. Which of the following is not a forest
B. wood flooring product?
C. barrels A. Honey
D. all of they above B. Gum
C. Rubber
186. Where is the best place to do reforesta-
tion? D. Plastic
A. Drylands 192. During the last years tribal people

lost control and rights of forests
B. Rainy Wetlands
A. 100
C. Eroded Soil
B. 200
D. Grasslands
C. 300
187. The branchy part of a tree above the stem D. 400
is known as
193. In which region of the USA are you most
A. none of the above
likely to find loblolly-shortleaf and lon-
B. crown of the tree gleaf pine forest?
C. canopy A. In the North Central and Northeast
D. understorey B. In the South

C. In the West 199. select the forest products

D. none of above A. plywood

B. fuel
194. Harmful effects of Deforestation are
C. wood boxes
A. Floods
D. medical plants
B. Increase in rainfall
E. paper
C. Soil erosion
200. In some areas, fruits such as among
D. Increase in oxygen
others, freely grow in the forests.
195. Cleaning of forests is still continuing in A. mango
Madhya Pradesh mainly due to which of B. orange
the following reasons?
C. coconut
A. Dolomite mining
D. guavas
B. Commercial plantations
E. jackfruit
C. Industrialisaiton and urbanisation
201. Based on Law no. 41 of 1999, the fol-
D. Narmada Sagar (River Valley) Project
lowing commodities are forest products,
196. The density and type of forest are closely except
linked to A. wood
A. amount of percipitation B. rattan
B. temperature C. forest honey
C. altitude D. soya bean
D. type of soil (edaphic factors) 202. In which of the following year was
the Indian wildlife (protection) Act imple-
197. Which of the following is considered the mented?
most destructive of Southern US forest in-
sects? A. 1962
B. 1972
A. black turpentine beetle
C. 1992
B. douglas-fir beetle
D. 1999
C. spruce beetle
D. southern pine beetle 203. The soil in the deciduous forest is
A. poor and rocky
198. In which of the following tiger reserves
B. rich in nutrients
have the local communities fought for con-
servation of the forests? C. permafrost (frozen solid)
A. Manas Tiger Reserve D. poor thin soil
B. Periyar Tiger Reserve 204. Bastar is located in
C. Simlipal Bio Reserve A. Bihar
D. Sariska Tiger Reserve B. Chhattisgarh

C. Jharkhand C. THEIR PARENTS

D. Madhya Pradesh D. SURYAMANI’S FATHER
205. Which tribes lives in Nallamala forest? 211. In the northern districts of Telangana the
A. Gond cultivated settled agriculture
B. Chenchus A. Koyas
C. Yerukula B. Chenchus
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D. Banjarad C. Savaras
206. Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary is located in D. Gonds
A. Gujarat 212. % of people of Telangana collect mi-
B. Rajasthan nor forest produce and sell them in local
C. Bihar markets for earning a living
D. Punjab A. 25
B. 50
207. Which of the following species was de-
clared extinct in India long back in 1952? C. 75
A. Leopard D. 100
B. Gangetic dolphin
213. Which of the following country has the
C. Black buck largest producer and consumer of wood-
D. Asiatic cheetah based panels and paper
A. USA
208. The removal of soil by wind or water is
known as B. China
A. Soil Conservation C. Russia
B. Soil Protection D. UK
C. Soil Erosion
214. Boreal forests are located
D. none of above
A. Only in the northern hemisphere
209. Which of these forest communities are B. Only in the southern hemisphere
found in Florida?
C. Near the tropics
A. Hardwoods
D. none of above
B. Pinelands
C. Sandhills 215. Which statement describes a tropical for-
D. all of these est?
A. found near equator
210. EVERY SUNDAY WHO TAKES THE CHIL-
DREN TO THE FORESTS? B. Found across the lower 48 states
A. SURYAMANI C. Faound in far north
B. SURYAMANI’S MOTHER D. none of above

216. Pakistan has the largest mangrove C. rural interface

ecosystem in the world.
D. urban interface

A. 4th
222. Which of these kinds of forests would be
B. 5th
most common in the South?
C. 2nd
A. Douglas Fir
D. 3rd
B. Pines
217. What were the best forests called? C. Oak/Hickory/Maple
A. Protected forests
D. none of above
B. Village forests
223. Resins are used for making
C. Reserved forests
D. Unreserved forests A. Adhesives
B. Gums
218. Which country did the Gypsy Moth mi-
grate from to infest the forests of the US C. Varnish
A. Brazil D. Paper
B. England 224. absorbs water in nutrients and anchor a
C. France tree.
D. Spain A. Roots
219. PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVING IN THE FOR- B. stump

EST AL LEAST YEARS HAVE A RIGHT C. stem
OVER THE FOREST AND WHAT IS GROWN
D. crown
ON IT.
A. 24 E. leaves
B. 25 225. Which is the concept taken up for conser-

C. 23 vation of forests and afforestation in for-
est land?
D. 26
A. Social forestry
220. deforestation will endanger our
B. Tribal forestry
A. life
C. Village forestry
B. environment
D. none of above
C. soil
D. food 226. Which of the following trees is not found
in a tropical forest?
221. A method of promoting the population of
A. Rubber tree
an organism by making conditions more fa-
vorable to it is called B. Acai
A. habitat manipulation C. Eucalyptus
B. recreational impacts D. Maple

227. Black Buck belongs to which of the fol- C. Fifteen percent

lowing categories of fauna? D. Thirty percent
A. Extinct category
233. roots of trees prevent erosion
B. Rare Category
A. water
C. Endemic Category
B. soil
D. Endangered Category
C. air
228. Joint forest management was introduced
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D. rain
in the year
A. 1950 234. Which one of the following stakeholders
of forest causes maximum damage to for-
B. 1890 est?
C. 1990 A. People who live in or around the forest
D. 1960 B. The forest department or government
229. Forests support more than 45 million di- C. The wild life and nature enthusiast
rect and indirect jobs globally. This is an D. The industrialist
example of what sustainability factor?
A. Economic factor 235. The following are woody plants namely
B. Environmental factor A. coconut
C. Social factor B. jati
D. none of above C. rattan

D. bamboo
230. Term used to describe a type of tourism
that respects the environment. E. sugarcane
A. Agritourisme 236. What is the minimum number of acres for

B. Cyclotourism a piece of land to be classified as a forest
according to the U.S. Department of Agri-
C. Ecotourism culture Forest Service?
D. none of above A. 1 acre
231. what is forest? B. 5 acres
A. a place where animals and birds live C. 10 acres
B. a place where tribals live D. 100 acres
C. a place where numerous tree grows 237. Tinago Falls provides aesthetic value or
on own recreation as cultural service. What val-
D. where we live uation method is more suitable to use to
determine the total economic benefits?
232. What percentage of the total number of
species discovered in the world are found A. Productivity Method
in India? B. Travel Cost Method
A. Three percent C. Contingent Valuation Method
B. Eight percent D. Benefit-Transfer Method

238. Which one of the following is not a A. 1 only

major product directly obtained from the B. 2 only
forests?

C. Both 1 and 2
A. Firewood
D. Neither 1 nor 2
B. Timber wood and barks
C. Medicines 244. a natural home or environment of an an-
imal, plant, or other organism is called a
D. Fodder
239. According to the rules of Government, A. Adaptation

when some trees need to be cut, num- B. Crown
ber of trees must be planted.
C. Decomposers
A. larger
D. Habitat
B. less
C. same 245. A community of plants and animals, to-
gether with its environment is called
D. none of above
A. ecosystem
240. Which one of the following pieces of B. hydrosystem
equipment is used to plant seedlings?
C. natural area
A. adze hoe
D. watershed
B. hoedad
C. pulaski 246. Suryamani opened a center called
D. soil auger A. Torang

B. Sorang
241. The Chipko Movement in the Himalayas
to protect the forest cover was started by C. Tang
A. Dr Aruna Roy of Kisan Mazdur Vikas D. none of above
B. Medha Patkar 247. Tribals in the forest get the permission of

C. Sunder Lai Bahuguna and use the forests
D. Dr Anil Agarwal of CSE A. Government Officials

B. Village heads
242. When was the Chipko Movement origi-
nated? C. Government
A. 1952 D. Naxalites
B. 1974 248. of the estimated 47000 plant species

C. 1978 found in India, about 15000 flowering
species belong to which category?
D. 1972
A. Endangered species
243. Economic benefits cannot be used in mak- B. Extinct Species
ing decision 2. Economic benefits can
assess the market failure Which state- C. Endemic Species
ment/s is/are false? D. Vulnerable species

249. Protection forests cover of Pakistan. 255. Forests help to prevent floods through
A. 1/3 tree roots which absorb water and reduce
soil loss. This is an example of what sus-
B. 2/3 tainability factor?
C. 1/2 A. Economic factor
D. 2/5 B. Environmental factor
250. Deforestation results in C. Social factor
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A. Soil erosion D. none of above
B. Floods
256. which of the following is a relative mea-
C. All of the above sure of the forest site quality based on the
D. none of above combined effects of soil and climate on tree
height growth
251. Which is the oldest National Park of In-
dia? A. annual growth
A. Galathea National Park B. form class
B. Jim Corbett National Park C. site grade

C. Sundarbans National Park D. site index
D. Kanha National Park 257. Watershed is defined as
E. Kaziranga National Park A. a body of water that hydrates a section
of land
252. MICRO ORGANISM ACT UPON THE DEAD
PLANTS TO PRODUCE B. building that coves a pump and well
A. SAND C. direction rain water flows
B. MUSHROOM D. section of land that drains into a body
C. HUMUS of water
D. WOOD 258. What is the cheapest way to remove

residual vegetation
253. What is veneer?
A. mechanical
A. expensive wood, Harvest trees that
produce walnut, cherry or oak B. chemical
B. a designer clothes. C. prescribed burning
C. Wood for paper. D. herbicide
D. none of above 259. Which describe/s economic benefits? 1.
254. The Forest Conservation Act was passed It serves as gain of the society2. It pro-
in vides estimation of the benefits through
costs3. It serves as basis for planning and
A. 1982 management4. It can assess the market
B. 1980 failure
C. 1972 A. 1 and 3 Only
D. 1970 B. 1, 2 and 3 only

C. 1, 2 and 4 only C. Forest

D. All of these D. Mountain

260. Which of the following is an extinct 266. Machine which carries tree length logs
species? [2010, 2011 (T-1)] from the felling machine pile to the loading
deck with a grapple or chokers mounted to
A. Blue sheep
the back
B. Asiatic cheetah
A. feller-director
C. Black buck
B. forwarder
D. Asiatic elephant
C. log truck
261. The Amazon forest is located in which D. skidder
type of climate?
267. which of these is NOT an effect of forests
A. Tropical
on the environment
B. Continental
A. Soil and water conservation
C. Subtropical
B. reduces evaporation
D. Polar
C. increases sublimation
262. Which of these is a positive human activ- D. watershed protection
ity that affects the forest
268. Deciduous Forest has this amount of wa-
A. Deforestation ter
B. Afforestation A. there is a wet season and a dry season
C. Bush burning B. it is dry
D. Modern medicine C. it rains all the time
263. Term used to describe a tree which sheds D. It rains all throughout the year, but
its leaves seasonally mostly in the Spring
A. coniferous 269. A machine with a hydraulic grappling
B. deciduous head that is used to load several logs onto
a trailer at once
C. paclitaxel
A. knuckle-boom loader
D. pioneer
B. forwarder
264. Forests can be conserved by
C. log truck
A. cutting them
D. skidder
B. preventing forest fires
270. Which of the following is considered a
C. over grazing animals
sucking insect
D. all of these
A. spruce budworm
265. Torang means in Kuduk language. B. red-headed pine sawfly
A. School C. southern pine beetle
B. Playground D. cicada

271. What is silviculture? 277. Travel cost method can be used if the
A. composition/structure tourism site is already developed and with
significant number of tourists. 2. Travel
B. controlling the growth Cost Method used zonal travel cost only.
C. specifically timber production Which statement/s is/are false?
D. All of the Above A. 1 only
272. HERBS FROM THE LAYER OF FOREST B. 2 only
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A. LOWEST C. Both 1 and 2
B. HIGHEST D. Neither 1 nor 2
C. MIDDLE
278. The spruce budworm is considered to be
D. none of above
which type of insect?
273. Her mother would weave A. beetle
A. pochampalli sari
B. defoliator
B. Bamboo Baskets
C. root borer
C. pashmina shawl
D. sucking insect
D. none of above
274. What is the definition of silviculture or 279. Softwood trees are also known as
forestry A. deciduous
A. Growing trees for production. B. coniferous
B. Growing a garden.
C. angiosperms
C. harvesting trees for paper.
D. all three
D. growing flowers
280. What percent of the US forest land is
275. Term used when trees extract water
owned by the forest industry
from the soil before it reaches the water-
shed A. 15
A. interception B. 28
B. transpiration C. 57
C. osmosis
D. 91
D. secession
281. U.S. forest products exports of 2021
276. Which of these provinces is not one of the
were valued at $9.4 billion. This is an ex-
top 3 producers of pulp and paper products
ample of what sustainability factor?
in Canada?
A. Economic benefit
A. Quebec
B. Ontario B. Economic cost
C. British Columbia C. Social benefit
D. Alberta D. Social cost

282. BMPs are followed to protect water qual- B. Horticulture

ity by keeping sediment out. What do the
C. duo culture
letters BMP represent?

D. maricultural
A. Bad Management Practices
B. Best Management Practices 288. Which of the following is NOT a major
C. Best Management Position factor that affects timber price
D. Bufferstrip Management Practices A. competition

B. species
283. In the name of forest conservation large
scale evictions occurred in the year C. harvesting cost
A. 1910 D. none of the above
B. 1920 289. The animals you find in the deciduous
C. 1930 forests are
D. 1940 A. very few animals-often nocturnal
284. Which statement describes a boreal for- B. many small mammals, birds, insects,
est? etc.
A. found near equator C. Many large mammals
B. found acrross much of the Lower 48 US D. lots of diverse animals
C. Found in the far north 290. Forestry is both an art and a
D. none of above
A. science
285. Which part of the timber sale contract de- B. degree
pends on the harvesting objective
C. management
A. preamble
D. none of above
B. description of the sale area
C. conditions of the sale 291. Who wants to conserve the nature in its
original form
D. designation of the trees to be sold
A. Industrialist
286. What percent of the world’s ancient
B. Forest department
forests are left?
C. natural and wildlife enthusiast
A. 20%
B. 86% D. Government
C. 34% 292. Any useful material that is found in na-

D. 59% ture:
E. 11% A. Natural Resource
B. Human Resource
287. Area covered by single plantation is
called C. Plants
A. Monoculture D. none of above

1.8 Plant and Wood Anatomy 182
293. What is/are possible method/s to use in 295. Gypsy moth, spruce budworm, pine
assessing economic benefits of forest prod- sawfly and tent caterpillar are classified
ucts? as what type of insect
A. Productivity Method A. beetles
B. Market Based Method B. defoliators
C. Benefit-Transfer Method C. sucking
D. All of these D. beneficials
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296. Here in Bishanpur they would not have
294. What do the letters of GPS represent to pay for the
A. Georgia Performance Standards A. fees
B. Georgia Positioning System B. uniforms
C. Global Position System C. books
D. Global Positioning System D. All of the above
1.8 Plant and Wood Anatomy

1. The darker colored regions of the tree ring A. the law of inertia
are called [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
B. the law of force and acceleration
A. summer wood
C. the law of action-reaction
B. early wood
D. the law of reflection
C. spring wood
D. late wood 5. The days are getting shorter and colder.
These trees are responding to the change.
2. Plant cells that are specialized for cell divi- Their leaves change color and will soon fall
sion are most likely found in what part of off. Losing leaves during the winter is
the plant? the response to the external environment
A. root tips called
B. leaf epidermis A. tropism
C. stem epidermis B. hibernation
D. vascular tissue C. hydrotropism
3. Fault lines occur at plate boundaries. D. phototropism
A. Convergent
6. The tissue that is capable of mitosis and is
B. Divergent
undifferentiated
C. Transform
A. Epidermal Tissue
D. Subduction Zones
B. Ground Tissue
4. A tennis ball being dropped, then bouncing
C. Vascular Tissue
upward after hitting the ground is an ex-
ample of: D. Meristematic

7. What nucleon balances the charge of elec- C. phlellem-endodermis-pericycle-

trons to give an atom a neutral state? phloem

A. Neutron D. pericyccle-phellem-endodermis-
B. Proton phloem
C. Electron 13. What anchor plants to the ground and ab-

D. Atom sorb water and nutrients?
A. Roots
8. In dicot root, the vascular cambium
B. Stem
A. is absent
C. Xylem
B. is completely secondary in origin
D. Leaves
C. does not form a continous ring
14. After fertilization what does the ovule de-
D. originates from the tissue just above
velop into?
the phloem bundles
A. Fruit
9. Which of the following are ways to iden-
B. Bud
tify plant diseases?
C. Seed
A. Using a gardening manual
D. Flower
B. Take infected plant to be tested in a lab
C. Using monoclonal testing kits 15. The number of protons in the atoms of a
particular element that is unique only to
D. All of the above that element.
10. They enclose the egg cells inside the A. Atomic Mas
ovaries. B. Atomic Number
A. ovules C. Proton Number
B. anther D. Mole
C. seeds
16. Both apical and intercalary meristems 1.
D. angiosperms are primary meristem2.appear in early
plant life3.contribute to the formation of
11. Which is not a function of stems?
the primary plant body
A. Hold up the leaves
A. 1 and 2 correct
B. Transport water and nutrients to dif-
B. 1 and 3 correct
ferent parts of the plant
C. 2 and 3 correct
C. Absorb water from soil
D. 1, 2 and 3 correct
D. All of these
17. The circles created by the alternating sum-
12. In a dicot stem, the sequence of tissues
mer and spring wood are called
from the outside to the inside is
A. year rings
A. phellem-pericycle-endodermis-
phloem B. circus rings
B. phellem-phloem-endodermis-pericycle C. spring rings
D. annual rings

18. The tropical rain forest is an extremely hu- 23. Function of the leaves
mid environment due to plants losing a lot A. make food for the plants
of water through their leaves. What is
this process called? B. protects the plant
A. Inspiration C. absorb water for the plant
B. Photosynthesis D. distribute food
C. Respiration 24. Reduce the following fraction to its lowest
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D. Transpiration form:125/1000
A. 1/8
19. Where is the xylem tissue found?
B. 5/40
A. In Kanye West
C. 125/1000
B. In all Equisetophyta
D. 25/200
C. In all vascular plants
25. The following statements are related to
D. In most Equisetophyta plants Phloem. Which statement do you think is
incorrect?
20. Dendrochronology deals with the study of
A. Phloem usually transports food from
A. Phylogeny
leaves to different parts of the plant
B. Numerical taxonomy
B. Phloem is composed of Sieve tube,
C. Age of trees Companion cells, Phloem parenchyme and
D. Grasses Phloem fibres
C. Gymnosperms do not have Sieve tube
21. This movement of air as it heats and cools and companion cells
(due to the uneven heating of the earth by
the sun) is responsible for the creation of D. Phloem parenchyma is absent in most
wind. of the dicots
A. Conduction 26. All weather on earth is due to the uneven

heating of the earth by
B. Radiation
A. Your Microwave
C. Convection
B. Wind
D. Jetstream
C. Greenhouse Gases
22. Double fertilization occurs after pollination D. The Sun
in flowering plants but not cone-bearing
plants. One sperm fertilizes the egg while 27. What two structures make up a plant’s
another becomes the , which will sup- vascular tissue? (select both answer
ply food to the developing embryo. choices)
A. endosperm A. Epidermis
B. ectosperm B. Phloem
C. cotyledon C. Xylem
D. seed coat D. Cortex

28. An adaptation is best describe as which of 33. Which is a tree?

the following? A. Wheat

A. A harmful trait that decreases the suc- B. Rose
cess of an organism.
C. Mango
B. A beneficial trait that decreases the
D. Potato
success of an organism.
C. A harmful trait that increases the suc- 34. What is the water-conducting tissue of the
cess of an organism. woody plant?
D. A beneficial trait that increases the A. roots
success of an organism. B. leaves
29. Which of the following is NOT a mineral: C. phloem

D. xylem
A. Quartz
B. Topaz 35. What are organelles?
C. Basalt A. Plant cell walls are made of a primary
cell wall, which is flexible and thin but cel-
D. Diamond lulose make it strong enough to give the
cell shape and size
30. This kind of transport requires energy to
move ions and minerals across a mem- B. Primary cells which are permeable, al-
brane lowing water, sugar, vitamins, and amino
acid to move from cell to cell
A. Passive Transport
C. All of the above
B. Osmosis
D. none of above
C. Active Transport
36. Which is the best evidence for identifying
D. Diffusion
past extinctions of species?
31. What organelle in the leaves of plants cap- A. the species disappearing from the fos-
ture light energy from the sun to complete sil record
photosynthesis? B. scientists having not seen the species
A. Chloroplasts in at least twenty years
B. Mitochondria C. the species having never been discov-
ered in fossils found in its habitat
C. Nucleus
D. the species having been placed on
D. Ribosomes
the endangered species list and later re-
32. The function of a is to absorb water, moved from that list
store food, and anchor plants. 37. Plants are:
A. flower A. multicellular eukaryotes
B. leaf B. unicellular eukaryotes
C. stem C. prokaryotes
D. root D. none of above

38. Which of the following fossils is the old- B. Roots produce food for the plant, while
est: stems produce pollen and allow the plant
A. Trilobite to reproduce.
C. Roots control how much water a plant
B. Petrified Wood
loses, while stems absorb water and nu-
C. Snake trients for plants
D. Megaladon Tooth D. Roots absorb water and nutrients for
a plant, while stems transport water and
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39. Which plant has very soft stem? nutrients throughout a plant
A. Mango
44. How many rings do most trees grow each
B. Neem year?
C. Marigold A. one
D. Babool B. two
C. three
40. Roots are pushed to grow further by the
area of D. four
A. growing cells 45. Which of the following BEST defines two
B. dividing cells organisms of the same species?
C. root cap cells A. They are able to breed and produce or-
ganisms that can breed.
D. vascular tissue cells
B. They are not able to produce identical
41. The system performs the function of offspring
producing offspring and passing on the ge- C. They have the same parents
netic code from one generation to another. D. They look pretty much the same
A. reproductive
46. Which of the following plants reproduces
B. genetic by forming runners?
C. hereditary A. Dandelions
D. familial B. Cactus
C. Oak trees
42. The part of a Cell in a Eukaryote that con-
tains the genetic information is called D. Strawberries
A. Cell Membrane 47. Which statement describes a method of
B. Vacuole sexual reproduction that occurs in plants?
C. Nucleus A. A leaf falls to the soil, develops roots

and grows
D. Mitochondria
B. Seeds are reproduced from the flower
43. What is the difference between plant roots to the plant
and plant stems. C. Stem cuttings are placed in water and
A. Roots are where seeds are developed, grow roots
while the stems are where the food is D. Underground stems from a plant grow
made. into new plants

48. Which best states the role of the pollen B. Cell Phones
tube?
C. Flashlights

A. produces pollen grains in the stamen
D. Laptop Computers
B. transports sperm to the embryo sac
C. protects pollen during air travel 54. A population of wood mice lives in a cool,
D. all of the above moist temperate forest. Several years of
hot, dry weather have affected the plants
49. Successful traits are passed onto offspring in the area. Which mice in the population
through natural circumstances. are most likely to survive this change and
A. Natural Selection pass their genes on to their offspring?
B. Primary Succession A. those with the warmest coats and best
camouflage
C. Secondary Succession
D. Dominant B. the largest and strongest mice in the
population
50. The sum of two numbers is 16 and their
product is 55. What are the two num- C. those with traits most adapted to the
bers? new environment
A. 4, 12 D. the youngest and fastest mice in the

population
B. 5, 11
C. 2, 14 55. In dicot stem the vascular bundle is
D. 8, 8 A. conjoint, open and with exarch pro-
51. What is transpiration? toxylem
A. The loss of water from leaves by osmo- B. conjoint. open and with endarch pro-
sis toxylem
B. The uptake of water through root hair C. conjoint and closed
cells
D. scattered, each surrounded by a scle-
C. The evaporation and diffusion of water renchymatous bundle sheath
from inside leaves
D. none of above 56. Gail puts a green plant in a closed wooden
box. She gives it good soil and plenty of
52. Darwin concluded that organisms on the water. What will happen to plant?
Galapagos Islands
A. It will grow fast because it has good
A. had changed over time
soil and water.
B. had remained the same
B. It will grow slowly because it also
C. were the result of selective breeding needs plant food.
D. had no variations
C. It will die because it does not get any
53. The lead-acid battery is most commonly sunlight.
found in: D. It will die because living things need
A. Automobiles oxygen.

57. What is the function of a leaf? 63. The roots of the plant grow longer to
A. Leaves are where photosynthesis A. get enough water and nutrients
takes place B. get enough sunlight
B. Leaves absorb water from the soil C. to make more xylem
C. Leaves help a plant reproduce D. to get enough food
D. Leaves absorb minerals from the soil
64. Which of the following terms is used by
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58. Leaves and buds are attached at microbiologists for a bacterium with a rod
shape:
A. internodes
A. Tubular
B. axils
B. Bacillus
C. nodes
C. Trichome
D. sides
D. Cylindrical
59. Trees that form vessels of uniform size
throughout the growing season are called: 65. Plant cells that are photosynthetically ac-
tive are formed in the A layer of
A. Diffuse porous leaves and are B Choose the cor-
B. Ring porous rect combination of A and B from the below
given options.
C. Hydroponic
A. A-mesophyll, B-parenchymatous
D. none of above
B. A-mesophyll, B-collenchymatous
60. The part of a cell that contains the chromo-
C. A-mesophyll, B-sclerenchymatous
somes (wound up DNA) in eukaryotic cells.
D. A-mesophyll, B-meristematic
A. Chloroplasts
B. Cell Wall 66. Where does water and minerals enter on
the root?
C. Nucleus
A. Epidermis
D. Homeostasis
B. Primary Root
61. The stalks in a flower that produce the C. Root Cap
male reproductive cells
D. Apical Meristem
A. pistil
67. Structure that covers and protects flower
B. stamen
buds
C. filament
A. stigma
D. stigma
B. embryo sac
62. Which thing do we not get from animals? C. bud
A. Milk D. sepal
B. Egg 68. What type of boundary plate can create
C. Wood earthquakes?
D. Meat A. convergent

B. divergent 73. IF A DICOT STEM HAS 100 DARK AND

C. convergent with subduction LIGHT RINGS ON THE CUT SURFACE THEN
THE AGE OF THE PLANT WILL BE

D. transform
A. 100 YEARS
69. In roots, where are phloem and xylem lo- B. 75 YEARS
cated?
C. 50 YEARS
A. In the center
D. 25 YEARS
B. Arranged in rings
C. In the root cap 74. CASPARIAN STRIP IS PRESENT IN
D. Immediately under the surface cells A. DICOT STEM ENDODERMIS
B. DICOT ROOT PERICYCLE
70. Even though the Sun has a mass 27 million
times greater than the Moon, the Moon C. DICOT ROOT ENDODERMIS
has a greater impact on the Earth’s tides. D. MONOCT ROOT ENDODERMIS
This is because:
75. Which of the following is often the LEAST
A. The Moon is much closer to the Earth.
reliable property of a mineral that is used
B. The Moon has more gravitational force in mineral identification:
than the Sun.
A. Magnetism
C. The Moon is made of solid elements in-
B. Specific Gravity
stead of gases.
C. Color
D. The Moon has a faster orbital period.
D. Cleavage
71. which tree is most used in modern day fur-
niture 76. cells conduct dissolved food sub-
stances that were manufactured in the
A. oak
leaves down through the vascular tissues
B. dark oak to be stored or used to produce new
C. birch growth.
D. elm A. phloem
B. xylem
72. The magnolia tree is a flowering plant. The
pine tree is a nonflowering plant. Both C. cambium
trees have similar life cycles. What is the D. parenchyma
order of events in the life cycles of both
plants? 77. What is the name for the “river” of high
A. seed, pollination, seed dispersal, fer- altitude wind over North America that
tilization marks the southern boundary between po-
lar air to the north and warmer air to the
B. pollination, fertilization, seed, seed south?
dispersal
A. Tropic of Capricorn
C. fertilization, pollination, seed, seed
dispersal B. Polar Jet Stream
D. pollination, sees, seed dispersal, fertil- C. Tropical Jet Stream

ization D. Tropic of Cancer

78. Osmosis is the process of C. Ring porous

A. movement of water across a mem- D. none of above
brane where dissolved ions are higher.
83. The finches on the Galapagos island were
B. Movement of water and nutrients similar in form except for variations of
where dissolved ions are higher. their beaks. Darwin observed that these
C. Movement of water that requires en- variations were useful for:
ergy for transport A. attracting a mate
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D. Movement of water and nutrients that B. defending territory
requires energy for transport.
C. building nests
79. These provide a large surface area for ab- D. gathering food
sorbing sunlight & CO2. They also facili-
tate gas exchange. 84. The xylem of angiosperms is composed of
these 4 elements:
A. Twigs
A. chloroplasts, vessels, phloem & stom-
B. Buds
ata
C. Leaf blades
B. Guard cells, tracheids, fibers & peti-
D. none of above oles
80. What is one major difference between C. tracheids, fibers, parenchyma cells &
monocots and dicots? vessels
A. Dicot leaves are usually narrower than D. none of above
monocot leaves 85. The small stem that attaches the leaf to
B. Monocot vascular tissues are ar- the branch is the
ranged as bundles and dicot vascular tis- A. Petiole
sues are not
B. Margin
C. Monocots have flower parts in multi-
ples of one and dicots have flower parts C. Blade
in multiples of two D. none of above
D. Monocots have one food storage area 86. The basic unit of structure and function in
in their seed and dicots have two living things.
81. What is the main function of a flower? A. cell
A. Defense B. cell wall
B. Food production C. plant cell
C. Reproduction D. cell membrane
D. Respiration 87. A monocot will contain which characteris-
tic feature
82. Trees that form wide vessels early in the
season and narrower vessels later in the A. Tap Roots
season are called B. Vascular bundle scattered
A. Diffuse porous C. flower parts in 4
B. Monocots D. netlike leaf veins

88. This layer of a woody stem produces new B. The traits will continue to be repro-
layers of xylem and phloem every year duced in the population

A. Pith C. The traits will eventually disappear
B. Epidermis from the population
C. Vascular Cambium D. All of these are correct
D. Phloem 94. Which of the following is not a job the

roots perform for the plant?
89. Phloem and Xylem are types of
A. hold the plant in place
A. vascular tissue
B. store food the plant has made
B. roots hairs
C. help absorb water
C. cells
D. help in reproduction
D. surface cells
95. Otherwise known as the “somatic” cell.
90. Which of the following can sometimes re-
sult after a moderate to severe blow to A. plant cell
the head: B. bacterial cell
A. Down Syndrome C. body cell
B. Impetigo D. all of the above
C. Menegitis
96. The is the tiny plant inside of a seed.
D. Concussion
A. cotyledon
91. What is the ultimate energy source for B. embryo
nearly all life on Earth?
C. seed coat
A. Sunlight
D. flower
B. Electricity
C. Nuclear 97. Structures of the root that protect the root
from injuries as it grows deeper into the
D. Water
soil are called
92. Of all the following, which one is a product A. root feathers
of photosynthesis
B. root caps
A. Carbon Dioxide
C. root hairs
B. Oxygen
D. root fingers
C. Mineral
98. In plants, haploid gametes are produced as
D. Water
a result of
93. What happens to the traits that are not A. fertilization.
well adapted to the environment over
B. meiosis
time?
A. There will be no change in the number C. encapsulation
of the traits D. mitosis

99. The most important function of the tri- B. Primary Succession

chome is
C. Natural Selection
A. they prevent water loss due to transpi-
ration D. Adaptation
B. they prevent herbivory
105. From what biological polymer is paper
C. they are sensory structures that deci- primarily composed?
pher the wind velocity and direction
A. Protein
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D. they play an important part in pollina-
tion of plants B. Cellulose
100. The female reproductive structure in C. Starch

plants that includes the stigma, style, and D. Carbohydrates
ovary:
A. carpel 106. These trees have only one apical meris-
tem:
B. xylem
C. phloem A. Pines
D. stem B. Junipers
101. Heartwood is characterized by all, except C. Oaks

A. Presence of tyloses D. Palms
B. Presence of tannins, resins, oils, gums
etc. 107. Roots that appear above ground to help
the plant “hold” or “climb”.
C. Its commercial importance for timber
A. fibrous root
D. Active in water conduction
B. adventitious root
102. Type of plant where the vascular bundles
are usually parallel to each other. C. root hair
A. dicot D. taproot
B. monocot
108. Several tomato plants are grown indoors
C. needleaf next to a sunny window. The plants re-
D. broadleaf ceive water and fertilizer and remain on
the windowsill. What will most likely hap-
103. What gives leaves their green color? pen?
A. xylem
A. Most of the leaves on the window side
B. phloem will wilt and die
C. chlorophyll B. The roots of the plant will grow upward
D. the roots from the soil
104. The building up of an ecosystem after C. The stem will bend toward the window
lava or glaciers have left nothing but rock. D. Water droplets will collect on the
A. Secondary Succession leaves facing away from the window.

109. How can plants kill us? A. class

A. Plants have defence mechanisms to B. kingdom

protect themselves from predators, in- C. population
cluding poisons that can kill humans
D. species
B. Although they may not kill us, plant de-
fense such as thorns, and spines, as well 115. It is the “janitor” of the cell.
as products like pollen, can be painful or
A. lysosome
irritating to humans
B. ribosome
C. All of the above
C. vacuole
D. none of above
D. cell membrane
110. The part of the root that promotes root
growth as they divide are called: 116. Kevin decides to find out which fertilizer
is best for tomatoes. He pots up three
A. growing cells
plants, all with the same soil, giving one
B. Root Apical Meristem no fertilizer, giving the second type A fer-
C. Stem Apical Meristem tilizer, and giving the third type B fertil-
izer.In this experiment, what is the con-
D. Root Cap Cells trol, or Kevin’s standard for comparison?
111. The annual rings in a stem show A. The plant the got soil.
A. 3 years of growth B. The plant that got no fertilizer.
B. 1 year of growth C. The plant that got type A fertilizer.
C. how much nutrients the plant has D. The plant that got type B fertilizer.
D. where the plant lives 117. WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING
112. Which of the following plants reproduce SHOWS SECONDARY GROWTH?
without seeds? A. MONOCOT STEM
A. Cone-bearing plants B. MONOCOT ROOT
B. Monocots C. DICOT STEM
C. Spore-producing plants D. BOTH DICOT STEM AND MONOCOT
D. Dicots STEM
113. Which of the following indicates a plant 118. Growth rings is composed of
has a disease? A. earlywood and latewood
A. Stunted growth B. hardwood and softwood
B. Spots on leaves C. heartwood and sapwood
C. Decay or rot D. new and old cells
D. All of the above 119. The stalks in a flower that support the
114. If a pair of organisms are capable of anthers, which produce the male reproduc-
producing fertile offspring in nature, they tive cells (pollen grains):
must belong to the same A. carpels

B. sepals 125. In certain plant organ cells were found to

be isodiametric, thin cellulosic cell walled
C. filaments
and loosely packed having intercellular
D. stigma space. Which type of plant tissue is being
discussed here?
120. Some land plants developed an internal
A. Parenchyma
system of interconnected tubes and ves-
sels called B. Collenchyma
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A. cuticles C. Sclerenchyma
B. nonvascular canals D. Phloem
C. The circulatory system 126. Vascular tissue that carries water from
roots to leaves
D. Vascular Tissue
A. Pith
121. Which plant has very big leaf? B. Phloem
A. Guava C. Xylem
B. Sheesham D. Cambium
C. Banana 127. New crust is formed due to plate move-
D. Sunflower ment in the ocean. This phenomenon is
called
122. Casparian strips are found on radial and A. convergent with subduction
inner walls of
B. a world wonder
A. Stem endodermis C. sea floor spreading
B. Root endodermis D. transform boundaries
C. Pericycle
128. What did Robert Hooke do during his life-
D. Outer cortex time?
A. He constantly questioned Louis Pas-
123. The pericycle which gives rise to lateral
teur on his discoveries
roots consists of
B. He was the first to observe cells in
A. epithelial cells plant tissue by using a microscope
B. meristematic cells C. All of the above
C. parenchyma cells D. none of above
D. endodermal cells 129. The important gases, carbon dioxide and
oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through
124. How many grams are in 1 metric ton?
the
A. 1, 000 A. upper epidermis
B. 2, 000 B. phloem
C. 1, 000, 000 C. stomata
D. 5, 000, 000 D. guard cells

130. Sapwood is C. pointed cells

A. Secondary xylem D. All of these

B. Secondary phloem
136. Identify the correct statement regarding
C. Phellem collenchyma
D. Secondary cortex A. occur in layers below the epidermis of
131. Convert 150% into a mixed fraction in monocots
lowest terms: B. cells are much thickened at the cor-
A. 1 ners due to the deposition of lignin
B. 1 1/4 C. collenchymatous cells do not contain
chloroplasts
C. 1 1/2
D. 1 3/4 D. provide mechanical strength to the
growing parts of the plant
132. In plants, water can escape through the
leaves by the process of transpiration. 137. Nitrogen has 7 protons. What is
Which of the following structures are in- the atomic mass of its common isotope,
volved in transpiration? rounded to the nearest whole number?
A. xylem, phloem, stomata A. 14
B. root hairs, xylem, stomata B. 10
C. phloem, root hairs, xylem C. 7
D. stomata, phloem, root hairs D. 11
133. CORTEX HAS THREE LAYERS LIKE HYPO-
138. A 16 year old was attempting to cut fire
DERMIS, CORTICAL LAYERS AND ENDO-
wood when the chain saw he was using
DERMIS IN
slipped. When you arrive you find bright
A. DICOT LEAF red bleeding that is spurting from him arm.
B. DICOT STEM Which vessel is injured?
C. MONOCOT STEM A. Capillary

D. MONOCOT ROOT B. Artery
134. Which of the following has the most iner- C. Vein

tia: D. Aorta
A. 1 kilogram of iron
139. The transfer of pollen, containing the
B. 2 kilograms of flour sperm cells, to the female part of the
C. 5 newtons of iron flower.
D. 4 kilograms of iron A. seed disperal
135. .Sclerenchyma fibres are B. pollination

A. thick-walled C. germination
B. elongated D. fertilization

140. PROTO XYLEM IS CALLED ENDARCH IF B. dynamism

A. PROTOXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS C. externality
PITH AND METAXYLEM TOWARDS PE- D. operation
RIPHERY
145. Cuticle is not present in which part of
B. METAXYLEM IS PRESENT TOWARDS
plant?
PITH AND PROTOXYLEM TOWARDS PE-
RIPHERY A. Leaves
B. Root
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C. BOTH 1 AND 2
D. NEITHER OF THESE C. Stem
D. Pneumatophores
141. Which of the following statements is
true? 146. From the following statements related to
A. The collenchyma occurs in layers be- Xylem, identify the wrong statement
low the epidermis in monocotyledonous A. Primary xylem may be Protoxylem and
plants Metaxylem
B. Sclerenchyma cells are usually dead B. First formed xylem is Protoxylem
and without protoplasts C. In stems, Protoxylem lies towards the
C. Xylem parenchyma cells are living and perephery
thin-walled and their cell walls are made D. Primary xylem in stem is Endarch
up of lignin
147. Which of the following cells are NOT
D. The companion cells are e specialised found in Xylem?
sclerenchymatous cell
A. Parenchyma
142. Which of the following is the most com- B. Fibres
mon source of energy for brain cells in hu-
C. Wood vessels
mans:
D. Sieve tubes
A. Glucose
B. Nucleic Acids 148. A flower-producing vascular plant in
which the seed is enclosed in a fruit.
C. Proteins
A. Angiosperm
D. Peptides
B. Gymnosperm
143. This conductive tissue is composed of tra- C. Conifer
cheids, fibers and parenchyma cells in gym-
nosperms D. Fern
A. Xylem 149. Which of the following is the best model

of earth’s revolution?
B. Phloem
A. A spinning top
C. Cambium
B. a marble traveling around a beach ball
D. none of above
at an angle
144. Growth or movement of a plant in re- C. a basketball spinning on an 8th
sponse to an external stimulus: grader’s finger
A. tropism D. a cat chasing a squirrel

150. They are known to the the protein facto- D. The number of snakes is directly re-
ries of the cell. lated to the coyote population.

A. Golgi bodies 154. Find the volume, in inches cubed, of a
B. Mitchondria rectangular solid whose dimensions are 3-
C. Lysosome inches by 5-inches by 8-inches:
D. Ribosome A. 60
B. 80
151. Xylem is a conducting tissue for water
and minerals from roots to the upper parts C. 100
of the plant. Which of the following state- D. 120
ment about Xylem is correct?
155. When the old sapwood dies, it becomes
A. In flowering plants sieve tube and tra-
cheids are the main water transporting el- A. heartwood
ements B. firewood
B. Xylem is composed of tracheids, ves- C. softwood
sels, sieve tube and xylem fibres D. hardwood
C. Vessels are present in Gymnosperms
and not in Angiosperms 156. Tropism is a biological phenomenon
where an organism, usually a plant, is ca-
D. Tracheids are dead, tube like cells with pable of directed physical movement or
thick lignified tapering ends growth in response to a specific stimulus.
152. The growth and age of a tree can be stud- What is the term for a plant’s movement
ied by either examining a tree round cut or growth in response to gravity?
from a X-section of a tree or by using a A. gravitropism (geotropism)
cylinder (core) of tree growth taken from B. hydrotropism
the interior drilling of a tree by a scientist
using an (name of the instrument). C. phototropism
A. screwdriver D. thigmotropism
B. increment bore 157. What are the advantages of using insolu-

C. microscope ble substances such as starch for storage,
rather than soluble substances such as glu-
D. saw cose
153. Conservationists argue that we should A. They do not affect the water concen-
not kill every snake we see. What is the tration inside cells
reasoning behind this argument? B. They do not move away from the stor-
A. Killing snakes will also decrease the age areas in the plant
population of their natural prey. C. Both are correct
B. A decrease in the snake population will D. Neither are correct
lead to an increase in more venomous rep-
tiles. 158. The most important function of the leaf is
C. The population of its natural prey, such the process of
as mice and insects, will increase. A. photosynthesis

B. growing C. lower
C. holding up the plant D. smaller
D. producing flowers
164. A mature sieve tube differs from vessel
159. Which is a herb? in
A. Tulsi A. being nearly dead
B. Neem B. lacking cytoplasm
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C. Sheesham C. Iacking a functional nucleus
D. Apple
D. absence of lignified walls
160. The outer protective tissue of plants is
called: 165. Why do scientists think related species
have similar body structures and develop-
A. dermal tissue mental patterns?
B. ground tissue A. the species inherited many of the same
C. vascular tissue genes from each other
D. none of above B. the species inherited many of the
same proteins from each other
161. Major xylary element in wood of a gym-
nospermic plant is C. the species inherited all of the same
genes from a common ancestor
A. Vessel
B. Tracheid D. the species inherited many of the
same genes from a common ancestor
C. Xylem fibre
D. Xylem parenchyma 166. Which of the following is/are key fea-
tures of the theory of evolution?
162. What role do flowers play in the survival
of a plant? A. Each species produces more offspring
than can survive
A. Flowers can absorb carbon dioxide for
sugar production. B. Offspring compete with one another
for limited resources
B. Flowers produce oxygen through cellu-
lar respiration. C. Organisms in populations are geneti-
cally unique
C. Flowers contain cells that carry out
photosynthesis. D. Offspring with the most favorable
D. Flowers contain cells that produce ga- traits are the most likely to survive and
metes. pass on their genes
163. The higher the concentration of dissolved 167. What is true about a monocot leaf?
particles in a solution (solute), the the A. Presence of reticulate venation
concentration of water molecules in that
solution. B. absence of bulliform cells
A. higher C. Absence of vascular bundles
B. greater D. Absence of differentiated mesophyll

168. VASCULAR BUNDLE IN DICOT ROOT IS D. Tan animals can survive on less water
A. OPEN AND CONJOINT than other animals so they are more likely
to choose to stay in the desert.

B. CLOSED AND CONJOINT
173. Spinach and lettuce are examples of long-
C. OPEN AND RADIAL
day plants. What stimulus causes them to
D. CLOSED AND RADIAL flower?
169. Identify the statement which is incorrect A. short nights

about Heart wood. It B. presence of insects
A. is centrally located secondary xylem C. high temperatures
B. has deposits of tannin, resin, gum etc D. rainfall
C. is very hard and durable 174. As well as Glucose what is the second
D. Conducts water product of photosynthesis?
A. Nitrates
170. The flowers produced by angiosperms
help ensure the transfer of gametes by B. Toffee
A. traveling in the air currents. C. Oxygen
B. bursting open and projecting gametes D. Nitrogen
onto the landscape.
175. When new cell form in a stem, what hap-
C. attracting a particular bird, insect, or pens?
other animal, which then carries pollen A. The stem grows thicker.
from one flower to another.
B. The stem turns green.
D. All of the above
C. The stem falls over.
171. The common bottle cork is a product of D. The plant dies.
A. dermatogens
176. Study carefully the statements related to
B. phellogen Epidermal Tissue System and find out the
C. xylem incorrect statement.
D. vascular cambium A. Epidermis is usually single cell layered
B. Epidermal cells are parenchymatous
172. While a student was visiting the desert,
she noticed the tan color of many of its an- C. Just below the epidermal layer is a
imals. Which of these explains why many waxy layer called cuticle
desert animals are a similar tan color? D. Cuticle is absent in roots
A. Most of the animals that originally ar- 177. Which organ contains small openings that
rived in the desert were tan. allow for air exchange
B. The food available in the desert causes A. Xylem
the color of animals to become tan.
B. Phloem
C. The desert environment allows tan an-
imals to survive and reproduce at higher C. Cambium
rates than other animals. D. Stomata

178. What is one way that fungi can be helpful C. Active transport
to humans?
D. Capillary action
A. Can be used as medicine, like penicillin
E. Root pressure
B. Can kill farmer’s crops
C. Provide the oxygen we breathe 184. Most trees grow
through photosynthesis A. sideways
D. Use excess carbon dioxide in the air B. 15-20 feet tall
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through respiration
C. as tall as a 30 story building
179. Which would have the GREATEST effect
D. a mile high
on the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
A. oxygen level 185. Woody stems of trees are called:
B. light intensity A. trunks
C. sugar concentration B. chlorophyll
D. starch concentration C. leaves
180. Plants also need nitrates to make pro- D. runners
teins. They obtain these from
A. The air as nitrate ions 186. How do plants protect us?
B. The soil as nitrate ions A. Plant products are used to make shel-
ter, clothing, heat, and machines
C. The air as nitrogen
B. They kill us
D. The soil as nitrogen
C. Plants can tell us when danger is near
181. heartwood is darker than
A. sapwood D. none of above
B. softwood
187. What is the identity element for addition
C. carbon
on the integers?
D. deposits
A. 0
182. A cell without a nucleus. B. 1
A. Eukaryotic C. 5
B. Prokaryotic
D. 10
C. Heterotroph
D. none of above 188. Xylem and phloem tissue are found in this
part of the root:
183. What are the two methods that can be A. vascular cylinder
used to transport water and nutrients in
to the plant? B. meristem
A. Osmosis C. root cap
B. Passive Transport D. root hairs

189. Consider the following statements: a. A 194. What energy transformation occurs in a
sieve tube is a cell without a nucleus in- flashlight that is powered by batteries
side the cell. therefore a dead cell. b. Se-

A. Mechanical→ Electrical→ Radiant
vere tube and companion cell grow from
the same parent cell. c. Severe tube cell B. Chemical→ Electrical→ Radiant
has a primary cell wall. Which of the fol- C. Electrical→ Chemical → Radiant
lowing statements is correct? D. Radiant → Chemical → Electrical
A. a and b
195. This plant hormone is produced by fruits
B. a and c and causes them to ripen.
C. b and c A. auxin
D. a b and c B. ethylene
190. The spore form in a plant’s life cycle is C. gibberellin
called the D. cytokinin
A. Sporophyte
196. What substance does the secondary cell
B. Gametophyte wall contain?
C. Alternation of Generations A. cellulose
D. Parental Generation B. lignin
191. Contains xylem and phloem within the C. chitin
leaf: D. peptidoglycan
A. Mesophyll
197. The lighter colored area of the tree ring
B. Veins is called [SELECT ALL THAT APPLY]
C. Epidermis A. summer wood
D. Stoma B. early wood
192. Which statement about Lenticels is incor- C. spring wood
rect? D. late wood
A. occur in most woody trees
198. A layer of mesophyll below the palidade
B. permit exchange of gases between at- layer.
mosphere and and internal tissue
A. vasuclar bundle
C. loosely arranged parenchyma cells
produced from phellogen ruptures the epi- B. Spongy Layer
dermis forming lenticels C. cuticle
D. opening and closing of the lenticels are D. epidermis
regulated by some specialised cells
199. Transports nutrients throughout the plant
193. The process of water loss in a plant in every direction
A. respiration A. xylem
B. photosynthesis B. phloem
C. osmosis C. stomata
D. transpiration D. cuticle

200. Small grains that contain a plant’s male 206. How do vascular plants differ from non-
reproductive cells. vascular plants?
A. stamen A. How they make food
B. pollen B. How they transport food and water
C. anther C. The types of flowers they produce
D. stigma D. The types of stems they have
207. Warm water carries more that is
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201. What is the job of the root cap?
needed to create storm systems
A. Store food
A. heat
B. Collect sunlight
B. waves
C. Protect the root from damage
C. energy
D. Absorb water and minerals D. salt
202. What causes stomata to close? 208. You are given a fairly old piece of dicot
A. too little water stem and a dicot root. which of the fol-
B. plenty of water lowing anatomical structures will you use
to distinguish between the two
C. cold temperature
A. secondary xylem
D. hot temperature
B. secondary phloem
203. Which observation of a plant supports C. protoxylem
the interference that photosynthesis can D. cortical cells
take place?
A. Dry, rough texture 209. Xylem carries what?
A. water
B. Green color
B. nutrients
C. Smooth stem
C. blood
D. Strong, sour smell
D. protein
204. What is the main energy source for pho-
tosynthesis? 210. What are parts of a tree?
A. A tree has roots that grow under the
A. light
ground.
B. glucose
B. A tree has a trunk.
C. carbon dioxide C. Bark covers the trunk, and branches of
D. water a tree.
205. What is a tree? D. All of the above.
A. A tree is the largest kind of plant. 211. Which of these is NOT a plant tissue?
B. It is a living things. A. leaf
C. A tree can not move from one place to B. ground
another by itself. C. vascular
D. All of the above. D. dermal

212. What are seeds called that remain inac- B. Flower system
tive until the right conditions of light, wa-
C. Germophobe system
ter and soil are present?

D. none of above
A. Dormant
B. Flowers 217. Observing a heart pumping blood would
C. Pollen relate more closely to the science of
D. Recycled A. anatomy
B. physiology
213. A teacher rubbed a match against a piece
of sandpaper. The match started to burn. C. Both anatomy and physiology
Which statement best describes the energy D. none of above
changes that occurred?
A. A The chemical energy stored in the 218. Roots are especially significant signifi-
match changed to thermal energy and cant to humans because
light energy. A. they help prevent earthquakes.
B. B The thermal energy stored in the B. they help prevent landslides.
match changed to light energy and chemi-
cal energy. C. they reduce the pollution in cities.
C. C The light energy and thermal energy D. they release minerals into the soil.
stored in the match changed to mechani-
cal energy. 219. The leaves of the cactus are its:
D. D The light energy and thermal energy A. flowers
stored in the match changed to chemical B. stem
energy.
C. roots
214. Sugars made in leaves are transported in: D. needles
A. xylem
220. This tissue is composed of mostly living
B. Phloem
cells:sieve cells in conifers and; sieve tube
C. chloroplast elements with companion cells in hard-
D. stomata woods:
A. Functional phloem
215. Viral diseases can be transferred from
plant to plant by: B. Functional xylem
A. vegetative propagation C. Parenchyma cells
B. mites, nematodes, and thrips D. none of above
C. hands and tools
221. It protects the wood
D. all of these
A. bark
216. The below-ground part of a plant that in-
B. knots
cludes the organs such as roots, tubers,
and rhizomes: C. xylem
A. Root system D. phloem

222. A fruit is the mature ovary of a flower; C. Leaf bud scar

a flower is the reproductive structure of D. none of above
these seed plants:
A. angiosperm 227. What 3 factors are limiting factors of
photosynthesis?
B. gymnosperm
A. Carbon dioxide concentration, Oxygen
C. ginkgo biloba concentration, Water
D. pine, redwood, and fir trees B. Carbon dioxide concentration, Temper-
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ature, Water
223. The role of the guard cell is to
C. Temperature, Water, Light intensity
A. help control the temperature of the
plant D. Carbon dioxide concentration, Temper-
ature, Light intensity
B. control how much water enters the
leaf 228. Which is the correct order of the three
C. control how much glucose is stored cylinders of developing root tissue from in-
nermost to outermost?
D. control the movement of water vapour
& gases A. vascular, ground, dermal
B. dermal, vascular, ground
224. Sunflowers seem to follow the path of
the sun as it travels across the sky during C. ground, vascular, dermal
the day. Plants bending toward or follow- D. ground, dermal, vascular
ing light is a response called
229. What are the cells that make up
A. hydrotropism Phloem?
B. photosynthesis A. tracheids
C. phototropism B. Sieve Tube Cells
D. thigmotropism C. Vessel Cells
225. How does natural selection lead to evolu- D. Tracheary Elements
tion?
230. What is speed?
A. stronger offspring kill weaker mem-
A. how far you go
bers of the species
B. how much distance is covered over a
B. helpful variations accumulate among
period of time
surviving members of the species
C. how fast you accelerate
C. overproduction provides food for
stronger members of the species D. the change in the location of a object
D. environmental changes favor weaker 231. What is one condition that is necessary
members of the speices for a hurricane to form?
226. The swollen area at the base of a branch A. warm ocean water
is called the: B. a strong cold front
A. Branch bark ridge C. cold ocean water
B. Branch collar D. a strong warm front

232. Vascular tissue that carries dissolved 237. Why do you have to change out the pots
food from leaves to other parts of the that plants are planted in?
plant

A. Soil becomes to wet
A. Xylem B. Roots are constantly growing
B. Phloem C. Water won’t soak into soil
C. Cortex D. Plants need reenergized
D. Cambium
238. What is stunted growth caused by?
233. Black walnut trees produce a nontoxic A. Water deficiency
chemical that becomes highly toxic when
it is exposed to air or soil. How does this B. Nitrate deficiency
chemical help black walnut trees compete C. Magnesium deficiency
protect themselves from plants growing D. CO2 deficiency
nearby or animals in the soil?
A. By attracting herbivores to the other 239. Which animal cells are most similar to
plants that of Meristem cells in?
B. By poisoning animals or plants nearby. A. embyronic stem cells
C. By increasing the photosynthesis B. macrophage cells

rates in the other plants C. motor neuron cells
D. By limiting the amount of water avail- D. red blood cells
able to the other plants
240. What two characteristics determine how
234. Which of the four basic forces of the uni- a tree will grow and develop?
verse is most directly involved with main- A. Food and water
taining the planets in their orbits?
B. Exercise and sleep
A. Electromagnetic
C. genetic potential and surrounding en-
B. Strong Nuclear vironmental conditions
C. Gravity D. none of above
D. Weak Nuclear
241. In which type of growth response does
235. Stalk that connects a leaf to the stem the plant grow toward a light source?
A. petiole A. Phototropism
B. sepal B. Heliotropism
C. stigma C. Geotropism
D. embryo sac D. Hydrotropism
236. Which part of a tree trunk can still trans- 242. In a tree stem, the tissue between the
port water? xylem and phloem is
A. phloem A. cortex
B. sapwood B. bark
C. heartwood C. vascular cambium
D. cortex D. pith

243. The term”bark” includes1. phellogen2. 248. What is chlorosis caused by?
phellem3. phelloderm4. secondary A. Water deficiency
phloem
B. Nitrate deficiency
A. 1, 2 and 3
C. Magnesium deficiency
B. 1, 2 and 4
D. CO2 deficiency
C. 2, 3 and 4
249. Undeveloped shoot
D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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A. stigma
244. The collection of special tissues that B. embryo sac
transports water, minerals, sugars, and
C. bud
nutrients through the plant is called the
It is similar to the circulatory system D. pollen tube
in animals.
250. what is responsible for the opening and
A. vascular system closing of the stomata?
B. nervous system A. sunlight
C. skeletal system B. guard cell
D. none of above C. turgor pressure
D. roots
245. What attracts insects for pollination?
251. Max did an experiment. He planted and
A. anther
observed flower bulbs. He planted three
B. ovary bulbs in a tray and placed them in the re-
C. stigma frigerator. He planted three more bulbs in
another tray and placed them in a warm,
D. petals heated room. Compared to the bulbs in the
refrigerator, what changes will Max most
246. Waxy layer that covers the surface of the
likely observe in the bulbs in the warm
leaf and reduces water loss:
room?
A. Stoma
A. Their stems will grow downward.
B. Epidermis B. Their leaves will grow more quickly.
C. Veins C. Their flowers will bloom more slowly.
D. Cuticle D. Their roots will grow up toward light.
247. A commercial flower grower could induce 252. I. These tissues are found as layers or
winter flowering of a long-day plant by patches. II. lt consists of cells which are
thickened at the corners. llI. It often con-
A. fertilizing the plant with nitrogen.
tains chloroplast. IV. Intercellular spaces
B. treating the plant with gibberellin. are absent. V They provide mechanical
C. covering the plant with an opaque support to growing parts of plants.The
cloth in the late afternoon. above characters are attributed to
D. exposing the plant to a brief period of A. vascular tissue

light in the middle of the night. B. collenchyma

C. parenchyma B. Large number of scattered vascular

D. sclerenchyma bundles

C. vascular bundles are conjoint and
253. Felipe is observing how acetic acid (vine- closed
gar) and sodium bicarbonate (baking soda)
react with one another in a volcano model. D. perepheral vascular bundles are gen-
What evidence can Felipe look for to indi- erally larger than the centrally located
cate a chemical reaction has taken place? ones
A. The volume of the acetic acid in- 258. Which 2 cell structures are the main dif-
creases. ference between plant cells and animal
B. The density of the baking soda de- cells?
creases. A. Cell wall and Cell Membrane
C. Gas bubbles are produced. B. Vacuole and Mitochondria
D. The baking soda is dissolved. C. Cell Wall and Chloroplast
254. Which of the following does a plant make D. Nucleus and Cytoplasm
during photosynthesis?
259. older, non-functioning xylem in trees
A. Sugar and Carbon Dioxide
A. sapwood
B. Sugar and Oxygen
B. summer wood
C. Water and Carbon Dioxide
C. spring wood
D. Water and Sugar
D. heartwood
255. The formation of hurricanes, storms, and
260. Scars present in tree rings indicate
other weather events require energy. The
original energy source for all of these A. fire
events is which type of energy? B. disease
A. wind C. insect damage
B. solar D. all of the above
C. nuclear fission
261. What is the waxy layer on leaves?
D. geothermal
A. Chloroplasts
256. During fruit production, which part of a B. Plastic
flowering plant develops into a seed?
C. Wax
A. Anther
D. Cuticle
B. Pollen
C. Ovule 262. Len has two green plants. He keeps one
on a sunny windowsill. He keeps the other
D. Stigma one in a shady part of the same room. He
257. Which of the following features is not gives both plants the same amount of wa-
found while observing a TS of monocot ter. What will happen to the two plants?
root? A. The plant in the sun will grow faster.
A. Sclerenchymatous hypodermis B. The plant in the sun will die.

C. The plant in the shade will grow faster, B. Adaptation

C. Cell Wall
D. The plant in the shade will die.
D. Photosynthesis
263. A space shuttle only has enough fuel to
268. of water is absorbed through:
get it out of Earth’s atmosphere. Once the
space shuttle is in space (where there is A. primary root
no friction/ air resistance) it will continue B. root hairs
moving even without any fuel because of
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C. secondary root
A. Newton’s First Law D. tap root
B. Newton’s Second Law 269. The system makes blood and oxygen
C. Newton’s Third Law available to the body structures through
D. The Law of Space and Redundancy Law breathing and eliminating carbon dioxide.
A. nervous
264. Find Magnesium on the periodic table. An
atom of Magnesium is most likely to bond B. reproductive
with which of the following elements? C. respiratory
A. Berylium D. endocrine
B. Oxygen
270. What are the facultative parasites most
C. Helium likely to attack stressed plants?
D. Iron A. fungi
265. Select ALL functions of roots. B. epiphyte
A. Absorb water and nutrients from the C. galls
soil
D. moss
B. Hold the plant in the soil
C. Release plant wastes into the soil 271. Which of the following is the best exam-
ple of an element, not a compound?
D. Some plants store food in them
A. NO
E. Produce food for the plant
B. BR2
266. Which part of the plant anchors the plant
C. NH3
to the ground and stores food for the
plant? D. CO2
A. Stems
272. What three things does a plant need to
B. Flower take in to be able to go through photosyn-
C. Roots thesis?
D. Leaves A. sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
B. sunlight, water, and oxygen
267. A force exerted outward on a cell wall by
the water contained on a cell. C. oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen
A. Turgor Pressure D. water, oxygen, and glucose

273. Plants that produce their seeds in wood- 278. Seasonal changes bring about scenes like
like cones. this one. Plant cells respond to changes in
and as a result, photosynthesis slows

A. gymnosperms
and leaves change color.
B. legumes
A. day length and available oxygen
C. deciduous
B. carbon dioxide and glucose levels
D. conifers
C. light intensity and temperature change
274. As minerals are transported across a
membrane, water naturally flows toward D. available oxygen and temperature
the minerals to dissolve them. What force change
helps force water into the xylem and up
the stem of a plant? 279. Which of the following are homologous
structures?
A. Osmosis
A. Bee wings and bird wings
B. Active transport
B. Legs on a beetle and legs on a cat
C. Diffusion
D. Root pressure C. Whale flipper and bat wing
D. Human eyebrows and ant antennas
275. Which of the following is most likely to
become preserved as a fossil? 280. It is the “brain” of the cell, it controls all
A. a leaf activity and processes taking place in the
B. a worm cell.
C. a jellyfish A. nucleus
D. a clam shell B. cell wall
C. cytoplasm
276. Tony wanted to see if he could make the
roots of a plant grow up instead of down. D. cell membrane
After several tries, he found that the roots
always grew down. Nothing he or his 281. How many limbs are tetrapods typically
teacher did made the roots grow up. What considered to have?
keeps the roots from growing up? A. 2
A. The roots need water.
B. 3
B. Sunlight hits the plants.
C. 4
C. Gravity pulls on the roots.
D. 6
D. There is plant food in the soil.
282. What is the environmental factor most di-
277. Which of the following is not a compo-
rectly involved in phototropism?
nent of the Stomatal apparatus?
A. Stomatal pore A. Water
B. Guard cells B. Soil

C. Subsidiary cells C. Light
D. Epidermis D. Nutrients

283. The example of the peppered moths being D. Stunted growth, older leave may go
hunted by the bird in light or dark environ- yellow
ments shows that
288. What is the general name for a plas-
A. a change in an environment can result
tic material composed of a polymer of
in the evolution of species living there
styrene?
B. evolution occurs so slowly that it is
A. Plastic
not possible to determine that it has hap-
pened in less than a million years B. Styrene Plastic
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C. the environment near has always fa- C. Styrofoam
vored dark colored moths D. Flexible Plastic
D. the environment has always favored
light colored moths 289. Each annual ring or growth ring consists
of two strips of
284. We can count the age of the trees through A. Autumn wood and spring wood
A. counting the growth rings B. Heart wood and sap wood
B. measuring the diameter
C. Xylem and phloem
C. counting the branches
D. Cork and cortex
D. measuring the height
290. Transverse section of a plant is stained
285. What are the changes that occur in an or- with safranin and fast green. What is the
ganism’s life that make it larger and more colour of the phloem?
complex?
A. red
A. Ability to reproduce
B. green
B. Growth and development
C. pink
C. Need for energy
D. orange
D. Response to stimuli
291. The layer in the leaf where the cells are
286. Behavior patterns, or internal and exter- overloaded with chloroplasts. Just below
nal structures which allow an organism the epidermis.
to survive and reproduce in their environ-
ment successfully. A. cortex layer
A. Adaptations B. palisade layer
B. Homeostasis C. mesophyll layer
C. Recessive traits D. spongy layer
D. Natural Selection 292. The youngest layer of secondary xylem in
the wood of dicot plant is located between
287. What is the result of nitrate deficiency in
a plant A. pith and primary xylem
A. Cellulose walls are strengthened B. just outside vascular cambium
B. Increased growth C. just inside vascular cambium
C. Yellowing of the leaves D. just inside cork cambium

293. The dark colored ring that grows at the 298. Apical meristem is to primary growth as
end of the year. A. cork cell is to cork cambium.

A. alpha growth B. tree ring is to secondary growth.
B. beta growth C. secondary growth is to width.
C. early wood D. vascular cambium is to secondary
D. late wood growth.
299. The response of a plant due to the stimuli
294. Maria was doing an investigation that
of light energy.
contained the following:Remove the sta-
men. Lightly wipe the tip of the stamen A. Parasitic
against the black paper. Some of the pow- B. Chloroplast
dery pollen should stick to the paper What
C. Photosynthesis
was Maria studying?
D. Phototropism
A. growth of a seedling
300. What is the male part of the flower?
B. germination of a seed
A. Petals
C. method of seed dispersal
B. Stamen
D. sexual reproduction in plants
C. Pistil
295. According to Darwin’s theory of natural D. Sepals
selection, if an individual is better suited
to its environment then that individual 301. Mosses and their relatives grow close to
the ground because they do not have:
A. is guaranteed to live a long life.
A. vascular systems
B. is more likely to reproduce.
B. root systems
C. has a lower chance of survival.
C. reproductive systems
D. is unaffected by environmental fac-
D. none of above
tors.
302. Which of the following is a product found
296. What part of the flower protects the in most toothpastes for the purpose of
seed? making the teeth more resistant to decay
A. Ovary by promoting remineralization:
B. Root A. Fluride
C. Fruit B. Melamine
D. Ovules C. Titanium Dioxide
D. Diethelyne Glycol
297. The cells in this part of a root make the
the tips of the root grow longer: 303. Which of the following statements is true
about Sclereids?
A. meristem
A. These are constituent cells of Col-
B. root cap
lenchyma tissue
C. vascular cylinder B. They are living cells with very narrow
D. none of above lumen (Cavity)

C. They donot provide mechanical C. petiole

strength to plants
D. none of above
D. The gritty pulp of fruits like guava and
pear is due to it’s presence 309. Which statement describes how plants re-
spond to heat?
304. What is the function of Ground tissue?
A. Leaves bud in warm weather.
A. To support the growth of the root.
B. Roots grow upward in hot soil.
B. To produce and store sugars and to
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support the plant. C. Petals change shape in hot air.
C. To transport water and nutrients from D. Stems bend away from warm areas.
the leaves to the stem.
D. To photosynthesize. 310. Two examples of vascular tissue are:
A. Xylem and Sugars
305. This is the primary structural component
of the cell wall B. Stems and Flowering plants
A. Lignin C. Xylem and Phloem
B. Cellulose D. Xylem and Stems
C. Symplasm
311. It is a group of cell that performs the
D. none of above same function.
306. Deoxygenated blood travels from the A. organelles
right atrium to the right ventricle through
B. organ
this valve:
A. Mitral Valve C. tissue
B. Aortic Valve D. organism

C. Pulmonary Valve 312. Intercalary meristem is related to all, ex-
D. Tricuspid Valve cept
307. This part of the atom has very little mass A. Present between permanent cells
but takes up most of the space of the atom B. Primary meristem
(contains negatively charged particles).
C. Increasing the girth of axis
A. Positron
D. Regenerates parts of grasses re-
B. Proton moved by grazing herbivores
C. Electron
313. A stem may carry out all of the following
D. Neutron
functions except
308. Where the branch and trunk expand A. storing nutrients.
against each other in the crotch and the
bark gets pushed up is called the: B. absorbing water from the soil.
A. Branch collar C. transporting food to the roots.
B. Branch bark ridge D. conducting photosynthesis.

314. Select which of the following statements 319. Mistletoe is a plant that grows attached
are true for xylem. to the branches of trees or shrubs. The
presence of mistletoe negatively affects

A. Tubular shape with no cross walls.
the growth of trees because it robs the
B. Transportation of food and nutrients. tree of nutrients and water. Which of the
C. Elongated, tubular shape with thin following correctly describes the role of
walled sieve tubes. mistletoe?
D. Occupy the center of the vascular bun- A. Parasite
dle.
B. Prey
E. Water and mineral transport from
roots to aerial parts of the plant. C. Host
D. Predator
315. The gradual change in a species over time
is called 320. The structures that are part of bark in-
A. mutation clude cork, cork cambium, and
B. evolution A. vascular cambium.
C. migration B. secondary xylem.
D. variation C. heartwood.
316. The barometer has changed from 1040 D. phloem.
to 1021. What type of weather would
you predict is coming in the next couple of 321. How are flowering plants different from
days? cone-bearing plants?
A. fair A. Flowering plants have needle-like
B. rainy leaves; cone-bearing plants have wide
leaves with branching veins
C. sunny
B. Flowering plants have vascular tissue;
D. windy
cone-bearing plants do not
317. Why are Xylem walls thick? C. Flowering plants produce seeds in a
A. Prevents plant from wilting and Gives fruit; cone-bearing plants produce seeds
structure to plant in cones
B. Acts like body armour, for defence D. Flowering plants produce seeds; cone-
C. Shows social status of the plant bearing plants produce spores
D. All of the above 322. What function does the basement mem-
brane serve?
318. Which part of a vascular plant anchors
the plant in the ground? A. provide blood to the epithelial tissue
A. stem B. hold cartilage to bone
B. root C. anchor epithelial tissues to underlying
C. veins connective tissue
D. leaves D. secretes the matrix.

323. Which is an example of variation? 329. Sticky tip of the style

A. Dogs being born with different coat A. petiole
patterns
B. stigma
B. Strawberry plants growing on a vine
C. sepal
C. Yeast budding in bread
D. bud
D. A starfish regenerating an arm
330. What do the two haploid sperm cells fuse
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324. Jute, Flax and Hemp are of commercial
with?
importance. To which part of the plant do
they belong to? A. The egg cell and the polar nucleus
A. Phloem Fibres B. The egg cell and two antipodal cells
B. Xylem Fibres C. The egg cell and the two polar nuclei
C. Sieve tube D. The egg cell and a synergid
D. Tracheids
331. Plants with seeds in cones are called?
325. Increase surface area of root:
A. gymnosperms
A. Apical meristem
B. angiosperms
B. Root Cap
C. flowers
C. Vascular Cylinder
D. mosses
D. Root Hairs
326. Plant absorbs water through the 332. Hardwood comes from
A. stem A. deciduous trees
B. roots B. evergreen trees

C. leaves C. equator
D. all of the above D. top of the mountain
327. The stars we see at night are: 333. The semi-lunar valves include:
A. in the Milky Way galaxy A. The bicuspid and the tricuspid
B. in the solar system B. The tricuspid and the aortic valve
C. in galaxies other than the Milky Way C. The aortic valve and the bicuspid
D. both A and C
D. The aortic valve and the pulmonary
328. When roots are living in a symbiotic re- valve
lationship with certain fungi that help the
tree get essential minerals, it is called: 334. The two groups of seed plants are
A. Absorption A. angiosperms and gymnosperms

B. Osmosis B. vascular and nonvascular
C. Mychorrizae C. spores and seeds
D. none of above D. short and tall

335. Rough endoplasmic reticulum isa called as C. Tough waxy cuticles

such because there are attached to it. D. Dead leaves

A. Endoplasmic reticulum
341. Non-woody part of the plant, generally
B. Nucleus clear to allow sun to pass through, NOT
C. Ribosomes the waxy outer layer.
D. Cell membrane A. cuticle
336. This artery is the only artery in the body B. epidermis
to carry deoxygenated blood: C. palisade layer
A. Aorta D. mesophyll
B. Pulmonary Artery
342. A type of root system that has a single
C. Coronary Arteries dominant root. This root stores starch for
D. Hepatic Arteries the plant to use.
A. fibrous root
smaller stream that merges with a larger B. adventitious root
stream: C. root hair
A. Delta D. taproot
B. Rip-Rap
343. Monocot root differs from dicot root be-
C. Streamer cause of the presence of
D. Tributatry A. radial vascular bundle
338. The structure that holds up the plant, B. large and well-developed pith
transports food and water, and can also C. polyarch xylem bundle
store food.
D. both B & C
A. stamen
344. Mr. Walker plants a new plant next to a
B. style
tall tree in his yard. It is partly in the sun,
C. stigma but is mostly in the shade. He notices that
D. stem it is growing with all of its leaves on one
side. Why is the plant growing this way?
339. Structures of the root that absorb most
A. It’s dying
of the water an minerals are called
B. It’s trying to get sunlight
A. root feathers
B. root caps C. It’s trying to stay in the shade
C. root hairs D. It wants to be closer to the tree
D. root fingers 345. What does cell theory say?
340. Which of the following is a mechanical A. All Living things are made of cells
plant defence? B. All cells come from pre-existing cells
A. Producing antibodies C. cells are the basic unit of life
B. Thorns and spikes D. All of these answers are correct

346. Medullary rays are formed by the 351. What forms of life go through photosyn-
A. radially placed parenchymatous cells thesis?
between vascular bundles A. Plants and animals
B. longitudinally placed parenchymatous B. Every life form
cells between vascular bundles C. Plants and some bacterias
C. laterally placed parenchymatous cells D. Bacteria and animals
between vascular bundles
352. What is released from the pollen grain af-
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D. obliquely placed parenchymatous cells
between vascular bundles ter pollination has occurred?
A. The pollen tube nucleus and two male
347. What is meant by the term stunted gametes
growth?
B. The generative nucleus and two male
A. A plant grows too quickly and dies gametes
B. Increased growth C. The pollen tube nucleus and the gener-
C. Reduced growth ative nucleus
D. None of the above D. The pollen tube nucleus and the mi-
crospore
348. The difference between a monocot root
and dicot root seen as a section under a 353. woody stems have what tissue out-
microscope isa) Vascular bundle in mono- side the vascular cambium which includes
cot root is polyarchb) Pith is large and phloem
well developedc) Xylem and Phloem forms A. heartwood
patches numbered 2-4d) Pith is small
B. bark
A. a, b
C. sapwood
B. a, c
D. summer wood
C. a, d
D. s, d 354. You have a 52 year old that was stabbed
and now has been transported to a trauma
349. Which structure is the main site of photo- center. The surgeon informs you that the
synthesis? upper right chamber of the heart was punc-
A. stem tured, what is this chamber called?
B. roots A. Ventricle
C. leaves B. Aorta
D. flowers C. Atria
D. Pulmonary vessel
350. A region of plant cells that are capable
of dividing and developing into specialized 355. This type of organism feeds on a host or-
plant tissues. ganism, causing harm to the host.
A. Phloem A. Decomposer
B. Stomata B. Parasite
C. Tropism C. Heterotroph
D. Meristems D. Carnivore

356. What can be used to estimate the age of A. transport water from the root to the
a tree? steam then to the leaf.

A. fiddlehead B. transport water from the leaves to
B. growth rings where it is needed
C. herbaceous C. protecting the plant against infectious

diseases
D. none of above
D. organic food from the leaves to where
357. Organisms who make their own energy it is needed
by taking in light or chemicals.
362. Rebuilding an ecosystem after a catas-
A. Heterotroph trophic event has occurred and soil is
B. Phototropism present.
C. Autotroph A. Primary Succession
D. Heterotroph B. Secondary Succession
358. The structures containing female repro-
ductive cells. D. Adaptations
A. seeds 363. Roots with several main branches off

B. style that form a root mass are called Grass,
corn and some trees are examples.
C. gametes
A. taproot
D. anthers
B. fibrous root
359. This occurs after a tube grows down from C. phloem root
the pollen grain through the style to the
ovary. D. brown root
A. pollination 364. What did Louis Pasteur and others do?

B. germination A. They discovered cells
C. fertilization B. They proved that protoplasm is alive
D. seed dispersal when its chemical reaction are running
properly not because of “vital force”
360. If photosynthesis is like cooking the food, C. They discovered animals do not have
then is like eating the food. It’s the op- cell walls
posite of photosynthesis; getting energy
D. none of above
from a chemical reaction.
A. transpiration 365. Select the correct statements.I. Epidermal
cells have small amount of cytoplasm and
B. respiration
a large vacuole. II. Waxy layer cuticle is
C. osmosis absent in roots. IIl. Root hairs are uni-
D. diffusion cellular, while stem hairs /trichomes are
multicellular.IV Trichomes are branched &
361. What is the main function of the Xylem unbranched, soft stiff and secretory or
tissue? transpiration preventive. V Guard cells

are dumb-bell-shaped in dicots and bean- B. Amphibians, Reptiles

shaped in monocots (e.g. grass). C. Reptiles Gastropods
A. ) All except I and II D. Amphibians, Gastropods
B. All except III
370. How does the sperm of flowering plants
C. All except Il and IV
reach the egg?
D. All except V
A. Via a pollen tube that grows from the
pollen grain through the carpel tissues to
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366. Consider the following statements: a. A
sieve tube is a cell without a nucleus in- the egg
side the cell. hence a dead cell. b. Se- B. Via raindrops of a dew film that allows
vere tube and companion cell grow from the sperm to swim from the male plant to
the same parent cell. c. Severe tube cell the female plant
has a primary cell wall. Which of the fol-
C. Usually via an insect, which places
lowing statements is correct?
sperm in the ovary while probing for nec-
A. a and b tar
B. a and c D. By actively swimming down though the
C. b and c style to the egg
D. a b and c 371. Cutting stems, roots, or leaves can lead
to which form of plant reproduction?
367. The loosely arranged non-chlorophyllous
parenchyma cells present in lenticels are A. Asexual reproduction
called B. Germination
A. complementary cells C. Recombination
B. passage cells D. Sexual reproduction
C. water stomata
372. The main job of the sapwood is
D. albuminous cells
A. to carry water from the roots to the
368. All of the following are advantages of other parts of the plant
seed plants over seedless plants EXCEPT: B. provide support for the tree
A. they can reproduce without free- C. provide resistance against insects
standing water
D. for food for the insects
B. seeds nourish and protect plant em-
bryos 373. What plant has a waxy stem to keep wa-
C. seeds allow plants to disperse to new ter inside?
places A. cactus
D. seeds cannot remain dormant for long B. birch tree
periods of time
C. daisy
369. Name all of the following 3 groups of ani- D. palm tree
mals that are vertebrates:amphibians; rep-
tiles; gastropods 374. One growth ring of plants consists of
A. All of them A. only autumn wood Ko

B. spring wood and early wood 380. Minuends and subtrahends are used in
C. only spring wood which of the following mathematical oper-
ations

D. spring wood and autumn wood
A. Subtraction
375. Which of the following is NOT part of the B. Addition
female structure of a flower?
C. Multiplication
A. filament
D. Division
B. stigma
C. style 381. Which of the following statements are
correct in respect of vascular tissuesa)
D. ovary
Vascular tissues comprises of Xylem,
376. Which of the following are entry points Phloem and pithb) Vascular bundles of di-
for bacteria? cot stems are conjoint and openc) vascular
bundles of monocot stem are Radial typed)
A. mechanical injuries and woulds made
When xylem and phloem are on the same
by insect feeding
radius of vascular bundle it is conjoint type
B. spores
A. a, b
C. stomata and nectaries
B. a, c
D. both mechanical injuries, wounds from
insect feeding, stomata, and nectaries C. b, d
D. b, c
377. A layer of delicate tissue between the
bark and the wood that produces new 382. Which is NOT a characteristic of all living
xylem and phloem. things?
A. cambium A. Have muscles for moving
B. cortex B. Must reproduce
C. vascular bundle C. Respond to Stimuli
D. mesophyll D. Use Energy
378. What type of tissue is it
383. The genetic code for all of your traits.
A. Vascular
A. Nucleus
B. Dermal
B. DNA
C. Ground
C. Chloroplast
D. meristematic
D. Recessive gene
379. Osteoblasts are bone cells that:
384. Trees that grow year round are called
A. have ruptured
A. hardwoods
B. immature cell still diving and undergo-
ing cell division B. softwoods
C. excreting something C. early wood
D. break down old bone material D. late wood

385. What is the common name of the mem- D. They both reproduce sexually and are
bers of the Class Aves? unable to move
A. Dolphins
390. This part of the plant is where photosyn-
B. Snakes thesis occurs.
C. Frogs A. Flowers
D. Birds
B. Leaves
386. Which of the following statements about
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C. Roots
Spring wood (Early wood) is incorrect?
D. Stem
A. In spring cambium is more active
B. In this season, large number of xylary 391. The pale colored ring that grows at the
elements are formed beginning of the year.
C. Xylary elements have wide cavity A. alpha growth
D. Spring wood is dark in colour having B. beta growth
less density
C. early wood
387. Which of the following statements is in-
correct about Collenchyma tissue? D. late wood
A. Generally occurs below epidermis in 392. A healthy root system is what color?
dicot plants
A. White
B. Cells have thickened corners due to de-
position of lignin B. Red
C. They are oval, spherical or polygonal C. Blue
shaped cells D. Yellow
D. Intercellular spaces are absent
393. small epidermal pore (hole); allows oxy-
388. These convert energy from sunlight into gen and water out and carbon dioxide in.
food for the plant through a chemical pro-
cess called photosynthesis. A. guard cells
A. Root B. stomata
B. Stem C. cuticle
C. Leaves D. xylem
D. Flowers
394. In a plant organ which is covered by peri-
389. Why are oak trees and dandelions in the derm and in which the stomata are absent,
same kingdom? some gaseous exchange still takes place
A. They are both multicellular and make through
their own food A. aerenchyma
B. They are single-celled and reproduce B. trichomes
asexually
C. pneumatophores
C. They both produce flowers and get
their own food from the soil D. lenticels

395. The heart pumps blood to the lungs, al- 400. or more leaves occurring at a node
lowing the blood to become oxygenated A. alternate
and then carrying the oxygen to the cells

within the body. This describes a key inter- B. opposite
action between what two body systems? C. whorled
A. endocrine and skeletal systems D. none of these
B. circulatory and respiratory systems 401. Changes in a species over a long period
C. digestive and circulatory systems of time is called
D. nervous and respiratory systems A. Life Cycle
396. structure that grows toward the ovary B. Developmental Stages

through the style C. Natural Selection
A. stigma D. Evolution
B. embryo sac 402. The annual rings are formed due to
C. bud A. Uniform environmental conditions
D. pollen tube B. Non-uniform environmental conditions
397. Plant loses water through the C. Absence of secondary growth
A. roots D. Absence of primary growth
B. stomata 403. Which of the following specifically brings
C. chlorophyll glucose (sugar) and nutrients to the
D. stem roots?
A. xylem
398. What is one of the main jobs of the
roots? B. phloem
A. Anchor the plant to the ground C. petiole
B. Hold leaves up to the light D. roots
C. Make energy from sugar 404. Which of these does not cause plant dis-
D. Make food for the plant eases
A. viruses
399. “Natural selection occurs over time
within an ecosystem.” Which best ex- B. fungi
plains this statement? C. mineral deficiencies
A. Organisms must produce food in order D. ladybirds
to continue their species.
405. This type of connective tissue forms
B. Organisms must eat other organisms strong rope like structures such as tendons
in order to reduce the population. and ligaments.
C. Plants and animals never compete A. Loose connective
with each other for available resources.
B. Dense regular connective
D. Environmental changes choose which
organisms live to produce the next gener- C. Cartilage
ation. D. Bone

406. the part of the cell that has the same func- B. Valve
tion with that of the “Post Office”. C. Atrium
A. centriole D. Vein
B. vacoule
412. water molecules moving through a mem-
C. Golgi bodies brane to achieve equilibrium.
D. Chloroplast A. transpiration
B. respiration
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407. Which organ transports water through-
out the plant C. osmosis
A. Phloem D. assisted diffusion
B. Xylem 413. Measuring an organ’s size would relate
C. Stomata more closely to the science of
D. Cambium A. anatomy
B. physiology
408. The increase in diameter of the trunk of
C. Both anatomy and physiology
a tree is produced primarily by the:
D. none of above
A. apical meristem
B. cork cambium 414. The plants growing high in the tree
canopy send out roots. The roots are
C. pith searching for water vapor in the humid
D. vascular cambium air of the forest. This response that helps
E. cork aerial plants find water is called
A. germination
409. The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around
B. hydrotropism
it to
C. phototropism
A. increase the rate of photosynthesis
D. thigmotropism
B. attract more light
C. control water loss 415. Plants are called autotrophs because they
can make their own food. Which character-
D. stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases istic of living things is this an example of?
escaping
A. Ability to reproduce
410. The organ of Corti is directly involved in B. Have muscles for moving
what human sense?
C. Needing energy
A. Sight D. Responding to stimuli
B. Hearing
416. To protect them from being eaten by ani-
C. Touch mals, some plants have
D. Taste A. Leaves and stems
411. This structure prevents the backwards B. Roots and leaves
movement of blood: C. Seeds and spores
A. Ventricle D. Thorns and poisons

417. Which component is not found in phloem 422. Which plant has very small leaf?
of angiosperms? A. Neem

A. Albuminous cell B. Rose
B. Sieve tube C. Tamarind (imli)
C. Companion cell D. Hibiscus
D. Wood fibre 423. Did You Enjoy This Quizizz? ? ? ? ? ? ?
?
418. Plants have three main structures:roots,
stems, and ? A. YASSSSSSSS
A. flowers B. NO
B. petals C. Yup
C. sepals D. Kanye West
D. leaves 424. it is the “powerhouse” of the cell, where

ATP are stored.
419. What is the kelvin temperature that rep-
A. lysosome
resents a condition of no molecular mo-
tion? B. mitochondria
A. -20 C. endoplasmic reticulum
B. 0 D. nucleus
C. 32 425. Organisms who receive energy from

dead or decaying matter.
D. 50
A. Prokaryotic
420. Which of these are plant diseases?
B. Omnivore
A. Rust C. Heterotrophic
B. Tobacco Mosiac Disease D. Decomposers
C. Snowdrop
426. What cell is divide and form secondary
D. Blight xylem to the inside and secondary phloem
E. Irish Potato Disease to the outside?
A. The cell of the vascular cambium
421. This plant needs to grow high up in the
canopy of the rainforest. It needs support B. The cell of the cork cambium
as it moves up the stems and branches of C. The cell of the pro cambium
larger trees. The tendrils here know when D. The cell of the secondary xylem
to cling to their support. This response by
the climbing plant is called E. The cell of the secondary phloem
A. gravitropism 427. A tree root that extends above ground

as a plate-like outgrowth of the trunk sup-
B. hydrotropism
porting the tree. They are mainly found in
C. phototropism trees of tropical rain forests
D. thigmotropism A. adventitious roots

B. Casparian strip 433. The waxy layer on a leaf that helps to

C. fibrous root system prevent water loss.
D. buttress root A. epidermis

B. palisade layer
428. The area of the leaf stalk that enables
C. cuticle
leaf drop and protects the stem from dessi-
cation and pathogen entry. D. mesophyll
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A. Branch bark ridge 434. Which of the following is a simple tis-
B. Branch collar sue that serves as a site for photosynthe-
sis, provides supporting matrix for vascu-
C. Abscission zone
lar tissue, and helps to store water and
D. none of above sugar?
429. While hiking, Lori finds a quail’s nest. A. Vascular tissue

She notices that there are eggs in the nest. B. Collenchyma tissue
What is likely to happen next in the life
C. Ground tissue
cycle of the quail eggs?
D. Sclerenchyma tissue
A. flying
B. growing 435. The term used to define a cell that has a
nucleus containing DNA.
C. hatching
A. Prokaryote
D. reproducing
B. Eukaryote
430. Any seed plant that has no woody stem. C. Autotroph
A. monocot D. Homeostasis
B. dicot
436. Plants without vessels that carry water,
C. herbaceous minerals, and food throughout the plant
D. gymnosperm are called?
A. flowering plants
the plant grow in response to touch? B. cone bearing plants
A. Hydrotropism C. nonvascular plants
B. Heliotropism D. spore producing plants
C. Geotropism 437. Above-ground part of a plant that in-
D. Thigmotropism cludes the organs such as leaves, buds,
stems, flowers (if the plant has any), and
432. Variety of life fruits:
A. Natural Selection A. Shoot system
B. Ecological Succession B. Root system
C. Interdependence C. Soil
D. Biodiversity D. Endocrine system

438. The plant tissue that transports water A. Absorb nutrients from other organ-
and dissolved nutrients is called isms

A. Vascular Tissue B. Depend on the sun for energy
B. Spongy Tissue C. Have special tissues
C. Nervous Tissue D. Use chlorophyll to make sugar
D. Muscle Tissue 444. How can TMV infection be prevented?
439. Dicot root is similar in all the given char- A. Keeping plants in a sterile environ-
acters to monocot root, except ment
A. Radial, exarch vascular bundles B. Using insecticides
B. Unicelled root hairs C. Minimising contact
C. Pericycle forms the lateral roots D. Using antibacterial sprays
D. Well developed pith 445. I. Youngest secondary phloem is just out-
side the cambium, while youngest sec-
440. Students drew contour lines over land-
ondary xylem is present inside the cam-
forms in science class. The V shapes
bium. II. Oldest secondary phloem is
formed when the lines meet a river bend
just inside the primary phloem, while
to indicate
oldest secondary xylem is just above
A. how fast the river is moving pith. III. Secondary medullary rays passes
B. where the river started through both secondary xylem and sec-
ondary phloem.Select the incorrect state-
C. Which direction the river is flowing ment from above
D. whether or not the river will bend A. I and II
441. Which part of the plant makes the food? B. II and lll
A. roots C. Ill and I
B. stem D. None of these
C. leaf 446. Which statement describes what happens
D. flower during the germination stage of a flower-
ing plant?
442. Which of the following are characteristics
A. Light energy is used to make sugars
of nonvascular plants?
that can be used as food
A. tall with xylem tubes
B. Male sperm cells move down a tube to
B. many leaves join with the ovule in the ovary
C. no roots, stems, or leaves C. The nucleus divides to form two identi-
D. conifers cal nuclei
D. The seed coat breaks open and a root
443. Although a mushroom looks like a plant, begins to grow.
it is in a different kingdom. What is the
main difference between the fungi king- 447. Which of these plant structures supports
dom and the plant kingdom? a plant so it does not fall over?

A. Seed 452. Which type of tissue accumulates year af-

ter year?
B. Root
A. Phloem
C. Leave
B. xylem
D. Flower
C. cortex
448. What did Jean-Baptiste do? D. epidermis
A. He died 453. Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with
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B. He made the lightbulb what type of front?
C. He determined that protoplasm was A. warm
composed of ordinary chemical com- B. cold
pounds C. stationary
D. none of above D. occluded
449. Term meaning the study of how the body 454. What is the function of the cuticle on a
functions? leaf?
A. Biology A. to keep water from entering the leaf
B. Zoology B. to keep water from leaving the leaf
C. Anatomy C. to keep bacteria out of the leaf

D. to keep oxygen in the leaf
D. Physiology
455. DORSIVENTRAL LEAF HAS MORE STOM-
450. IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS THERE ARE REAC- ATA GENERALLY ON
TANTS AND PRODUCTS, PICK ONE OF THE
REACTANTS? A. ABAXIAL SURFACE
B. ADAXIAL SURFACE
A. CARBON DIOXIDE
C. BOTH SURFACES
B. OXYGEN
D. NEITHER OF THESE
C. SUGAR
456. How do plants use nitrate ions that are
D. SUNLIGHT
absorbed from the soil.
451. This is a survival technique where an or- A. To make fats
ganism, usually a plant, is capable of di- B. To make sugars
rected physical movement or growth in re-
C. To make proteins
sponse to a specific stimulus; such as light,
gravity, water, or contact.What is the sur- D. To make starch
vival technique described above that is
457. Identify the first section of the spine,
used by plants?
which also comprises 7 total vertebrae?
A. locomotion A. Cervical
B. migration B. Lumbar
C. pseudopodia C. Thoracic
D. tropism D. Sacrum

458. In some flowers, the ovary is hidden 462. Oxygenated blood from the lungs re-
deep within the base of the flower while enters this chamber:
the pollen is held up in the air, often near

A. Right atrium
a source of nectar. How is this general de-
sign helpful to the plant? B. Right ventricle
A. It keeps the pollen dry by exposing it C. Left atrium

to air while keeping the ovary moist D. Left ventricle
B. a. It makes it possible for seeds to de- 463. Evaluate the following, giving your an-
velop both in the ovary and in the pollen swer as a proper fraction in simplest
grains. terms:(-12/8) (-4/12)
C. It encourages animals to carry pollen A. 1
for cross-fertilization while leaving the
ovary alone B. -1
D. a. It allows the plant to self-fertilize C. -1/2

more easily since the pollen can drop into D. 1/2
the ovary.
464. Identify the wrong statement in context
459. The trait that is hidden or masked by the of heart wood
other trait. A. organic compounds are deposited in it
A. Dominant B. it is highly durable
B. Eukaryotic C. it conducts water and minerals effi-
C. Recessive ciently
D. Homeostasis D. it comprises dead elements with highly

lignified walls
460. Which of the following characteristics
465. If a plant species lives in an area with
best describe the animal kingdom?
limited sunlight, Which physiological adap-
A. heterotrophic, prokaryotic, unicellular tation would be most useful to the plant?
B. autotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellular A. colorful flowers
C. heterotrophic, eukaryotic, multicellu- B. large leaves
lar C. deep roots
D. heterotrophic, prokaryotic, multicellu- D. thin cuticle
lar
466. Josh Hamilton crushes a home run over
461. What molecular substance is believed to the center field wall. The ball is struck
be the most basic requirement or signature with a force of 20 N. How much force does
for life to exist on a planet? the ball apply to the bat?
A. NaCl A. 5N
B. H2O B. 10 N
C. NaHCO3 C. 20 N
D. CH3COOH D. 40 N

467. The organelle inside a plant cell that con- 473. Which of the following statements best
verts sunlight into energy. describes xylem’s function in the plant?
A. Chloroplast A. transpports water and minerals up
B. Photosynthesis from the roots to the rest of the plant
C. Parasite B. transports food down from the leaves
to the rest of the plant
D. Cell Wall
C. transports water and minerals down
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468. Xylem in the tree carries material from the roots to the rest of the plant
A. across the leaves D. transports food up from the leaves to
B. to other trees the rest of the plant
C. down from the leaves
474. What is the meaning of the term c hloro-
D. up from the roots sis?
469. What planets are able to pass between A. Stunted growth
the Earth and the Sun?
B. Chlorophyll
A. Mercury, Venus
C. Yellowing of the plant
B. Venus, Mars
D. Nitrate deficiency
C. Saturn, Uranus
D. None 475. Green cells of epidermis are
470. This type of plant has netted veins in A. Bulliform cells

their leaves. B. Subsidiary cells
A. dicot C. Motor cells
B. monocot D. Guard cells
C. broad leaf
D. needle leaf 476. The organism’s ability to maintain equi-
librium in their body.
471. Xylem transports A. Homeostasis
A. water upward
B. Heterotroph
B. sugar upward
C. Prokaryotic
C. water downward
D. Autotrophic
D. sugar downward
477. Plant hormones called cause plant
472. A female manatee usually has only one
cells to elongate (become longer) and play
pup at a time. Which word best describes
an important role in phototropism.
this part of the life cycle?
A. death A. auxins
B. growth B. ethylene
C. maturity C. cytokinins
D. reproduction D. insulin

478. Brightly colored parts of flowers that at- 484. They enclose the eggs (female gameto-
tract insects and other animal pollinators: phytes) inside the flower’s ovary.

A. petals A. ovules
B. pistils B. anther
C. stamen
C. seeds
D. filaments
D. angiosperms
479. A slightly englarged portion of the twig,
where leaves and buds arise is called: 485. What type of vascular tissue is respon-
sible for transporting the sugars made
A. internode
in photosynthesis from the leaves to the
B. node roots?
C. Leaf bud scar A. Cuticle
D. none of above
B. Phloem
480. Which gas do plants use in the food mak- C. Stomata
ing process?
D. Xylem
A. Carbon Dioxide
B. Oxygen 486. Phototropism
C. Iron A. response to light
D. Vapor B. response to tough
481. The cells that control the stoma are the C. response to gravity
cells?
D. response to water
A. guard
B. tackle 487. Plants will die if they dry out completely.
The waxlike, waterproof layer that holds
C. stoma
in moisture and covers the surfaces of
D. helper plants is called a
482. What are Lateral meristems? A. cuticle
A. Primary xylem, Primary phloem B. pollen
B. Secondary xylem, Secondary phloem C. stem
C. Vascular cambium, Cork cambium
D. none of above
D. Vascular cambium, Pro cambium
488. Which of these is the best conductor of
483. Primary growth is the result of growth
electricity?
of cells made by the ..
A. glass rod
A. cork cambium.
B. vascular cambium. B. cotton string
C. primary xylem. C. plastic tubing
D. apical meristems. D. copper penny

489. The challenges that faced early land 493. What does evolution mean?
plants included
A. development
A. conserving water. B. change
B. reproducing on land. C. progress
C. absorbing minerals from the rocky sur- D. increase
face.
D. All of the above 494. Which of the following statements is true
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for Autumn wood (late wood)?
490. What cell contain lignin, which provides A. Wood is lighter and has higher density
hardiness and strength?
B. Xylary elements have wide cavity
A. The cell of vascular cambium
C. Ring of autumn wood alternates with
B. The cell of cork cambium spring wood to form annual ring
C. The cell of pro cambium D. Cambium is highly active during au-
D. The cell of secondary xylem tumn
E. The cell of secondary phloem 495. Gradual and orderly process of change in
an ecosystem until a stable community is
491. The southern pine beetle damages pine
established.
trees all over the southern United States.
The female beetle finds a tree, digs holes A. Ecological Succession
in the wood and lays her eggs deep inside B. Biodiversity
the tree. An egg hatches, and the larva
eats wood inside the tree. Then is crawls C. Adaptation
to the wood just under the bark, where it D. Competition
becomes a pupa. Once the pupa turns into
a beetle, its crawls out of the tree and flies 496. Brightly colored parts of flowers that at-
away. How many states of the southern tract insects.
pine beetle’s life cycle are spent entirely in
A. petals
a tree?
B. pistils
A. 1
C. stamen
B. 2
D. filaments
C. 3
D. 4 497. Which of the following most directly con-
tributes to the actual mechanical advan-
492. The part of the plant that holds the plant tage always being less than the ideal me-
in place and absorbs water and minerals chanical advantage:
from the soil.
A. the basic design of any machine
A. stem
B. friction
B. roots
C. how simple machines are combined
C. leaves
D. the input distance always being less
D. none of above than the output distance

498. What do stems hold for plants? C. transpiration will shut down
A. branches, trunks D. water is released

B. roots, flowers, dirt 504. Identify the correct statementa) Stomata
C. buds, branches, leaves, fruit, flowers are present on both epidermal layers in
isobilateral leavesb) Guard cells are dumb-
D. leaves, water, sunlight
bell shaped in grass leavesc) Photosynthe-
499. Which is true about asexual reproduc- sis do not occur in guard cellsd) Stomata
tion? opens when guard cells are flaccid
A. No parents are required A. a, c
B. Offspring are different from eachother B. c, d
C. Offspring are identical to the parent C. a, b

D. b, d
D. Two parents are required
505. Meristems may be classified on the basis
of
the plant’s roots grow toward a water
source? A. origin and development
A. Hydrotropism B. position in plant body
B. Phototropism C. Functions
D. All of above
C. Heliotropism
D. Thigmotropism 506. Lower temperatures and drought condi-
tions cause
501. Select the mismatched pair
A. wide or thick rings
A. Collateral and open vascular bundles- B. thin rings
Sunflower stem
C. oval rings
B. Bicollateral vascular bundle-Maize
stem D. perpendicular rings
C. Concentric vascular bundles-Ferns 507. Some glucose is used by plants to produce

Proteins examples of proteins are
D. Radial vascular bundles-Maize root
A. Starch and Fatty Acids
502. Blood is example of tissue.
B. Chlorophyll and Starch
A. Nervous C. Starch and Enzymes
B. muscle D. Enzymes and Chlorophyll
C. epithelial
508. Which choice below lists the modified
D. connective leaves of a typical flower from outermost
to innermost?
503. Which is most likely to happen when sto-
mates are open? A. carpels, stamens, petals, sepals
A. CO2 will leave the leaf B. sepals, stamens, carpels, petals
B. Guard cells will lose water and become C. stamens, carpels, petals, sepals
flacid D. sepals, petals, stamens, carpels

509. Which of the following plant structures 514. Which part of the plant supports buds and
will become the seed? leaves?
A. flower A. Stem
B. embryo B. Roots
C. ovule C. Leaves
D. ovary D. Flowers
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510. Identify the incorrect statement1. the
515. Bark includes
presence of vessels is a characteristic
of angiosperms2. in roots, the primary A. Periderm + Secondary phloem
xylem is exarch3. gymnosperms lack albu- B. Periderm + Secondary xylem
minous cells and sieve cells4. bast fibres
are generally absent in primary phloem C. Secondary phloem + xylem
A. 1 D. Secondary xylem + Cork cambium
B. 2 516. Which of the following is the best expla-
C. 3 nation of why different plant leaves have
D. 4 different textures?
A. to help them produce sugars
511. The woody tissues of the vascular sys-
tem include cells which conduct water B. to help them take in water.
and dissolved mineral upward. C. to help them hold water
A. phloem D. to help them adapt to the environment
B. xylem
517. A term that means the study of the
C. cambium
body’s structure?
D. parenchyma
A. Physiology
512. This component provides strength and B. Anatomy
rigidity in plant cell walls, especially in
wood. C. Biology
A. Phloem D. Zoology
B. Cellulose 518. Spot the correct statement from the fol-

C. Lignin lowing
D. none of above A. Phelloderm comprises Phellem, Phel-
logen and Periderm
513. The xylem in a plant
B. Cork is impervious due to deposits
A. transports food from the leaves. Lignin in the cells
B. transports water and minerals. C. Bark refers to periderm and secondary
C. exchanges carbon dioxide with the at- phloem
mosphere. D. Sapwood is involved in conduction of
D. All of the above water and minerals from root to leaf

519. The process of conversion of meristem- B. Tabular

atic tissue to permanent cell is C. Brown

A. dedifferentiation D. Translucent
B. undifferentiation
524. female gametophyte in flowering plants
C. differentiation
A. petiole
B. sepal
520. Consider the following statements: a. C. stigma
The annual ring of woody plants is part
of the secondary xylem. b. The annual D. embryo sac
ring of temperate plants is more noticeable
525. What type of disease is tobacco mosaic?
than that of non-annual plants. in the trop-
ical rainforest c. the summer wood in the A. Fungal
annual ring is dark and narrow Cell divi- B. Viral
sions are small and crowded. Which of the
C. Bacterial
following statements is correct?
D. Deficiency
A. a and b
B. a and c 526. Suppose you are riding a bicycle uphill
and are pedaling at a constant speed. The
C. b and c
force of your pedaling is equal to and op-
D. a b and c posite of:
521. Seed dispersal does not reduce competi- A. the force of gravity
tion between the seedlings and the parent B. the force of friction between the tires
plant for and the road
A. light C. both the force of gravity and friction
B. oxygen D. neither the force of gravity and friction
C. water
527. Whales and bats are both in the mammal
D. nutrients class. Which of the following must be true
about whales and bats?
522. The glucose made in photosynthesis is
A. They are in the same family
A. converted into insoluble substances B. They are in the same genus
like oils, fats and starch for storage. C. They are in the same phylum
B. used in respiration to release energy D. They are in the same species
C. converted into other substances in
plants. For example:Cellulose for cell 528. These are living cells that are located
walls Proteins for growth and repair. in the outer layers of the xylem. They
store carbohydrates, defend against decay
D. All of the above and provide structural function across the
523. Which of the following terms best de- grain:
scribes the streak of a mineral: A. Sieve tube cells
A. Wavy B. Parenchyma cells

C. Epicormic cells A. The fungus would die because it can

D. none of above only live on dead tissue
B. The fungus would grow on the live tree
529. The wood portion of a tree is made up of without harming the tree
these cells
C. The fungus would harm the live tree
A. vascular cambium and could kill it.
B. phloem D. The fungus would help the tree by re-
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C. xylem moving any dead wood.
D. cortex 534. When cell structure changes and allows

cells to assume a variety of specific func-
530. The part of a plant cell that is rigid & per- tions it is called
meable.
A. Differentiation
A. Chloroplast
B. Alternative pathways
B. Turgor Pressure
C. Reverse osmosis
C. Cell Wall
D. none of above
D. Phototropism
535. Which of the following is the closest syn-
531. Farmer Bob decides to use a compound onym for motile:
pulley to raise a box up to the top of his A. Able to move
barn. What is the purpose of using a sim-
ple machine in this case? B. Having a motor
A. to reduce the amount of friction C. Using energy
B. to reduce the distance the box has to D. Living in water

travel 536. Which of the following could be an or-
C. to reduce the amount of work needed ganic compound?
to lift the box A. NH3
D. to reduce the amount of force needed B. H2O
to lift the box
C. CaCl2
532. Green pigment that helps to absorb sun- D. CH4
light
537. What part of the plant is responsible for
A. Xanthophyll
making food?
B. Carotene
A. roots
C. Chlorophyll B. flower
D. Lycopene C. stem
533. One type of fungus lives on dead tree D. leaves
stumps by breaking down the dead tissue
but can also spread to living trees. Predict 538. What organ transports sugar throughout
what would happen if this fungus were to the plant
grow on a living tree. A. Phloem

B. Stomata 543. The two type of vascular tissue in plants

are the and the ?
C. Guard cells

A. bark, wood
D. Cambium
B. ground, dermal
539. The movement of warm ocean water C. roots, stem
from the equator to the poles, and the re-
D. phloem, xylem
verse movement of cold water from the
poles to the equator is an example of this. 544. When an organism grows toward the
A. subduction sunlight it is called what?
B. convection A. Luminescent
C. plate formation B. Photogenic

C. Phototropism
D. hurricanes
D. none of above
540. A plant, which sprouted from a seed, has
a genetic mutation that keeps it from pro- 545. Antibiotics can be used to treat what
ducing stomata. Is it likely that this plant type of infection?
will live and grow? A. Fungal
A. Yes, because it will absorb carbon diox- B. Viral
ide for photosynthesis through its roots. C. Bacterial
B. Yes, because it only needs stomata to D. none of above
decrease water loss in very hot weather.
546. The tendency of an element to react with
C. No, because it will not be able to move other elements to produce compounds.
sugars to its roots without stomata.
A. Chemical change
D. No, because it will not be able to carry
out photosynthesis without stomata. B. Neutrality
C. Reactivity
541. Choose odd one out w.r.t origin D. Valence
A. Interfasicular cambium
547. A collection of orbitals around the nu-
B. Intercalary meristem cleus, each having its own energy level.
C. Apical meristem A. Proton Shells
D. Intrafasicular cambium B. Electron Shells
C. Orbital Shells
542. What chemical is located in the chloro-
plast of plants that gives them the green D. Nucleic Shells
pigment?
548. A safflower is a plant with a small seed
A. angiosperm that has a thick shell. Birds need to crack
open the shell to eat the seed. Which type
B. chlorophyll
of beak would be best suited to eating saf-
C. mesophyll flower seeds?
D. pharnyx A. short and sharp

B. short and strong 554. Which part of the spine is also known as
the tail bone?
C. long and slender
A. Sacrum
D. long and pointed
B. Lumbar
549. The portion of a stem between the epi- C. Coccyx
dermis and vascular tissue
D. Cervical
A. cuticle
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555. Most plants are
B. mesophyll
A. Heterotrophic
C. palisade
B. Unicellular
D. cortex
C. Nonvascular
550. Identify the incorrectly matched pair D. Vascular
A. cork cambium-periderm
556. Cells of the outer part of the cambium
B. ground meistem-cortex and pith of a di- known as phloem die and become
cot stem A. the wood of the tree
C. procambium-primary vascular tissue B. the bark of the tree
D. protoderm-vascular tissue of a mono- C. the leaves of the tree
cot stem
D. the roots of the tree
551. Sclereids posses 557. Seafloor spreading and rift valleys occur
A. Tapering ends at plate boundaries
B. Highly thickened walls A. Convergent
C. Hemicellulosic wall B. Divergent
D. Broad lumen C. Transform

D. Subduction Zones
552. What is the job of the stem?
558. The xylem tissue consists of four types
A. Supports plant; transports materials of cells. What are living cells?
B. Turns into a seed A. tracheid
C. Soaks up water from the soil B. Vessel member
D. Makes food C. Xylem parenchyma
553. Organisms who receive their energy by D. Xylem fiber

consuming other organisms. 559. The roots absorb what for the plant?
A. Chloroplast A. Water and Nutrients
B. Heterotroph B. Soil and Sun
C. Autotroph C. Warmth and Water
D. Phototropism D. Sun and Photosynthesis

560. What is the year of a person’s death who 565. Find the area, in meters squared, of a par-
was born in the year 580 BC and lived 63 allelogram whose base measures 8 meters
years? and height measures 10 meters:

A. 643 A. 8
B. 580 B. 18
C. 517 C. 36
D. 500 D. 80
561. Secondary Growth: 566. The consists of blood, blood vessels,

and the heart.
A. occurs in all angiosperms
A. respiratory system
B. is accomplished by the procambium
B. circulatory system
C. is accomplished, at least in part, by the
C. urinary system
vascular cambium
D. none of above
D. brings about an increase in the height
of the plant 567. The space between nodes on a stem.
E. result in the formation of endodermis A. Node
B. terminal bud
562. What is the longest, strongest bone in
the body? C. internodes
A. sternum D. none of above
B. humerus 568. Vascular tissue functions in
C. femur A. Producing sugars
D. tibia B. Transporting only water
C. Supporting the plant.
563. The plant tissue that carries food mate-
rials DOWNWARD from the leaves to the D. Transporting water and nutrients
rest of the pant is the
569. What is the scientific name of the human
A. Phloem windpipe?
B. Stomata A. Larynx
C. Chlorophyll B. Pharynx
D. Xylem C. Esophagus
D. Trachea
564. What belongs in blank number 3? 1.
Kingdom2. Phylum3 4 5. Family6 570. The process of a plant starting to grow
7. Species from the seed is called what?
A. Class A. germinator
B. Genus B. germination
C. Order C. splurging
D. Species D. reproduction

571. The process where plants use the light 577. Most of the chloroplast cells are found in
from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and the
water into glucose.
A. upper epidermis
A. Phototropism
B. pallisade mesophyll layer
B. Chloroplast
C. lower epidermis
C. Photosynthesis
D. Prokaryotic D. stomata
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572. Which of the following is a structural 578. An adaptation is
adaptation of ducks that is most helpful in
A. When an animal gets used to its envi-
keeping them dry:
ronment
A. An oil-producing gland
B. A trait that is inherited from parents
B. Hollow fur and helps an organism survive.
C. Darkly colored plumage
C. When an organism grows their own
D. Ability to float trait to help them survive
573. The protective coating of the epidermis D. None of these are correct
that prevents water loss is
A. Slippery 579. Cacti and succulents can survive in the
desert MOST LIKELY because they both
B. Tannin
C. Cuticle A. need direct sun.
D. Keratin B. can store water.
574. What are stems that bend easily? C. have long taproots.
A. herbaceous D. have chlorophyll for photosynthesis.
B. nonvascular plant
580. chloroplasts trap light energy is to water
C. fiddlehead enters the leaf as sperm fertilizes the egg
D. none of above cell is to
575. This side of the heart pumps oxygenated A. sugar leaves the leaf
blood: B. oxygen is produced
A. Right side C. seeds grow into a new plant
B. Left side
D. egg cells become a plant
C. Both sides
D. Neither side 581. The place in plants where photosynthesis,
respiration, and transpiration occurs.
576. Which is not an adaptation?
A. stems
A. eating prey
B. migrating south B. leaves
C. hibernating in the winter C. roots

D. webbed feet D. flowers

582. Vascular tissue in stem, root and leaf con- B. Argentina

sists of? C. Galapagos Islands

A. phloem
D. United States
B. xylem
588. The seed coat
C. phloem and xylem
D. companion cell A. provides the seed with nourishment.
B. aids in the dispersal of seeds.
583. A 33 year old has wrecked on a motor-
cycle and is going into shock. The body C. protects the seed from drying out.
initially compensates to maintain balance. D. causes the seed to reproduce.
This is an example of ?
589. Which of the following is the hottest re-
A. Homeostasis
gion of planet Earth:
B. Ventilations
A. Crust
C. Perfusion
B. Mantle
D. Physiology
C. Inner core
584. Which does not describe a predator/prey D. Outer core
behavior?
A. Dolphins working in a team to roundup 590. In which of the parenchyma tissues does
a school of fish. a plant come from? A. Protoderm B.
Ground meristem C. Pocaambium D. Vas-
B. An eagle soaring above a field looking
cular cambium E. Cork cambium
for a mouse.
A. A and B
C. A polar bear walking on the sea ice
searching for a seal. B. B and C
D. A barnacle attaching itself to a whale. C. A, B, C and D
585. Group of vessels in a stem, leaf, or root. D. B, C, D and E

A. vascular bundle 591. The vascular conducting tissue in plants
B. phloem that transports nutrients (food) through-
out the plant:
C. xylem
A. phloem
D. cambium
B. seed
586. Which term refers to the lungs?
C. xylem
A. Hepatic
D. pollen
B. Coronary
C. Pulmonary 592. Synonym for not active.
D. Thoracic A. dormant
B. sterile
587. Where did Charles Darwin develop his
theory of natural selection? C. spry
A. Austrailia D. mobile

593. The process of water movement through B. Stomota

a plant leading to its evaporation (primar- C. Guard Cell
ily from stomata on leaves but also from
stems and flowers) is known as: D. xylem
A. transpiration 599. The movement of molecules from high
B. respiration concentration to low concentration.
C. photosynthesis A. respiration
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D. circulation B. photosynthesis
C. diffusion
594. Angiosperms produce seeds in
D. transpiration
A. Ferns
B. Gymnosperms 600. The bee is pollinating the flower. This is
an important step in the of flowering
C. Fruits
plants.
D. Pine Tress
A. speciation
595. What is the most common term for the B. regeneration
energy that an object has because of its
position or configuration? C. sexual reproduction
A. Kinetic D. asexual reproduction
B. Potential 601. Found in hardwoods only, these are the

C. Electrical primary conduction elements composed of
stacks of dead, hollow cells that form long
D. Chemical tubes:
596. Transports water and nutrients UP from A. Vessels
the soil through all parts in the plant. In- B. Xylem
volved in transpiration.
C. Cambium
A. xylem
D. none of above
B. phloem
C. stomata 602. What causes stomata to open?
D. roothair A. Plenty of water
B. too little water
597. Strong nitrogen-containing chemicals
found in some plants: C. cold temperature
A. alkaloids D. hot temperature
B. heavy metals 603. Monocots, such as grasses, usually have
C. sugars root systems
D. cuticles A. simple, straight
598. The opening in a leaf cell that allows gas B. taproot

to be exchanged? C. fibrous
A. Golgi Body D. aerial

604. Water is absorbed by the plant through 610. If a chimpanzee were to throw darts at a
the roots, and transpiration takes place as Periodic Table, he would most likely hit an
the water exits the element with which of the following char-

A. Leaves acteristics:
B. Roots A. a solid at room temperature
C. Stem B. a naturally occuring radioactive ele-

ment
D. none of above
C. a gas at room temperature
605. Which thing do we not get from plants? D. a liquid at room temperature
A. Egg
611. What structure transports food and wa-
B. Fruits ter back and forth from roots to leaves?
C. Flowers A. petals
D. Grains B. stems
606. The waxy protective covering of a land C. guard cells
plant is called a D. ground tissue
A. cuticle. 612. A tree that keeps it’s leaves for more
B. capsule. than one year is called a what?
C. rhizome. A. Deciduous
D. stoma. B. Wintergreen
C. Evergreen
607. Seedless plants reproduce with
D. none of above
A. spores
B. seeds 613. You arrive on the scene of an ATV acci-
dent and find a 39 year old complaining of
C. binary fission severe pain with deformity to upper right
D. flowers leg. Which bone is most likely fractured?
608. Storage, anchorage, conduction and ab- A. Ulna

sorption are all functions of what? B. Radius
A. Tree Trunk C. Humerus
B. Tree Crown D. Femur
C. Tree Roots 614. Which of the following has unevenly thick
D. all of the above cell wall, has a primar wall(cellulose) and
a secondary wall(hemicellulose or pectin),
609. Studying dead specimens would relate and is a simple, living, primarily mechani-
more closely to the science of cal tissue of the plant body.
A. anatomy A. parenchyma
B. physiology B. collenchyma
C. Both anatomy and physiology C. sclerenchyma
D. none of above D. aerenchyma

615. Why does the sun appear to be brighter 620. Plants with tube-like vessels that carry
than a giant red star when viewed from water, minerals and food throughout the
Earth? plant (xylem and phloem)
A. The sun is a different color than the A. vascular plants
runaway star. B. nonvascular plants
B. The sun is older than the runaway star. C. flowering plants
C. The sun is closer to Earth than the run- D. spore producing plants
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away star
621. What lunar phase would occur a week af-
D. The sun is made of different elements ter a new moon?
than the runaway star
A. Last Quarter
616. A type of root system that has many B. Full Moon
small, tangled roots that can dry out very C. New Moon
quickly.
D. First Quarter
A. fibrous root
622. A section of tissue at the tip of a plant
B. root hair root.
C. advantitious root A. taproot
D. tap root B. xylem
617. What is the name of the process where C. root cap
plants release energy from the food they D. phloem
made?
623. Cells of the inner part of the cambium
A. Fertilization known as xylem die and become
B. Photosynthesis A. the wood of the tree
C. Respiration B. the bark of the tree
D. Transpiration C. the leaves of the tree
D. the roots of the tree
618. Phloem in the tree carries material
624. Extensions along the roots that increase
A. across the leaves
the root surface area are called?
B. to other trees
A. roots
C. down from the leaves B. root hairs
D. up from the roots C. leaves
619. What is the most common term for the D. stem
ratio of the output force to the input force 625. Specialised epidermal cells surrounding
of a simple machine? the guard cells are called
A. Chemical Advantage A. subsidiary cells
B. Mechanical Advantage B. bulliform cells
C. Advantage C. lenticels
D. Work D. complementary cells

626. What is the measure, in degrees, of each B. The fruit provides the seeds the nutri-
angle in an equilateral triangle? tion they need to grow.

A. 30 C. The fruit makes the seeds less appeal-
B. 40 ing to animals and prevents them from be-
ing eaten.
C. 50
D. The fruit makes the seeds appealing
D. 60 to the animals who disperse the seeds in
their waste.
627. Warm temperatures and plenty of rain-
fall cause 632. The male reproductive structure in plants
A. micro rings that includes the anther and filament:
B. parallel rings A. Style
C. wide rings B. Stamen
D. thin rings C. Lignin
D. Wood
628. What is phloem?
A. Heartwood 633. Which plant has hard stem?
B. Cambium A. Neem
C. Outer bark B. Tulsi
D. Inner Bark C. Rose
D. Marigold
629. What is the tissue that is used to trans-
port necessary materials throughout the 634. What are the openings on the underside
plant? of leaves that let carbon dioxide into the
A. Circulatory tissue leaf and let oxygen out?
B. Transport tissue A. Chloroplasts
C. Vascular tissue B. Stomata
D. Pathway tissue C. Stomach
630. COMPLEX PERMANENT TISSUE FOUND D. Cuticle

IN 635. This valve allows the passage of blood
A. PARENCHYMA from the right ventricle to the pulmonary
B. COLLENCHYMA artery:
C. XYLEM A. Tricuspid Valve
D. PHLOEM B. Mitral Valve
E. BOTH XYLEM AND PHLOEM C. Aortic Valve

D. Pulmonary Valve
631. Apples and other fruit fall from trees and
are eaten by animals. What advantage 636. The trait that is always expressed. It
does fruit provide for the seeds inside? will hide or mask the other trait.
A. The fruit protect the seed from water. A. Recessive

B. Dominant C. The plant is unable to photosynthesise

D. Homeostasis D. none of above
642. An adventitious root that supports the

637. Transpiration is
plant, as the aerial roots of the mangrove
A. The process of a gas turning into a liq- tree or of corn.
uid.
A. buttress root
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B. A gas formed from something that is
B. prop root
usually a liquid or solid at normal temper-
atures. Clouds are made of condensed va- C. root cap
por. D. root nodule
C. The process by which plants give off
643. If the area of a square field is 1, 600
moisture into the atmosphere.
square feet, how many feet long is one of
D. When a liquid changes into a vapor or its sides?
gas.
A. 16
638. Today scientists know that photoperiod- B. 40
icity in plants depends primarily on
C. 400
A. hours of darkness.
D. 1000
B. intensity of light.
644. A stilt is a bird found in wetlands. It
C. degree of temperature. wades in shallow water and has slender,
D. amount of phytochromes. sharp beak. What does the stilt most
likely eat?
639. A seed is a form of reproduction.
A. seeds and nuts
A. sexual
B. nectar and sap
B. asexual
C. frogs and large fish
C. simple
D. insects and crustaceans
D. none of above
645. each of a pair of curved cells that sur-
640. The rough outer part of a woody stem is round a stoma, becoming larger or smaller
called according to the pressure within the cells
A. Bark A. xylem
B. Cortex B. phloem
C. Xylem C. vascular bundle
D. Pith D. guard cells
641. Why do plants infected with TMV have 646. The vascular tissue in plants that trans-
stunted growth? ports water and other fluids throughout
A. TMV kills new cells the plant:
B. TMV causes water loss, causing the A. phloem

plant to shrink B. xylem

C. roots B. Parenchyma cells are present in Cor-

D. veins tex, Pericycle, Pith and Medullary rays in
primary root and stem

647. Which of the following plants has
xylem? C. In leaves the ground tissue consists of
thin walled Mesophyll cells
A. mahogany
B. banana D. Ground tissue consists of Parenchyma
cells only
C. seaweeds
D. bamboo 652. Which of the following best characterizes
648. When xylem and phloem are separated sclerenchyma cells?
by a strip of cambium vascular bundle is A. found in meristems
called
B. make up majority of root cortex
A. collateral and open
B. collateral and closed C. have thick, hardened cell walls
C. bicollateral and open D. perform photosynthesis
D. concentric and closed
653. The internal tissues of a leaf
649. The following picture is the Horsehead
Nebula and is located about 1, 500 light A. cortex
years from Earth in the constellation Orion.
What is most likely occurring in the Horse- B. palisade layer
head Nebula? C. spongy layer
A. new star formation
D. mesophyll
B. formation of black holes
C. star explosions like supernovas 654. The two main functions of roots are to
D. the birth of new galaxies absorb water and minerals and to the
plant.
650. Summer wood is
A. anchor
A. a. the same as heart wood
B. b. found to the outside of each annular B. gather sunshine for
ring of xylem C. protect
C. c. found to the inside of each annular
ring of xylem D. none of above
D. formed throughout the growing sea-

655. How much force is required to accelerate
son
a 250 kg box to 6 m/hr2?
651. Read carefully the statements regarding
A. 1500 N
Ground tissue and identify the incorrect
statement B. .024 N
A. All tissues except epidermis and Vas- C. 41.666 N
cular bundles constitute the Ground Tis-
sue D. 15, 000 N

656. Which of the following is TRUE regarding 661. In temperate region plants, the wood
mixing pigments: with fewer xylary elements and narrow
A. violet is typically considered a primary vessels is termed as
color for pigments A. spring wood
B. only primary pigment colors can be B. autumn wood
mixed to give other colors C. sap wood
C. as more pigments are mixed, the
D. heart wood
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darker the resulting mixture becomes
D. magenta and cyan are complementary 662. How are people important to plants?
pigment colors A. We cultivate crops for food, lumber,
cloth, and oils
657. Which tissue allows plants to develop
wider stems and roots? B. People water the plants
A. phloem C. None of the above
B. xylem D. none of above
C. Lateral meristems 663. In which of the following plants DO NOT
D. apical meristems store food?
658. The bark of a tree comprises A. leaves
A. all the tissue outside the vascular cam- B. stem

bium C. fruit
B. all the tissue outside the cork cambium D. roots
C. only the cork E. xylem
D. just inside the cork cambium 664. What type of stem do trees and shrubs
E. just inside the vascular cambium have?
659. What evidence suggests that the ances- A. underground
tors of whales once walked on land? B. woody
A. scientists have found fossils of whale- C. tubers
like creatures that had legs
D. runners
B. whales perform walking motions as
they swim 665. Water and minerals move through vascu-
lar tissue known as what?
C. whales have similar DNA to elephants
A. phloem
D. whales breathe through lungs
B. xylem
660. The outer layer of a “tree cookie” is
C. root hairs
called
D. stomata
A. cambium
B. pith 666. Cambium ring in dicot stem is
C. bark A. Primary meristem in origin
D. heartwood B. Secondary meristem in origin

C. Promeristem in origin B. passage cells help in transfer of food

D. Both primary and secondary meristem from cortex to phloem

in origin C. sieve tube elements possess cyto-
plasm but no nuclei
667. If you are given a section of a leaf
D. the shoot apical meristem has a quies-
and asked to observe under a microscope,
cent centre
which characters will confirm you it to be a
dicot leaf.a) Stomata on both epidermisb) 672. What do arborists use to close stomata
Stomata on lower epidermisc) Mesophyll on trees during transplant? It also can re-
cells are of two typesd) Mesophyll cells duce evaporative cooling of leaves, reduce
one one type CO2 uptake, and reduce photosynthesis
A. a, c A. Antiperspirant spray
B. b, d B. Anti-transpirant spray
C. b, c C. An-hydrous spray
D. a, d D. none of above
668. These are adaptations trees have made 673. Vascular tissue that transports water
to survive in hot, dry climates: and minerals UPWARDS from a plant’s
roots is know as
A. Small leaves, Sunken stomata & thick
cuticle A. Chlorophyll
B. large leaves and cuticle B. Phloem
C. thin bark, small leaves & small crown C. Stomata
D. none of above D. Xylem
669. Who is the current OIC Dean of CFES? 674. Which type of tissue contains specialized
cells called neurons?
A. Abdul-nasser D. Linga
A. Epithelial
B. Asnawi D. Lomantong
B. Nervous
C. Abdul-nasser D. Lomantong
C. Muscular
D. Danilo C. Mero
D. Connective
670. If you cut down a tree and look inside, 675. Where is the most of the food made in
the xylem will tell you: the plant?
A. what type of tree it is A. Flower
B. how healthy the tree is B. Leaf
C. how old the tree is C. Root
D. what fruits the tree grows D. Stem
671. Which one of the following statements 676. What color will a red colored object ap-
pertaining to plant structure is correct pear to a human if it is illuminated by a
A. cork lacks stomata, but lenticels carry red light?
out transpiration A. Blue

B. Black 682. Vascular plants with seeds are split into

C. White what two groups?
D. Red A. angiosperms & bryosperms
677. If the xylem in a young tree is damaged, B. gymnosperms & angiosperms

which process is first affected? C. gametophytes & sporophytes
A. performing photosynthesis
D. sporophytes & gymnosperms
B. transporting sugar to the roots
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C. transporting water to the leaves 683. Symptoms of anthracnose include:
D. absorbing water from the soil A. dead areas on leaves usually along
678. A is a storage container for the plant leaf margins and veins
embryo it has a hard coat and protects B. localized areas of dead bark and under-
the embryo from drying out. lying wood on twigs, branches, and trunks
A. seed C. root tips that are brown and dead
B. root
D. a dry, powdery, reddish-orange sub-
C. stem stance on leaves
D. leaf
684. Which of the following is the BEST exam-
679. Which nutrients are required in relatively
ple of the chemical weathering of rock:
large amounts for plant growth?
A. manganese, iron, and copper A. cracking of rock by plant roots
B. nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and B. rain percolating through limestone
calcium
C. frost action
C. zinc, sulfur, and boron
D. abrasion
D. all of these
680. Which term refers to the process by 685. tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or
which individuals that are better adapted stem through which gases and water va-
to their environment are more likely to sur- por pass:
vive and reproduce? A. stomata
A. natural selection
B. stem
B. overproduction
C. anther
C. competition
D. variation D. pollen
681. Some glucose is used by plants to produce 686. Cortex is the region found between
Cellulose, this is used to
A. epidermis and stele
A. build cell membranes
B. pericycle and endodermis
B. strengthen cell walls
C. make the nucleus C. endodermis and pith
D. make ribosomes D. endodermis and vascular bundle

1.9 Remote Sensing 249
687. appear as lines radiating from the A. Neutron

pith to the outside of the wood like spokes B. Valence
on a wheel.

C. Proton
A. Sting rays
D. Electron
B. Medullary rays
C. heartwood rays 692. Which of the following correctly orders
the stages in the life cycle of a flowering
D. sapwood rays
plant?
688. An underground stem from which new A. Germination, fertilization, pollination,
leaves and roots grow is a seed production, plant development
A. taproot B. Germination, plant development, polli-
B. rhizome nation, fertilization, seed production
C. green algae C. Pollination, germination, fertilization,
D. none of above plant development, seed production
D. none of above
689. Which of the following are not considered
plants? 693. Why do fungi live on plants or other or-
A. Lichens ganisms?
B. Corals A. Because they cannot make their own
food
C. Mushrooms and fungi
D. All of the above B. In order to produce spores for repro-
duction
690. an elongated tubular extension of an epi- C. They use the heat given off by other or-
dermal cell of the root; absorbs water and ganisms to stay warm
minerals from the soil
D. Thigmotropism
A. xylem
B. phloem 694. In angiosperms, pollen grains are pro-
duced in
C. root hair
A. anthers
D. cuticle
B. carpels
691. A positively charged subatomic particle
located in the nucleus and has an atomic C. ovules
mass of 1. D. sepals
1.9 Remote Sensing

1. The watersheds in the image can be dis- A. temporal
tinguished by recognizing the type of river
meander. The type of remote sensing fea- B. spatial
tures shown by the river are characteris- C. spectral
tics of
D. rona

E. Texture 7. Band 8 on the Sentinel 2 satellite has a

wavelength of 0.842 micro meters which
2. Use the aerosol retrieval method. If no is good for detecting vegetation. The band
suitable dark pixels are found, then the is included in the spectrum?
value in the Initial Visibility field is used.
A. Near Infrared
A. 2-Band (K-T)
B. Red
B. Initial Visibility (tm)
C. Blue
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C. Aerosol Retrieval D. Green
D. None
8. is the collection of data that does not
3. techniques might be used to monitor involve physical contact
the number of trees that are being cut A. GPS
down or dying in a forest
B. Fieldwork
A. Remote-sensing
C. Remote-sensing
B. Wizard-like
D. Not opening your textbook
C. Cylindrical projections
9. What are the uses of infrared imagery?
D. none of above
A. Allows variations in soils and rocks to
4. Which scattering occurs when particles are be determined
very small compared to the wavelength of
B. Can highlight the topography of a po-
the radiation?
tential site
A. Mie C. Boundaries between rock types and
B. Nonselective soil moisture.
C. Rayleigh D. Creates 2D and 3D images
D. All of the above 10. According to Curran, 1985 remote sensing
systems are composed of several compo-
5. Which is the first Indian Remote Sensing nents, including?
Satellite?
A. Atmosphere, electromagnetic energy,
A. Bhaskara objects, and sensors
B. IRS-1A B. Atmosphere, sensors, objects
C. Cartosat-1 C. Electromagnetic energy, sensors, ob-
D. Resourcesat-1 jects
D. Electromagnetic objects and energy
6. Select TWO components in Remote Sens-
ing: 11. Azimuth resolution deals with
A. Data A. across the track cell size
B. Platform B. along the track cell size
C. Sensor C. Radiometric sensitivity
D. Camera D. none of above

12. Infrared portion of EMR lies between (an- 17. radiation is generally used in remote
swer in micro meter) sensing technology.

A. 0.4-0.7 A. Electromagnetic
B. 0.4-0.8 B. Atomic
C. 0.7-1.3
C. Geological
D. 0.7-14
D. Remote sensing
13. Sensors that detect naturally occurring ra-
diation are called? 18. How is a micrometer converted into nano
meter
A. Super active
B. Active A. X by 1000
C. Passive B. / by 1000
D. Nonpassive C. X by 100
14. Currently many are utilizing high- D. / by 100
resolution satellite imagery, such as
Google Maps. The benefits of high- 19. Precipitation attenuation which is a dis-
resolution imagery when driving with con- advantage for wind imagery instead be-
gested traffic conditions are to comes valuable for measuring rainfall.
This is caused by
A. inform current location
B. identify the longest route A. Cloud cover image indicates precipita-
tion in the region
C. find the location of the nearest gas sta-
tion B. Backscattering of the volume of rain in
the atmosphere can be used to estimate
D. identify the closest route
the rain rate.
E. Predict the number of motorized vehi-
cles C. The speed of the precipitation falling
to the ground exceeds the measuring ca-
15. What is Hyp Wshop? pacity of the satellite
A. Installation instructions for ENVI-IDL D. Sun insolation becomes less
.sav files
B. Readme File 20. Pay attention to the following statements!
The shape and size of the houses are the
C. Add-on programs for ENVI same as the elongated housing pattern fol-
D. Tool in ENVI lows a dirt road the distance of the houses
from one another is the same. Around the
16. The characteristics of electromagnetic radi- house there are yards, there are plants
ation are particularly important for under- from medium to rough texture
standing remote sensing:
A. rural
A. Wavelength
B. Frequency B. transmigration
C. Wavelength and frequency C. mountains

21. What is worlds first Artificial Satellite? 27. The information that can be obtained after
A. Aryabhatta interpreting the agricultural map is
B. Sputnik A. position and composition of agricul-

tural crops
C. Quick Bird
B. location and benefits of agricultural
D. IRS-1 crops
22. The bright area on satellite imagery that C. types and distribution of agricultural
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detects water vapor using InfraRed ex- crops
plains that the area has? D. distribution and location of agricul-
A. Water vapor is high in the strapo- tural crops
sphere E. Benefits and position of agricultural
B. Dry troposphere conditions crops
C. Water vapor is high in the troposphere
28. is the technology of acquiring informa-
D. The troposphere is warm tion about the Earth’s surface without ac-
tually being in contact with it?
23. Among the following Which describes
NDVI formula A. Geographic Information System
A. (R-NIR)/(R+NIR) B. Remote Sensing
B. (NIR-R)/(R+NIR) C. Global Positioning System
C. (NIR-R)/(NIR+R) D. Ground Penetrating Radar
D. (NIR+R)/(NIR-R) 29. Which EM has the shortest wavelength?
24. GIS stands for A. Infrared
A. Global Information System B. UV
B. Geography Information System C. Visible Light
C. Geology Information System D. Microwave
D. Geographical Information System 30. To detect a house measuring 90 m2, is it
best to use imagery?
25. LISS stands for
A. Quickbird resolusi 0, 5 m
A. Lazer Image self scanning
B. Lazer inclined Self Scanning B. Landsat 8 resolution 30 m
C. Linear Image Self Scanning C. Modest resolution of 1 km
D. Linear inclined self Scanning D. NOAA
26. The first requirement for remote sensing 31. what is remote sensing?
is to have: A. Remote sensing is a way to obtain in-
A. An energy source formation about the earth’s surface with-
out making direct contact.
B. a sensor
B. Remote sensing is a way to obtain in-
C. a target formation about the earth’s surface by
D. a satellite making direct contact.

C. Remote sensing is a way to obtain in- 36. Which are the following is not a principle
formation about the earth’s surface with- of RS
out making any contact at all.

A. Interaction of energy with satellite
D. Remote sensing is a way to obtain in-
B. Electro Magnetic Energy
formation about the earth’s surface with-
out making indirect contact. C. Electo Magnetic Spectrum
D. interaction of energy with atmosphere
32. FLAASH is a first-principles atmospheric
correction tool that corrects wavelengths
37. FLAASH supports hyperspectral sensors
in thevisible through near-infrared and
shortwave infrared regions, up to A. HyMAP
A. 1500 nm B. CHRIS
B. 2500 nm C. SPOT
C. 3000 nm D. All the above
D. 950 nm
38. To measure temperature, the correct band
33. In general, Remote Sensing satellites orbit is the band with the wavelength?
in: A. Less than 0.3 um
A. Sun-synchronous B. 0.4-0.7 one
B. Geostationary C. 0.7-1 um
C. Geo-synchronous D. 9-10 one
39. Energy that is artificial light when shoot-
34. Think and answer Where all HRS data can ing at night is called
be used to detect or retrive the following
A. atmospheric scattering
A. forest production
B. atmospheric window
B. chlorophyll, leaf water, cellulose, pig-
C. active system
memts, lignin retrival
D. none of above
C. phytoplankton identification
D. water vapor, cloud properties, 40. which is not a drawback of remote sensing
aerosols dectection is?
E. subpixel temperatures A. Expensive cost
35. Bad bands here are those band not utilised B. If electromagnetic waves experience
in Hyperion imagery and these are re- an anomaly, the resulting data is less ac-
placed with curate
A. zero C. Data accuracy is lower than the field

data collection method
B. NIL
D. The resulting data is relatively com-
C. Void plete, permanent and covers a large area
D. Ignored in one image capture

41. why the Use of GIS is necessary 46. What GIS stands for?
A. Saves Times A. Geologic Information Science
B. Handle large datasets B. Gender information Science
C. Maps can be created and edited faster C. Geographic Information System
D. All of the above D. Geoenvironmental Information
Sysytem
42. What is a GPS used for?
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47. Several roads in Indonesia have been dam-
A. Navigation
aged due to land subsidence. This is of
B. Resource Distribution course very dangerous for road use. Re-
C. Irrigation mote sensing imagery can be used to over-
come this problem. The benefits of remote
D. Energy Tracking sensing in accordance with this case exam-
ple are
43. Based on the results of the IKONOS im-
age interpretation, it can be seen that the A. determine the length of the road con-
object is a winding road with sharp turns. struction
Based on the results of this interpretation, B. know the geological structure
it can be identified that the area is
C. determine alternative routes
A. Coast
D. Know the basic types of road materials
B. low plains
E. Planning the road construction budget
C. mountains
D. flat area 48. The Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Fraction (FPAR) can measure how much
E. Karst sunlight a leaf absorbs. The smallest FPAR
values on the African continent are in parts
44. when was the first photograph with a hot
air balloon done? A. southern Africa
A. 1856 B. West coast of Africa
B. 1857 C. northern Africa
C. 1858 D. central africa
D. 1859 49. What process is responsible for the forma-
tion of Porphyry copper deposits?
45. If someone who is watching television is
likened to a remote sensing system, the A. Curved chains of volcanic islands lo-
part that acts as a sensor is cated at a tectonic plate margin
A. television B. Earthquake activity located on the
coastlines of islands
B. lamp light
C. Direct sampling interaction of miner-
C. women
als that can give rise to copper
D. picture on television
D. Runoff that has been created as a re-
E. Head sult of mining activity

50. Electromagnetic energy striking an object 55. which among the following waves is hav-
is: ing less wavelength range

A. Emitted A. 0.03mm
B. Absorbed B. 0.03nm
C. Transmitted C. 0.03m
D. Illuminated D. 0.03micro meter
51. What geographic tool is an actual model of 56. The ideal remote sensing system includes:
the Earth? A. Unique energy-matter interactions
A. globe B. Optical sensor
B. map C. Interfering atmosphere
C. GPS D. Uniform energy source
D. satellite imagery 57. What is georeferencing?
52. Geo stationary Satellites are generally A. Converting data to a feature class
placed at an altitude of (in Km) B. Projecting your data so that it has no
A. 33000 distortion
B. 34000 C. Aligning images with ground control
points on the Earth’s surface
C. 36000
D. Converting data into geometric coordi-
D. 38000
nate system
53. Below is a true statement about energy 58. Parts of the spectrum which are not
sources in remote sensing severely influenced by atmospheric ab-
A. Active systems are systems that use sorption are useful to remote sensors, are
artificial energy such as microwaves called:
B. Passive systems are systems that use A. Open windows
the sun’s gravity B. MS windows
C. Passive systems are systems that use C. Atmospheric absorption band
artificial energy such as microwaves
D. Atmospheric windows
D. Active systems are systems that use
sunlight 59. In the identification of objects in images
always use elements of interpretation.
54. In the sensory process, objects that can re- When a geographer recognizes the object
flect a lot of energy will appear brighter, of the football field based on the appear-
while those that reflect a little energy will ance of the goal, then he uses elements of
appear darker. It is a characteristic interpretation
A. color A. association
B. rona B. site
C. shadow C. by

60. The advantages of remote sensing that is, C. residential area

except D. development area
A. Cheap and fast E. evacuation area
B. Hard to manipulate
65. The function of remote sensing in meteo-
C. Wide area coverage rology is
D. Can reach areas that are difficult to ac- A. increase the accuracy of the data,
cess
B. retrieve data that cannot be retrieved
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61. Which one is appropriate definition of by the station.
scale? C. not both
A. The lines on a map representing north- D. right both
south
66. Resolution related to the duration of
B. A conversion factor used to transform the satellite recording in the same area,
map projections namely:
C. The ratio of a distance on a map to the A. Radiometric
corresponding distance on the ground
B. Temporal
D. The lines on a map representing east-
C. Spatial
west directions
D. Spectral
62. The concept underlying the relationship be-
tween land use and transportation is 67. Mid-infrared wavelength
A. accessibility A. 3.0 nm-8, 0 nm
B. facility B. 3.0 mm-8, 0 mm

C. 3.0 nm-6, 0 nm
C. mobility
D. 4.0 nm-8, 0 nm
D. community
E. priority 68. State the various sensor resolutions
A. Spatial, Partial, Continuous
63. What affects the results of satellite im-
agery? B. Spatial, Spectral, Temporal
A. resolution C. Spectral, Partial, Continuous
B. electromagnetic wavelength D. Partial, Continuous, Terriorial
C. data type 69. In aerial photographs the railroad looks

like a small band and not sharp bends,
D. a & b benar
the lower reaches of the river appear
E. all true larger and winding bands, and the roofs
of houses are rectangular. it is an image
64. An area designated with the primary func-
interpretation based on the elements
tion of protecting the environment which
includes natural resources and man-made A. shape
resources is called B. size
A. cultural area C. texture
B. protected area D. none of above

70. How are remote sensing data commonly 76. What types of satellites use radar sen-
used? sors?

A. to predict surface geology A. Landsat 7
B. to monitor changes in the land B. Landsat 8
C. to change contour intervals on a map C. Aster
D. none of above D. Terrasar X
71. The distinct advantages of remote sensing
77. Characterization of objects that have been
are?
detected with information, including in the
A. Synoptic view stages
B. Global coverage A. detection
C. Repeatability B. identification
D. All of the above
C. analysis
72. The following does not include losses due D. method
to the presence of the Sahara Air Layer
(SAL) in the atmosphere E. commission
A. Disruption of regional flight activities 78. River flow detection is good on the spec-
B. Economic activity is hampered trum?
C. Weakening tropical storm activity A. Near Infrared
D. Upwelling occurs so that fish catches B. Red
increase
C. Blue
73. Full Form Of LISS D. Green
A. Linear Imaging Self Scanning Sensor
79. If you want to produce a map of land cover
B. Long Image Self Scanning Sensor
types with a digital process, what analy-
C. Linear Imaginary Sensor Satellite sis is done?
D. none of above A. Band Ratio
74. OLS stands for B. Classification
A. Operational Land Imager C. Sharpening
B. Operational Land imagery D. Radiometric Calibration
C. Operational Land sat image
80. The main advantage of using infrared
D. Operative Land Imager waves in predicting rainfall is
75. Remote Sensing tools at BMKG except A. High image temporal frequency
A. ceilometer B. High spatial resolution
B. wind profiles C. Detects convective and rain scale
C. weather radar structures of warm clouds
D. actinograph D. Rainbow detection

81. Sago and palm plants have similarities. 86. What does a cartographer do?
The two plants can be distinguished easily A. Make Maps
by recognizing their spatial characteristics.
Spatial characteristics that can distinguish B. Create Computer programs
the two types of plants are C. Teacher
A. association D. None of the above
B. shape 87. The mode of transportation that cannot be
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C. size used for public transportation is
D. site A. water mode of transportation
E. by B. pipeline transportation
82. Generally, purpose of geostationary satel- C. sea transportation mode

lite is: D. air transportation mode
A. Remote Sensing E. crossing mode of transport
B. Global positioning 88. What geographic tool is limited because it
C. Telecommunication and weather moni- cannot show streets and small towns?
toring A. globe
D. None of the above B. map
83. The type of sensor used to produce a photo C. satellite imagery
image, namely D. GPS
A. electronic sensors
89. The light which our eyes-our “remote
B. signal sensors sensors”-can detect is part of the:
C. sensor photography A. Ultraviolet
D. none of above B. Visible spectrum
84. Which are included in the radiometric sen- C. Infrared
sor unit? D. Microwave
A. 07nm; 0.7-0.8nm; 0.456-0.500nm
90. Landsat-1 was launched on:
B. 0, 446-0, 5 mm; 0, 5-0, 578mm; 0, 578-
A. July 23, 1962
0, 592 mm
B. July 23, 1972
C. 2 mbit; 3 mbit; 4 mbit; 10 mbit
C. July 23, 1982
D. Abit, erroneous, ambiguous, 16
houses D. July 23, 1992
85. MSS, TM and LISS-I sensors are: 91. What is the correct processes for mining
non-renewable resources?
A. Only passive sensors
A. Area selection → Data gathering →
B. Both active and passive sensors Evaluation
C. Only active sensors B. Data gathering → Area selection →
D. None of the above Evaluation

C. Evaluation → Data gathering → Area C. Because there are no residents in the

selection complex terrain
D. Data gathering → Area selection → D. Because rain is rare in complex terrain

Consult with indigenous peoples
96. How do satellites “see” things?
92. A non-renewable is A. Sensing electromagnetic radiation
A. a resource of economic value that can- B. MAGIC of course
not be readily replaced by natural means C. With cameras on loop
on a level equal to its consumption
D. Using remote sensing cameras
B. a resource which can be replenished mounted to the body and projected to
at a rate as fast or faster than it is con- earth
sumed
97. In Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Electro-
C. a resource that can be consumed for- magnetic waves that are rarely used are?
ever without damaging the environment
A. Microwave
D. none of above
B. Visible Waves
93. Why has there been an increasing need for C. Infrared
remote sensing and direct sampling tech- D. Ultraviolet
niques?
98. Remote sensing image results that have
A. Mineral ores are no longer close to the
characteristics related to space namely
Earth’s surface due to the early mining
phase A. spatial
B. Plate tectonic activity has relocated B. spectral

mineral availability deeper within the sur- C. temporal
face D. none of above
C. Climate change has been interacting 99. Below is a radar-based satellite launched
with different spheres and dissolving min- in 1997 and used to measure rainfall
erals within ores
A. CloudStat
D. none of above
B. EAR (Equatorial Atmosphere Radar)
94. What is the format of Hyperion Level 1R C. TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measurement
A. .L1R Mission)
D. GPM (Global Precipitation Mission)
B. .HDF
C. .HDR 100. The wrong statement regarding the GOES
Geostationary Satellite is
D. .MET
A. Orbit at the same rotational speed as
95. Why are weather radars less able to track the Earth’s rotation
rainfall over complex terrain? B. Orbits in the high latitude region
A. Because the radar beam is able to C. The image obtained is a real time im-
reach a high field. age
B. Because the radar beam can be D. Orbits at an altitude of 35800 km above
blocked by high terrain. the earth’s surface.

101. Remote sensing is use for C. RGB 432

A. Detecting plant health D. RGB 348
B. Measuring snowpack 107. The Y-axis on a Spectral Signature graph
C. Monitoring wetlands is labeled what?
D. All of the above A. Spectral Bands
102. Determine the number of classification B. Data Values
for remote sensing
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C. Land Cover
A. 1 classification D. none of above
B. 2 classifications
108. The Landsat 8 sensor has 16 bits, which
C. 3 classifications is a type of resolution
D. 4 classifications A. no radiometer
103. T or F:Passive sensors can only be used B. Temporal
to detect energy when the naturally occur- C. Spatial
ring energy is available.
D. Spectral
A. True
109. Based on the pattern of orbiting satellites
B. False
are divided into 3 (three) types, viz
C. Not sure
A. Geostationary satellite, Polar Orbiting
D. none of above Satellite, Research and development
104. The image belongs to which year B. Polar Orbiting Satellite, Ground-Based
EO12002011 2020011F188E r1 Satellite, Research and development
SGS 01.hdr C. Geostationary satellite, Polar Orbiting
A. 2002 Satellite, Spasial Satellite
B. 2011 D. Ground-Based Satellite, Geostationary
Satellite, Temporal Satellite
C. 2020
D. 2000 110. The relationship between the number of
dense housing and urban areas is one
105. Resolution may best be defined as: of the elements of image interpretation,
A. The accuracy and precision of the data namely in the form of
B. The overall quality of a dataset A. shape
C. The smallest feature that can be B. association
mapped or measured C. site
D. The smallest unit or measurement into D. none of above
which data can be disaggregated
111. When light is reflected off a surface, it is
106. True color for sentinel 2, namely in the detected by passive remote sensing satel-
combination? lites and produces a(n) , which we use
A. RGB 234 to identify different surfaces.
B. RGB 123 A. Rainbow

B. Pulsar 117. The files being used in this workshop to

C. Spectral Signatures illustrate the processing steps are in inter-
nal ENVI BIL (Band Interleaved by Line)

D. Awe inspiring moment and BSQ (Band Sequential) formats and
112. Which of the following might be consid- are signed integer data with values rang-
ered as the fourth dimension in Remote ing between
Sensing? A. -32768 and 32767
A. Space B. -1000 and 32767
B. Scale C. -1000 and-32768
C. Time D. -1000 and 1000
D. Location
118. Protected forests, peat areas, and water
113. The characteristics of the river and lake catchment areas are included in protected
transportation modes are areas with the classification as
A. high payload and fuel economy A. nature reserve
B. flexibility and able to provide door-to- B. disaster prone areas
door service
C. nature conservation area
C. services are limited to the transporta-
D. local protected areas
tion of liquid and gas commodities
E. the area that provides protection for
D. high speed and able to reach all areas
the area below
E. low speed, low cost, and low policy
rate 119. The two types of remote sensing are
&
114. GIS stands for
A. Yogi & Boo Boo
A. Geographic Information System
B. Color & Panchromatic
B. Generic Information System
C. Passive & Active
C. Geological Information System
D. Sputnik & GOES
D. Geographic Information Sharing
115. If you want to produce a vegetation in- 120. First aerial photograph was taken from a
dex map, then the analysis that must be hot air balloon in the year:
done is: A. 1858
A. Band Ratio B. 1958
B. Classification C. 1758
C. Sharpening D. 1948
D. Radiometric
121. Lightning detection satellite sensors can
116. Which one was the first Indian Satellite? only identify the type of lightning
A. Bhaskara A. Cloud to Cloud
B. Cartosat B. Ground to Cloud
C. Resourcesat C. Cloud to Ground
D. Aryabhata D. Ground to Ground

122. what is a passive sensor? A. Smaller than 1km

A. Sensors that rely on the reflection B. Greater than 1km
of the sun’s mechanical waves from the
C. Less than 0.5 km
earth’s surface
B. Sensors that rely on the reflection of D. Equal to 1km
the sun’s electromagnetic waves from the
earth’s surface 127. Which of the following is a key character-
istic of open pit mining?
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C. Sensors that rely on the reflection of
the sun’s electromagnetic waves from the A. Suitable for ore bodies close to the sur-
moon’s surface face
D. Sensors that rely on the reflection of B. Good ventilation is necessary
the moon’s electromagnetic waves from C. Less waste rock needs to be removed
the earth’s surface
D. Takes longer to set up
123. Dimensions of a typical Hyperion Image
are 256x1400x242. What is here 256 128. T or F:Remote sensing can be used to
represented? monitor changes on the Earth’s surface
A. Frame over time.
B. number of lines A. True

C. number of Columns B. False
D. number of samples or pixels in Field Of C. Not Sure
View
D. none of above
124. The tool used to record data on the sur-
face of the earth in remote sensing is called 129. “Remote Sensing is a measurement or ac-
quisition of data on objects on the earth’s
surface from satellites or other instru-
A. sensor ments above or far from the object being
B. lens sensed” this statement was made by
C. camera A. Lillesand and Kiefer
D. none of above B. Lindgren
125. among the following which describes Ste- C. Sabines
fen boltzman formula D. Colwell
A. M= sigma/T4
130. What does 1mm on a map drawn at
B. M= sigma-T4
a scale of 1:50, 000 represent on the
C. M= sigma+T4 ground?
D. M= sigma*T4 A. 500 centimetres
126. The orbit distance of the geostationary B. 50 centimetres
satellite causes the satellite’s spatial reso-
C. 50 metres
lution to be less than optimal for identify-
ing features at size D. 5 metres

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131. The mechanism for recording non-photo B. 0.24-0.52 mic m

images is carried out by
C. 0.45-0.92 mic m

A. non electronic
D. 0.22-0.32 mic m
B. simultaneously
C. Partial 134. Which file will be selected for “Ascii gain
file for 242 bands (multipliers to get radi-
D. none of above
ance x100)”
132. T or F:Remote sensing systems which A. recal 179.txt
measure energy that is naturally available
are called active sensors. B. recal 242.txt
A. True C. recal 242to179.txt
B. False D. Avwvl(179).txt
C. Not sure
135. Fracking is a method of removing
D. none of above
A. Metals
133. In visible region, blue light is having
B. Gas
a wavelength range from (answer in mi-
crometer) C. Fossils
A. 0.42-052 mic m D. Sediment
1.10 Forest Protection

1. The rainfall will be less in the absence of 4. The Sunderbans in West Bengal are home
A. cities to
A. Asiatic Lion
B. forest
B. Bengal Tiger
C. villages
C. Hornbill
D. animals
D. none of above
2. Which of the following is NOT a type of
forest fire? 5. India has nearly percent of total num-
ber of species in the world.
A. Crown fire
A. 5
B. Surface fire
B. 10
C. Bush fire
C. 8
D. Ground fire
D. 2
3. Resin extracted from trees is used to make
6. The kind of trees that grow in a forest de-
A. Paper pend on the
B. Furniture A. climate of the area
C. Paint and Varnish B. soil of the area
D. none of above C. All of the above

D. none of above A. Extinct species
7. One of the important step taken to reduce B. Endangered species

deforestation? C. Rare species
A. Joint Forest Management D. Normal species
B. plant conservation
C. Joint forest program 12. If any forest land or any portiont having
naturally growing trees are cleared off for
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D. none of above reforestation the FCA 1980 is not applica-
8. what is forests conservation? ble
A. Forest conservation is the practice of A. True

planting and maintaining forested areas B. False
for the benefit and sustainability of future
generations. C. Dont know
B. forest conservation means cutting D. none of above
down of trees.
13. A is similar to sanctuary, except cattle
C. forests conservation is growing plants
grazing is prohibited
at the backyard of your house.
D. forests conservation means burning A. National Park
the animals and trees in the forests that B. Forest
you can bulid a city using the land area.
C. Zoo
9. Which is correct among them? D. none of above
A. Vahmahotsava
B. Vahahostava 14. why does cutting down trees increase
global warming?
C. Vanmhotsava
A. tree drain greenhouse gases like
D. none of above
methane from soil
10. How does the author of “The Rain Forest B. trees provide shade which counteracts
Worth Saving” support the following global warming
point:“Today, rain forests are in danger of
disappearing”? C. trees absorbs the sun’s energy with-
out radiating back into the atmosphere
A. The world’s climate is affected by rain
forests. D. trees soak up carbon dioxide
B. Efforts are being made to preserve our
15. Species which are only found in some par-
rain forests.
ticular areas isolated by geographical bar-
C. Loggers, ranchers, and large compa- riers are called:
nies are cutting down rain forest trees.
A. Extinct species
D. Many tourists volunteer to help.
B. Endemic species
11. The species which are not found after
C. Rare species
searches of known or likely areas where
they may occur. D. Normal species

16. How might climate change impact forest 21. Where are the Evergreen forests found in
cover? India?

A. Warmer temperatures mean trees will A. Western Ghats
grow better, increasing forest cover. B. Hilly areas of North-east
B. Changes to temperature and precipita- C. Both of these
tion will cause all forests to shrink.
D. none of above
C. Forests may migrate as geographic
range for forest species change. 22. Which one of the following is a role of
D. More carbon dioxide in the atmo- forests?
sphere will help trees grow, as they A. Prevent soil erosion
breath in CO2 and breath out oxygen.
B. Provide food, shelter, water and
17. What are the two things that you identify medicines
tree by? C. Prevent flood
A. The leaves and branches D. All of the above
B. The shapes and leaves
23. The tropical rainforest is the liveliest
C. The silouette and branches on earth.
D. The silouette and shapes A. ecosystem
18. Forestry is a great choice for those that B. biosphere

enjoy what kind of work? C. exosystem
A. Indoor D. mountain range
B. Outdoor 24. What was the aim of Chipko movement?
C. Lab A. Human rights
D. none of above B. Political rights
19. Which one of the following reserves is seri- C. Agricultural expansion
ously threatened by the ongoing dolomite D. Forest conservation
mining?
A. The Buxa Tiger Rserve 25. Chipko Movement was started in the year
B. The Sariska Tiger Reserve A. 1986
C. The Rhino Project B. 1974
D. The Manas Reserve C. 1993

D. none of above
20. Ecological values for forests include
A. prevent soil erosion 26. The approval is how many stages
B. regulate the water cycle by slowing A. 4

runoff B. 2
C. store carbon and release oxygen C. 3
D. all of the above D. none of above

27. What is the chipko movement also known 32. Wildlife week is observed in this month
as? every year.
A. Chipko milan A. January
B. Chipko andolan B. October
C. Chipak andolan C. June

D. July
D. none of above
33. Canopy is formed by
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28. Which of the following community in Ra-
jasthan has a religious tenet of conserva- A. small trees
tion of forest and wildlife? B. herbs
A. Agarwal C. big trees
B. Gujjar D. shrubs
C. Bishnoi 34. Which of the following conclusions is sup-

ported by the passage if rain forest defor-
D. Jain
estation continues?
29. Knowledge of which of the following A. More trees will grow in the Amazon.
would be considered as necessary for B. Many plants and animals will become
forestry? extinct.
A. Trees C. Fewer people will call the rain forest
B. Weather patterns home.
D. Earth’s temperature will drop.
C. Chemistry
D. none of above 35. Which of the following has the strongest
stem?
30. Understoreys are formed due to A. tree
A. Different sizes of the crown B. herb
B. Different types of the crown C. shrub
C. Different height of the trees. D. climber
D. All of these 36. What is Brazil’s main environmental is-
sue?
31. Define Chipko movement?
A. Oil pollution
A. The people protected the trees by B. Air pollution
clinging to them and not allowing the
woodcutters to cut them. C. desertification
D. deforestation
B. The bears protected the trees by cling-
ing to them and not allowing the woodcut- 37. Forest ecosystem are meaning that
ters to cut them. they can take care of them self.
C. It is movement to eat A. Forest conservation
D. none of above B. Self protecting

C. Self sustainable 43. what type of disease does pinene cure?

D. Food chain A. Lung

B. Respiratory
38. Which career has work conditions which
are often solitary and in remote loca- C. Inflammatory
tions?
D. Intestinal
A. Education
44. Which of the following does NOT de-
B. Logging
scribe a facet of Soil Science as used by
C. Nursing foresters?
D. none of above A. How different types of soil can affect
Forestry.
39. Name a forest conservation Movement.
B. How different types of soil can affect
A. Chipko Movement wildlife.
B. Van Mahotsav C. How trees can survive (or die), de-
C. Gaura Devi pending on the soil and environment.
40. what are the effects of deforestation? 45. What percentage of all forests worldwide
are impacted by wildfires?
A. lossof habitat
A. 5%
B. increased green house gasses
B. 9%
C. soil erosion and flooding
C. 18%
D. all the above
D. 1%
41. Ryan visited a forest with his class mates
and teacher. His teacher told the students 46. Ranthambore Tiger Reserve is in
not to make noise as it will disturb A. Harayana
A. birds B. Tamil Nadu
B. plants C. Assam
C. animals D. Rajasthan
D. animals and birds
47. Which of these could be the probable rea-
42. The Himalayan brown bear is an example son for disappearing forests?
of:
A. Need of timber for furniture
A. Vulnerable species
B. Clearing land for building housing
B. Rare species colonies
C. Endemic species C. Clearing land for building factories
D. Extinct species D. All of the above

48. What is Wildlife? C. send money to rain forest charities

A. Wildlife includes animals, birds, in- D. write an email to the Earth Summit
sects that are wild and live in natural en-
E. travel to a rain forest in Brazil and
vironment offer region .
plant new trees by yourself
B. It gives us Wild flowers
C. It is a cocoon 53. what leading cause of deforestation?
D. none of above A. diseases
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B. paper mill
49. Why does the author make the point that
“It is critical that we save the rain for- C. housing market
est”? D. agriculture and farming
A. Rain forests are filled with tall trees,
beautiful flowers, and rare animals. 54. Antonym of deforestation
B. Companies are destroying rain forests A. forest

for logging, farming, and mining. B. Cutting of trees
C. Destroying rain forests would be harm- C. Afforestation
ful for the rest of the world.
D. food web
D. Many kinds of plants and animals can
be found only in the rain forest. 55. Which one of the following is odd one
out?
50. In a food chain what comes first?
A. teak
A. Primary Consumer
B. sal
B. Producer
C. porcupine
C. Tertiary Consumer
D. Secondary Consumer D. kachnar
51. Cattle ranching, road building, and the de- 56. Which of the following destroys the bal-
velopment of new settlements were the ance of ecosystem?
cause of in A. planting more trees
A. Air Pollution/Brazil B. recycling materials
B. Oil Pollution/Mexico C. converting forest into industries
C. Air Pollution/Venezuela D. conservation of natural resources
D. Deforestation/Brazil
57. Forest Act is also applicable to Forest’
52. What are two things you could do as raised in private plantations raised on pri-
a school project to help protect rain vate lands,
forests?
A. True
A. cut down fewer trees
B. False
B. make a presentation to persuade peo-
C. Dont Know
ple to use fewer wasteful things like
wooden chopsticks D. none of above

58. Rotten fruits and dry leaves are a type of B. stop paying third world countries to
garbage? produce more biofuel crops

A. dry C. recycle as much paper as possible
B. dangerous D. all the above
C. wet 64. The insects like butterflies help flowering
D. none of above plants in
A. deforestation
59. Trees that lose their leaves every year.
B. pollination
A. Timberland
C. giving fragrance
B. Forest Land
D. growth
C. Deciduous Trees
D. Evergreen Trees 65. which of these is one cause of deforesta-
tion?
60. The Buxa Tiger Reserve is seriously threat-
A. urbanization
ened by:
B. cutting down the tree in your garden
A. Oil exploration
C. overbreeding birds in the wild
B. Dolomite mining in that area
D. buying a Christmas tree during the hol-
C. Iron ore mining
idays
D. Volcanic eruption in that area
66. Unclassed forests are mainly found in:
61. Rains may also damage the
A. All north-eastern states and parts of
A. roots Gujarat
B. soil B. Kerala and Tamil Nadu
C. humus C. Punjab and Haryana
D. none of these D. West Bengal and Bihar
62. when riding a motorcycle should our eyes 67. Forest conservation Act is is not followed
be positioned? in which of the following states
A. Look at the speedometer then at the A. Jammu and Kashmir
front B. Assam
B. look far ahead (in the direction you C. West Bengal
want to go) so that the field of view be-
comes wider D. All the above
C. look at the passengers behind 68. A leading cause of deforestation in the

D. to the left, front, then right so that you Amazon Rain Forest is
know the position of other riders A. Oil Production
63. which of these will reduce deforestation B. Air pollution
A. replant sapling immediately trees have C. Cattle Ranching

been cleared D. Tribal Conflicts

69. When only some of the tree in a forest are 73. At present there are wildlife sanctuary
cut at once is called A. 500
A. selection system B. 170
B. selection Sunday C. 514
C. shelterwood selection D. 516
D. even aged selection
74. Define Wild Life Sanctuaries?
70. How has Brazil’s government worked to
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A. A wildlife sanctuaries is an area where
fix the deforestation problem?
animal habitats and their surroundings
A. They have arrested those responsible are protected from any sort of distur-
for cutting trees in the rain-forest. bance.
B. They have set aside large protected ar- B. It is another universe
eas and planted new trees.
C. A wildlife sanctaries is an area where
C. They have encouraged the poor peo- animal habitats and their surroundings
ple who live in the rain-forest to move to are protected from any sort of distur-
cities. bance.
71. Define Forest 75. In which of the following years the Project
A. large area covered with water Tiger launched?
B. A large area of land covered with trees A. 1951
is known as forest B. 1973
C. A large area of land covered with trees C. 1993
is known as forst
D. 2009
D. none of above
76. Cutting down of trees on large scale is
72. You heard about a plan to convert the called
nearby mangrove swamp to commercial
area. Your neighbor agrees with the plan A. deforestation
because they believed that the mangrove B. floods
swamp has no economic value. After C. forest protection
researching, you want to discuss the is-
sue with your neighbor. Which statement D. Erosion
could possibly convey to your neighbor to 77. Which detail from the article provides ev-
not agree with the plan? idence that destroying rain forests would
A. Mangroves filter pollutants from wa- be harmful for the rest of the world?
ter. A. Tropical rain forests are the places
B. Mangroves are beautiful ecosystems. that have the greatest biodiversity in the
C. Mangroves provide shelter for ani- world.
mals. B. The mining process causes pollution of
D. Mangroves protect the coastal commu- rivers and other water supplies.
nity from waves and provide food and busi- C. Poachers capture rare rain forest ani-
ness for people. mals and sell the animals for great profits.

D. When trees are cut down, the remain- 84. How many forest are there in India
ing parts release carbon dioxide into the
A. 4
air, causing global warming.

B. 5
78. Breathing roots are also called as
A. Rhizomes C. 7
B. porous roots D. 1
C. nitrogeous roots
85. which one of the following is not a form of
D. Knee roots abiotic resource?
79. There are total national Parks in india A. forests
A. 100 B. land
B. 200
C. minerals
C. 103
D. none of above
D. 105
80. Why forest are important? 86. Forest is home to?
A. They give oxygen A. Humans
B. They give pollution B. Pet animals
C. Both a and b
C. Wild animals and species of birds
D. None of these
D. All of these
81. Which type of rain forest grows far from
the equator? E. Both a and c
A. cloud forests 87. In the notification under Wildlife Act of
B. tropical forests which years, several hundred butterflies,
C. deciduous forests moths, beetles, and one dragonfly have
been added to the list of protected species.
D. temperate forests
(Choose two options)
82. Natural part of a forest ecosystem and A. 1980
may be required for seed germination
A. floods B. 1996
B. tornadoes C. 1990
C. fire D. 1986
D. polar vortex
88. Which of the following states have a con-
83. What part of the tree gives its protec- centration of tribes?
tion?
A. Madhya Pradesh
A. outerbark
B. Chhattisgarh
B. inerbark
C. sapwood C. Jharkhand
D. none of above D. All of the above

89. Where is Dachingam National Park? C. Coniferous

A. Jammu and Kashmir D. none of above
B. Assam 95. What is a cause of deforestation?
C. Goa A. car emissions
D. none of above B. logging and mining
90. Is plastic and drink cans a type of waste? C. oil spills
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A. dry D. over population
B. wet 96. What is Gir forest famous for?

C. artificial A. Tiger
D. none of above B. Deer
C. Asiatic Lion
91. Why does deforestation increase when the
value of crops and cattle go up? D. none of above
A. The value of timber goes up. 97. Reserved and protected forests are also
B. Laws to protect the rain forest are not referred to as:
enforced. A. Unclassed forests
C. People think they can make more B. Permanent forest estates
profit selling cattle and crops. C. Open forests
D. Environmental groups work with the D. Mangrove forests
government only when prices are down.
98. What is a renewable resource?
92. Nutrients are replenished in soil through A. one that can be replaced quickly
A. roots B. one that is man-made
B. water C. one that comes from the sun
C. humus D. one that will never run out
D. all of these
99. in wildlife has been banned to give le-
93. Which of the following conservation gal protection to their habitat.
strategies do not directly involve commu- A. Hunting
nity participation? B. trade
A. Joint Forest Management C. feeding
B. Beej Bachao Andolan D. all
C. Demarcation of wild life Sanctuaries
100. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was im-
D. Chipko Movement plemented in:
94. Sal, teak and sheesham are the important A. 1972
trees in Which type of forest? B. 1971
A. Evergreen C. 2010
B. Deciduous D. 1982

101. How many National Parks are there in 106. choose an example of the things we get
India? from the forest..

A. 92 national Parks A. food
B. 500 National Parks B. medicine
C. 200 National Parks C. chocolate
D. 76 National Parks D. plastic
107. Cutting all the trees except for a few ma-
102. why are peat bags important?
ture ones to promote regeneration
A. they look good
A. seed tree approach
B. the dark colour help provide warmth
B. sloppy clear cut
for birds
C. selective cutting
C. they are an important nitrate sink, con-
taining more ‘locked away’ nitrates than D. slash and burn
the earths forests. 108. Which one of the following is not respon-
D. they are an important carbon sink, con- sible for the decline in India’s biodiver-
taining more ‘locked away ‘ carbon than sity?
that earth’s forest. A. Mining activities
103. The species whose population has de- B. Hunting and poaching
clined to a level from where it is likely to C. Forest fire
move into the endangered category in the
D. Afforestation
near future if the negative factors continue
to operate are called: 109. Every rule made under this Act is laid be-
A. Endemic Species fore each House of Parliament
B. Extinct Species A. True

B. False
C. Vulnerable Species
C. Dont Know
D. Normal Species
D. none of above
104. How was our presentation
110. Trees that do not lose their leaves every
A. Excellent year.
B. good A. Timberland
C. Bad B. Forest Land
D. Poor C. Deciduous Trees
105. Where can we find coniferous forest in D. Evergreen Trees

India? 111. All the clearcutting facts below are true.
A. Deserts Which are benefits or pros of clearcut-
ting?
B. River Deltas
A. Clearcutting generates more consis-
C. Grassland tent and higher rates of return for the log-
D. Himalayas ging companies and its investors

B. Consumer timber/lumber prices are B. Academic

kept low and predictable when clearcut- C. Physical
ting is used, since savings are passed on
to consumers. D. none of above
C. Clearcutting destroys plant life and an- 116. One step which was undertaken under In-
imal habitats. dian Wildlife Act to protect the wildlife.
D. Clearcutting is aesthetically unappeal- A. Trade in wildlife was declared illegal
ing.
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B. Timber can be collected from forests
112. Sacred Groves are: C. Permission for hunting to some extent
A. parts of large forests that have been D. No one allowed to see or touch animals
left untouched by the locals and as re-
117. Why does soil erosion happen after peo-
garded as sacred.
ple cut down trees in rain forests?
B. places for grazing animals.
A. the trees’ roots that hold the soil are
C. forests earmarked for commercial gone
felling of trees.
B. the trees absorb more water from the
D. forests used for planting trees with ground
medicinal properties.
C. the rivers become bigger and they
113. Name a tree found in the Ganga Delta. wash away the soil
A. Sundari D. after they clear the land, people build
farms or houses, which cause erosion
B. Teak
C. Keekar 118. What are forests?
D. none of above A. Where people built home

B. Piece of land with many trees
114. Which of these are reasons why we
C. Both a and b
should protect rain forests? (Choose 4)
D. None of these
A. it’s bad to destroy the homes of mil-
lions of animals 119. When looking at forestry and logging,
B. rain forests make oxygen the conservation work (typically carried
out by a Conservation Technician) usually
C. we need rain forest resources
requires what kind of degree in order to
D. clearing away rain forests creates get started in the field?
more land for farming that we need to
A. Master’s Degree
grow bananas, coffee, and rubber
B. Doctorate
E. rain forests contain plants that may be
useful as medicine, food, and other impor- C. Associate Degree
tant things D. none of above
115. The key about a career in logging is know- 120. Forestry and logging require an educa-
ing that most of the job is what kind of tional background in what type of sci-
work? ence?
A. Scientific A. Biology

B. Physics 126. One of the impacts that may arise from a

C. Astronomy deforested forest is?

D. Nuclear A. the number of forest-dwelling animals
is increasing
121. The Asiatic lions live in the Gir forests of B. fog smoke
A. Rajastan C. flood
B. Gujarat
D. none of above
C. Manipur
127. According to the passage, deforestation
D. none of above
is being caused by
122. The Amazon rain forest is located on A. animals
what continent?
B. rainfall
A. South America
C. climate
B. Africa
D. people
C. North America
D. Asia 128. leads to an increase in carbon dioxide
which contributes to global warming.
123. Crocodile belongs to which of the follow-
A. Acid Rain
ing categories of fauna?
A. Extinct category B. Oil Pollution
B. Rare Category C. Deforestation
C. Endemic Category D. Over-Extraction
D. Endangered Category 129. what is people doing to counter defor-

estation?
124. The forest cover in our country has re-
cently increased due to: A. the US stopped foreign wood products
from entering the country.
A. Increase in natural forest growth
B. the US created animal shelters for en-
B. Increase in net sown area
dangered wild life.
C. Plantation by different agencies
C. they passed law to protect wild life en-
D. None of the above dangers wild life therefore protecting the
forest they live in
125. Read the first sentence from the
passage:“Bright-colored toucans and D. none of above
other exotic birds fly among the forest.”
In this sentence, the word exotic means 130. Cutting and destroying of forest is called
A. familiar A. afforestation
B. unusual B. degradation
C. feathered C. deforestation
D. common D. decomposition

131. does deforestation contribute to global 136. According to the passage, the clearing of
warming? trees is to blame for endangering the rain
forest. Which of the following solutions is
A. no trees aren’t that important
presented as a way to help fix the prob-
B. no deforestation adds methane to lem?
the atmosphere, which makes the earth
A. identifying all the species that live in
cooler
the Amazon
C. yes; less trees carbon dioxide is
B. planting more trees and flowers in the
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turned in oxygen
rain forest
D. sometimes because only the cutting C. persuading more people to move to
down of maple trees coutributes to global the Amazon
warming
D. placing part of the Amazon under gov-
132. I’m one of India’s largest mangrove for- ernment protection
est . Find Me .
137. How many sections are there in Forest
A. Bhitarkanika, Odisha COnservation Act 1980
B. Picha varam, Tamil Nadu A. 6
C. Sundarbans Delta, The Ganges B. 7
D. Baratang Island Mangroves, An- C. 12
damans D. None of the above
133. Would have the most species 138. *Diversion of forest land for rehabilita-
A. small island closest to mainland tion of of tribal people can be done
B. large island closest to mainland A. True

B. False
C. large island furthest from mainland
C. Dont know
D. small island furthest from mainland
D. none of above
134. A is a protected area where animals
can live safely in their surroundings 139. Which one of the following is an example
of normal species?
A. Sanctuary
A. Rodent
B. Biosphere
B. Black buck
C. Zoo
C. Sangai
D. Forest
D. Blue sheep
135. How forests increase the atmosphere’s 140. The Sunderbans in West Bengal are the
humidity? home of
A. By Transpiration A. Lions
B. By photosynthesis B. Elephants
C. By nitrogen fixation C. Bengal Tigers
D. By evaporation D. none of above

141. what are people doing to counter defor- 146. The major river that flows in the Amazon
estation? is

A. the passes laws to protect endangers A. Amazon
wild life therefore protecting the forest B. Atlantic Ocean
they live in
C. Pacific Ocean
B. the US stopped foreign woods prod-
ucts form entering the country. D. none of above
C. the US created animal shelters for en- 147. Which two states have large percentage
dangered wild life of reserved forests of its forest area?
D. none of above A. Orissa and Jharkhand
142. Deforestation is B. Jammu & Kashmir and Andhra
Pradesh
A. An impact
B. A cause C. Assam and Tripura
C. A response D. Rajasthan and Haryana
D. A process 148. What is the full form of JFM?

143. A tree planting ceremony was called A. January, February and March
A. Van Mahotsav B. Joint Forces Memorandum
B. Tree life C. Joint Forest Management
C. Save the world D. Journal of Fluid Mechanics
D. Breathe 149. Fire suppression has caused
144. what are the steps to use APAR? A. flooding
A. Pull the Push-pin Spray-Handle onto B. bigger and more dangerous fires
the Fire C. loss of biodiversity
B. Press Handle-Aim the hose to Fire- D. squirrels
Spray
C. Pull the pin-aim at the noozle-press 150. what does deforestation effect?
the handle A. humans
D. Pull the pin-Press the handle-Aim the B. plants and animal
nozzle-Move the nozzle towards the fire
C. our biosphere
145. According to the Amazon by the Numbers D. all the above
box, the Amazon rain forest covers about
2 million square miles. Now look at the 151. Which of the following is not not forestry
map. In what South American country is activity
most of the rain forest located? A. cultivation of tea
A. Brazil B. Construction of check dams for soil
B. Mexico conservation works
C. Argentina C. cultivation of medicinal plants
D. Chile D. none of the above

152. Forestry involves understanding types of 158. who is the leader of chipko movement
trees, as well as which of the following? A. Nehru ji
A. the animals that might live in trees
B. Modi ji
B. how animals grow over time
C. sunderlal bhaugana
C. the management of forests
D. none of above
D. none of above
159. Mark the programs initiated by govern-
153. The least disruptive way of harvesting
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ment to save endangered species.
trees is
A. Project Tiger
A. Clearcutting
B. Project elephant
B. Shelterwood
C. Project Rabbit
C. Selective
D. none of above D. Project crocodile
154. Uses of Forest 160. An area reserved to protect forest and

wildlife.
A. All of Them
A. National Park
B. More than 40% of the fuel of the world
is supplied by Forest. B. Sacred groves
C. Forest gives us Plastic C. Amusement parks
155. The place where both natural vegetation 161. The Himalayan yew is found in parts of:
and wildlife both are preserved
A. Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal
A. Wildlife sanctuary Pradesh
B. National Park B. Punjab and Haryana
C. Biosphere reserve Park C. West Bengal and Kerala
D. Bird Sanctuary D. Madhya Pradesh and Goa
156. Which of the following is not prepared 162. Ebony, Mahogany and Rosewood
from the wood obtained from forest?
A. Evergreen Forest
A. plywood
B. Deciduous Forest
B. paper
C. thermocol C. Thorny Forest
D. matchsticks D. none of above
157. Why is the Amazon rain forest important 163. Annual festival during which the trees
to us even though it is so far away? are planted across the country.
A. because it’s 2 million square miles A. Vanmahotsav
B. Argentina and Chile and U.S allies B. Chipko Movement
C. because Brazil has won 5 world cups C. International Yoga Day
D. because it the lungs of the world D. none of above

164. WHAT is the Fire Triangle Element? ? B. Vulnerable species

A. Sources of Heat, Fuel, and Wind C. Endemic species

B. Fuel, Heat Source and Oxygen D. Extinct species
C. Fuel, Sun, and dry leaves
170. A way to protect forests and trees?
D. Fuel, Wind and Hot Weather
A. plant more trees
165. For many years, forest fires were sup-
B. use more coal
pressed to protect lives and property. This
policy has lead to C. increase population
A. a build up of dead biomass that can D. all of these
fuel larger fires
171. The Rhino Project has been implemented
B. many forest species being able to live
in which place?
without having their habitats destroyed
C. soil erosion on steep slopes A. Kaziranga
D. economic instability B. Jim Corbett

C. Kanha
166. how much forest is lost every minute?
D. none of above
A. 20 inches
B. 20 centimetres 172. Forest are:
C. 20 football fields A. PLastic
D. 20 feet B. natural resources
167. Is the conservation of forest and wildlife C. Man made
an integral part in today’s developing D. none of above
world?
A. Yes 173. Which state has the largest area under
permanent forests?
B. No
C. It’s not very important A. Haryana
D. Conservation is useless B. Andhra pradesh

C. Gujarat
168. Where is Kanha National Park?
D. Madhya pradesh
A. Assam
B. Madhya Pradesh 174. Some ecosystems are declared by the
C. Kerala government as protected areas wherein
cutting of trees are not allowed. What is
D. none of above the goal of the government?
169. Species with a small population may A. Control animal life growth
move into the endangered or vulnerable
B. Expand the protected areas
if the negative factors affecting them con-
tinue to operate. C. Increase the population of trees.
A. Rare species D. Maintain the biodiversity of the area.

175. What year was the Daintree Rainforest 180. How can the rainforests be protected
listed as a World Heritage site? from deforestation? (choose 2)
A. 1994 A. Protect the forested areas
B. 1971 B. cut down more trees
C. 1988 C. Plant new trees
D. none of above D. increase mining
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176. Define National Parks?
181. Various and have been estab-
A. National Parks are an area of land lished to give natural habitat to the species
used to preserve in their Natural Habitat? facing extinction.
A. butchery
B. It is the Earth
B. wildlife sanctuaries
C. It is a Famous City
C. abattoir
D. none of above
D. national parks
177. The species which are in danger of extinc-
tion are called: 182. Mention 5 Attitudes of Fire Fighter?
A. Vulnerable Species A. Honest, Tough, Loyal, Discipline, hard
work
B. Rare Species
C. Endangered Species B. Honesty, Responsibility, Discipline, Co-
operation, Caring
D. Extinct Species
C. Hard Work, Loyal, Honest, Sincere,
178. The following are preparations that must Strong
be made before driving a motorcycle, ex-
D. Brave, Tough, Discipline, Cooperation,
cept?
Responsibility
A. wash the motor vehicle first
B. warm-up body 183. Famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach
was born on the edge of which German for-
C. preparation of driving documents est?
D. check the condition of the vehicle A. Teutoburg Forest
(tires, mirrors, etc.)
B. Black Forest
179. What is the relationship between the
C. Thuringian Forest
amount of political corruption in a country,
and the amount of illegal logging? D. none of above
A. More corruption = More illegal log- 184. Which one of the following is an animal
ging product?
B. Less corruption = More Illegal log-
A. Gum
ging
B. Honey
C. Corruption has no relationship to ille-
gal logging C. Catechu
D. Illegal logging causes corruption D. Rubber

185. A fire caused by an electric current is 190. Which of these is something that happens
what class of fire? after people cut down rain forests?

A. light class A. there will be more oxygen in the air
B. Class C B. there will be more water in the air
C. Class A C. there will be less rain, and there may
be droughts
D. Class B
D. millions of plants and animals will find
186. Human activities that destroy nature new homes and continue to live
are? 191. Two farmers/citizen group which have
A. throw garbage at school shown that adequate levels of diversified
crop production without use of synthetic
B. picking up trash from the gutters
chemicals are possible and economically vi-
C. cutting down trees able.
D. none of above A. JFM and IUCN
B. Beej Bachao Andolan and Navdanya
187. Which state did chipko movement begin
in C. Narmada Bachao Andolan and
Bhairodev Dakav Sonchuri
A. Madhya Pradesh
D. Beej Bachao Andolan and Narmada
B. Goa Bachao Andolan
C. Uttarakhand
192. When working in forestry, knowledge of
D. none of above which of the following is considered essen-
tial?
188. What is IUCN?
A. Astronomy
A. International Union for Conservation B. Engineering
of Nature and Natural resources
C. Soil science
B. Indian Union of Conservation of Na-
ture and Natural resources D. none of above
C. International Union Concerning of Nat- 193. If you wish to enter the field of soil and
ural resources forest conservation, what kind of educa-
tional goal should you attain?
D. Indian Union of Conserving Natural re-
sources A. High school diploma
B. 2 year associate degree
189. What are some Economic values of
C. 4 year college degree
Forests? (more than one)
D. Doctorate degree
A. timber for lumber
B. medicinal plants 194. Which is a problem associated with defor-
estation?
C. increasing biodiversity
A. More oxygen is available on the planet.
D. source of food
B. Poor people earn money from selling
E. purifying water trees.

C. Native people have too much forest for 200. Rain forests have a very high be-
their needs. cause millions of different species of plants
D. There is less forest to produce goods and animals live there.
that humans need. A. photosynthesis
195. Degrading of wildlife is due to B. variance
A. Loss of tiger, plants and micro organ- C. symbiosis

ism D. biodiversity
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B. Loss of forest, Illegal hunting and Cli-
matic change 201. What is the definition of FIRE?
C. Loss of Ice cover region A. A disaster/event caused by Fire
D. None of the above B. An incident/disaster that can

be detrimental, occurs intention-
196. Small-scale activities such as subsistence ally/unintentionally
agriculture, fuel-wood collection and char- C. Incidents/accidents caused by uncon-
coal are the main cause of deforestation in trolled fires can cause property losses,
which world region? health problems and environmental dam-
A. Africa age
B. South-East Asia D. The event that caused the smog
C. South America
202. Sacred grooves are known as
D. Europe
A. sarnas, kan, rai, devarakudu
197. Types of Forests in India B. dhya, penda, bewar
A. Evergreen Forest C. nevad, jhum, podu
B. Thorny Forests D. siadi, semur, Chena tavi,
C. Both
203. Extensive planting of a single commer-
D. none of above cially valuable species is called:
198. Various awareness programs for conser- A. Jhumming
vation of Natural Vegetation
B. Intensive subsistence farming
A. Van Mahotsav
C. Mixed farming
B. Wild life week
D. Enrichment plantation
C. Social Forestry
D. All of the above 204. Forestry, especially conservation, has ed-
ucational roots in which of the following
199. Herbivores feed on? topics?
A. dead matters A. Science
B. plants B. Social Studies
C. animals C. Mathematics
D. both animals and plants D. none of above

205. Chir, Deodar, Fir and Spruce are impor- 211. The following are importance of tropical
tant trees of which forest? rainforest except:

A. Coniferous A. They make much of the oxygen humans
B. Tidal and animals depend on.
C. Evergreen B. Stabilize climate, house incredible
D. none of above amounts of plants and wildlife.
C. Produce nourishing rainfall.
206. The Himalayan yew is:
A. an insect D. Protect coastlines from storms and
erosion.
B. a medicinal plant
C. a mammal 212. what’s is urbanization?
D. a bird A. tearing down a large shopping mall
207. Which among the following are the three B. process of making an area more coun-
types of crocodiles that are announced try like.
gravely threatened? C. process of making an aread more city
A. The Gharial like
B. Fresh water crocodile D. moving to an urban area
C. Salt water crocodile
213. What is conservation of forest?
D. Marshy crocodile
A. Preventing deforestations and follow-
208. What causes deforestation? ing afforestation
A. reforestation B. Preventing afforestationand following
B. contour farming deforrestation
C. illegal logging C. Using fossil fuels execcesively
D. habitat restoration D. Leaving the watering running.
209. The greatest dangers for these working
in the logging industry lie with which of 214. There is no rules and regulations appli-
the following? acbe for felliing of trees in private land
A. Equipment A. False
B. Wildlife B. True
C. Finances C. dont know
210. Approximately % of all land on earth
215. Name two forests
is covered with forests.
A. Amazon forest, Delhi Zoo
A. 24.39 %
B. 30 % B. Congo forest, Amazon forest
C. 34.39 % C. Both a and b
D. 20 % D. None of these

216. Choose the statement that best describes 220. are large storing water-bodies which
a conclusion that can be drawn about the provide water for irrigation and continous
author’s line of reasoning in paragraph 5. water supply to towns and cities
A. When people learn about the rain for- A. dams
est, they often decide to protect it. B. lake
B. People are working to protect rain C. sea
forests, but it is too late to save them. D. rain water harvesting
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C. Only people who do not profit from
221. Which among the following is the small-
harming rain forests want to save them.
est forest animal?
D. The best way to save the rain forests A. bison
is to turn them into national parks.
B. fox
217. clear cutting a forest means C. boar
A. forest environments do not remain in- D. porcupine
tact
222. Demand for which resource has greatly
B. forest resources are not being care- contributed to the destruction of the Ama-
fully managed zon Rainforest?
C. the cutting is not balanced by planting A. coal
new trees B. diamonds
D. all the above C. lumber
218. Loggers often clear away large areas D. oil
of rain forests so they can reach valu- 223. What is the name for things farmers
able hardwood trees. What do these log- grow just to sell, not for their own food?
gers do with the non-hardwood trees they
A. subsistence crops
cut?
B. bananas, rubber, coffee, and palm oil
A. they collect them and sell them to rain
forest people C. cash crops
B. they burn them or just throw them on D. sellable crops
the ground 224. What percentage of global deforestation
C. they use them to make crates and is caused by agricultural expansion?
chopsticks A. 74%
D. the sell them because non-hardwood B. 19%
trees are also useful C. 47%
219. What are the conservation projects now D. 6%
focusing on? 225. Why haven’t scientists studied all of the
A. Biodiversity plants in the world’s rain forests to check
if they can make medicine?
B. Humans
A. scientists are not allowed to go to rain
C. Bacteria forests because they always destroy too
D. All of the Above many trees

B. scientists are trying to test all the 230. deforestation is cause by

plants, but there are so many species and A. snakes
people keep destroying them

B. banks
C. scientists don’t need to test all the
plants because they already know which C. schools
ones are useful D. agriculture activists
D. scientists don’t want to study all of 231. in 2005, the government of Brazil re-
them because that isn’t a good way to dis- leased information showing that over 10,
cover new medicines or make money 000 square miles of the amazon rain for-
est had been destroyed. Cattle ranching
226. Which statements best supports the main
is the leading cause of deforestation re-
idea of this passage?
ported by the Brazilian government. what
A. The Amazon is the largest rain forest will most likely be the immediate result of
in the world. deforestation in the Amazon rain forest /
B. Millions of plants and animals live in A. an increase in atmospheric carbon
the Amazon dioxide
C. Deforestation is destroying the Ama- B. a decrease in the rate of soil erosion
zon. C. a decrease in the use of alternative en-
D. Brazil’s government created two na- ergy
tional parks in the Amazon. D. an increase in biodiversity in the re-
gion
227. Education in logging most often takes
place in which of the following ways? 232. What is the another Name for Tidal For-
A. College degrees est
B. On-site training A. Mangrove Forest
C. Vocational schools B. Thorny Forest
D. none of above C. Coniferous Forest

D. none of above
228. Forests protect the soil from
233. Which of these are real types of rain for-
A. humus
est? (choose 3)
B. erosion
A. subtropical
C. growth B. temperate
D. conservation C. tropical
229. Micro-organisms act on dead plants to ob- D. cloud
tained E. deciduous
A. fungus
234. Which year did the chipko movement be-
B. mushroom gin in?
C. humus A. 2020s
D. fertilizer B. 1980s

C. 1960s 240. Which statement best supports the idea

that “When people learn about the rain
D. 1970s
forest, they often decide to protect it”?
235. Forestry and logging fall under what ca- A. Efforts are being made to preserve our
reer category? rain forests.
A. Agricultural B. Once they experience the beauty and
value of the rain forest, many tourists vol-
B. Business
unteer to help.
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C. Industrial C. Some forests have been turned into na-
D. Educational tional parks.
D. Farmers and ranchers are trying not to
236. When was the Indian wildlife protection harm the soil and cause pollution.
act implemented?
A. 1980 241. Which are prominent trees of the tidal
forest?
B. 1768
A. Sal
C. 1972
B. Sheesham
D. 1973 C. Mangrove
237. What is the problem with timber planta- D. none of above
tions?
242. The Mundas and the Santhal of Chota
A. low biodiversity Nagpur plateau worship which trees?
B. prone to forest fires A. Tamarind
C. cause soil erosion B. Mahua
D. absorb excess CO2 from atmosphere C. Mango
D. Apple
238. Given below are some of the animals
that were announced by the central gov- 243. Which of the following types of natural
ernment as gravely threatened. Choose vegetation have originally come to India
the animal that was not part of the list. from abroad?
A. Tiger A. Rare species
B. Asiatic Lion B. Endemic species
C. Snow Leopard C. Endangered species

D. Exotic species
D. Gorilla
244. The action of clearing a wide area of
239. Where is Jim Corbett National Park? trees.
A. Rajasthan A. Deforestation
B. Uttarkhand B. Afforestation
C. Assam C. Forestation

245. code of conduct in driving a two-wheeled C. Physically

vehicle that is safe and comfortable for D. none of above
yourself and other traffic users?

A. Safety Roading 251. Sequence that represents the series of
eating and being eaten is called
B. Safety Riding
A. Food series
C. Safety Reading
B. Food web
D. Safety Training
C. Food hub
246. Different ways to conserve forests
D. Food chain
A. Prevent deforestation
252. Which of the following are natural causes
B. Make forest fires
of deforestation?
C. Afforestation
A. Climate change
D. preventillegalcutting of trees
B. Insect pests and diseases
247. The plants also maintain the balance of C. Wildfires
oxygen and carbon-dioxide in the atmo-
D. Ocean tide strengths
sphere, so the forest are called
A. kidney 253. The question below is an incomplete sen-
tence. Choose the word that best com-
B. heart
pletes the sentence. Scientists thought
C. lungs that the rain forest was losing about 5,
D. nose 800 square miles a day; , they later
learned that it is disappearing about twice
248. Which of the following is also referred to as fast.
as permanent forests?
A. first
A. Reserved and Protected forests
B. however
B. Reserved and Unclassed forests
C. most likely
C. Reserved and Open forests
D. despite
D. Unclassed and Protected forests
254. one of the benefits of urban forests for
249. Which one of the following is an example the environment is?
of endemic species
A. can be cut down if residents need
A. Desert Fox wood
B. hornbill B. wood products can be sold
C. Andaman teal C. helps water absorption
D. Gangetic dolphin D. none of above
250. A career in logging is considered to be the 255. JFM depends on the formation of that
most demanding in which of the following undertake protection activities mostly on
ways? degraded forest land managed by the for-
A. Emotionally est department
B. Mentally A. State managed institutions

1.11 Silviculture 288
B. District level institutions 258. thorn forest are also known as

C. Local (village) institutions A. Rajasthan forest
D. National bodies B. desert forest
256. Select all human factors that can cause C. Indira Gandhi forest
deforestation D. babul and keekar forest
A. Forest management laws/regulations
259. Who among the following was a part of
are difficult to enforce due to the inherent
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the Bishnoi Movement for conservation of
remote and dense nature of forested ar-
forests?
eas.
A. Ambika Devi
B. Wars and civil disruption displace pop-
ulations which may place pressure on for- B. Anamika Devi
est biomes. C. Arunima Devi
C. The desire for economic growth de- D. Amrita Devi
mands industrial expansion to alleviate
poverty in developing nations, often at the 260. What are the two types of trees?
cost of forests. A. decduous, conifrous
D. Infrastructure improvement factors
B. tiny trees, big trees
such as mines, dams and transport sys-
tems. C. deciduous, coniferous
D. none of above
257. to protect indias forest and wildlife, gov-
ernment set up , and 261. Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in which
A. national parks state?
B. biospheres A. Rajasthan
C. sanctuaries B. Uttar Pradesh
D. Zoo C. Gujarat
E. Aquarium D. West Bengal
1.11 Silviculture
1. Predominant height of a stand consists of A. Harvesting the most valuable trees
and leaving UGS
A. the average height of intermediate and
suppressed trees B. Selecting trees based on a diameter
limit
B. the height of all intermediate trees
C. Cutting trees to leave the most valu-
C. the average height of dominant and able timber
codominant trees
D. A timber harvest that provides the
D. the average height of all trees in a most benefit to wildlife
stand
3. The time between stand establishment and
2. What is high grading? harvest is called

1.12 Forest policy and governance 289
A. high grading C. rotation age

B. a regeneration cut D. none of above

1.12 Forest policy and governance
1. The Local Bishnoi Women under the lead- 6. Who wrote the book ‘The Forests of India’
ership of clung to the trees protesting in the year 1923?
against their felling.
A. David spurr
A. Gaura Devi
B. E.P. Stebbing
B. Chandi Prasad Bhatt
C. John Middleton
C. Sunderlal Bahuguna
D. none of above
D. Amrita Devi
7. Tidal forests are also called forests.
2. different plant species can be found in one
forest patch A. Tropical rainforests
A. amazon forests B. Mangrove forests
B. Western Ghats C. Monsoon forests
C. Eastern Ghats D. none of above

D. both 1 and 2 8. Cotton textile industries are based in-
dustries.
3. Another name for deciduous forests.
A. Small-scale
A. Mountain forest
B. Large-scale
B. Monsoon forest
C. Cottage
C. Mangrove forest
D. None
D. Scrub forest
4. Colonial forest policies are also responsi- 9. Upland forest type covers the greatest
ble for depletion of forest. area of Missouri.
A. True A. Oak-Hickory
B. False B. Oak-Pine
C. None of the above C. Mixed Hardwoods
D. none of above D. Bottomland Hardwoods
5. Deciduous trees their leaves in the fall. 10. Fires out west are much worse due to
A. shed A. urban wildland sprawl
B. grow B. more insect damages
C. restore C. forest is overstocked
D. increase D. all responses are true

11. Tribes of Zaire are called C. Canals

A. Semangs D. Hirakud dam
B. Bantus 17. If all the trees in the tropics were cut
C. Pygmies down, global temps would increase by as
D. Dayaks much as degrees
A. 0.7
12. She is really bad-tempered, she needs to
try meditating to calm B. 1.7
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A. off C. 2.7
B. across D. 3.7
C. down 18. World’s Environment Day is celebrated on

D. none of above ?
A. 6 May
13. Acid mine drainage causes
B. 6 June
A. air pollution
C. 5 June
B. water pollution
D. 6 June
C. subsidence
D. erosion 19. A Walk Through My Rain Forest # 1
A. A
14. Why would the NFI be considered effec-
tive? Tick all that apply B. B
A. over 1000 sites are monitoring across C. C

the country. D. D
B. has potential to generate policy 20. There are types of forest found in In-
changes to protect forests for 40 years dia.
onwards
A. 4
C. works alongside an agreement made
at COP21 in 2015 to reduced deforesta- B. 2
tion C. 5
D. can cost a lot of money D. 3
15. Which of the following are examples of de- 21. The Kalangs resisted the Dutch in
fects? A. 1710
A. knot holes B. 1750
B. close grain C. 1770
C. worm holes D. 1800
D. bird pecks
22. A mineral or group of minerals from which
16. Which dam is built on Mahanadi river? we extract metal.
A. Sardar Sarovar dam A. metal
B. Bhakra Nangal dam B. ore

C. magma 28. WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF C.F.M

D. overburden A. COMMUNITY FOREST MANAGEMENT

B. COMMUNITY FOREST MARRIAGE
23. The Gir Forest is home to
C. COMMON FOREST MANAGEMENT
A. Asiactic Lion
D. COMMON FOREST MAKEUP
B. Tigers
29. In which year the Baster rebellion took
C. rhinos
place?
D. none of above
A. 1910
24. A very destructive form of coal-mining B. 1909
which uses explosives and deposits mine C. 1911
tailings and overburden in valleys, damag-
ing stream flows and groundwater. D. 1908
A. subsurface minings 30. What is the climate of evergreen forest

B. strip mining A. Humid
C. placer mining B. warmer summers and cool winters
D. mountaintop removal C. windy
D. less rainfall
25. India is famous for it’s
A. Rhinoceros 31. Layer of soil and rock overlying a mineral
deposit
B. Elephants
A. underburden
C. Fishes
B. overburden
D. Asiatic Lions
C. lithosphere
26. Living, complexly interrelated community D. asthenosphere
of trees and associated plants and ani-
mals. 32. Asiatic ;ions are kept at
A. Total Forest Land A. Gir National Park

B. Sundarbans
B. Timberland
C. Manas
C. Forest
D. Great Himalayan
D. Reserved Forest Land
33. A fire that increases in intensity or spread
27. The colonial power in Indonesia were the very quickly is a
A. British A. Bang
B. French B. Blow Up
C. Dutch C. Burden
D. German D. Blasphemy

34. Natural resources whichare limited in 39. % of a tree is not used for some type
quantity are called of product.
A. Exhaustible resources. A. 75%
B. Inexhaustible resources. B. 90%
C. Crude resources C. 50%
D. Refined resources. D. Less than 10%
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35. What are Evergreen forest 40. The piece of land is cultivated for years
and then again moved to another area.
A. Nothing just a word
A. 2 or 4
B. type of car
B. 3 or 2
C. Temperate Evergreen Forests are lo-
cated in areas with warmer summers and C. 3 or 4
cool winters.They are found in coastal re- D. 4 or 5
gions of areas with mild winters and drier
climates. These forests are dominated by 41. I’m very ambitious and hard on
large trees and various plant life. A. my person
D. they are forest with tree’s and build- B. myself
ings
C. me
36. Which of the following is considered bi- D. none of above
otic?
42. The removal of some trees from a row or
A. Rocks area to allow others more room to grow.
B. Water A. Selective Cutting
C. A tree B. Controlled Burn
D. Soil C. Thinning
37. was launched in 1973. D. Clear Cutting
A. Project Rhino 43. is the staple food of the people in

B. Project Gharial Northern India.
A. Rice
C. Project Tiger
B. Wheat
D. none of above
C. Tea
38. are those which are present in plenty
D. Leather
and do not reduce in quantity even after
continuous use. 44. Natural resources are of types.
A. Inexhaustible resources A. 4
B. Inexhaustible resources B. 3
C. Minerals C. 2
D. Salts D. 1

45. Which of the following would be consid- 50. What is the biggest driver of deforesa-
ered a secondary consumer? tion?

A. A fox A. logging
B. A tree B. wildfires
C. fuelwood
C. A squirrel
D. agriculture
D. Moss
51. Wildfires are more likely during a drought
46. Species with small population may move due to increased:
into the endangered or vulnerable cate-
A. Oxygen in the atmosphere
gory if the negative factors affecting them
are not stopped. B. Lightning strikes
A. Normal Species C. Wind speeds

D. Availability of fuel
B. Vulnerable Species
C. Rare Species 52. Which forest trees lose their leaves in the
year?
D. none of above
A. Deciduous
47. When is it safe to build a campfire? B. Coniferous
A. Only when it’s cold outside C. Tropical
B. Right after it rains D. none of above
C. If there are no trees nearby 53. Hirakud dam serves to wildlife to trive.A
wildlife santuary called
D. It depends on the fire danger level
A. Debrigarh
48. To you the truth, I have no idea what’s B. Kaziranga
going on.
C. Gir national park
A. say D. Wildlife sanctuary
B. give
54. What is the problem with tree planta-
C. tell tions?
D. none of above A. low biodiversity
B. prone to forest fires
49. Why is deforestation such a significant is-
sue in PNG? C. cause soil erosion
D. absorb excess CO2 from atmosphere
A. 1/3 of all species are endemic to the
island and are threatened 55. He accidentally found my secret. What
B. over 1/2 of the plants and animals am I supposed to do now?
have yet to be described by science A. out
C. between 5-7% of the known species in B. about
the world live in PNG C. -

56. West Bengal and assam are tea producer. 62. Wood cut or prepared for manufacture into
A. True pulp, which can be made into paper prod-
ucts.
B. False
A. Pulpwood
C. All
B. Veneer
D. None
C. Piling
57. Name the animals found in north-east In-
dia. D. none of above
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A. Elephants, hippos, rhinos and deer 63. tribes work as a hunters or warriors.
B. Monkeys, wild cats and seals A. Gondi tribes
C. Tigers, lions and polar bear B. Bhills Tribes
D. none of above C. Toda Tribes
58. The species that was declared extinct in D. Munda Tribes
India in 1952.
64. Sleeping sickness is caused by para-
A. Indian Gharial
site.
B. Asiatic Cheetah
A. Plasmodium parasite
C. Indian Rhino
B. Trypanosoma parasite
D. none of above
C. helminths parasites
59. We’ve been waiting for ages before she
D. None of these
finally turned
A. out 65. Pick the odd one out
B. up A. Mahogany
C. on B. Cactus
D. none of above C. Ebony
60. NATIONAL FOREST POLICY GAVE THE PRI- D. Rosewood
MARY TASK OF SAVING THE FORESTS TO
66. In ecosystems that depend on wildfire, it
A. VILLAGERS acts most like a:
B. TRIBALS A. Power Button
C. CINEMA STARS
B. Reset Button
D. CRICKET STARS
C. Fast-Forward Button
61. What are the common trees in Evergreen D. Stop Button
forests?
A. Mango tree 67. Removal of all trees from an area.
B. Rosewood tree A. Selective Cutting
C. Apple tree B. Controlled Burn
D. Mahogany tree C. Thinning
E. Ebony tree D. Clear Cutting

68. Forest land capable of producing over 20 C. in moon

ft3 of industrious wood per year. D. mountain regions

A. Timberland
74. Which is used to reduce the impact of tim-
B. Forest Land
ber harvesting?
C. Deciduous Trees
A. slash-and-burn
D. Evergreen Trees
B. selective cutting
69. A chemical compound called is found in C. prescribed burns
the Himalayan Yew, that is used to suc-
cessfully cure some cancers. D. mechanized logging
A. Calpol 75. HOW MANY REASONS WERE THERE FOR
B. Paracetamol PASSING THE FOREST RIGHT ACT
C. Taxol A. 1
D. none of above B. 2
70. crops are sown in winter and are har- C. 3
vested in summer. D. 4
A. Rabi
76. What is the Climate in Temprate Evergreen
B. Kharif Forest
C. Cash A. -20 to 10 degree celcius
D. Food B. -40 to 30 degree celcius
71. Leaves in a temperate forest have what C. -30 to 10 degree celcius
kind of leaves?
D. -40 to 20 degree celcius
A. Thin
E. -60 to 30 degree celcius
B. large
C. small 77. Forest land capable of producing wood in
excess of 20 cubic feet per year and not
D. poisonous restricted from being harvested.
72. The trees have special roots whichgrow A. Forest
above the ground.
B. Total Forest Land
A. Evergreen forest
C. Reserved Forest Land
B. Monsoon forest
D. Timberland
C. Mangrove forest
D. Scrub forest 78. Where the kaziranga wildlife sanctuary
found?
73. where are Temperate evergreen forest lo-
A. Uttarakhand
cated
B. Assam
A. in earth
B. They are found in coastal regions of ar- C. Gujrat
eas with mild winters and drier climates. D. Madhya pradesh

79. Evergreen Forest definition 85. of the world’s deforestation has occured
A. Forest that doesn’t shed their leaves since which decade?
seasonlly A. 20s
B. Forest that shed their leaves seasonlly
B. 40s
C. Forest that have breathing roots
C. 60s
D. none of above
D. 80s
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80. Flourishing means
A. Plenty 86. Which of the following biomes covers
B. Thriving much of the eastern half of the United
States?
C. Difficulties
D. none of above A. grassland
81. Why mine tailings can be dangerous B. desert
A. can cause miners to trip C. temperate deciduous forest

B. can be full of sharp objects D. coniferous forest
C. can cause acid leaching into water bod-
ies 87. Forest are classified into Reserved Forest,
D. are full of conflict minerals Forest and Unclassed Forest.
A. Conserved
82. Where did the Dutch start forest manage-
ment in Indonesia? B. Protected
A. Java C. Sacred Groves
B. Bali
D. none of above
C. Sumatra
D. none of above 88. Global Forest Watch launched in which
year?
83. is an important tree which grows in
Mangrove forest in West Bengal. A. 2014
A. Sundari B. 2015
B. Sal
C. 2016
C. Teak
D. 2017
D. Sandalwood
84. Why is the soil rich in a deciduous forest? 89. Way of saving water are:-
A. fallen leaves make compost A. Close the tap while brushing
B. dead trees provide food for decom-
B. Oil leakage to river
posers
C. fallen pine cones add minerals C. Throw garbage in water
D. light shines through bare trees D. All of these

90. Which of the statements is true regarding 95. An example of a evergreen tree is
PNG’s economic status: A. rosewood

A. LIC with a GDP of $21.09 billion USD B. sandalwood
(2017)
C. Sundari
B. HIC with a GDP of $21.09 billion USD
(2017) D. babul
C. LIC with a GDP of $1200 billion USD 96. Which of the following trees are part of
(2017) the deciduous forest biome?
D. MIC with a GDP of $256 billion USD A. white pine
(2017)
B. cedar
91. A man is looking at a photograph of some- C. hickory
one. His friend asks who it is. The man
D. conifers
replies, “Brothers and sisters, I have none.
But that man’s father is my father’s son.” 97. The climate of the equatorial forest region.
Who was in the photograph?
A. hot
A. His Mother
B. Humid
B. The Man
C. Cold
C. His Son
D. Snowy
D. The IT clown
98. Forests where the trees shed their leaves
92. Forestry type occurs on the floodplain during dry seasons
adjacent to rivers and streams in the
bootheel. A. Thorn
A. Oak-Hickory B. Deciduous
B. Oak-Pine C. Evergreen
C. Mixed Hardwoods D. Mangrove
D. Bottomland Hardwoods 99. In India, where are the evergreen forests
located?
93. Which one is the correct plants species of
temperate evergreen forest A. West Bengal
A. Mangrove B. Hills of the north-east region
B. bamboo C. Foothills of the Himalayas
C. White oak D. Desert areas
D. Tulsi E. Higher regions of the Himalayas
94. Forests were categorized by the Forest act 100. Where is the Kaziranga national park lo-
of cated?
A. 1865 A. Rome, Italy
B. 1906 B. Assam, India
C. 1927 C. Paris, France
D. 1878 D. Hyderabad, India

101. How many national parks and wildlife 107. Chipko Movement started in to pre-
sanctuaries found in India? vent cutting of trees.
A. 200, 400 A. Himachal Pradesh
B. 100, 500 B. Uttarakhand
C. 100, 300 C. Jharkhand
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102. Crops can be raw materials for indus- 108. The hard dry fruit of a pine tree is
tries. A. Cone
A. True B. fruit
B. False C. leaves
C. None D. Petal
D. none of above 109. The national scale response in PNG is
called
103. Each mail of railway track required
A. UNCCD
A. between 1670-2000 sleepers
B. tourism
B. 3 to 5 sleepers
C. National Forest Inventory
C. 1760-2000 sleepers
D. world glacier montoring service
D. 35, 000 trees
110. He is very introverted, not a at all.
104. The oldest National park in India A. people person
A. Kaziranga B. socially person
B. Rathambhore C. person individual
C. Jim Corbett D. none of above
D. Ranganathittu 111. In PNG, what % of the original for-
105. What made the holes in the tree in this est cover still stands, covering 100, 000
story? square miles?
A. 25%
A. Hummingbird
B. 75%
B. Little Bird
C. 50%
C. Penguin
D. 100%
D. Woodpecker
112. Which of the following biomes is home to
106. is a shelter for many animals. black bears, wolves and coyotes?
A. Land A. the temperate deciduous forest
B. Tree B. the taiga
C. Forest C. the desert
D. Eco-system D. the grasslands

113. TRIBALS LOSE THEIR LAND DUE TO C. ‘festival of sunlight ‘

A. BUILDING OF DAM D. ‘festival of crops ‘

B. BUILDING OF ROAD 119. What % of the population live in poor ru-
C. TSUNAMI ral areas and rely on agriculture as their
main income?
D. EARTHQUAKE
A. 100%
114. A man pushes his car to a hotel and tells
B. 80%
the owner he’s bankrupt. Why?
C. 60%
A. He’s playing Monopoly
D. 10%
B. He ran out of gas
C. His wife divorced him and took his 120. What is the top layer of the temperate
house and car forest called?
D. He ran out of money and ran out of gas A. The forest floor
B. The Understory
115. Wooden planks lay across railway tracks
to hold these tracks in a position are C. The canopy
called: D. The emergent layer
A. Beeams 121. Cutting of trees and forests is known as
B. Sleepers
C. Rail fasteners A. Defforestation
D. All of these B. Chopping down trees
C. Deforestation
116. Why do coniferous forests have poor
soil? D. Afforestation
A. worms and beetles do not like cedar E. Cutting down trees
B. little rain falls 122. Why could the Sawmill response be con-
C. no leaves fall to the ground and com- sidered effective?
post A. reduced illegal logging, gives locals
D. sunlight is blocked by leaves ownership, 4-10x greater royalties for lo-
cal than working for large scale logging
117. Trees mostly have pointed or needle-like companies
leaves in . B. has not reduced illegal logging, is top
A. Mountain forest down in manner
B. Monsoon forest C. causes fights among locals, little profit
made
C. Mangrove forest
D. difficult to repair and maintain
D. Scrub forest
123. What is greater than God, more evil than
118. Van Mahotsav is the the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it,
A. ‘festival of trees ‘ and if you eat it, you’ll die?
B. ‘festival of wildlife A. A life lesson

B. A useful child who is not spoiled 129. I don’t hear you well, could you speak
, please?
C. Nothing
A. out
D. Poison
B. up
124. Tribes of Borneo are called C. on
A. Semangs D. none of above
B. Pygmies
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130. Which biome has more biodiversity?
C. Bantus A. Temperate forest
D. Dayaks B. Tundra
125. Upland type occurs in the drier areas of C. Desert

the Southern and Southeastern Ozarks D. Tropical Rainforest
A. Oak-Hickory 131. Cash crops are those that are in the
B. Oak-Pine market.
C. Mixed Hardwoods A. Sold

B. Bought
D. Bottomland Hardwoods
C. Human consumption
126. What are the 3R’s? D. None
A. Race
132. Animal species in Temperate Evergreen
B. Reuse forest
C. Right A. duckbill platypus
D. Recycle B. tiger
E. Reduce C. pigeon
D. elephant
127. The Largest number of horned Rhinos in
the world can be found in 133. Oak, maple are examples of trees found
in
A. water
A. Corniferous
B. The Zoo
B. Deciduous
C. The playground
C. Tropical
D. Kaziranga national park
D. none of above
128. The soaks up a large amount of rain 134. The roots of the trees hold the soil to-
water and prevents flood. gether and prevent
A. Air A. Landslides
B. Water B. Soil erosion
C. Soil C. Earthquakes
D. Cloud D. none of above

135. Evergreen forest are also called 141. Since 1750, deforestation is responsible
forests. for of emissions

A. Tropical-rain A. 1/3
B. Deciduous B. 1/2
C. Mangrove C. 1/4
D. None D. 1/8
136. The top most layer of the forest is 142. Deforestation has created negative im-
A. Canopy pacts on social conditions such as:
B. Forest floor A. loss of tribal languages (30% endan-
gered), loss of land (12% given away to
C. Emergent
foreign companies)
D. Understory
B. loss of forests with 5-7% of world
137. What disease is spread by the tsetse fly species, animal habitat threatened
A. Yellow fever C. money generated in country not stay-
ing in PNG as foreign owned
B. Malaria
D. none of above
C. sleeping sickness
D. none of above 143. There is an estimated million hectares
loss of forest
138. What do the bugs eat?
A. 1.3
A. Nuts
B. 3.3
B. Leaves
C. 5.3
C. Chicken
D. 7.3
D. Water
144. Which of the given below is the examples
139. When something “spreads like wildfire,
for Thorn forests
“ that means:
A. Rosewood
A. It’s very destructive
B. It spreads quickly B. Teak
C. It’s extremely hot C. Pine
D. It’s unpredictable D. Babul
140. The plants which grow here can survive 145. Land at least 10% stocked by forest
without water for an extended period. trees.
A. Evergreen forest A. Timberland
B. Monsoon forest B. Forest Land
C. Mangrove forest C. Deciduous Trees
D. Scrub forest D. Evergreen Trees

146. In the , womenfrom the Reni Village 151. Which forest ecosystem has the largest
in Uttarakhand started a movement to forest in the world?
save the trees .This movement is also A. Deciduous forest
called and was led by
B. Coniferous forest
A. 1923, Salt Satyagarah, Mahatma
C. Tropical forest
gandhi
D. none of above
B. 1965, Ahinsa movement, Bhagat singh
152. different products can be made from
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C. 1950, Chipko movement, Sunderlal
trees.
Bahuguna
A. 1000
D. none of above
B. 500
147. Forest cover approx what % of the C. 5000
Earth’s total land cover?
D. 200
A. 10%
153. Who sips on nectar?
B. 20%
A. Little Bird
C. 30% B. Penguin
D. 40% C. Hummingbird
148. At the beginning of the century there D. Woodpecker

were number of tigers in India. 154. The of the trees Hold the soil to-
A. 1, 827 gether.
B. 4, 002 A. Stems
B. Leaves
C. 55, 000
C. Roots
D. none of above
D. Flowers/Fruits
149. Which of the following is a community of 155. Plants or animals which are at a risk of
skilled forest cutters? no longer existing on earth
A. Maasais of Africa A. Endangered
B. Mundas of Chotanagpur B. Extinct
C. Gonds of Orissa C. Missing
D. Kalangs of Java D. Lost
156. is the process of returning ecosys-
150. In South-East Asia shifting agriculture is
tems and communities to their original nat-
known as:
ural conditions
A. Chitemene
A. Preservation
B. Tavy B. Remediation
C. Lading C. Mitigation
D. Milpa D. Restoration

157. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In C. Thorny forests

1995, that same person is 10 years old. D. none of above
How can this be?

A. He has a serious disease 163. Forest land restricted from harvesting.
B. He was born in 2005 B.C. A. Reserved Forest Land
C. He is going back in time B. Forest
D. He participates in a religious practice C. Timberland

that makes him age slower D. Total Forest Land
158. What are Tropical Evergreen Forests also 164. colonial state regarded forests as
known as? A. no man’s land
A. Tropical forests B. unproductive and wilderness
B. Mud forests C. source of revenue
C. Rain forests D. sign of balanced eco-system
D. Green forests
165. Which of these is considered abiotic?
159. means planting trees A. A tree
A. Deforestation B. A worm
B. Afforestation C. A squirrel
C. Vanmahotsava D. A rock
D. none of above 166. is immensely rich in wildlife and culti-
160. The trees shed their leaves during the dry vated species, diverse in form and function
season. but closely integrated in a system through
multiple network of inter-dependencies.
A. Evergreen forest
A. Vanishing forest
B. Monsoon forest
B. Biodiversity
C. Mangrove forest
C. Flora and Fauna
D. Scrub forest
D. none of above
161. tress are considered as Workshipped
167. What made the log rot?
by the people.
A. Sun
A. Mahua Tree
B. Water
B. Neem Tree
C. Moon
C. Peepal Tree
D. Fire
D. Mango tree
168. Forests consisting of which type of trees
162. What kind of forest is found in Andaman were preferred by the Forest Depart-
and Nicobar Islands? ment?
A. Evergreen forests A. Forests having trees which provided
B. Deciduous forests fuel, fodder and leaves

B. Forest having softwood 174. VOCABULARY:The removal of a forest or

C. Forests having trees suitable for build- stand of trees where the land is converted
ing ships and railways to a non-forest use.
D. none of above A. Maximum Sustainable Yield

B. Ecosystem Based Management
169. The cold fronts made it difficult to fight
the fires because C. Deforestation
D. Clear Cut
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A. cold fronts bring hurricanes
B. rain increases the amount of smoke 175. Water is a resource.
C. they make the firefighters cold A. Natural
D. winds bring oxygen to the fires B. Renewable
170. Which is NOT an environmental conse- C. Biotic

quence of clear-cutting D. None
A. increased soil erosion and sedimenta-
176. The name of the local response in PNG is
tion in nearby streams
A. Walkabout sawmill, in Lake Murray
B. decreased biodiversity due to habitat
fragmentation B. Walkabout Sawmill, in Lake Louise
C. increased fish populations due to the C. Walkaround sawmill, Lake Louise
influx of nutrients into streams D. stationary sawmill, Lake Murray
D. stands of same-aged trees
177. The GDP per capita in PNG is:
171. Evergreen forest are found in India along A. US $1000
A. Eastern Ghats B. US $2500
B. Western Ghats C. US $ 25, 000
C. Deccan Plateau D. US $10, 000
D. Thar Desert
178. Which of the following BEST MATCHES
172. Who eats nuts? the description of the deciduous forest?
A. Black Bears A. harsh
B. Squirrels and Black Bears B. mild
C. Squirrels C. extreme
D. Foxes D. cold
173. Who eats small animals, like squirrels? 179. The oldest national park is
A. Bears A. Periyar
B. Foxes B. Jim Corbett
C. Sharks C. All of these
D. Dinosaurs D. none of above

180. Forrest left home running. He ran a ways B. Extinct

and then turned left, ran the same distance
C. Missing
and turned left again, ran the same dis-

tance and turned left again. When he got D. Lost
home, there were two masked men. Who
were they? 186. A round timber driven into the ground to
support other structures.
A. The Kidnappers in a white van
B. Firefighters A. Pulpwood
C. The Police B. Veneer

D. The catcher and the umpire C. Piling
181. What animal species is sacred to the D. none of above

Huaoroni people?
187. Our project manager is a real and al-
A. Parrot ways ready to help us.
B. Spider Monkey A. team-member
C. Oscelot B. team-gamer
D. Silverback Gorilla
C. team-player
182. Imagine you are in a dark room. How do D. none of above
you get out?
A. Turn on the light 188. Where do the leaves get their food
from?
B. Turn on your phone flashlight
C. Stop imagining A. Moon
D. Walk out of the room B. Stars

C. Sun
183. Which of the following BEST MATCHES
the meaning of the word TEMPERATE. D. Sky
A. temperatures within moderate limits
189. Rhinocerous are killed for their skin.
B. an area with trees and bushes
A. True
C. a forest with plants growing together
B. False
D. an area with all the same temperature
C. None
184. Cutting down of trees is called
D. none of above
A. Deforestation
B. Reforestation 190. Imperial forest reserve institute was set
up in
C. Afforestation
D. Non forestation A. Dehradum
B. Mussourie
185. Plants or animals which are no longer
present on earth. C. Bangalore
A. Endangered D. simla Bangalore

191. What is a positive economic impact of de- 196. What is one threat to the TAIGA biome?
forestation in PNG? A. logging
A. palm oil companies provide health B. below freezing temperatures
cover for 30, 000+ employees
C. animal migration
B. over US $180, 000 spent by palm oil
company on improving infrastructure, ed- D. insects
ucation
197. The greatest economic contribution of
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C. jobs (2x minimum wage) for 160, 000 forests is the derived from trees.
rural communities
A. Lumber
D. all of the above B. Wood
192. Another name for tidal forests. C. Products
A. Mountain forest D. Pulpwood
B. Monsoon forest 198. I’m so exhausted, let’s put our meet-
C. Mangrove forest ing.
D. Scrub forest A. off

B. down
193. The Imperial Forest Research Institute
was set up at C. away
D. none of above
A. Allahabad
B. Darjeeling 199. PARLIAMENT PASSED THE FOREST
RIGHT ACT IN THE YEAR
C. Dehradun
A. 2004
D. Shimla
B. 2005
194. When and where is a wildfire most likely C. 2006
to happen?
D. 2007
A. Nevada, during a summer drought
B. The Midwest, in spring-time 200. Forest are also called the
A. Green lungs
C. Massachusetts, on a rainy autumn day
B. Tidal forest
D. Australia, during a mild winter
C. Ecosystem
195. These are species which are not found in D. None
some particular areas usually isolated by
natural or geographical barriers. 201. Thin sheet of wood.
A. Endangered A. Pulpwood
B. Endemic B. Veneer
C. Extinct. C. Piling

202. Name 1 tree in Evergreen Forest C. Trees

A. Mango tree D. None of these

B. Guava tree 208. Name the movement in the northern re-
C. Oak tree gion by the tribes that helped save large
D. none of above extent of Forest
A. Chipko Movement
203. What are the main factors driving defor-
estation in PNG? B. Beej bachao movent
A. demand for cheap timber in Asian Mar- C. Non Cooperation Movement

kets D. none of above
B. the fact most logging companies in the
209. What I like about my father is that he can
country are foreign
keep his in any situation.
C. global demand for palm oil
A. calm
D. all of the above
B. cool
204. Another name for a coniferous forest is C. cold
D. none of above
A. the tundra
210. What was the system of ‘blandongdien-
B. the taiga
sten’?
C. the rainforest
A. a system of education
D. the arctic
B. Industrialization
205. There are types of industries based C. First imposition of rent on land and
on size. then exemption
A. Five D. All of these
B. Six
211. FOR THE LAST TWO HUNDRED YEARS IN-
C. One JUSTICE WAS DONE TO
D. Three A. CITY PEOPLE
206. Combustion can occur when fuel is com- B. VILLAGERS
bined with: C. TRIBALS
A. wood D. FOREIGNERS
B. carbon
212. A Tribal peoples started a movement by
C. oxygen hugging a trees, This movement was called
D. water as
207. A is a large area of land where nu- A. Swadeshi Movement

merous trees grow on their own. B. Navdanya Movement
A. Land C. Satyagraha Movement
B. Forest D. Chipko Movement

213. The trees in this forest do not shed their 219. Local name for swidden agriculture in In-
leaves all at once. dia
A. Evergreen forest A. Milpa
B. Tidal forest B. lading
C. Mangrove forest C. kumri
D. Scrub forest D. chena
220. The best forest were
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214. What are the 3 components to start a
fire? A. protected forests
A. Oxygen, water & fuel B. village forests
B. Fuel, oxygen & ignition source (heat) C. reserved forests
C. Fuel, Carbon Dioxide & time D. none of the above
D. Ignition source, carbon dioxide & mois-
221. India has a variety of wildlife.
ture
A. Small
215. Which of the following is considered a pri- B. Large
mary consumer?
C. Tiny
A. A fox
D. none of above
B. An eagle
C. A rabbit 222. Name the two American Icons that have
evolved from wildland fire in the U.S.
D. A tree
A. Sparky
216. Foresty type in Southeast Missouri in an B. Thomas Edison
area known as Crowley Ridge
C. Bambi
A. Oak-Hickory
D. Roger Rabbit
B. Oak-Pine
E. Smokey the Bear
C. Mixed Hardwoods
223. What is the top layer of the rainforest
D. Bottomland Hardwoods
called?
217. What is the loudest bird A. Forest Floor
A. Humming birds B. The Understory
B. Macaws C. The canopy
C. Toucans D. The emergent layer
D. Parrots 224. The system of scientific forestry stands
218. industries have very few workers. for:
A. Cottage A. System whereby the local farmers
were allowed to cultivate temporarily
B. Cotton-textiles within a plantation
C. Small-Scale B. System of cutting old trees and plant-
D. None ing new trees

1.13 Agroforestry 309
C. Disappearance of forest A. Defect

D. none of above B. Grade

225. The black bear likes to eat 4 different C. Score
things. What are they? D. Injury
A. Grubs, Rice, Chicken, and Nuts 227. Which of the following biomes has ex-
B. Leaves, Grass, Nuts, and Grubs treme temperature changes?
C. Leaves, Nuts, Grubs, and Small Ani- A. the rainforest
mals B. the temperate deciduous forest
D. Grass, Leaves, Grubs, and Chicken C. the taiga
226. Refers to log dimensions and quality. D. the arctic
1.13 Agroforestry
1. Ways or ways for institutions that act as B. Land use capacity unit
holders of public authority to overcome a C. A measurement of trees in forests
problem or a group of interrelated prob-
D. A measurement of ecosystems
lems is the definition of?
A. Policy 5. Which is not public speaking etiquette?
B. Institutional A. Good language
C. Market B. Perfect preparation
D. Forest governance C. In a hurry
D. Honest
2. The key concept of agroforestry and the fu-
ture of the agroforestry industry is putting 6. Which is not an agroforestry development
the right tree inthe right place: opportunity?
A. At the right time A. Land Governance
B. For the right purpose B. Product Development
C. To increase the amount of trees har- C. Production Sustainability
vested D. Market
D. For right now E. Study
3. Forest is land with a minimum area of 0.5 7. Commodities that are widely used as
ha and overgrown with trees with a mini- hedge plants include the following, except
mum percentage of crown cover of 10
A. Leucaena leucocephala (Leucaena leu-
4. Shelby takes note of the various parts of
cocephala)
her family’s land in her agroforestry plan,
including sites forrecreational use, timber B. Gamal (Gliricidia sepium)
management, silvopasture, and wildlife. C. Kaliandra (Calliandra haemato-
These are known as a LUC. A LUC is: cephala)
A. Living use contract D. Legumes (legumes)

8. What is beekeeping in an agroforestry sys- 13. Dominic’s agroforestry plan should benefit
tem called? wildlife, the environment, and:
A. Bee culture A. Local agricultural companies
B. Honey culture B. The government
C. Beekeeping C. Children
D. Agriculture D. The people
14. What is the goal of agroforestry?
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9. Zach’s grandmother has a forested lot
where she wants to create an agroforestry A. Maximize the use of solar energy
plan. Zach mostlikely advises her to:
B. Optimizing land and water use effi-
A. Consider how much of the scrub or ciency
brush to remove
C. Minimizes the loss of nutrients from
B. Talk to a real estate agent the system
C. Consider clear cutting the entire track D. Minimizes run-off and erosion
D. Think about selling the land for a gro- E. All true
cery store
15. Barb’s agroforestry plan outlines the char-
10. Based on Permenhut P.14 of 2004, the acteristics of her forest, including:
minimum area of community forest is A. Description of landforms
A. 0.75 Ha B. Description of land loan or lease
B. 0.45 Ha C. Description of current weather
C. 0.35 Ha D. Description of neighboring town
D. 0.25 Ha
16. Serena’s forest farm includes growing
11. What forest areas are prohibited to do medicinal plants, mushrooms and ferns.
agroforestry? One highly valuedforest farm crop grown
on her North Carolina farm is:
A. Protected forest area
A. Ginkgo
B. Community forest area
B. Echinacea
C. Conservation forest area
C. Ginseng
D. Nature reserve forest area
D. Ginger
E. National park forest area
17. Using mechanical devices in areas ap-
12. When creating an agroforestry plan, it is proved for Social Forestry, if there are for-
essential for Lucy to: mer mining excavations, ponds, or areas
A. Create a map of the unique areas that have changed their landscape, can this
within the property be done in forests?
B. Create a map of the neighboring town A. Conservation
C. Create a chart of the known wildlife B. Production
D. Tally the number of deer on the prop- C. protect

erty D. All True

18. Which are the obligations of the HD, HKm 22. What are the basics of public speaking?
and HTR Management Approval Holders? A. Exercise

A. Receive assistance in managing HD, B. Avoid ethnocentrism
HKm, and HTR as well as conflict resolu-
tion C. Arrive on time
B. Paying PNBP from the results of Social D. Mimic & Gesture

Forestry Management activities in accor- 23. When Kelly combines managing trees with
dance with the provisions of laws and reg- livestock and forages on one piece of land,
ulations she ispracticing:
C. Planting oil palm in the area of the So- A. Silviculture
cial Forestry Management Agreement
B. Agronomy
D. Cutting down trees in the Social
Forestry area with a protected forest func- C. Animal husbandry
tion D. Silvopasture
19. All Agroforestry practices are an in- 24. Agroforestry consists of 3 main compo-
vestment. nents, namely agriculture, forestry and
animal husbandry. An agroforestry sys-
A. Dumb tem that includes a forestry component (or
B. Cheap woody plants) with a livestock component
(or livestock) is called?
C. Expensive
A. silvopasture
D. none of above
B. Agrosilvopasture
20. Jack will use silvopasture for his goats. C. Agrisilvikultur
This partnership will most likely:
D. Beekeeper
A. Provide food and shade for the goats
25. Marie lives in the mountains of North Car-
B. Provide food, shade and shelter for the
olina and wants to plant a medicinal crop
goats and trees can be harvested
that will provide agreat deal of income
C. Provide only food for the goats and the for her family within their forested estate.
goats will then be eaten She chooses to plant:
D. Provide shade for the goats and the A. Truffles
trees can be harvested B. Ginseng
21. A school has been willed ten acres of C. Ginkgo
forested land to manage for an agriculture D. Nettles
class. The schoolshould first:
26. Laura must consider all of the costs asso-
A. Create an agroforestry plan
ciated with her agroforestry plan. These
B. Use the land for a football stadium costs would mostlikely include:
C. Use the property for a future bus park- A. Articles of clothing needed to tend to
ing lot land
D. Consider building a barn B. Equipment used to manage land

C. The cost of the car for the landowner B. Soil type and thickness of nutri-
D. Cost of classes at the university to ents/humus
learn about agoforestry C. Topography and geographic location.
27. What components are in agroforestry? D. Socio-economic aspects of society
A. Fisheries, marine and forestry E. Total population and level of education.
B. Forestry, agriculture and animal hus-
bandry 32. Casey’s agroforestry plan should benefit
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C. Forestry, fisheries and animal hus- wildlife, the environment, and:
bandry
A. North Carolina’s revenue department
D. Plantation, forestry and agriculture
B. The people
E. Agriculture, forestry and plantation
What components are in agroforestry? C. Children
28. A land issue addressed in an agroforestry D. Local farmers

plan is:
A. Farm subsidies 33. Planting crops between rows of trees to
provide income while the trees mature is
B. Impact of farm income known as:
C. Real estate plans
A. Silvopasture
D. Land leases for hunting and fishing
B. Silviculture
29. Planting which is done intermittently on
empty land such as rows of corn inter- C. Alley cropping
spersed with rows of peanuts is a method D. A riparian buffer
of preserving
A. Buffering 34. Rick needs to include a riparian buffer on
B. Wind break his agroforestry plan. He can do this by:
C. Crop rotation A. Establishing grasses along the
D. Strip cropping streams
30. Combining trees with livestock and their B. Ripping plants from his buffer
forages on one piece of land is known as: C. Planting grasses in his prairie
A. Silvopasture
D. Putting goats in his pasture
B. Silvofarming
C. Agronomy 35. A key component of Hayden’s agro-
D. Animal science forestry management plan focuses on:
31. In the planning for making agroforestry A. Finances

there is location identification or field min- B. Tree identification
utes. Below is important data that must
be known, except: C. Social impacts
A. Wages for making planting holes. D. Wildlife identification

36. Alley cropping is ? C. forest farming

A. Strips of trees and shrubs designed D. riparian forest buffers

to enhance crop or livestock production
while providing conservation benefits. 41. What combination of agroforestry plants
is usually planted by Perhutani? Except
B. The cultivation of specialty crops un-
der existing forest canopies.
A. Pine-Vanilla
C. The cultivation of crops in the alleys be-
tween regularly spaced rows of trees or B. Sengon-Pineapple
shrubs. C. Teak-Corn
D. Planting crops in a gully D. Porang-Soybean
37. Agroforestry is a science that combines the 42. In 1977 an international agency that han-
following components, except dled research in the field of agroforestry
was formed, named ICRAF. ICRAF stands
A. Forestry and agricultural crops
for:
B. Agricultural crops and pasture (live-
A. Indonesian Council for Research in
stock)
Agroforestry.
C. Forestry and fishery crops
B. International Council for Resort in
D. Medicinal and forestry plants Agroforestry.
38. Which type of agroforestry helps reduce C. International Council for Research in
erosion along river banks Agroforestry.
A. forest farming D. Indonesian Council for Resort in Agro-
forestry.
B. alley cropping
E. International Centre for Research in
C. riparian forest buffer
Agroforestry.
D. silvopasture
43. The combination of forestry components
39. The success of applying Alley cropping in a or activities with animal husbandry is re-
field is very dependent on ferred to as?
A. Determination of contour lines, special A. Beekeeping
skills in determining contours, and inten-
B. Agrosilvopasture
sive attention
C. Agrisilvikulture
B. Determination of direction of flight
D. Agropasture
C. Selection of vegetation used and mak-
ing arrays E. Silvopasture
D. Creation of an array in the direction of 44. Forest Farming, Windbreaks, Riparian
the contour buffers, Alley Cropping and are the
five main agroforestry practices.
40. Which type of agroforestry is good for
plants that don’t need a lot of sunlight like A. Crop rotation
mushrooms. B. Silvopasture
A. alley cropping C. Peasant Farming
B. windbreaks D. none of above

45. The step that most likely is the foundation D. Agriculture and forestry.
of an agroforestry plan is: E. Livestock and forestry.
A. Determining the costs
50. Agroforestry fosters productivity, prof-
B. Determining the objectives itability, and:
C. Determining what wildlife is on site A. Potential
D. Determining the soil profile B. Environmental stewardship
46. The combination of forestry and fisheries C. Power
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components or activities is referred to as? D. Pragmatism
A. Agropasture
51. Government institutions 2. Marketing In-
B. Silvofishers stitution3. Farmer Group Institutions4.
C. Silvopasture Which religious institutions are included in
agroforestry institutions?
D. Agrosilvopasture
A. 1, 3, 4
E. Agrisilvikulture
B. 2, 3, 4
47. Which is not a major component of the mar- C. 1, 2, 3
keting chain?
D. 1, 2, 4
A. Product
B. Perpetrator 52. If we want to build a plantation forest
with an agroforestry pattern, what do we
C. Activity need to design first?
D. Input A. development goals
E. Policy B. Type compatibility
48. Forest Farming is ? C. Profit
A. The planting of crops in the alleys be- D. Feel free to do so
tween regularly spaced rows of trees or
53. The first step that Jasmine must consider
shrubs.
in her agroforestry plan is:
B. Strips of trees and shrubs designed
A. What is the objective of the site?
to enhance crop or livestock production
while providing conservation benefits. B. How much money can we spend?
C. When a farmer plans his crops ran- C. How much money do I hope to gain?
domly D. When can I sell the land?
D. The cultivation of specialty crops un-
54. Maureen’s agroforestry management plan
der existing forest canopies.
included removing all of the mature trees.
49. Literally, agroforestry is a combination of The mostsustainable method of this re-
two words “agriculture” and “forestry”. moval would be:
In Indonesian these two words can mean: A. Prescribed burn
A. Agriculture and animal husbandry. B. Goats eating the trees
B. Forestry and fisheries. C. Clear cutting
C. Fisheries and agriculture. D. Application of an herbicide

55. Below are some of the benefits of agro- 59. The combination of forestry components or
forestry systems for the environment, ex- activities (trees, shrubs, palms and bam-
cept? boo) with agricultural components is re-

A. Reducing the rate of surface runoff ferred to as?
and leaching of soil nutrients. A. Agrisilvikulture
B. Microclimate improvement. B. Agropasture
C. Increase in nutrients in the soil. C. Silvopasture
D. Improved soil structure due to the ad-
D. Agrosilvopasture
dition of organic matter.
E. Increasing the income of agroforestry E. Silvofishers
farmers.
60. An example of an agroforestry system cul-
56. Jamie is considering an inexpensive and tivated on sloping land is
relatively quick growing tree that can pro- A. Wind-breaker
vide future incomein his agroforestry plan
is most likely: B. Shifting cultivation
A. Oak trees C. Hamlet
B. Pine trees D. Alley Cropping
C. Magnolia trees
61. (a)
D. Ginseng
A. Trees
57. Which are the challenges in developing
agroforestry? B. lines
A. Product Development C. reduce
B. Source of knowledge D. wind
C. Market competition E. areas
D. Research collaboration
62. The four “I’s” of agroforestry are Inten-
58. Characteristics of agroforestry, except? tional, interactive, integrated, and:
A. Most are composed of two or more A. International
types of plants (plants and/or animals).
At least one of them is a woody plant B. Introduction
B. The crop cycle is always more than one C. Intensive

year D. Impatient
C. All plants are of one type, making it
easier for farmers to maintain 63. A key component of Sarah’s agroforestry
management plan focuses on:
D. There is a reciprocal relationship (eco-
nomic and ecological) between woody and A. Finding jobs for local workers
non-woody plants B. Wildlife identification
E. Biologically as well as economically,
C. Finances
AF systems are much more complex than
monoculture cultivation systems D. Tree identification

64. Beverly’s agroforestry plan includes the B. Simple agroforestry

owner’s objectives. This plan most likely:
C. Complex agroforestry
A. Establishes woodlots for recreational
purposes D. Intercropping
B. Establishes woodlots for income pur- 69. Practicing agroforestry results in:
poses
A. Sustainable farms, ranches and
C. Establishes property lines for future ecosystems
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subdivision
B. Decreased wealth in rural counties
D. Establishes property lines for tax pur-
poses C. Reduction in soil health
65. One of the biophysical aspects that need to D. Less habitat for wildlife
be considered in an agroforestry system is
except 70. Which type of agroforestry mixes live-
stock and trees
A. Temperature
B. Humidity A. Alley Cropping
C. Soil fertility B. Forest Farming

D. Market price C. Windbreaks
66. Joseph’s agroforestry management plan D. Silvopasture

included removing all of the trees . The
most sustainablemethod of this removal 71. Alicia needs to include a riparian buffer on
would be: her agroforestry plan. She can do this by:
A. Clear cut the trees and then replant A. Neutralizing the pH of the soil
B. Clear cut the trees and then pave the B. Planting shrubs, trees and grasses
space near the edges of water
C. Only clear cut the trees C. Adding wildlife to her forests
D. Burning the trees D. Planting grasses in the prairie
67. Before putting Tony’s agroforestry plan
72. Agroforestry has high ecological stability,
into action, he should consider:
because agroforestry has
A. Talking to his friends
A. Plants grown are more diverse, tech-
B. Getting advice from a sustainable nology is flexible, input requirements are
farmer low
C. Talking to a forester and an agri- B. Multi-species, multi-strata canopy, ef-
cultural expert or Cooperative Extension ficient use of the landscape
Agent
C. High rain catch, light, mineral nutrient
D. Researching chain saws
and biomass production
68. Below is an agroforestry system in terms D. Agroforestry can and is very suitable
of its components for the wider community and can reduce
A. Agrisilvikultur tensions or political conflicts

73. Jaclyn will use silvopasture for her horses. 78. Elvin’s map that he created of his agro-
This partnership will most likely: forestry plan includes the areas that are
currently covered intrees in relation to:

A. Provide a place for camping overnight
B. Provide a place to store tack for the A. Water supply, fences, and access
horses tracks
C. Provide food and shade for the horses B. Water supply
D. Provide a watering hole C. Fencing

D. Water supply and access tracks
74. Antoine’s agroforestry farming systems
includes planting an area near his pond 79. Forest management carried out by the com-
that will absorb andfilter runoff from his munity is generally holistic in nature and
horticultural cultivation areas. This is hampered by various obstacles, as follows
known as: except
A. Silvifarming A. a, Fulfillment of basic needs
B. Silvopasture B. b. Fast crop cycle
C. Alley cropping
C. c. Limited capital
D. A riparian buffer
D. d. Property rights
75. Windbreaks can
80. Which of the following are not Forest Area
A. Increase weight gain in livestock Criteria that can be used for social forestry
B. Protect crops from wind program activities?
C. Increase pollination A. There are local communities whose in-

habitants depend on forest resources
D. Make landscapes look pretty
B. All forest area functions
76. What will Mark need to complete for ev-
C. Close to local community settlements
ery LUC in his agroforestry plan?
with accessibility that can be developed
A. Determine carrying capacities of the
D. Provide short term and long term ben-
land
efits
B. Visit the site everyday
E. Core Reserves and Forest Zones of Na-
C. Provide a water source there tional Parks
D. Create an interactive map
81. According to Law no. 41 of 1999 Article 5
77. What is the complex agroforestry sys- paragraph 1 private forest located on land
tem in East Kalimantan/West Kalimantan encumbered with proprietary rights is com-
called? monly called
A. Tengkawang A. State forest
B. Rubber plantation B. Private forest
C. Durian orchard C. People’s forest
D. Tembawang/Huma D. Community Forest

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82. Which includes environmental services in 85. Tim read that it is possible to reduce the
agroforestry systems except what understory or brush from a forest by:
A. Biodiversity A. Using prescribed fires
B. Carbon uptake B. Starting a wild fire
C. Nutrient cycle C. Applying only herbicides

D. Solarizing all weeds
D. Wood
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86. Mid-story vegetation in multi-story crop-
83. The intentional integration of trees and ping is generally in the form of
shrubs into crop and animal farming sys-
tems to createenvironmental, economic, A. Coniferous plants and hardwood
and social benefits is known as: plants
B. Hardwood plants (hardwood) for fruit,
A. Landscaping
nuts, crafts (handicraft)
B. Agroforesty C. Herbs and mushrooms
C. Forestry D. Family medicinal plants, fruits and
D. Permaculture flowers
87. Forest farming includes growing medicinal

84. Agroforestry farming systems include sil-
plants, mushrooms and ferns. One highly
vopasture, alley cropping, windbreaking,
valued forestfarm crop grown in North
and:
Carolina is:
A. Forest fires A. Ginseng
B. Forest farming B. Ginkgo
C. Windmills C. Echinacea
D. Farm run off D. Poison ivy
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1. Which of these is a farming input? C. West coast forest
A. Tractor D. Montane forests
B. Ploughing the fields E. Mixed forest
C. Milk 3. is the another name of Tidal forest.
D. Harvest A. Monsson Forest
2. Contains conifers harvested for lumber B. Mangrove forest
and pulp and paper, hardwoods (ash) for C. Deciduous forest
lumber, and maples. Very little of these
forests are left because of expanding ur- D. none of above
banization and farming. 4. The government has launched many pro-
A. Taiga forests grammes, such as , and
B. Boreal forests A. Vann Mahotsav

B. Social Forestry Movement B. They grow new leaves.

C. Chipko movement C. They manufacture more food.

D. Both A, B, and C D. They shed their leaves.
5. Mountain forests are also known as 11. Forests are known as the of our planet
A. Snow forests Earth.
B. Rainy forests A. Heart
C. Coniferous forests B. Kidney
D. Tidal forests C. Lungs
6. What is Resin used for? D. Eyes
A. Door 12. forests can grow both in fresh and
B. Paper salty water.
C. Paint A. Mangrove forest
D. Varnish B. Thorny forest
7. is an example of exhaustible re- C. Swampy forest

sources. D. Evergreen forest
A. coal
13. Which of these is a farming output?
B. Air
A. Tractor
C. Sunlight
B. Milk
D. none of above
C. Milking
8. This is large area of land thickly covered
D. Investment
with trees.
A. Theatre 14. Sundari is an Important trees which grows
B. Garden in
C. Forest A. West Bengal
D. House B. Karnataka
C. Tamil Nadu
9. What Indigenous Peoples live in this re-
gion? D. none of above
A. Blackfoot Confederacy
15. In the past, all the lakes and rivers made
B. Cold Lake First Nation the Boreal Forest an important part of the
C. Tsuut’ina First Nation
D. Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement A. Fur trading route
B. Lumbar industry
10. What happens to deciduous trees in WIN-
TER season? C. First Nations Hunting grounds
A. The colour of their leaves will change. D. The Alberta Regions

16. West Bengal has the largest stretch of B. Boreal forests

forests know as C. West coast forest
A. Western ghats D. Montane forests
B. Sundarbans E. Mixed forest
C. Evergreen forests
22. A wildlife sanctuary is a place where
D. Tidal forests
A. Animals are protected from hunters
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17. Which type of animals would I NOT find in and other dangers
the Boreal Forest? B. An area where all the animals are pets
A. Polar Bears
C. An area where no people are allowed,
B. Moose ever.
C. Elk D. An area where animals live, like a zoo.
D. Pelicans
23. How many different types of birds live in
18. Natural resources which are limited and the Boreal Forest?
cannot be renewed A. 280
A. Renewable B. 100
B. Non renewable C. 20
C. Exhaustible D. 50
D. Inexhaustible
24. is like a roof of branches and leaves
19. When only crops are grown, we refer to which come close to each other
this as A. Valleys
A. Arable farming B. Hills
B. Subsistence farming C. Canopy
C. Commercial farming D. Colonies
D. none of above
25. A sticky, tar like oil found in the Boreal
20. Sandalwood trees are found in state. Forest is called?
A. Uttar Pradesh A. Bitumen
B. Karnataka B. Oil
C. Tamil Nadu C. Petroleum
D. none of above D. Oil Sand
21. This is the most productive commercial for- 26. What are the two national parks found in
est area with abundant rain and moder- the Boreal Forest?
ate temperatures. In this area the Douglas A. Wood Buffalo National Park
fir, Sitka spruce, cedar and hemlock grow
large, and the volume of wood per hectare B. Banff National Park
is the highest in Canada. C. Elk Island National Park
A. Taiga forests D. Jasper National Park

27. What happens to deciduous trees in SUM- C. burning wood

MER season? D. riding in a bus

A. The colour of their leaves change.
33. About 50% of Canadian softwood is
B. They grow new leaves.
A. Used for pulp
C. They manufacture more food.
B. Used in construction
D. They shed their leaves.
C. Exported
28. When soil becomes solid rock we call it? D. Used for firewood or pellets
A. Bedrock
34. This commercial forestry area has low
B. Cave rainfall, a short growing season, smaller
C. Compost conifers such as the spruce, lodgepole and
ponderosa pine. It has the second highest
D. Ice
volume of wood in Canada.
29. The largest forestry area with mainly A. Taiga forests
coniferous trees (softwood), especially
B. Boreal forests
black spruce. Mainly used for pulp and pa-
per production. C. West coast forest
A. Taiga forests D. Montane forests
B. Boreal forests E. Mixed forest
C. West coast forest 35. What is a Muskeg?
D. Montane forests A. An area of swampy water that is mixed
E. Mixed forest with partly dead vegetation.
B. A lush area of vegetation.
30. Which of these is a farming process?
C. A wetland with many different types of
A. Tractor animals and birds.
B. Milking D. A forest that has been burned down by
C. Cows a controlled fire.
D. Rainfall 36. Which of these programmes are related to
conservation of forests?
31. is like a roof of branches and leaves
growing close to each other together. A. Van mahotsav
A. Canopy B. Social forestry programme
B. Reforestation C. Chipko movement
C. Valleys D. Quit India movement
D. None of the above 37. Soil that is permanently frozen is called?
32. Which one of these does not add CO2 to A. Permafrost
the atmosphere? B. Frozen Rock
A. cooking with gas C. Soilfrost
B. planting trees D. Bedrock.

38. Deciduous trees are trees that 44. By far the largest part of Canada’s forests
A. Lose their leaves in winter (about 63%) is made up of
B. Are evergreen A. Deciduous trees
C. Are characterized by pine cones and B. Coniferous trees
needle-like leaves
D. Are unsuitable for logging C. Mixed woods
39. forests are known as Lungs of the D. Maple trees
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world.
A. Evergreen forest 45. Evergreen forests. A. Teak. 2. Deciduous
forests. B. Chir.3. Mountain forests. C.
B. Tidal forest Ebony.Identify the correct order.
C. Amazon forest
A. 1-C, 2-A, 3-B
D. none of above
B. 1-A, 2-C, 3-B
40. is an important tree which grows in
tidal forests. C. 1-B, 2-C, 3-A
A. Teak D. None of the above
B. Sandalwood
C. Sundari 46. Deciduous trees shed their leaves during
the season.
D. none of above
A. Dry
41. Which forests are green throughout the
year? B. Cold
A. Deciduous
C. Rainy
B. Evergreen
D. none of above
C. Tidal
D. none of above
47. has been banned in our country.
42. There are types natural resources.
A. Hunting
A. 3
B. Deforestation
B. 4
C. 2 C. firewood
43. What industry from the Boreal Forest
gives thousands of people jobs in Al- 48. Red Pandas are found in the region.
berta? A. Himalayan
A. Forestry
B. Delta
B. Dairy farming
C. Transportation C. Desert

49. This forestry area is characterized by thin 54. The tiger project in India was launched in
soils, and cold temperatures, which lead the year
to stunted trees. Much of the forest is

A. 1970
inaccessible, so only very small parts are
logged. B. 1973
C. 1976
A. Taiga forests
D. 1971
B. Boreal forests
C. West coast forest 55. Cutting down of trees in large numbers is
called
D. Montane forests
A. Afforestation
E. Mixed forest B. Deforestation
50. A wildlife sanctuary in Karnataka C. Soil erosion
A. Bandipur D. none of above
B. Manas 56. Which sentence below correctly describes

the climate in the Boreal forest region?
C. Kaziranga
A. Long winters, short cool summers, and
D. Ranthambore lots of rain.
51. What is growing crops and raising live- B. Warm tropical summers, and cold
stock for food called? frigid winters.
C. Long hot summers, very little rain, and
A. Horticulture
not much snow in the winter.
B. Agriculture
D. Frozen with lots of snow all year long.
C. Monoculture
57. What National Park in Alberta is used to
D. Aquaculture help breed Whooping Cranes?
A. Wood Buffalo National Park
52. Which of the following climate is suitable
for the growth of tropical rainforests? B. Banff National Park
A. Cold C. Jasper National Park
B. Temperate D. Chain Lakes National Park
C. Hot and humid 58. What happens to deciduous trees in AU-

TUMN / FALL season?
D. Freezing
A. The colour of their leaves will change.
53. Forests which are mainly found in the Hi- B. They grow new leaves.
malayan region.
C. They manufacture more food.
A. Mountain forest D. They shed their leaves.
B. Evergreen forest
59. About percent of our area of the coun-
C. Tidal forest try is covered with forests.
D. none of above A. 20

B. 17 65. Which of these trees can survive on very

C. 70 little water for many months?
D. 10 A. Keekar
B. Babul
60. Select ALL answers that are cor-
C. Apple
rect:Canadian commercial forests grow in
areas that are D. Date palms
A. Relatively warm
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66. Wildlife sanctuaries have been created to
B. Relatively wet protect
C. Close to transport systems A. Animals
D. Primarily located in northern Canada B. Birds
E. Primarily in western Canada C. Both of them
D. People
61. Canada’s biggest supplier of lumber and
other timber supplies 67. The sundari tree is found in forests.
A. Ontario A. Evergreen
B. Alberta B. Deciduous
C. British Columbia C. Tidal
D. Quebec D. Mountain
62. The act of planting trees in an area is called 68. What Lake in Nothern Alberta became
known as the Dead sea because of over-
A. Deforestation fishing?
B. Canopy A. Cold Lake
C. Reforestation B. Sylvan Lake
D. Sanctuary C. Peace River

D. Pine Lake
63. There are types of forests in India.
69. Thorn and Scrub forests are found in desert
A. 2
region of
B. 5
A. Karnataka
C. 3
B. Andhra Pradesh
D. none of above
C. Rajasthan
64. Pine, spruce and deodar tress are found in D. none of above
forest.
70. In, India, tidal forests are found in the
A. Mountain Forest
A. Delta of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, Ya-
B. Tidal Forest muna, Godavari, and Krishna rivers.
C. Deciduous Forest B. Delta of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, Ma-
D. none of above hanadi, Godavari river

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C. Delta of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, Ma- D. Willow Trees

hanadi, Godavari, and Krishna rivers.
72. Tick the importance of urban forests.

D. Delta of the Ganga-Brahmaputra, Ma-
hanadi, Godavari, Indus and Krishna A. They give shelter for animals and pro-
rivers. vide a pleasant recreational spaces for
people.
71. What are the main trees that you will find B. They provide shade from sunlight.
in the Boreal Forest?
C. They reduce pollution.
A. Coniferous Trees
D. They increase the amount of carbon
B. Deciduous Trees dioxide in the atmosphere.
C. Aspen Trees E. They shelter buildings from winds.
1.15 Genetics & Tree Improvement

1. Which statement concerning sexual repro- 4. Potato farmers in Ireland during the mid
duction is correct? 1800s all grew the same type of potato.
A. It is not necessary in order for the in- The potato plants were all produced as
dividual to survive. clones of one another. When a fungus in-
fected the crop, all of the potatoes were
B. The offspring are identical to the par- destroyed. This occurred because these
ent. potato plants
C. It is necessary in order for the individ-
A. had little genetic variability
ual to survive.
D. The offspring are identical to each B. had increased biodiversity
other C. were the product of fertilization
2. A mutation occurring in a human can be D. were the result of biotechnology
passed from parent to offspring when it
occurs in a 5. Survival of at least a few members of
A. lung cell, due to exposure to a toxic gas a population after a major environmental
change is most dependent on
B. gamete formed in the ovary
C. body cell undergoing mitosis A. the population having an individual
that is adapted to the original environ-
D. heart cell with chromosome damage
ment
3. A heterotrophic organism that recycle dead B. the population having an individual
organic matter into nutrients that are use- that is adapted to great changes in the
ful to plants and other organisms is classi- temperature in its environment
fied in which of the following kingdoms?
C. variations in many different traits in
A. Protista
many individuals in the population
B. Fungi
D. no variations in the color of the fur,
C. Plantae skin, or feathers of the individuals in the
D. Animalia population

6. A woman changes her hair color to red; A. an increase in the genetic changes oc-
however, her children will not inherit this curring in body cells
red hair color because the woman does not B. a decrease in the genetic variety car-
have ried in sex cells
A. genes for red hair in her skin
C. an increase in the proportion of off-
B. genes for red hair in her sex cells spring that have favorable characteristics
C. proteins for red hair in the placenta D. a decrease in the proportion of the
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D. proteins for red hair in her egg cells population that has beneficial traits
7. A certain breed of sheep has a dominant al- 11. When a paramecium, a single-celled organ-
lele (W) that produces white hair and a re- ism, is living under stressful conditions,
cessive allele (w) that produces black hair. it sometimes switches from asexual to
For a white sheep, which of the following sexual reproduction. The main advantage
could you identify? when this switch occurs is that the parame-
cium is most likely to
A. The genotypes for both of its parents
B. the phenotypes for both of its parents A. produce fewer offspring
C. its genotype for hair color B. increase variation among its offspring
D. its phenotype for hair color C. avoid having to find a mate

D. produce clones of itself
8. One of the three kinds of RNA molecules
produced during transcription is mRNA. 12. Which of the following describes the Golgi
What is the main purpose of mRNA? apparatus?
A. build ribosomes form variou proteins A. a system of flattened sacs and max-
B. carry amino acids to the correct place elike channels that crisscross the cyto-
on the genetic template plasm
C. modify the RNA molecules with addi- B. the organelle where sacs package pro-
tions and deletions teins and lipids into vesicles
D. provide a template used for sequenc- C. vesicles that contain digestive en-
ing amino acids into a polypeptide zymes to break down food, debris, and in-
vading bacteria
9. Male turkeys are birds that naturally strut
and display their large tail feathers, which D. a network of protein filaments that
attracts female turkeys. This display is an give shape to a cell, allow the cell to move,
example of and attach organelles to its plasma mem-
brane
A. a behavioral adaptation
B. selective breeding 13. A person who contracts chicken pox as an
adult lacks which of the following?
C. asexual reproduction
A. memoery cells
D. a learned behavior
B. memory cells for a specific pathogen
10. Over time, data that support the success-
ful evolution of a species would include ob- C. plasma cells
servations that describe D. B lymphocyte cells

14. A scientist at a large natural history mu- 18. Female hammerhead sharks sometimes
seum has a collection of fossils that were produce offspring by a type of asexual re-
found throughout the world. Only a few of production. These offspring

the fossils represent species that are still A. are a result of the uniting of a male and
alive on Earth today. One reason for this a female gamete
is that
B. have cells that contain DNA found only
A. most of the species that have ever in the female shark
lived on Earth are alive today
C. are considered to be a different
B. most of the species that have ever
species from the male parent
lived on Earth are extinct
D. have cells that contain genetic informa-
C. fossils of only extinct species have
tion from both parents
been found
D. species alive today will not form any 19. A marathoner’s leg muscles often feel
fossils for future discovery by scientists heavy and prone to cramping after 20 or
more miles. Which of the following is the
15. The theory of evolution states that best explanation for this?
A. species that are extinct have no biolog- A. A marathoner’s muscles cells cannot
ical relationship to living species store glucose for use as energy
B. different animal species always inter- B. A marathoner’s muscle cells contract
breed to form new and different species when glucose reacts with oxygen
C. species change over time, sometimes C. A marathoner’s circulatory system
developing into new species cannot take in sufficient oxygen, and the
D. the environment of Earth is constant muscle cells must switch to anaerobic res-
over time piration for energy.
D. A marathoner’s circulatory system
16. A plant exposed to high temperatures
takes in too much oxygen during a race,
shows a steady increase in water loss for
which causes muscle cramping
90 minutes. Then the rate of water de-
creases rapidly. What is the most likely 20. Many animals have developed courtship
cause of this change in the rate of water behaviors. Males will often dance, swim,
loss? or sing in a particular way to attract a fe-
A. a change in amount of sunlight male. Males who are more successful at
the courtship behavior will have a greater
B. closing of stomata
chance of having more offspring. This be-
C. insufficient CO2 for photosynthesis havior is a result of
D. insufficient O2 for photosynthesis A. natural selection
17. Lipid synthesis is carried out to which part B. genetic engineering
of the cell? C. asexual reproduction
A. smooth endoplasmic reticulum D. gene manipulation
B. rough endoplasmic reticulum
21. The paramecium is a single-celled organ-
C. ribosomes ism that reproduces asexually. The off-
D. lysosomes spring of a paramecium usually contain

A. only half of the genes of the parent 25. Evolution can occur at different rates; how-
cells ever, for evolution to occur, there must be
B. more DNA than the parent cell A. variations within a species
C. genetic material identical to that of the B. extinction of the species
parent cell C. asexual reproduction
D. fewer mutations than the parent cell D. no change in the genes of an organism
26. Which statement best describes a situa-
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22. Which of the following resulted from the
invention of the microscope? tion where competition occurs in an ecosys-
tem?
A. the development of the theory of evo-
lution A. A deer outruns an attacking wolf
B. A deer, during the winter, consumes
B. the development of the cell theory
tree bark.
C. proof that cells can form sponta-
C. A deer and a rabbit consume grass in
neously
a field
D. proof that all cells have the same basic D. A deer and a rabbit are both startled
structure by a hawk flying overhead.
23. The potato famine in Ireland (1845-1852) 27. DNA replication occurs in preparation for
occured when a fungus (P. infestans) es-
A. mitosis, only
caped by chance out of Mexico and into
North America and Europe. The fun- B. meiosis, only
gus, which caused crop-destroying potato C. both mitosis and meiosis
blight, apparently came from a single D. neither mitosis nor meiosis
clonal genotype. The potato population
was probably vulnerable to infection by 28. Which of the following is the beginning
this fungus because of which of the follow- step of DNA replication?
ing? A. The enzyme primase starte the com-
A. lack of genetic drift plementary strand of DNA with short seg-
ments of RNA.
B. not enough organisms
B. The process of elongation adds DNA
C. lack of genetic variation nucleotides to each complementary
D. balanced polymorphisms strand of DNA
C. The enzyme DNA polymerase bonds to
24. In hamsters, the gene for short hair (H)
the RNA primers
is dominant to the gene for long hair (h).
Which is the most likely genotype of the D. the enzyme helicase unzips the DNA
parents if 4 of their 8 offspring have long double helix
hair? 29. A person has high level of high-density
A. Hh X hh lipoproteins (HDL). Which of the following
best describes this situation?
B. Hh X Hh
A. HDL is less dangerous to a person’s
C. HH X hh system because it is able to send choles-
D. hh X hh terol to the liver for elimination.

B. HDL is more dangerous to a person’s D. Some antibiotics are almost useless,

system because it carries cholesterol to because pathogens have developed a re-
all the cells in the body. sistance to these antibiotics.

C. HDL levels cannot be treated because
33. A ring of bark down to the sapwood is
they are always the result of family inher-
completely removed from the circumfer-
itance.
ence of a tree. This serves to eliminate
D. HDL levels can be lowered because the phloem at the level of the ring. Which
they are always produced by poor diet and of the following is the most likely effect?
lack of exercise.
A. an inability to carry on photosynthesis
30. Which activity enables humans to produce B. an inability to transport sugars to the
new genetic combinations in other organ- plant
isms?
C. an inability to transport water to the
A. selecting and breeding the organisms plant
for specific traits
D. an inability to obtain water from the
B. increasing the number of enzymes soil
available to the organisms
34. Plant species X lives in a hot, dry envi-
C. growing organisms that reproduce
ronment. Slowly, over hundreds of years,
asexually
the climate becomes wetter. Fungi at-
D. decreasing the amount of DNA in the tack species X and cause the population
diet of the organisms of species X to decrease. However, plant
species X could survive if the plants
31. The plasma membrane in a eukaryotic cell
mainly consists of which of the following? A. try to mutate quickly and synthesize
new proteins
A. a phospholipid bilayer with proteins
embedded in the layer B. are watered often and fertilized with
extra nutrients
B. a protein bilayer with phospholipids
embedded in the layers C. can adapt to the new conditions by
mating with the fungus
C. a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic
tail D. have a few members of the population
that are fungus-resistant
D. a phospholipid layer and a protein
layer 35. When an organism reproduces asexually,
it usually has
32. Which occurrence represents an example
of evolution? A. only one parent, and half as much DNA
as the parent
A. Exposure to radiation reduces the rate
of mutation in leaf cells. B. only one parent, and the same chromo-
some number as the parent
B. A mutation in a liver cell causes a per-
son to produce an enzyme that is less effi- C. two parents, and twice as much DNA
cient. as either parent
C. Cells in a zygote eventually change into D. two parents, and the same chromo-
bone cells or skin cells. some number as each parent

36. Natural selection is best described as 40. Fossils provide evidence that
A. a change in an organism in response A. life on Earth millions of years ago was
to a need of that organism more complex than life is today
B. a process of nearly constant improve- B. the changes that will occur in species
ment that leads to an organism that is in the future are easy to predict
nearly perfect C. many species of organisms that lived
C. differences in survival rates as a re- long ago are now extinct
sult of different inherited characteristics
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D. most species of organisms that lived
D. ) inheritance of characteristics ac- long ago are exactly the same today
quired during the life of an organism
41. Which of the following does NOT restrict
37. Which of the following best describes os- or decrease blood flow?
mosis? A. hardening of the arteries
A. the movement of water molecules out B. diabetes
of a cell, resulting in cell shrinkage
C. taking vasodilators
B. the movement of small, uncharged
molecules across the lipid bilayer to a D. very cold temperatures
state of equilibrium 42. Which of the following describes the pro-
C. the movement of charged molecules cess of the light-independent reaction in
and larger molecules into and out of the photosynthesis?
cell A. the absorption and conversion of light
D. the movement of water molecules energy to ATP and NADPH
across the selectively permeable plasma B. the processing of glucose to make
membrane pyruvate or pyruvic acid and release ATP
38. Most animals have internal or exter- C. the use of ATP and NADPH to convert
nal skeletons for structure and support. CO2 to sugars
Which of the following parts provide a sim- D. the breakdown of pyruvic acid
ilar function in plant cells? molecules to release the energy stored
A. cytoplasm in their molecular bonds
B. chloroplast 43. Which of the following is the end product
C. cell membranes of translation?
D. cell walls A. DNA
39. There is evidence that supplying a cup of B. RNA
sugar to certain bacteria could power a 60 C. amino acids
watt light bulb for more than 15 hours. D. polypeptides
Which of the following is the best method
to affirm this idea? 44. Which of the following statements is cor-
A. conducting an experiment rect in comparing and contrasting prokary-
otes and eukaryotes?
B. trading observations
A. Eukaryotes are much larger than
C. formulating a hypothesis prokaryotes, but otherwise they share the
D. researching the scientific literature same structure

B. Cytoplasm is found in both prokary- C. variations that resulted from sexual re-
otes and eukaryotes but in a slightly dif- production
ferent form in each

D. their ability to produce food from the
C. Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes are pesticide
mainly multicellular
48. Which of the following is a key difference
D. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes both have between mitosis and meiosis?
distinct organelles, although prokaryotes
A. Mitosis allows for genetic variation,
have fewer of them
while meiosis results in generations of or-
45. Look at the following crosses of plants ganisms with stable characteristics.
with green seeds (G) and plants with yel- B. Mitosis produces offspring more
low seeds (g). Which does NOT follow slowly, while meiosis has the advantage
Mendel’s law of segregation? of producing offspring more quickly and
A. Two green-seed plants (Gg X Gg) pro- easily.
duce some green-seed offspring plants C. Mitosis produces cells that are almost
B. Two green-seed plants (Gg X Gg) pro- identical genetically, while meiosis pro-
duce some yellow-seed offspring plants duces cells that differ genetically from
C. A green-seed plants (GG X gg) produce each parent or from each other.
all green-seed plants D. Mitosis has two cell divisions, while
D. A green-seed plant and a yellow-seed meiosis has only me.
plant (Gg X gg) produce all green-seed 49. The corn we eat today is larger and has
plants more kernels than the corn people first
grew thousands of years ago. Which
46. Caffeine is a compound found in the seeds
process is most likely responsible for the
of many different plants, such as coffee
changes that have occurred?
beans, cola nuts, and cacao beans (the
source of chocolate). The presence of this A. mitosis
chemical in all three types of plants sug- B. succession
gests that these plants
C. direct harvesting
A. inherited identical mutations
D. selective breeding
B. share a common ancestry
50. The instructions for the genetic traits of an
C. were exposed to the same type of ra-
organism are directly determined by the
diation in the past
A. numbers of A, T, C, and G units in a
D. were cloned from a caffeine plant
sugar molecule
47. A farmer wanted to rid his apple trees of B. sequence of bases in DNA molecules
a particular leaf-eating insect. He sprayed
C. length of a DNA molecule
his trees with an insecticide that killed
98% of the insects. The survival of 2% D. way the bases are paired in the two
of this population of insects is most likely strands of a DNA molecule
due to 51. Which of the following classifications in-
A. genes obtained from another species cludes all three of the others? (HINT re-
B. certain chemicals that stimulated over- member the levels of taxonomy)
production A. family

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B. genus C. During meiosis, a new combination of

DNA subunits is formed.
C. phylum
D. During mitosis, DNA does not divide
D. order
correctly and the cells die
52. Farmers may someday clone their best 54. Which molecules are needed to cut and
milkproducing cow into a whole herd. copy segments of DNA?
What potential disadvantage might be im-
A. reproductive hormones
portant to consider in having such a large
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group of clones on one farm? B. carbohydrates
A. It may be difficult to tell the animals C. antibodies
apart. D. biological catalysts
B. Lack of variation may limit survival in 55. A tomato gene, known as the SIKLUH
the herd gene, has recently been discovered. The
C. The cows could be fertilized by only gene leads to the production of larger
one type of bull. tomatoes. The gene affects fruit size by
increasing cell layers and promoting extra
D. The cows could be mated only with
cell divisions. In order to produce large
each other.
fruit in other commercial plant species, sci-
entists might
53. Which statement best describes how a
new human trait develops and can be A. clone the genes of other types of
passed on to future generations? plants until they develop larger fruits
A. A mutation in a stomach cell results in B. breed the tomatoes with other fruits
the inability of a woman to produce a cer- such as apples
tain digestive enzyme. C. ) insert the gene into other types of
B. A mother consumes alcohol during plants
pregnancy, causing the fetus to have a low D. stimulate the process of meiosis in the
birth weight. other plants
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1. What is the source of foundation seed? D. Scientists of ICAR
A. Nucleus seed
3. With redesigned Compass app in
B. Breeder seed watchOS9, we can choose from hybrid,
C. Foundation seed technical or orienteering so they can find
D. Certified seed their way with?
A. Waypoint
2. Foundation seed production is taken up by
A. Qualified breeder B. Backtrack
B. Originating breeder C. Views
C. Seed corporations D. Pin Point

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1.17 Soil Science

1. What are the 3 primary soil particles? 7. Soil is formed when are broken down
A. Sand by weather, water and living things over
long periods of time.
B. Silt
A. trees
C. Clay
D. Gravel B. rocks
C. insects
2. Which of the following is a fruit food crop
in Utah? D. animals
A. cotton
8. What is magma?
B. coffee
A. cooled rock inside a volcano
C. apricots
B. cooled rock outside a volcano
D. apples
C. melted rock inside a volcano
3. What is humus?
D. melted rock outside a volcano
A. organic material rich in nutrients
B. subsoil 9. What type of soil is good for the plants?
C. parent material A. Clay
D. trees B. Loam
4. Which plant structure is most involved in C. Sand
photosynthesis?
D. none of above
A. stems
B. leaves 10. Ellen grabs a topsoil sample in her hand.
She rolls it into a ball. The soil feels gritty
C. roots
and the ball falls apart. What part of the
D. flowers topsoil most likely made the topsoil feel
5. The inorganic matter content of soil is gritty?
formed from A. clay
A. inorganic material B. sand
B. breakdown of rocks C. silt
C. organic matter
D. humus
D. rocks
11. About how much of soils volume is made
6. Cranberries are a primary crop for which
up of solid material?
state?
A. Nebraska A. all
B. Missouri B. a quarter
C. Iowa C. half
D. Wisconsin D. none

12. The four main ingredients of soil are 17. Parent material of glacial origin that was
deposited by wind.
A. wind, water, ice, and humus
A. loess
B. water, air, rocks, and humus
B. glacial till
C. worms, ice, rocks, and air
C. alluvium
D. water, air, rocks, and worms
D. topography
13. What is the total economic value of crops E. prairie soil
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grown in the Western region?
18. If a soil or solution is acidic then it is
A. $37 billion
A. Above 8 PH
B. $28 billion
B. Near 7 PH
C. $52 billion
C. Below 6 PH
D. $41 billion
D. none of above
14. Which soil has the lowest water holding 19. Which of these soil you think are the most
capacity? moist (have most water)
A. clayey soil A. Forest
B. sand B. Grassland
C. loamy soil C. Desert
15. Soil chemistry or soil pH is determined by 20. Sand feels

A. soft
A. the amount of space between soil par- B. gritty
ticle C. wet
B. the combination of sediment and or- D. none of above
ganic matter and is a measure of how
acidic or basic the soil is 21. soil is a living system at the interface
of air and rock.
C. how well a soil can support plant
growth A. Active
D. the amount of differently sized soil par- B. Natural Occurring Dynamic
ticles in a given amount of soil C. Free Range
16. Soil formation begins with the weathering D. Transportable

of 22. Loam is clumpy, dark and has , ,
A. litter A. clay, silt, and sand
B. humus B. bark, mud, and dirt
C. bedrock C. plants, mud, and bark
D. the A horizon D. none of above

23. What are benefits of addling lime. 28. A substance is composed of organic mate-
A. Cost-effective, as less fertiliser may rial such as dead plants. To which category
does the substance belong?

need to be used once pH is at correct
level. A. magma
B. Improves availability of nutrients B. mineral
C. Improves soil structure
C. ore
D. Kills grass grub.
D. soil
24. Which of the following is an accurate state-
ment in regards to soil pH? 29. Lowering the pH makes nutrients
A. pH is a measure of the particle size available to plants.
B. a pH of 7 indicates very acidic soil A. less
C. a pH of 7 indicates high organic matter B. equally
D. pH indicates how basic or acidic the C. more
soil is, a pH of 6 is ideal
D. none of above
25. Two types of water holding in the soil, as-
sess which of this statement belongs “af- 30. A vertical cross section of the soil.
ter the rain, water from raindrops attracts A. soil profile
to the available water present in the soil”.
B. translocation
A. Adhesion
B. Chelation C. substratum
C. Cohesion D. solum
D. Abrasion E. illuviation
26. Why would you NOT find soils on Mars or 31. This type of soil is grainy, light brown, and
Venus? would be the size of a basketball in com-
A. Not all materials that make up soil can parison to other soils.
be found on other planets, such as water,
A. sand
organic materials
B. You can find soil on Mars or Venus B. clay
C. Mars and Venus have to much air C. humus
D. Mars and Venus does not have enough D. loam
air
32. Sandy soil have a high water holding ca-
27. This rock was formed when molten rock pacity, more micro-pores and very difficult
cooled into a solid. What type of rock is to till.
it?
A. True
A. Igneous Rock
B. Metamorphic Rock B. Probably true
C. Sedimentary Rock C. False
D. none of above D. Probably false

33. Which of these characterized as having C. the particles biota and topography
the finest particles that holds the greater D. the particle color and shape
amount of water?
A. Clay 39. Which horizon is best suited for growth of
plant roots?
B. Loam
A. A
C. sand
B. B
D. none of above
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C. C
34. Which is NOT a type of soil? D. R
A. Sand
40. Cross-sectional view of soil
B. Silt
A. Profile
C. Mud B. Horizon
D. Loam C. Master Horizons
35. In which state is corn often grown for D. Leached
silage?
41. Matter derived from organisms, such as
A. Pennsylvania decayed matter in soil is called:
B. Vermont A. soil
C. New York B. rocks
D. New Hampshire C. organic matter
36. When there are not enough plants to hold D. none of above
topsoil in place, water and carry the
42. Parker was looking at a rock and saw
topsoil away, leaving the subsoil exposed
tiny crystals. Parker should know that all
A. sunlight rocks are made up of
B. birds A. diamonds
C. magnetic fields B. minerals
D. wind C. fossils
D. dirt
37. If a soil or solution is base then it is
A. Above 8 PH 43. Agents of weathering of
B. Near 7 PH A. Heat
C. Below 6 PH B. Wind
D. none of above C. Rain
D. All of the above
38. What two things determine the property
of the soil created? 44. Which vegetable is a major food crop in
A. the particle weight and climate Rhode Island?
B. the particle size and type of parent ma- A. potatoes

terial B. corn

C. pumpkins C. -dark-has the most humus and miner-

D. cabbage als

D. -under humus-above subsoil
45. The name below that NOT including rocks
is 51. Which of the following is the first step in
A. Granite mitosis?
B. Marble A. anaphase
C. Baloon B. telophase
D. Limestone C. prophase
D. metaphase
46. Under which conditions is the thickest soil
ismost likely to form? 52. What causes rocks to go through weather-
A. in a cold, wet climate ing?
B. in a cold, dry climate A. rain
C. in a warm, wet climate B. hot temperatures
D. in a warm, dry climate C. cold temperatures

D. all of the above
47. soil is important for
A. agriculture 53. The best way to increase water holding ca-
pacity and nutrient supplying capacity of a
B. food coarse-textured soils is to
C. plants A. Apply large quantity of liming materi-
D. All of the above als
48. What soil organisms like lime. B. Add and incorporate by deep plowing
voluminous amount of clay
A. beetles
C. Incorporate adequate amount of or-
B. ants ganic matter
C. earthworms D. Apply the recommended rate of com-
D. none of above mercial fertilizer
49. soil lets least water pass through it: 54. Large mineral particles of soil
A. Clay A. Sand
B. sand B. Silt
C. loam C. Clay
D. none of above D. Horizons
50. Location of Humus 55. Which of the following are basic principles
A. -has bits of decayed plants and to improve soil health (select all applica-
animals-adds nutrients ble)?
B. -underneath plants and grass-above A. Minimize presence of living roots

topsoil B. Maximize biodiversity

C. Maximize soil cover 61. Which of the following is NOT a way rock
is broken down and weathered?
D. Minimize disturbance
A. freezing and thawing
E. 3 out of 4 are correct
B. plant roots
56. A seed with only one cotyledon is called a C. heat expansion
D. carried away by wind
A. Dicot 62. When plants, animals, and other organ-
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B. Monocot isms die, they break down and become
part of the soil. What is this part of the
C. Flower
soil called?
D. Fruit A. sand
57. What is the layer under the Humus that B. silt
provides support and nutrients to plants? C. clay
A. humus D. humus
B. bedrock 63. Which of the following does NOT lead to

leached soil?
C. topsoil
A. Breakdown of organic matter
D. subsoil
B. High rainfall
58. What language is used for scientific classi- C. Removing natural vegetation
fication? D. Tilling the soil
A. English 64. The texture of soil depends on
B. Latin A. How much water it can retain
C. Spanish B. Particle size
D. French C. Soil color
D. Soil mass
59. A soil with high in particle density is also
65. The effects of climatic factors that act to
known as more porous.
break down mineral matter.
A. True A. physical weathering
B. Probably true B. glacial till
C. False C. alluvium
D. Probably false D. topography
E. prairie soil
60. soil used for construction
66. There are types of soil
A. clay
A. 4
B. loam B. 5
C. silt C. 3
D. sand D. none of above

67. What is the soil that holds water very 73. How does soil play an important role to
well? life on Earth?

A. Sand A. The soil helps clean our water.
B. Loam B. Plants get nutrients from soil to grow.
C. Clay C. Soil releases gas such as carbon diox-
D. none of above ide into the air.
D. All of the above
68. The tiny animal can be found in soil is
A. Elephant 74. Why do nonvascular plants grow close to
the ground?
B. Spider
A. to get less sunlight
C. Worm
B. for protection
D. Duck
C. for space
69. How do organisms affect soils? D. to absorb water
A. Soil get eaten by animals
75. is the upper layer of soil on the surface
B. Chemically alters and physically mixes of Earth that is dark in color and has the
soils smallest particles.
C. Plants grow through the soil A. topsoil
D. Organism don’t affect the soils B. humus
70. Garden soil contain C. subsoil
A. Small animal D. none of above
B. Dry leaf 76. The “shininess” of a rock us called:
C. Water A. color
D. Sandy soil B. luster
71. A gardener wants to add humus to his C. Moh
soil because it contains a lot of nutrients D. none of above
and helps retain water. What does humus
form from? 77. What does retain mean?
A. Sand A. to hold in
B. Rocks and minerals B. to let fall out
C. Decayed animals and plants C. to decompose
D. Volcanic lava D. to dissolve
72. The asexual reproduction method that is 78. What is a solution to stop wind erosion on
commonly used by orchards on trees is a farmer’s field?
A. Cuttings A. Plow up all of the plants
B. Division B. Build a pond
C. Tissue Culture C. plant trees and shrubs on the edge
D. Grafting D. none of above

79. Place the following layers in order from B. weathering

top to bottom:bedrock, topsoil, subsoil, or-
C. water
ganic, parent material.
D. none of above
A. Organic, Topsoil, Subsoil, Parent Mate-
rial, Bedrock 84. The partially decayed plant and animal
B. Organic, Topsoil, Parent Material, Sub- matter in the soil
soil, Bedrock A. soil aeration
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C. Topsoil, Organic, Subsoil, Parent Mate-
B. tilth
rial, Bedrock
C. organic matter
D. Topsoil, Organic, Parent Material, Sub-
soil, Bedrock D. symbiosis
80. Humus E. pore space

A. Top layer semi-decaying matter 85. What is the land class that restricts the
B. Organic matter from broken organ- use of plants?
isms A. Class 2
C. humorous B. Class 3
D. Plural for humans
C. Class 5
81. What is soil? D. Class 7
A. small pieces of rock and once-living
things 86. Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
are three (blank).
B. Anything from nature people can use.
A. types of rock
C. A hard, nonliving thing that comes
from the ground. B. basic classes of soils
D. none of above C. master horizon names
82. Which one is NOT a description of poorly D. forms of minerals

drained soils.
87. What are the 2 MAIN groups of plants?
A. lack air required by plants for growth
and respiration so plant roots are unable A. seed plants and seedless plants
to carry nutrients to the plant B. gymnosperms and angiosperms
B. are slow to warm up in spring C. horsetails and ferns
C. are easy to cultivate D. vascular and nonvascular
D. encourage weeds to grow
88. No water stays in this when poured
E. are easily damaged by machinery and through.
stock hooves.
A. loam
83. name the component of soil that is made
B. clay
up of decayed remains of the dead plants
and animals. C. gravel
A. humus D. topsoil

89. Factors of soil formation are B. Bedrock

A. Climate C. Parent material

B. Human influence D. Bedrock
C. Biotic factors
95. is the relative ease in which water and
D. Parent material air can move easily through soil.
E. Time A. humus
90. Farm effluent is the waste from dairy fac- B. porosity
tories, dairy sheds and piggeries and in-
C. permeability
cludes dung, urine and udder wash.
D. conservation
A. It adds nutrients to the soil.
B. It adds organic matter to the soil. 96. Fossils are made from
C. It adds water to the soil. A. plastic toys
D. All of the above. B. Sedimentary rocks
91. Mang Kanor is a farmer, he produces many C. Water
types of vegetable crops in his garden. D. none of above
What type of approach did Mang Kanor be-
longs? 97. Why is soil an important natural re-
A. Pedalogical approach source?
B. Edapological approach A. soil is used to make buildings

C. Pedological approach B. soil can grow crops
D. Edopological approach C. soil comes from bedrock
D. soil is full of mircobes
92. The amount of water soil can hold is its
A. topsoil 98. There are processes in chemical weath-
B. water capacity ering, distinguish which process did this
statement belongs “incorporation of wa-
C. bedrock ter molecules into the structure of miner-
D. weathering als”.
93. Rock particles of soil come in what three A. Hydrolysis
sizes.? B. Hydration
A. sand, silt, clay C. Carbonazation
B. humus, silt, bark D. Oxidation
C. sand, texture, color
99. what is soil?
D. none of above
A. soil is uppermost layer of Earth
94. What layer is also called the humus layer
B. weathering
and is made up of plant remains like leaves
and twigs? C. moon
A. Organic D. none of the above

100. Why is soil so important? 106. Planting more trees could help solve
A. Eaten by animals which problem?
B. Eaten by people A. drought

B. earthquakes
C. Keeps Earth clean
C. weathering
D. Provides food and support for plants
D. erosion
101. The five soil forming factors to deter-
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mine the soil characteristics. 107. After heavy rain, the percent water re-
maining in soil 2 to 3 days after filled
A. Interacts
up and after free drainage has practically
B. Act independently ceased.
C. Act solely A. Field capacity
D. All of the above B. Hydroscopic coefficient
102. Eolian soils are moved by C. Saturation point
A. wind D. Permanent wilting point
B. water 108. What is the best soil to grow plants in?

C. gravity A. sand
D. glaciers B. silt
C. loam
103. Where do rock particles in soil come
from? D. clay
A. frozen water 109. Location of Subsoil
B. bigger rocks A. -lighter in color-has less humus
C. the sky B. -under humus-above subsoil
D. rain C. -layer below subsoil-is a solid rock
104. What is the top layer of soil made up of D. -under subsoil

broken down pieces of dead plants and an- 110. What is the 3rd layer of soil?
imals?
A. bedrock
A. bedrock
B. topsoil
B. humus
C. lowest layer/parent material
C. topsoil
D. subsoil
D. subsoil
111. This is a termed used for A, B and C hori-
105. Which soil particle is the smallest? zons.
A. Sand A. Solum
B. Silt B. Regolith
C. Clay C. Saprolite
D. none of above D. Ligolith

112. is the addition of harmful materials 118. This is found in the topsoil and is made of
to soil, water, or air decaying plants and animals.
A. dirt

A. recycling
B. humus B. water
C. pollution C. humus
D. none of above D. subsoil
113. Which of the following crops are grown 119. What type of soil water is used by
primarily to provide feed for livestock? plants?
A. field crops A. hygroscopic
B. forage crops B. capillary

C. gravitational
C. row crops
D. all types of soil water
D. vegetable crops
120. Sandstone, shale, limestone and conglom-
114. Freezing, thawing, rainfall, wind, and erate are common rocks in Utah. They
sunlight form colorful rock formations and canyons.
A. climate What type of rock are they?
B. glacial till A. sedimentary rock
C. alluvium B. igneous rock
D. topography C. metamorphic rock
E. prairie soil D. mineral
115. Soil is made up tiny pieces of rocks, air, 121. Oxygen, carbon, and are gases ex-
fragments of plants, animals and changed in soil.
A. Gas A. Helium
B. Water B. Lithium
C. Plastic C. Nitrogen
D. none of above D. Calcium

122. Clay is a type of soil that can be used in:
116. Garden soil suitable for plant
A. pottery.
A. Palm tree
B. sand boxes.
B. Cactus
C. recipes.
C. Apple
D. none of above
D. Strawberry
123. The three groups of rocks are classified
117. If a soil or solution is alkaline then it is by
A. Above 8 PH A. How they form
B. Near 7 PH B. Color
C. Below 6 PH C. Grain size
D. none of above D. Chemical Composition

124. the laying down of pieces of rock that 130. A delta (end of a river to an ocean is an
have been weathered and eroded example of:
A. erosion A. weathering
B. deposition B. deposition
C. weathering
C. erosion
D. conservation
D. none of above
125. Bedrock
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A. -lighter in color-has less humus 131. Bulk density is a measure of compaction
or looseness of the soil, therefore, the
B. -under humus-above subsoil higher the bulk density is an indication of
C. -layer below subsoil-is a solid rock higher porosity.
D. -under subsoil A. True
126. Soil Formation is- B. Probably true
A. Slow process C. False
B. Fast process D. Probably false
C. Rapid process
132. control the cell’s activities; contains the
D. None of these
cell’s DNA
127. Why is topsoil darker than all other lev- A. mitochondria
els of soil?
B. cell membrane
A. It contains all the darker colored min-
erals C. nucleus
B. It contains volcanic rock D. golgi body
C. It contains more organic matter
133. The four types of soil are
D. It contains bits of burned trees
A. humus, gravel, pebbles, sand
128. If something breaks during a lab, what is
the first thing you should do? B. sand, silt, clay, loam
A. Step over it C. sand, rock, pebbles, granite
B. Clean it up D. sand, clay, bedrock, topsoil
C. Tell your neighbor
134. A student found a sample of a solid mate-
D. Tell Mrs. Mayo rial that was gray, shiny and made of all
129. Plants require chemical elements the same material. What category does
this sample best fit?
A. 14
A. sedimentary rock
B. 10
C. 17 B. igneous rock
D. 3 C. metamorphic rock
E. 27 D. mineral

135. A rock formed from fragments of other C. silty soil

rocks is a(n)
D. loamy soil

A. Metamorphic Rock
B. Sedimentary Rock 141. Which particle reduces the water holding
capacity of soil?
C. Extrusive Rock
A. Sand
D. Igneous Rock
B. Silt
136. What is the layer of rock that is below
C. Clay
the soil?
A. subsoil D. none of above
B. topsoil 142. Bulk density is an indication of soil poros-

C. humus ity and soil texture.
D. bedrock A. True
137. Choose the correct layers of soil/soil B. Probably true

horizon can be found in soil C. False
A. O D. Probably false
B. A
143. What happens when soil and rocks are
C. B moved from one place to another?
D. C A. erosion
E. E
B. deposition
138. What is a material found on the surface C. sediments
of the earth consisting of rock, sand, clay,
dead plants, and animal remains? D. topography
A. silt 144. process of carrying away weathered bits

B. soil of rock
C. bedrock A. weathering
D. loam B. erosion
139. Which soil component accounts for about C. deposition

5 percent of the soil? D. conservation
A. air
145. The name for plants that have “identifi-
B. mineral matter able flowers” and produce enclosed seed
C. organic matter is:
D. water A. Gymnosperms
140. Which soil has high nutrient content? B. Angiosperms
A. clayey soil C. Bryophyta
B. sandy soil D. Thallophyta

146. Humus is: C. nucleus

A. the part of soil made up of decayed D. orange
parts of once-living things.
B. a dip that is made of beans. 152. takes place because of weathering of
rocks.
C. a bone that can be found in the upper
arm. A. Mountains
D. a sound people make when their lips B. Soil Formation
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are together. C. Rock Formation
147. Roots absorb which of the following? D. None of the above
A. sunlight
153. Which two states in the Midwest Region
B. pests are soybeans primarily grown?
C. water and nutrients A. Indiana and Minnesota
D. water and sunlight
B. Iowa and Illinois
148. This type of soil is sticky when wet and C. Kansas and Iowa
hard when dry.
D. Ohio and Michigan
A. clay soil
B. sand 154. Which of the following types of soil has
C. garden soil the largest particles?
D. none of above A. sand

B. silt
149. Phosphate deficiency is seen by what col-
oring of the plant? C. humus
A. purple D. clay
B. bluish
155. What are the 2 types of weathering?
C. brown
A. physical (mechanical) and chemical
D. yellow
B. biological and physical
150. A type of soil structure that is cube-like
C. biological and chemical
and common in B horizon especially in the
humid regions. D. none of above
A. Prismlike
156. Calculate the gravimetric moisture con-
B. Platelike tent of the soil sample if it’s fresh weight
C. Spheroidal (FW) is 25 grams and its oven dried
weight (ODW) is 20 grams.
D. Blocklike
A. 15%
151. Where is the rough endoplasmic reticulum
located? B. 20%
A. cytoplasm C. 25%
B. ribosomes D. 30%

157. What soil is a mixture of sand, silt, and B. The rate of respiration must be greater
clay? than the rate of photosynthesis.

A. soil C. The rate of photosynthesis must be
B. silt equal to the rate of respiration.
C. clay D. Alternating rates of photosynthesis

and respiration.
D. loam
163. Which element is humus especially rich
158. An ideal soil structure would be in?
A. Clumpy-forms aggregates that hold A. Oxygen
their shape
B. Carbon
B. Loose-the soil does not form aggre-
gates or shape C. Nitrogen
C. Granular-forms small crumbly aggre- D. Tungsten
gates
164. If the amount of mineral matter is 43%
D. Solid-the soil is impermeable like ce- and the water is 7%, how much the avail-
ment ability of organic matter and the soil Air
present in the soil sample?
159. Choose factors of soil formation
A. 25% and 25% respectively
A. Parent material
B. 43% and 7% respectively
B. Climate
C. 7% and 43% respectively
C. Organic Matter
D. 50% and 50% respectively
D. Topography
165. How many layers does a typical soil pro-
160. The living together of unlike organisms in
file contain?
the soil
A. 4 Layer
A. soil aeration
B. 5 Layers
B. tilth
C. 15 Layers
C. organic matter
D. 100 layers
D. symbiosis
E. pore space 166. What soil is best for growing plants?
A. clay
161. The A Horizon is also know as
A. humus B. sand
B. topsoil C. mud
C. subsoil D. topsoil
D. bedrock 167. The accumulation of chemicals, clay, iron,

and other materials in the B horizon.
162. What must occur in order for plants to
grow? A. illuviation
A. The rate of photosynthesis must be B. soil profile

greater than the rate of respiration. C. translocation

D. substratum 173. Which part of the flower is the pedun-

cle?
E. solum
A. flower stem
168. Which soil can’t hold water holding wa- B. leaves
ter for a long period of time?
C. roots
A. silt D. carrot
B. clay
174. The is the soil layer that is made
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C. sand of mostly larger pieces of rocks called
bedrocks
D. humus
A. A horzion
169. Which of the following is NOT an organic B. B horizon
material
C. C horizon
A. Worms D. none of above
B. Decayed animals
175. In which soil type would water drain eas-
C. Rocks ily?
D. Decayed plants A. Sand
B. Silt
170. This type of soil is carried by water and
left as sediment. C. Clay
D. none of above
A. bedrock
B. loam 176. This is the most ideal soil for plant
growth and productivity
C. silt
A. Clay
D. clay B. Silt
171. In which layer does the roots of the C. Sand

plants grow? D. Loam
A. Humus 177. It lets most water pass through it:
B. Subsoil A. Sandy Soil
C. top soil B. Loamy Soil
D. bedrock C. Clayey Soil

D. none of above
172. What two main phases comprise the cell
cycle? 178. What type of erosion is slowed down by
contour plowing and terracing?
A. mitosis and cytokinesis
A. wind
B. two growth phases B. water
C. interphase and mitosis C. air
D. interphase and cytokinesis D. none of above

179. Soil horizons, in order, from the surface 184. A solid inorganic substance of natural oc-
are: currence is called:

A. A, O, B, C, R A. soil
B. O, A, B, C, R B. rocks
C. A, B, C, R, O
C. minerals
D. R, A, B, C, O
D. none of above
180. What is the relationship between particle
size and permeability? 185. Organic matter and minerals being al-
A. As particle size increases, the perme- tered in the soil are called
ability decreases. A. additiona
B. As particle size increases, the perme-
B. losses
ability increases.
C. As permeability decreases, the parti- C. translocations
cle size decreases. D. transformations
D. As permeability increases, the particle
size remains constant. 186. This is the nutrient that plants depend
upon most for water uptake
181. Soil is made of
A. Nitrogen
A. Glass, water, and minerals.
B. Metals, minerals, and rocks. B. Phosphorous
C. Rock, minerals, air, water and decayed C. Potassium
matter.
D. All of the above
D. none of above
E. None of the above
182. Scientific names of plants are expressed
in Latin because 187. What is the bottom layer of a soil pro-
A. it is a dead language. file?
B. it is easy for all nationalities to pro- A. topsoil
nounce.
B. organic matter
C. it is an international language and was
used by the early scholars to express C. subsoil
plant names. D. bedrock
D. it is an easy language to learn.
188. Which of the following is the largest min-
183. What would you use to determine the eral particle found in soil?
hardness of a mineral?
A. silt
A. color tiles
B. streak test B. sand
C. Mohs Scale C. dirt

D. weight scale D. peat

189. If you fully dry soil has 50% pore space, 194. A proportion of 30% sand, 35% silt and
how much water will the soil in 1-gallon 35% clay. Identify what type of soil is
flowerpot absorb before the pore space be- this?
comes filled and the water spills over the
A. Sandy soil
top?
B. Clayey soil
A. 1/4 gallon
C. Loamy soil
B. 1/2 gallon
D. Silty soil
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C. 3/4 gallon
D. 1 gallon 195. As surface area of a rock increases, the
rate of weathering
190. we can find rocks at A. Decreases
A. Mountain B. Increases
B. Market C. Stays Constant
C. Mall D. none of above
D. School
196. According to the settling tube experi-
191. Area often referred to the B horizon. ment, which soil is the heaviest and fell
to the bottom of the tube?
A. subsoil
A. clay
B. soil profile
B. humus
C. translocation
C. sand
D. substratum
D. silt
E. solum
197. Topsoil
192. Why is water such an important compo-
nent of soils? A. -has bits of decayed plants and
animals-adds nutrients
A. Soil formation would be possible with-
out water B. -underneath plants and grass-above
topsoil
B. Soils doesn’t need water
C. -dark-has the most humus and miner-
C. Water is a great help for soil als
D. Soil formation would not be possible D. -under humus-above subsoil
without water
198. How would you describe the texture of
193. What is the first stage of mitosis? “sandy” soil?
A. prophase A. sticky
B. telophase B. gritty
C. anaphase C. smooth
D. metaphase D. slimy

199. How many farms in Massachusetts pro- B. Igneous rocks

duce organic crops? C. Metamorphic rocks

A. more than 300
D. Intrusive rocks
B. 72
205. Sedimentary rocks are formed from the
C. more than 1, 000
weathering of rocks exposed at the earth
D. 20 surface. The process involved the follow-
ing EXCEPT.
200. Which of these slows down soil erosion
on construction sites? A. Fragmentation
A. clear cutting B. Transformation
B. strip mining C. Transportation
C. contour plowing D. Cementation
D. sandbags and nylon fencing
206. Soil erosion is the process by which the
201. What are the categories of soil composi- A. the land surface(top soil) is removed
tion? ? by wind, water or ice
A. Organic and Inorganic matter B. formation of soil form rocks
B. Air C. rusting of soil
C. Water and minerals D. None of the above
D. All of the above
207. each layer of soil is called
202. Which is an example of a sedimentary
A. soil horizon
rock?
A. marble B. humus
B. pumice C. organic
C. gneiss D. none of above

D. sandstone 208. What is the structure that produces pro-
tein for the cell?
203. In a soil profile with O, A, E and B hori-
zons, evaluate which of the following is A. golgi
the least amount of clay in the horizon. B. mitochondria
A. O C. chloroplast
B. A D. ribosome
C. B
209. There are approximately how many dif-
D. E
ferent kinds of soil in the United States?
204. It is a formation of rocks through the A. 5 types
process of heat and pressure or chemical
B. 10 types
action, generally harder than the original
rocks. C. 1, 000 types
A. Sedimentary rocks D. 100 types

210. Which of the following is not a type of 216. Crop rotation and erosion prevention are
soil? two great example of what?
A. minerals A. soil conservation
B. clay B. soil destruction
C. topsoil C. soil sample
D. sand D. soil to the boil
217. Materials carried away and deposited by
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211. Which of the following is the correct or-
der of soil particles in order of increasing melted glacial waters.
particle size? A. outwash
A. clay-sand-silt B. glacial till
B. sand-clay-silt C. alluvium
C. silt-clay-sand D. topography
D. clay-silt-sand E. prairie soil
212. Which of the following is a warm season 218. Which of the following soil types would
crop? contain the most nutrients?
A. Soil with many large rock particles
A. oats
B. Soil with bedrock close to the surface
B. broccoli
C. soil that drains well through it
C. potatoes
D. soil with decomposed organic material
D. eggplant
219. When grafting the part that becomes the
213. Which soil flows water rapidly? stem and leaves is the
A. Sandy soil A. Union
B. Garden soil B. Scion
C. Peaty soil C. Style
D. Clay soil D. Ovary
214. What is a soil problem all farmers face? 220. Which of the following rocks is different
A. soil hardening from others
B. soil erosion A. Sandstones:composed of cemented

sand
C. soil spoiling
B. Dolomites:Similar to limestones but
D. soil pollution have magnesium carbonate as part of the
carbonate mixture
215. Limestone, sandstone, mudstone, fossils
are examples of what type of rock? C. Shales:consolidated clays and silts
with varying amounts of cementation
A. metamorphic
D. Limestones:composed of clay, silt, and
B. sedimentary sands cemented in calcium carbonate
C. igneous E. Marble:hardened limestone or
D. none of above dolomite

221. A seed with two cotyledons is called a 226. Which of the following is a true state-
ment about photosynthesis?

A. Monocot A. There are three stages in the photosyn-
B. Dicot thesis process?
C. Flower B. Photosynthesis is essentially evapora-

tion of water and is similar to perspiration
D. Fruit in humans.
222. Which of the following best describes C. Photosynthesis creates a net energy
vascular tissue? production of 36 units of ATP.
A. provides a protective covering for the D. In photosynthesis, carbon dioxide and
plant water react with light energy to form
B. comprises the majority of the primary photosynthates and release oxygen as a
plant body byproduct.
C. specializes in storage, photosynthesis 227. Which of the following is NOT one of the
and support three types of soil?
D. transports food, water, hormones and A. clay
minerals throughout the plant B. sand
223. The topmost layer of land which is com- C. silt
posed of grainy substance is called D. mud
A. Weathered Rock
228. percolation is
B. Bedrock
A. liquid slowly passing through a filter
C. Soil
B. Liquids ability to enter the surface
D. All of the above layer of soil
224. Which soil horizon contains organic mat- C. A perk of drinking Cola
ter on the surface? D. none of above
A. R Horizon
229. Which activity will most likely increase
B. A Horizon soil fertility?
C. O Horizon A. Worms are removed from the soil.
D. B Horizon B. A tree dies and decays.
E. C Horizon C. Plastic is buried in the ground.
225. Based on the problem above, calculate D. A tree is cut for lumber.
the pore space of a soil if the bulk density
is 1.09g/cm3 and a particle density was 230. A student wants to know which soil is the
2.65g/cm3. best to plant tomatoes in. Which of the
following experiments can he complete to
A. 58.90% figure it out?
B. 60.00% A. Plant seeds in each type of soil.
C. 58.00% B. Pour 200 mL of water into each soil to
D. 59.00% see how much water is retained.

C. Compare the color of the soil to a color C. Sand

chart
D. Loam
D. Wet the soil and feel the texture.
237. The Midwest Regions’ economic value
231. What is this quiz about? of crops equal what percent of the total
A. sand United States’ agricultural products?
B. Plant A. 26
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C. soil B. 83
D. none of above C. 70
232. In Nebraska, what primary crop is used D. 58
for making brooms?
A. proso millet 238. Which type of soil is used to make toys
and pots
B. hay
A. clayey soil
C. wheat
B. loamy soil
D. cotton
C. silty soil
233. Location of Bedrock
D. sandy soil
A. -lighter in color-has less humus
B. -under humus-above subsoil 239. Coal is:
C. -layer below subsoil-is a solid rock A. sedimentary rock
D. -under subsoil B. igneous rock
234. What forms after a rock has been weath- C. metamorphic rock
ered over many years? D. none of above
A. soil
B. a stream 240. At the same level of organic matter, eval-
uate which are the highest water holding
C. valleys capacity?
D. lakes A. Loamy sand
235. What is the main purpose of microbes in B. Clay loam
the soil?
C. Clay
A. to release the nutrients in rocks
D. Sandy loam
B. to cause disease
C. to feed animals 241. Soil conservation includes all of the fol-
lowing EXCEPT
D. none of above
A. Desertification
236. This generally has the highest cation ex-
change capacity? (CEC) B. Contour plowing
A. Clay C. Terracing
B. Silt D. Crop rotation

242. well carrying out capillarity, the follow- 248. Plants that originally grew on the land
ing should be the same EXCEPT and contributed to the development of the
soil.

A. amount of soil
B. type of soil A. native vegetation
C. diameter of tubes B. glacial till
D. size of the cotton wool C. alluvium
243. There are terms called for a major factor D. topography
in soil formation, choose the correct term
for each factor of soil formation. E. prairie soil
A. Climosequence for climate
249. When you hear the word “potash”, what
B. Biosequence for organisms element does it refer to?
C. Chronosequence for time A. Phosphorus
D. Lithosequence for topography
B. Nitrogen
244. Soil give to the plant.
C. Potassium
A. Air
D. Iron
B. Sunlight
C. Nutrients 250. The ease with which soil can be worked.
D. Leaves 3 types of soil, clay and organic A. soil aeration
!
B. tilth
245. Humus is formed from rotting
C. organic matter
A. Clay and soil
B. Animal and plants D. symbiosis
C. Wood and rocks E. pore space

D. none of above
251. One property of soil is it’s
246. Which soil is the best for growing
A. worms
plants?
A. Sand B. temperature
B. Loam C. name
C. Silt D. texture
D. Clay
252. This is termed used for a true soil or A
247. Which are the two main climatic factors and B horizons.
responsible for soil formation?
A. Solum
A. Ocean currents and Temperature
B. Regolith
B. Temperature and Rainfall
C. Humidity and Rainfall C. Saprolite
D. None of the above D. Liholith

253. How can time affect soils? 259. The loss of clay, iron, and other materials
A. Soils gets to old over time due to leaching.
B. Older soils are less weathered than A. eluviation
younger ones B. soil profile
C. Time don’t affect soils
C. translocation
D. Older soils are more weathered than
younger ones D. substratum
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254. Which plant growth regulator is applied E. solum
to fields of fruit allowing them to ripen at
the same time for harvest? 260. What is loam?
A. abscisic acid A. an even mixture of sand, silt, and clay

B. ethylene B. soil made of mostly sand
C. auxins C. soil made of mostly clay
D. gibberelins
D. a mixture of gravel and sand
255. Which soil suitable for paddy?
261. What is true about soil layers?
A. Sandy soil
B. Garden soil A. The bottom layer of soil contains the
mostorganic material.
C. Peaty soil
B. The bottom layer of soil is best for
D. Clay soil
plant growth.
256. What physical property of soil deter-
C. Layers of soil get rockier as they get
mines if it retains water?
deeper.
A. color
D. The top layer of soil is usually the rock-
B. particle size iest.
C. texture
D. weight 262. list the main cause of soil erosion
A. running water, wind, deforestation
257. How many years does soil take to form?
A. 5 Years B. humus
B. 1000 Years C. weathering
C. 100 Years D. none of above
D. 50 Years
263. Which of the following has the soil hori-
258. Which of the following is a disadvantage zons in the correct order?
of using hydroponics?
A. O, A, B, C, R
A. slower plant growth
B. costs are higher than soil culture B. A, B, C, O, R
C. lower crop yields C. O, R, A, B, C

D. weeding and cultivation are required D. R, A, B, C, O

264. Climate affects soil types; for instance, C. Subsoil

prairie soils have D. Bedrock

A. thinner A & B horzons due to leaching
270. Which is NOT a layer of soil?
which is promoted by rainfall.
A. bedrock
B. thin, lightly colored A horizons becaus
of the lack of vegetation B. topsoil
C. granitic C horizonx because little or no C. undersoil
grass grows there D. subsoil
D. thick, dark, A horizon because of all the 271. Decayed organic material in soil is called
grasses that contribute organic materials.
265. Organic Material adds what to the soil? A. Litter

A. Minerals B. Silt
B. AIr C. Humus
C. Nutrients D. Clay
D. none of above 272. Which of the following is the correct
botanical nomenclature for a plant with
266. It is important for soil to hold water to the genus Bellis and the species perennis?
A. withstand weathering A. Bellis Perennis
B. erode more slowly B. Bellis perennis
C. help plants to grow C. Perennis bellis
D. keep it from being dry D. Perennis Bellis
267. Sand, silt and clay are the components of 273. Which is another name for a non-vascular
soil texture and classify as plant?
A. Soil particles A. Bryophyte
B. Soil separates B. gymnosperm
C. Soil fragments C. angiosperm
D. Soil composition D. seedless vascular plant
268. A soil’s composition is dependent on 274. name the process by which soil is formed.
weathering because A. humus
A. it makes the soil more fertile B. weathering
B. it contributes sediments to the soil C. running water, wind, deforestation
C. it keeps the soil moist D. none of above
D. it moves the topsoil to other areas 275. Three kinds of soil are
where it is more needed
A. sandy, loam, clay
269. The R horizon is also know as. B. gravel, humus, sand
A. Partly Weathered rock C. loam, silt, humus
B. Topsoil D. clay, gravel, silt

276. Which type of soil has a reddish brown B. B

color?
C. C
A. sand
D. R
B. loam
C. clay 282. What is not a benefit of adding lime?
D. none of above A. Less acidic soil encourages soil organ-
isms.
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277. When identifying the texture of a soil,
you are determining- B. Lime can flocculate clay particles, mak-
ing pores larger.
A. the type of rock underneath the soil
C. Adds calcium
B. the age of the soil
D. Lowers the pH.
C. the size of the grains in the soil
D. the crops the soil supports 283. What are the names of the four types of
Soil?
278. Which of the following involves the com-
bination of two haploid sex cells to create A. humus, sand, silt, clay
an individual? B. humus, sand silt, bark
A. Asexual reproduction
C. sand, silt, clay
B. Sexual reproduction
D. none of above
C. Vegetative propagation
D. Induced propagation 284. Which type of soil has a DARK BROWN
color?
279. Which type of soil is best for growing
plants and has the remains of decayed A. sand
plants and animals? B. loam
A. sand C. clay
B. clay D. none of above
C. gravel
285. What is the primary crop of Nevada?
D. humus
A. apples
280. Compared to the primary minerals, the
secondary minerals are those minerals B. almonds
that form from C. coffee
A. Weathering of rocks D. garlic
B. Weathering of primary minerals
286. Does soil has water in it?
C. Weathering of rocks and minerals
D. All of the above A. Yes
B. No
281. Which horizon is underlying bedrock, such
as limestone, sandstone, or granite? C. Maybe
A. O D. none of above

287. The space occupied by air and water. 292. Subsoil

A. soil aeration A. -lighter in color-has less humus

B. tilth B. -under humus-above subsoil
C. organic matter C. -layer below subsoil-is a solid rock
D. symbiosis D. -under subsoil
E. pore space 293. Often phrased as an “If, Then” state-

ment, this is an educated guess for a so-
288. What is the main function of the flower lution to a scientific problem.
of a plant? A. solution
A. provide food for insects B. hypothesis
B. sexual reproduction C. answer
C. store food for the plant D. fact
D. provide surface area for the plant 294. Breaking down or wearing away of rocks
is called
289. What do plants and animals need to
grow? A. weathering
A. nutrients B. humus
B. soil C. erosion
D. none of above
C. loam
D. humus 295. What is Humus made up of?
A. decompose
290. There are different types of soil look,
B. decayed animal and plant parts
smell, and feel different. Why soil have
different color. C. decayed soil
A. we paint them D. none of above
B. we add color in it 296. Forage crops are used to achieve which
C. they come from different rocks and dif- of the following?
ferent places A. decrease water drainage
D. none of above B. increase weed populations
C. increase soil quality
291. If your soil sample has 35% sand, 40%
silt and 25% clay, identify the soil texture D. maintain crop yield
using the soil texture triangle provided to 297. This consists of an even mixture of differ-
you. ent sizes of soil particles
A. silt A. Clay
B. clay loam B. Silt
C. loam C. Sand
D. silt loam D. Loam

298. Which of the following affect soil forma- B. commercial vegetables

tion? Select all that apply. C. field and miscellaneous crops
A. Time
D. forage crops
B. Climate
304. Which of the following is not a primary
C. Living organisms
nutrient required for plant growth?
D. Parent material
A. Calcium
E. Topography
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B. Phosphorus
299. It is a type of soil physical properties that
C. Potassium
you may identify according to its soil par-
ticle groupings. D. Nitrogen
A. Soil texture 305. When testing the soil texture of each soil
B. Soil consistency sample, what is the next step after wet-
C. Soil structure ting each sample?
D. Soil densities A. rub the sample between your fingers

B. plant a flower in each sample
300. Which of the following is a cool season
crop? C. examine each sample with a hand lens
A. egglpant D. look at the color of each sample
B. tomatoes 306. Which of the following earth processes
C. potatoes typically follows erosion?
D. pumpkins A. sediment
301. is the medium sized particle in the B. rocks
subsoil that is smooth and powdery. C. soil
A. clay D. deposition
B. silt
307. Which plant hormone is known as the
C. sand stress hormone?
D. none of above
A. auxins
302. What is the topmost layer of the earths B. ethylene
crust?
C. cytokinins
A. Soil
D. abscisic acid
B. Loam
C. Sand 308. Which of the following plant types makes
up about 80 percent of all plants?
D. Caly
A. non-native plants
303. What types of crops account for 83 per-
B. native plants
cent of the total United States’ economic
value of crops? C. vascular plants
A. fruits and nuts D. non-vascular plants

309. process of rocks in Earth’s crust slowly C. Topsoil

being broken into smaller pieces D. Subsoil

A. deposition
315. Which answer choice describes the char-
B. erosion acteristics of sand?
C. weathering A. the middle size of the three compacts
D. landform really well. Feels like flour and is smooth
when wet
310. What is the soil that is good for plant- B. is the biggest of the three particles
ing? does not compact well. Feels Gritty.
A. Loam C. the smallest and finest of the three
B. Sand particles. Packs extremely well. Feels
C. Clay slimy and sticky
D. none of above
D. none of above
316. This type of soil is yellowish in colour and
311. “Subsoil” is generally equivalent to
can be found in the desert.
which soil horizon?
A. sand
A. C
B. garden soil
B. B
C. clay
C. A
D. none of above
D. O
317. In soil there is of air
312. Rescue and Summerred are two popular
A. 45%
varieties of apples grown in which state?
B. 25%
A. California
C. 5%
B. Arizona
D. none of above
C. Alaska
318. What is the process of rocks being broken
D. Colorado
down over time called?
313. Horizon O had three sub-horizons A. Weathering
namely:Oi, Oe and Oa. Choose which of
B. Accumulation
the following is the correct paired of sam-
ple according to the decomposition. C. Condensation
A. Oi-hemic D. Evaporation
B. Oa-fibric 319. Based on the virtual museum experiment,

which type of soil retained the most wa-
C. Oe-sapric
ter?
D. Oi-fibric
A. sand
314. ‘A horizon’ is also called B. gravel
A. Substratum C. clay
B. Bedrock D. none of above

320. What are small organelles found in large 326. is the breaking down of rocks, soils,
numbers in the cytoplasm of a cell? and minerals, etc.
A. vacuoles A. Weathering
B. mitochondria B. Soil profile
C. ribosomes
C. Soil
D. chloroplasts
D. All of the above
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321. Which type of soil occurs where formerly
shallow ponds supported swamp vegeta- 327. Which of the following plants completes
tion? its life cycle in one year?
A. sandy A. annual
B. organic B. perennial
C. prairie C. biennial
D. timber
D. fellial
322. Which of the following are the elements
that can be absorbed atmospherically? 328. Which of the following is the species
name for soybeans?
A. Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Carbon
A. Zea mays
B. Carbon, Nitrogen, Potassium
C. Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon B. Glyxine max
D. Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen C. Solanum tuberosum
323. Which of the following plants live and re- D. Malus domestica
produce for multiple years?
329. Horizon O is an organic horizon that com-
A. annual prises three sub-horizons. Which of the
B. perennial following did sapric (highly decomposed
organic horizon) belongs?
C. biennial
D. fillial A. Oa
B. Oe
324. How rough or smooth something is.
A. Mass C. Oi
B. Texture D. Ou
C. Solid
330. What is true about Humus?
D. Color
A. dark and soft
325. Soil conservation done on hill slopes B. contains much of what plants need for
A. Ploughing growth
B. terrace farming C. The more humus a soil has, the better
C. Erosion plants will grow!
D. All of the above D. All the previous.

331. Rusts are classified as which of the fol- C. top soil, horizon C, subsoil, bedrock
lowing? D. none of above

A. fungus
337. Which type of soil is best for growing
B. bacteria
plants?
C. virus
A. sand
D. cancer
B. clay soil
332. Movement of soil and rocks from one C. garden soil
place to another is called
D. none of above
A. weathering
B. humus 338. soil has large grains.
C. erosion A. Sandy
D. none of above B. clay
333. You would probably find the most decom- C. loamy
posers in the soil layer called D. none of above
A. topsoil
339. There are four process of soil formation.
B. loam Which of the following that this statement
C. litter belongs “movement of soil materials from
D. bedrock one place to another mainly due to wa-
ter”.
334. Summer season when mang Kanor A. Transformation
planted his cucumber plant. a few weeks
after, his plants begin to wilt and later B. Translocation
the plants die. What type of soil moisture C. Addition
coefficients happened in the field?
D. Losses
A. Field capacity
B. Hydroscopic coefficient 340. Which of the following is NOT a compo-
nent of soil?
C. Saturation point
A. Mineral material (rock pieces)
D. Permanent wilting point
B. Organic matter
335. Which plant can be planted in sand?
C. Water
A. paddy plant
D. Air
B. mango tree
E. Fertilizer
C. rose plant
D. coconut tree 341. Which is the top layer of soil?
A. topsoil
336. Which describes the soil layers in order
from the surface? B. subsoil
A. top soil, bedrock, horizon C, subsoil C. subsoil
B. top soil, subsoil, horizon C, bedrock D. none of above

342. Which of the following best describes a C. Recycling waste products of society
dichotomous key? and nature
A. Uses a branching diagram called a D. Providing habitat for an enormous di-
cladogram to show relationships versity of organisms
B. Identifies plants by a series of choices E. All of the above
between pairs of alternatives
C. Is the systematic arrangement of 347. Soil contains organic material. What is
organic material?
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plants into groups and subgroups based
on common characteristics A. Anything that is alive.
D. Is a type of plant classification which B. Anything that is dead and has never
uses a hierarchy system for classification lived.
343. Why are good conservation practices im- C. Anything living or once living
portant for lumber companies to follow?
D. dirt
A. It adds groundwater
B. it increases soil erosion 348. The cells produced via meiosis are called:
C. it decreases soil erosion A. sex cells
D. the soil is shaded B. somatic cells
344. Medium-sized mineral particles of soil C. body cells
A. Sand D. skin cells

B. Silt 349. The exchange of gases between the soil
C. Clay and the atmosphere.
D. Horizons A. soil aeration
345. Physical weathering is the alteration of B. tilth

the physical properties of the materials C. organic matter
without changing its chemical composition.
All of this are the processes of physical D. symbiosis
weathering EXCEPT. E. pore space
A. Unloading of erosion
350. Your science teacher gives you a glass jar
B. Diurnal fluctuation in temperature filled with water, decaying material, top-
C. Alternate freezing and thawing soil, dirt, and small rocks. She has the im-
D. Solidification of materials due to heavy age of the soil profile on the board. Which
rain layer in the jar would you find at Horizon
A?
346. Which of the following is (are) key roles A. subsoil
soil plays in the ecosystem?
B. topsoil
A. Supporting plant growth
C. humus
B. Modifying the composition and proper-
ties of the atmosphere D. bedrock

351. The middle layer of soil is called A. Chemical weathering

A. topsoil B. Physical weathering

B. subsoil C. Mechanical weathering
C. bedrock D. Cultural weathering
D. none of above
357. Humus is made up of
352. Which living organisms have the greatest A. organic matter
effect on soil formation?
B. minerals
A. ants
C. water
B. earthworms
D. rock
C. burrowing mammals
D. plants 358. What are the components of soil?
A. Dirt, Plants, Minerals, Water
353. How many primary roots are in a taproot
system? B. Climate and Weather
A. one C. Minerals, rocks, inorganic materials,
organic materials, water, air
B. two
D. Sun, Grass, Materials, Rock, Sunlight,
C. three
and Oxygen
D. bajillion
359. Which type of soil can hold the greatest
354. When rain falls, water passes through amount of water?
the soil, washing minerals, humus and nu-
A. sand
trients from the A horizon into the B hori-
zon. This process is called? B. silt
A. Leaching C. clay
B. Washing out D. loam
C. Deforestation 360. Which is NOT part of the 6 types of ero-
D. Transportation sion?
355. Which of the following is the most impor- A. rivers

tant soil formation factor B. waves
A. Time C. landscape
B. Climate D. gravity
C. Slope
361. Which layer of soil helps in purification of
D. Organisms water?
356. Weathering is the process of physical and A. topsoil
chemical alteration of rocks and minerals B. parent rock
at or near the earth surface. Which of the
following did water molecules incorporate C. humus
into the structure of minerals belongs? D. sub soil

362. Parent material that was physically 367. If one nutrient is absent or toxic then
moved and deposited by the glacier itself. what could be happen to a plant
A. glacial till A. Alter the cellular structure of the plant
resulting in defects or deficiencies
B. alluvium
B. nothing will happen to the plant
C. topography
C. Possible create a new variation of that
D. prairie soil plant due to the plant stress
E. physical weathering
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D. The plant could join a union and protest
the maltreatment
363. What is the process utilized by scientists
to derive solutions to problems. 368. What are the three soil particles that we
A. Scientific Method use to classify soils?
B. Questions A. sand, dirt, and soil
C. Probability B. clay, sand, and silt

C. silt, loam, and sandy loam
D. Mayofication
D. clay, salt, and pebbles
364. Which plant part absorbs light energy to
produce plant sugar? 369. The shape of a ped is called its
A. structure
A. stem
B. structure type
B. leaves
C. structure grade
C. roots
D. structure class
D. flower
370. Which one of these is NOT a macro-
365. No tillage can improve levels of organic nutrient
matter in the soil. This is when A. Nitrogen
A. The type of crops grown in a paddock B. Calcium
is changed regularly in a planned order.
C. Boron
B. Fast-growing crops are grown and
D. Potassium
ploughed back into the soil before they
seed. 371. Big tree roots grow up to layer
C. Part of a crop not harvested for sale A. Top soil
can be returned to the soil B. Substartum
D. The soil is not cultivated, but seeds are C. Subsoil
sown directly into the soil.
D. Bedrock
366. Which of the following is NOT considered 372. Organic matter is formed when
to be soil?
A. dead animals
A. Gravel
B. rotten plants
B. Sand
C. decompostion of the remains of plant
C. Silt and animal remains.
D. Clay D. plants and animals

373. What does PH stand for? 379. Decayed remains of plants and animals
A. Potassium Hydrate are called
A. litter

B. Potential Hydrogen
B. clay
C. Probably Horsing around
C. humus
D. Acidic solution
D. soil
374. The MAIN thing Decomposers do for the
soil is the following: 380. What is the middle layer of soil which is
a combination of soil and rocks?
A. Store moisture
A. humus
B. Burrow deep in the soil
B. subsoil
C. Make space for air and water C. topsoil
D. Break down and digest dead organ- D. bedrock
isms
381. This is the nutrient that plants need to
375. The top layer of soil is called form the amino acids needed to assemble
A. topsoil proteins
B. subsoil A. Nitrogen
C. bedrock B. Phosphorous
D. none of above C. Potassium
D. All of the above
376. What exactly is bedrock?
A. Any organic rock or mineral
382. The very top layer of soil is mostly made
B. Rock that lies underwater of
C. Rock that has not been weathered A. Solid rock
D. Especially soft rock B. Clay and mineral deposits
377. ASSET QUESTIONIn which group will all C. A mixture of minerals and organic ma-
the three items dissolve after mixing with terial
water D. Mostly organic material (humus)
A. salt, ice, clay 383. Which soil has the largest particles?
B. sand, sugar, oil A. clay
C. salt, ice cube, sugar B. sand
D. ice cube, sugar, oil C. loam
378. Which of the following is considered a D. silt
nonagricultural use of soil? 384. Soils have layers.
A. cropland A. 2
B. grazing land B. 3
C. natural resources C. 1
D. recreation D. 5

385. Which of the following is NOT something A. igneous

provided by organic matter? B. sedimentary
A. Increased porespace C. minerals
B. Greater access to nutrients D. metamorphic
C. Reduces risk of erosion & compaction 390. Colluvial Soils are moved by
D. Serves as an energy soure of plant’s A. wind
food
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B. water
E. Sequesters carbon in the soil, reducing
C. gravity
GHG
D. glaciers
386. what is humus?
391. What type of soil is made up of small
A. dead orginisems pieces of rock or pebbles?
B. dead pants A. clay
C. your mama B. gravel
D. air C. sand
D. silt
387. How do factors such as pore space and
compaction affect plant growth? 392. This type of soil is made of tiny pieces of
A. Compacted soils reduce the availability rock.
of water and oxygen to plant roots A. sand
B. Soils with large amounts of porespace B. clay
enable roots to absorb more water and C. humus
soil
D. loam
C. Soils with small amounts of porespace
are less likely to undergo nutrient leach- 393. Which of the following is the combination
ing of two different copies of an allele for a
gene?
D. Compacted soils have less porespace,
which reduces the availability of water, A. homozygous dominant genotype
nutrients and oxygen B. heredity
E. All of the above are accurate C. homozygous recessive gentoype
D. heterozygous genotype
388. In which layer of soil does the under-
ground water gets collected? 394. Gardeners will sometimes add lime to
A. bedrock soils that are too acidic. Lime acts as a fer-
tilizer and raises the pH of the soil to an
B. parentrock appropriate level.What soil pH most likely
C. childrock requires the application of lime?
D. subsoil A. 4
B. 7
389. What type of rock forms when sand, par-
ticles of rock, bits of soil, and remains of C. 9
once-living things are cemented? D. 11

395. Which land class is hardest to farm? 401. dig through the soil which loosens it
so plants grow better.
A. Class 1

A. Ladybugs
B. Class 2
B. Earthworms
C. Class 5
C. Caterpillars
D. Class 8
D. Dogs
396. This type of soil does not hold water 402. Splitting a root system into 2 or more
A. Loam pieces that will each become a new plant
is called
B. Sand
A. Cuttings
C. Clay
B. Division
D. none of above
C. Tissue Culture
397. Soil is made of small D. Grafting
A. icicles 403. When a soil is lacking a nutrient it is
B. particles called a
A. deficiency
C. plastics
B. drought
D. bricks
C. disaster
398. What is soil made of? D. none of above
A. Rocks
404. Based on the course syllabus (AGRI 2360
B. Decayed plants Environmental Soil Science, Fall 2021), the
class lecture on week 2 is
C. Minerals
A. Soil erosion
D. All of the above
B. Soil physical properties
399. Two methods of soil conservation in farm- C. Soil water properties
ing are
D. Soil-chemical properties
A. reclamation and subsurface mining
405. Soil is formed by the breaking down of
B. landscaping and nylon fencing rocks by the action of wind, water and cli-
C. selective harvesting and replanting mate. This process is called
D. contour plowing and windbreaks A. Humification
B. Weathering
400. What does humus contain?
C. Soil erosion
A. sand D. None of the above
B. glass
406. Which of the following is the result of
C. clay high temperatures?
D. decayed plants and animals A. inevitable plant death

B. necrosis 411. Select the ONE thing decomposers do

NOT do for the soil.
C. off-color pigmentation
A. Store moisture
D. heat stress
B. Burrow deep in the soil
407. Which is the correct order of weathered C. Make space for air and water
rocks from smallest to largest?
D. Break down and digest dead organ-
A. sand, clay, silt, gravel isms
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B. clay, silt, sand, gravel 412. The slope characteristics of a soil.
C. gravel, sand, silt, clay A. topography
D. clay, sand, silt, gravel B. glacial till
C. alluvium
408. Which is not a primary macronutrient?
D. prairie soil
A. Calcium
B. Nitrogen
413. How does soil help in supporting life on
C. Potassium
Earth?
D. Phosphorus A. It filters the water
409. Choose physical wheathering that can B. It helps recycle nutrients like carbon
break rocks into small particle material and nitrogen
A. Abrasion C. Many plants grow in the soil
B. Exfoliation D. All of the above
C. Frost wedging 414. The strength of a ped is called its

D. Oxidation A. structure
B. structure type
410. Which of the following best describes
C. structure grade
how soils are formed?
D. structure class
A. As plants and animals break down, the
carbon in their bodies turns into minerals 415. The rock which soaks water is
that plants eat to survive. A. permeable
B. Over thousands of years, rocks are B. impermeable
weathered down to small particles that
C. Marble
mix with small amounts of decaying or-
ganic matter and living organisms. D. none of above
C. As animals consume plants, they con- 416. CEC stands for
vert the plant matter into minerals. The fe-
A. Calcium elasticity condition
ces from the animals then forms the soil.
B. Cation Exchange Capacity
D. Over thousands of years, carbon diox-
ide in the air converts into minerals that C. Cool electrons chart
fall to the ground and form soil. D. Clint ends cats lives

417. In which soil type would water have dif- C. Reduces water holding capacity
ficulty draining? D. Improves water holding capacity

A. Sand
423. Soil is composed of three particle sizes.
B. Silt
Which answer shows the arrangement
C. Clay from largest to smallest?
D. none of above A. Sand, Silt, Clay
418. Area where most plant roots grow. B. Clay, Silt, Sand
A. solum C. Sandy, Clay, Silt
B. soil profile D. Silt, Sand, Clay
C. translocation 424. Which of the following is the correct or-
D. substratum der of the taxonomic hierarchy?
E. illuviation A. Kingdom, division, class, order, family,
genus, species
419. Which is the correct order of weathered
B. Kingdom, division, class, order, family
rocks from largest to smallest?
species, genus
A. clay, silt, sand, gravel
C. Kingdom, class, division, order, Mayo,
B. sand, silt, clay, gravel species
C. gravel, sand, silt, clay D. Kingdom, division, order, class, family,
D. gravel, sand, clay, silt genus, species
420. Which layer of soil is home to many ro- 425. soil can be used to make pots.
dents and insects? A. CLAY
A. subsoil B. LOAM
B. humus C. SAND
C. topsoil D. none of above
D. farmland
426. How are deposition and erosion related?
421. What gives a soil a dark color and is
A. both are movement of rocks
found primarily in the surface layer of the
soil? B. erosion is the breakdown of rocks
A. alluvium C. deposition causes rocks to move
B. loess D. none of above
C. organic matter 427. All of the following processes help form
D. sand topsoil except
A. movement of oceans
422. Which of the following is a characteristic
of silt? B. decay of plants
A. Rough, gritty feeling C. weathering of rocks
B. Flat/Platy shape D. decomposition of animals

428. Texture depends on- 434. Which soil will allow the water to pass
A. color through easily.
A. Clay
B. particle size
B. Sand
C. plant growth
C. Silt
D. the amount of sunlight soil gets
D. none of above
429. What is a soil made up of very small bro-
435. What kind of soil holds the most water?
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ken pieces of rock?
A. sandy soil
A. soil
B. clay
B. loam
C. rocks
C. silt
D. plants
D. bedrock
436. It is fairly coarse and loose so water is
430. Soil is made up of: able to drain through it easily.
A. Sand A. Clay
B. Silt B. Sand
C. Clay C. Loam
D. All of these D. none of above

437. soil is infertile.
431. Which is a kind of soil?
A. Subsoil
A. Sand
B. Substratum
B. Silt
C. Topsoil
C. Clay
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
438. This has the smallest amount of pore
432. It is a dynamic natural body that com- space for air and water
posed of minerals and organic materials in A. Clay
which plant grow. This is called
B. Silt
A. Land C. Sand
B. Soil D. Loam
C. Minerals
439. You dig a small hole in the soil and the
D. Nutrients next day it rains. The hole fills with wa-
ter, but does not empty even after sev-
433. Decayed organic material turns into dark eral days of dry weather. What is the soil
colored material called mostly made of?
A. litter A. clay
B. clay B. sand
C. humus C. humus
D. soil D. silt

440. Which of the following is a type of rock? 446. There are three classes of rocks, iden-
A. igneous tify which of the following did magma be-
longs?

B. metamorphic
A. Sedimentary rocks
C. sedimentary
B. Igneous rocks
D. All of the above
C. Metamorphic rocks
441. Which plant suitable for sandy soil? D. Intrusive rocks
A. Rambutan
447. Gymnosperms produce seeds usually in
B. Cactus A. cones
C. Apple B. flowers
D. Strawbery C. fruit
442. Which of the following is the most com- D. spores
mon plant part used to identify plants?
448. Crop rotation can improve levels of or-
A. roots ganic matter in the soil. This is when
B. stems A. The type of crops grown in a paddock
C. flowers is changed regularly in a planned order.
D. leaves B. Fast-growing crops are grown and
443. This type of soil is composed of the sec- seed.
ond smallest pieces of rock. C. Part of a crop not harvested for sale
A. bedrock can be returned to the soil
B. loam D. The soil is not cultivated, but seeds are
sown directly into the soil.
C. silt
D. clay 449. What do weathering and erosion have in
common?
444. Soil is composed of
A. They both occur underground
A. sand, silt and clay B. They both involve the application of
B. air and water heat and pressure
C. humus C. They both break down rocks and min-
erals
D. gravel
D. They both bring about chemical
445. Which of the following is a quantitative changes in rock and minerals
trait?
450. An organism, especially a soil bacterium,
A. flower color
fungus, or invertebrate, that breaks down
B. seed yield organic material is a
C. pod shape A. Decomposer
D. stem length B. Burrower

C. Humus source 455. What is a large, long-lasting river of ice

that is formed on land and moves in re-
D. none of above
sponse to gravity?
451. Which of the following is the most impor- A. alluvium
tant determinant of the biodiversity and B. glacier
abundance of microbial communities?
C. loess
A. Particle size
D. outwash
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B. Availability of NPK
456. Soil salinity is the total amount of
C. Porespace found in the soil.
D. Abundance of soil organic matter A. salt
452. A student takes a rectangular piece of B. sodium
soap and writes the word “soap” on one C. nutrients
of the soap’s surfaces using a toothpick.
D. air
The student then places the piece of soap
below a dripping faucet with the lettering E. water
facing upward.Which question can be best
457. Soils form in layers, or
studied using this model?
A. top soils
A. How do the minerals in water affect
landforms? B. mixtures
B. How is a mountain created using flow- C. horizons

ing water? D. levels
C. Do all minerals dissolve in rainwater? 458. What are the benefits of earthworms in
soil.
D. Does dripping water cause erosion of A. Worm casts (poo) adds nutrients
land?
B. Burrows improve aeration
453. What is the total economic value for the C. Plant roots can grow down worm tun-
Southern region? nels
A. $48 billion D. Worms eat harmful bacteria
B. $52 billion 459. It is made up of small grains:
C. $45 billion A. Loamy Soil
D. $55 billion B. Sandy Soil
C. Clayey Soil
454. Soil is
D. none of above
A. Dirt
460. Obsidian, granite, and basalt are rocks
B. Where plants grow
formed from molten rock that has cooled.
C. Weathered rock fragments What kind of rocks are they?
D. none of above A. sedimentary rock

B. igneous rock 466. Soil that is rich in humus has high

C. metamorphic rock A. fertility.

D. fossils B. water content.
C. sand content.
461. Which grain is grown in Mississippi?
D. clay content.
A. wheat
467. What is a term sometimes used for the A
B. rice horizon?
C. maize A. illuviation
D. milo B. subsoil
C. substratum
462. Which name starts with a lower case let-
D. topsoil
ter?
A. Common Name 468. Primary mineral is formed from the crys-
tallization of magma. Which of the follow-
B. Genus ing is Not a type of primary minerals?
C. Species A. Quartz
D. none of above B. Feldspar
C. Kaolinite
463. Which layer of soil has only a little bit of
humus? D. Hornblende
A. topsoil 469. What living thing are in soil.

B. subsoil A. sand
B. glass
C. bedrock
C. minerals
D. none of above
D. earthworms
464. What is a popular apple grown in West
470. The layers of containing material found
Virginia?
when one digs a hole in the ground are
A. Gala called
B. Red Delicious A. Pedons
C. Golden Delicious B. Soil structure
C. Minerals
D. Granny Smith
D. Horizons
465. The seed is made up of which of the fol-
471. Soil in has thin layer of topsoil with
lowing parts?
little humus
A. seed coat
A. desert
B. cotyledon B. forest
C. embryo C. oceans

472. Materials such as fallen leaves, wind- 477. Which of the following terms best de-
blown dust, or chemicals from air pollution scribes the processes of weathering and
that accumulate in the soil. erosion?
A. additions A. Instantaneous
B. soil profile B. Gradual
C. translocation C. Rapid
D. substratum D. Insignificant
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E. solum 478. A large chemical company disposes of its
toxic chemical waste in a landfill, where
473. Soil consist of: the toxic chemical waste slowly leaks into
A. soil organisms the soil. Which result will most likely oc-
cur because of the toxic chemical leak into
B. humus
the soil?
C. inorganic particles
A. The soil’s fertility will decrease.
D. water
B. The soil’s fertility will increase.
E. only unweathered rock
C. The soil’s fertility will increase and
474. Mrs. Woolstenhulme is looking for the then decrease
best soil to plant her flowers. Which soil D. The soil’s fertility will remain the
would you recommend Mrs. Woolsten- same.
hulme use?
479. What percent of an ideal soil is organic
A. Sand matter?
B. Top Soil A. 20-30
C. Gravel B. 45
D. Clay C. 5
475. What percentage of farms in the North- D. none of above
east sells products directly to consumers?
480. What is the primary composition of the O
A. 14 % horizon?
B. 25 % A. clay
C. 12 % B. iron
D. 75 % C. organic matter
D. silt
476. rocks formed when any type of rock goes
through changes caused by extreme heat 481. The process of water or wind carrying
and pressure away top loose soil is called
A. igneous rocks A. Flowing away
B. metamorphic rocks B. Blowing away
C. sedimentary rocks C. erosion
D. none of above D. conservation

482. Name a landform that is produced as a 487. Changes that affect the elemental
direct result of erosion makeup of rock and help to break it down
are referred to as

A. Grand Canyon
B. Roads A. chemical weathering
C. Ski Trail B. developing
D. none of above C. glaciation

D. physical weathering
483. What type of soil water forms as a very
thin film surrounding soil particles and is 488. The continuous series of change that
generally not available to the plant? It rocks undergo is known as the
is bound so tightly to the soil by adhe-
A. rock cycle
sion properties that very little of it can be
taken up by plant roots. B. water cycle
A. capillary C. hibernation
B. gravitational D. metamorphisis
C. hygroscopic
489. Horizon that is usually composed of the
D. flowing parent material of the soil and that has
had little soil-forming activity.
484. What process breaks down bedrock to be-
gin soil formation? A. substratum
A. leaching B. soil profile
B. weathering C. translocation
C. decomposition D. solum
D. humus E. illuviation
485. Many plants cannot grow in sandy soil. 490. Which of the following are the character-
Why is this true? istics of loamy soil?
A. Sandy soil does not hold enough water. A. It is porous, so allows air and water to
circulate
B. Air cannot pass through sandy soil.
B. infertile
C. Roots cannot easily push through
sandy soil. C. has sand, silt and clay
D. Sandy soil has too many nutrients. D. holds good amount of water
486. All of the following are plant remains EX- 491. Which of the following best describes soil
CEPT erosion?
A. Dead leaves A. the breakdown of soil
B. Sand Particles B. the improvement of soil
C. Seed covers C. the addition of soil
D. Dried twigs D. the movement of soil by wind or water

492. Subsoil is made mostly of 498. What do we call the layers of soil?
A. parent material A. Deposits
B. humus B. Horizons
C. clay and silt C. Minerals
D. bedrock D. Rocks
493. The science of classifying and identifying 499. Which of these IS NOT affected by soil
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organisms is: pH?
A. Science A. Availability of most of the essential nu-
B. Anatomy trients
C. Taxonomy B. Activity of Microorganisms
D. none of above C. Performance of some herbicides

D. The soil water holding capacity
494. Most farms are made of what kind of
soil? 500. Which element makes plant green?
A. loam A. Potassium
B. clay B. Nitrogen
C. sand C. Phosphorus
D. diapers D. Magnesium
495. What is the soil that is good for making 501. Mary is taking care of the garden at
pots? school and spends most of her time pulling
A. Loam weeds. She wants to find a way to con-
trol the weeds that does not harm earth-
B. Sand worms. Mary wants to save the earth-
C. Clay worms because they
D. none of above A. eat the leaves of plants but give the
plants waterin return.
496. Sandy soil contain
B. protect plants from predators by re-
A. Sand particles leasingpoison into the soil.
B. Water C. travel long distances and help move
C. Small stone plant seedsto new areas.
D. Oil D. break down organic material into nutri-
ents thatplants use to grow.
497. The division bryophyta includes which of
the following types of plans? 502. Lava is:
A. Mosses A. cooled rock inside a volcano
B. Ferns B. cooled rock outside a volcano
C. Fungi C. melted rock inside a volcano
D. Flowering plants D. melted rock outside a volcano

503. When a rock gets broken down into soil, D. essential elements, warmth, oxygen,
this process is called and carbon dioxide

A. topsoil
508. Which part of topsoil contains decayed
B. water capacity plant and animal matter?
C. weathering A. silt
D. erosion B. sand
504. Soil formation is the process by which C. humus
soil is formed as a result of interactions
D. clay
over time between parent materials, cli-
mate, topography and organisms. Choose
509. what is soil made of?
which of the following is NOT a function of
organism in soil formation? A. rocks
A. Organic matter accumulation and de- B. orginisems
composition
C. humus
B. Reduction of soil erosion
D. your mama
C. Structure less formation
D. Biochemical weathering 510. The bottom layer of soil is called
A. topsoil
505. Topography deals with the of the
land. B. subsoil
A. Fertility C. bedrock
B. Slope D. none of above
C. pH
511. The color of the soil indicates some chem-
D. Organic matter ical conditions.
506. In which phase does the cell replicate its A. Dark or black color soil indicates high
DNA? organic matter
A. M phase B. Dark or black color soil indicates that
B. Gap 1 phase the soil is high in oxides of iron
C. synthesis phase C. Dark or black color soil indicates that
D. Gap 2 the soil is at oxidized state
D. All of the above
507. What four basic plant needs are provided
by soil? 512. Which particle holds the least amount of
A. anchorage, water, nutrients, and oxy- water?
gen A. Clay
B. anchorage, water, foods, and carbon
B. Silt
dioxide
C. Sand
C. chloroplasts, air, mineral matter, and
organic matter D. none of above

513. How can farmers prevent/slow down B. Division

soil erosion? C. Tissue Culture
A. Cover their crops with a tarp D. Layering
B. Water the soil everyday in order to
weigh it down 519. When is wheat harvested in the state of
Colorado?
C. Plant crops, plants, etc. to hold the soil
in place A. Late summer to mid-fall
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D. Cut down all of the trees and crops. B. Early to late summer
C. Late fall to early winter
514. The surface layer where organic matter
accumulates. D. Late spring to early summer
A. topsoil 520. Which type of nutrients are replaced

B. soil profile most often by fertilizer?
C. translocation A. non-mineral
D. substratum B. required nutrients
E. solum C. macronutrients
D. micronutrients
515. Plant evaluation is part of which indus-
try? 521. In soil the air present comes from
A. mechanics A. the atmosphere
B. agricultural B. respiration of soil organisms.
C. textile C. the atmosphere and from respiration
D. media of soil organisms.
D. water
516. is darkest colour soil.
A. Subsoil 522. After heavy rain, the farm area of Mang
Kanor is fully filled up with water. What
B. Bedrock type of soil moisture coefficient happened
C. Topsoil in the field?
D. None of the above A. Field capacity
517. Clay soil contain B. Hydroscopic coefficient
A. Fine soil particels C. Saturation point
B. Water D. Permanent wilting point
C. Animal 523. is the type of soil used most often

D. Oil with plants and on farms. It’s a mixture
of clay, sand, and silt.
518. In which asexual reproduction method A. loam
does the parent plant provide water and
nutrients until the new plant develops B. humus
roots? C. soil
A. Cutting D. dirt

524. Glacial till is the soil deposited by 530. Green manuring can improve levels of or-
A. wind ganic matter in the soil. This is when

B. water A. The type of crops grown in a paddock
C. gravity is changed regularly in a planned order.
D. glaciers B. Fast-growing crops are grown and

525. Soil texture is determined by seed.
A. its composition
C. Part of a crop not harvested for sale
B. the percent of each grain size can be returned to the soil
C. its origins
D. The soil is not cultivated, but seeds are
D. their porosity & permeability sown directly into the soil.
526. This is the unconsolidated material under-
lying the solum, relatively unaffected by 531. Which of the following is the largest par-
the soil genetic processes. ticle in soil?
A. Horizon A A. sand
B. Horizon B B. silt
C. Horizon C
C. humus
D. Horizon E
D. clay
527. The other name for phosphorus is
A. Potash 532. Returning crop stubble can improve lev-
B. Phosphate els of organic matter in the soil. This is
when
C. Nitrogen
A. The type of crops grown in a paddock
D. Manganese
is changed regularly in a planned order.
528. a soil mixture of sand, silt, clay, humus,
B. Fast-growing crops are grown and
air, and water
A. humus seed.
B. loam
C. Part of a crop not harvested for sale
C. erosion can be returned to the soil
D. weathering
D. The soil is not cultivated, but seeds are
529. How is the air found in soils different sown directly into the soil.
from the air in the atmosphere?
A. Has no humid all Carbon Dioxide 533. Water present in soil comes from
B. Much more humid and moist and is rich A. rainfall or irrigation.

in carbon dioxide but has less oxygen
B. air
C. Much more humid and moist and is rich
in Oxygen but has less Carbon Dioxide C. drains
D. Has no humid all Oxygen D. watering plants

534. The continental crust, the rocky solid sur- 539. Choose the right average soil composition
face of the earth, is generally about A. 25% Water, 25% Air, 45% Inorganic
miles thick matter, 5% Organic matter,
A. 50 B. 25% Water, 25% Air, 5% Inorganic
B. 75 matter, 45% Organic matter,
C. 100 C. 50% porespace, 50% solid

D. 40% porespace, 60% solid
D. 125
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540. What is the other half made up of?
535. Which of the following best describes the
relationship between a rock and a min- A. dead animals
eral? B. rocks
A. Rocks are pure substances; minerals C. gases and liquids
are not. D. plasticlike material
B. Rocks are made from minerals.
541. Which of these is made of smallest parti-
C. Minerals are made from rocks. cles of rocks, decayed matter of plants and
D. Rocks and minerals are the same animals?
thing. A. A. Clay
B. B. Loam
536. Lime can improve:
C. Silt
A. nutrient availability
D. Sand
B. decomposition of organic matter
542. Which soil has the smallest particles?
C. soil structure
A. clay
D. soil texture
B. loam
537. Where do the minerals (inorganic materi- C. sand
als) that form soil come from? D. silt
A. Plant and Trees
543. Nutrients are lost from the soil when
B. Weathering and Erosion of rocks
A. products from plants are harvested
C. Climate and Air
B. animals are harvested
D. Sunlight, Plants and Dirt C. animals are removed from the farm
538. Which of the following are the macronu- D. all of the above
trients that can be absorbed atmospheri-
544. Which of the following is not a source of
cally?
organic fertilizer?
A. Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Carbon A. turning crop residue into a field
B. Carbon, Nitrogen, Potassium B. compost
C. Nitrogen, Oxygen and Carbon C. animal manure or guano
D. Carbon, Oxygen, Hydrogen D. pellets of N-P-K

545. Which type of soil feels soft and airy? 551. It is an approach of studying soil in which
A. sand it focuses to its origin and classification
as its occurs in the environment. This is

B. loam knows as
C. clay
A. Pedalogical approach
D. none of above
B. Edapological approach
546. Under the subsoil layer is a layer of rock
C. Pedological approach
called
A. bedrock D. Edopological approach
B. this is too hard Alby
552. Soil formation begins with the weather-
C. parent rock ing of
D. none of the above A. Humas
547. Soil is a precious resource because it B. Subsoil
A. is very expensive C. Litter
B. takes million years to form
D. Rock
C. is very heavy
D. cannot be moved easily 553. There are four major components of soil.
Evaluate which of the following compo-
548. This land is capable of a wide variety of nents comprises least amount of material
agricultural uses that involve regular cul- incorporated into the soil?
tivation where in fact, the easiest land to
farm. Which land and soil class does it re- A. Mineral matter
fer to? B. Soil Air
A. Land and Soil Capability Class 8 C. Soil water
B. Land and Soil Capability Class 3
D. Organic matter
C. Land and Soil Capability Class 2
D. Land and Soil Capability Class 1 554. Which is a definition of erosion?
549. What emerges from the seed and pushes A. Where the weathered rock ends up
into the soil? B. magma rising in a volcano
A. embryo C. The movement of weathered rock
B. endosperm
D. The breaking down of rock
C. cotyledons
D. radicle 555. Which of the following organisms is con-
sidered beneficial to plants?
550. It is important for soil to retain water to
A. thrips
A. withstand weathering
B. erode more slowly B. moths
C. help plants to grow C. spiders

D. keep it from being dry D. spittlebugs

556. Soil in the area of native vegetation that 561. a solid, natural material that does not
has a dark and deep surface layer. come from a living thing
A. prairie soil A. mineral
B. glacial till B. erosion
C. alluvium C. soil
D. topography D. none of above
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562. Location of Topsoil
557. Different types of soil contain different A. -has bits of decayed plants and
amount of: animals-adds nutrients
A. humus B. -underneath plants and grass-above
B. living things topsoil
C. pieces of rocks C. -dark-has the most humus and miner-

als
D. none of above
D. -under humus-above subsoil
558. How many soil textural classes are there
in the Textural Triangle, USDA Soil texture 563. Which primary plant nutrient promotes
is the degree of fitness or coarseness of strong root growth in young seedlings?
the soil. It is an expression of the relative A. Phosphorus
amounts or percentage of system?
B. Potassium
A. 3
C. Nitrogen
B. 12
D. Iron
C. 11
D. 10 564. Which of these best explains how most
soil is formed?
559. What resource is utilized in the form of A. Through the growth of trees in a forest
organic matter in the soil?
B. Through the buildup of snow on an ice-
A. air berg
B. carbon C. Through the weathering of rock by
C. temperature wind and water
D. water D. Through the cooling of lava from a vol-
canic eruption
560. Soil is a medium for plant growth because
it provides water, oxygen, nutrients, and 565. Name the layer that is between sand and
clay
A. aeration A. Silt
B. carbon B. Humus
C. organisms C. Gravel
D. anchorage D. None of the above

566. Why does a soil that has only sand and B. Weathering
gravel not support plant growth well? C. Bedrock

A. It holds in too much water D. Soil Profile
B. it holds in too little water
572. Which of these is NOT an example of ig-
C. it has too many decomposers neous rock?
D. it has too many minerals A. pumice
567. How does climate affect soil formation? B. limestone
A. Weather C. pegmatite
B. Climate Reaction D. granite
C. Sunlight 573. When rocks and sediments are carried
D. Temperature speeds up or slows down away by wind, water, or ice is called:
chemical reactions A. deposition
568. Which of the following processes will B. erosion
most likely contribute to the development C. sediment
of soil?
D. earth processes
A. Volcanic eruptions that make new land
B. Building up of snow in very cold areas 574. Which of the following are structure-
less?
C. Breaking down of rock by wind, water,
and ice A. Granular
D. Migration of animals to warmer cli- B. Massive

mates C. Platy
569. Caterpillars are the larval form of which D. Prismatic

of the following insects? E. Single Grain
A. moths 575. A student is investigating the effect of
B. beetles nutrients on plant growth. For this inves-
C. ladybugs tigation, the student needs to add a spe-
cific amount of powdered nutrients to the
D. snails soil.Which tool should the student use to
570. “Topsoil” is generally equivalent to measure the nutrients?
which soil horizon? A. barometer
A. A B. beam balance
B. C C. graduated cylinder
C. B D. spatula
D. O 576. Which structure provides protection to
571. The arrangement of different layers of the plant cell and gives it its shape?
soil at a place is called A. plasma membrane
A. Partly weathered Rock B. vacuole

C. cell wall 582. Which soil hold too much water and does
D. endoplasmic reticulum not allow air in it?
A. Sand
577. This type of soil is made of the smallest
B. Loam
pieces of rock.
C. Clay
A. sand
D. none of above
B. clay
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C. humus 583. Subsoil layer is made of
A. sand and clay
D. loam
B. silt and sand
578. An example of an angiosperm is C. gravels and stones
A. pine tree D. large rocks
B. sunflower
584. Organic matter is made of materials that
C. moss
D. fern A. Were once living
579. What is a macro-nutrient B. Were once nonliving
A. An element that is need in large quan- C. Were once living and nonliving
tity D. none of above
B. A nutrient needed in low quantity 585. planting trees or shrubs in rows to pro-
C. An element that has a large atomic vide shelter from the wind and to protect
mass soil from erosion
D. A nutrient that is essential for HUMAN A. mulching
life B. matting
580. We can protect soil from erosion and C. contour farming

maintain its quality by D. windbreaker
A. cutting trees 586. What is considered the glue of the soil?
B. throwing garbage on land A. Organic matter
C. destroying embankments along river B. Water
banks
C. Bedrock
D. planting different crops at different D. Regolith
time
587. What is the solid mass of rock below soil
581. Which soil particle is the largest? called?
A. Sand A. Subsoil
B. Silt B. Bedrock
C. Clay C. Parent material
D. none of above D. Organic

588. What soil is sticky when wet? 594. What is one property of soil that you can
A. Clay use the sense of sight?

B. Loam A. color
C. Sand B. texture
D. none of above C. ability to retain water
D. crops it supports
589. Plants and animals become part of soil
when they 595. Which of the following is NOT a property
A. Grow and Develop of soil?
B. Produce offspring A. Color
C. Grow and Develop B. Texture
D. Die and Decay C. Where it’s located
D. Ability to retain water
590. What land capability class has severe re-
strictions but is still suitable for cultivation 596. Which of the following terms best de-
with careful management? scribes a collection of many techniques
A. Class 4 currently used to genetically improve
plants?
B. Class 5
A. agriculture biotechnology
C. Class 7
B. micro-propagation
D. Class 8
C. genetic engineering
591. The way soil feels is called its
D. conventional genetics
A. type
597. What does soil consist of?
B. texture
A. Animal Remains
C. particle
B. Dead Plants
D. grain size
C. Fungi
592. Soil is a mixture of
D. All of the above
A. air, minerals and water
598. Topography is the arrangement of the
B. living and non-living things
natural and artificial physical features of
C. sand, silt, clay and nutrients an area. The following are the effects of
D. all of the above topography in soil formation EXCEPT.
593. Soil in the area of native vegetation that A. It can enhance or retard the effect of
has less organic-matter accumulation and climate on soil formation
is lighter in color when tilled. B. May affect the absorbance of solar en-
A. timber soil ergy in a given landscape
B. glacial till C. It ca inhibit the structure of soil in the

area
C. alluvium
D. Steep slopes generally enhance soil
D. topography erosion and decrease soil infiltration
E. prairie soil hence slowing down soil formation

599. the experiment done by heating the soil C. $14 billion

in a glass container then smoke is ob- D. $13 billion
served shows that is in the soil
A. organic matter 605. How do you determine the texture of
soil?
B. water
A. use a spring scale
C. animals
D. air B. observe color of particles
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C. rub particles between fingers
600. How do decomposers work hand-in-hand
with humus? D. taste particles
A. by removing gravel and sand from soil 606. A soil with bulk density of 1.30g/cm3
B. by breaking down gravel into silt and a particle density of 2.60g/cm3 will
have a porosity of
C. by eating animals that may harm the
soil A. 5%
D. by breaking down the remains of dead B. 25%
plant and animal matter
C. 50%
601. What layer is considered the ‘B’ layer of D. 75%
soil?
A. Organic 607. This is the nutrient that is a key compo-
nent of DNA-necessary for maturation and
B. Topsoil root development
C. Subsoil A. Nitrogen
D. Parent material B. Phosphorous
602. Which vocabulary word means “to hold C. Potassium
water”?
D. All of the above
A. retain
B. texture
C. particle 608. What does weathering mean?
D. soil A. To form or create new
B. To build up
603. In soil there is of mineral content
C. To break down
A. 25%
B. 5% D. To completely destroy
C. 45% 609. What is the total value of crops exported

D. none of above from South Dakota annually?
A. $1.4 billion
604. What is the annual value of agricultural
exports within the western region? B. $431.2 billion
A. $15 billion C. $5 billion
B. $16 billion D. $225 billion

610. Which soil feels sticky when wet? 616. When water dissolves minerals in one
A. sand layer of soil and moves them to another
this is called

B. loam
A. fertilizing
C. clay
B. leaching
D. none of above
C. chemical erosion
611. Which particle is the most porous and al-
lows for the most water to travel between D. decomposing
them?
617. Which Method involves taking parts
A. silt
(leaves, stem, etc) and placing them
B. sand in growing media to develop into new
C. clay plants?
D. loam A. Cuttings
612. What is the total value of the food crops B. Division

exported annually from Vermont? C. Tissue Culture
A. $3.8 million D. Grafting
B. $1 million
618. Which layer of soil has the most humus?
C. $464.8 million
D. $22.9 million A. topsoil
B. subsoil
613. Which property of soil can be described
with words, “smooth”, and “rough”? C. bedrock
A. shape D. none of above
B. size
619. Soil sodicity refers to the total amount of
C. color in the soil.
D. texture A. salt
614. How is rice planted? B. sodium
A. a seed drill C. nutrients
B. a seed spreader
D. air
C. a row planter
E. water
D. it seeds itself
620. The middle layer of soil in a soil profile is
615. This type of soil is sticky when wet and
called the
powdery when dry.
A. clay A. bedrock
B. silt B. parent rock

C. sand C. subsoil
D. gravel D. topsoil

621. Which of the following is a macronutri- B. It increased soil fertility

ent? C. It was a primary cause of the Dust
A. iron Bowl
B. boron D. Farmers had a great harvest
C. calcium 627. Infiltration is
D. manganese A. Waters ability to enter the surface
layer
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622. The texture of soil depends mainly on
A. the types of plants that grow in the B. An Inverted Filtration practice
soil. C. Inside of a train station
B. the size of the particles in the soil. D. Liquid slowly passing through a filter
C. the color of the soil. 628. This type of soil is best for plant growth.
D. the number of worms in the soil. A. rock
623. what do we call dirt B. sand
A. air C. loam
B. soil D. clay
C. water 629. The decayed remains of plants and ani-
D. ice mals is called
624. Which soil horizon is the deepest and con- A. soil

tains bedrock? B. subsoil
A. O Horizon C. humus
B. A Horizon D. weathering
C. B Horizon 630. In which layer of soil do plant roots
D. C Horizon grow?
E. R Horizon A. humus
625. Identify the right matcha. Sand i. smaller B. topsoil

than sand, larger than clayb. silt ii. large C. subsoil
particlesc. clay iii. smallest particles D. bedrock
A. a-ii, b-i, c-iii
631. Most of the lime that is applied is calcium
B. a-ii, b-iii, c-i carbonate. This is finely ground limestone.
C. both are correct Adding lime makes the soil acid and
D. none of the above the pH.
A. less raises
626. What effect did over plowing and cutting
down trees in the Great Plains during the B. more raises
1930’s? C. less lowers
A. It had little effect D. more lowers

632. The horizon soil that has less humus and 637. Soil is formed by
particles that make up clay A. cooling

A. The A horizon B. heating
B. The B horizon C. weathering
C. The C horizon D. freezing
D. none of above
638. What is “relief” and how does it affect
633. Which of the following helps to form soil formation?
soil? A. Topography influences sunlight hours,
A. Sunlight water runoff, temp, erosion, and organic
matterbuildup
B. Weathering
B. Relief is a type of soil the mixes with
C. Pollution others
D. Fossils C. Relief is something that builds up
634. Materials that leach or erode from the D. Influence Sunlight

soil. 639. Which structure produces energy for the
A. losses cell?
B. soil profile A. mitochondria
C. translocation B. nucleus
D. substratum C. golgi
E. solum D. endoplasmic reticulum
640. Properties of soil consist of

635. Adding lime improves soil structure be-
cause clay particles , which makes them A. location, size, shape, color
easier to cultivate and for roots to grow B. size, shape, color
in.
C. texture, color, how well it holds water,
A. flatulate and particle size, ability to support plant
B. flubulate growth
C. flocculate D. how well it holds water, shape, ability
to support plant growth
D. fartulate
641. Peter wants to grow some bell peppers
636. A soil from a field had mass of 47.80 in his garden. Peter tests the pH of the soil
grams and a volume of 32.50 cm3. The and finds that the plants will thrive in the
oven dry mass of a soil was 35.50 grams. soil. What was the most likely pH reading
Calculate the bulk density of a soil. of the soil? 4
A. 1.10g/cm3 A. 1
B. 1.90g/cm3 B. 3
C. 1.50g/cm3 C. 6
D. 1.09g/cm3 D. 14

642. Which process allows plants to make C. Fossils

their own food and convert it to energy?
D. Soil
A. nitrogen cycle
B. respiration 648. What color of soil has a lot of humus?
C. phototropism A. black soils

D. photosynthesis B. white soils
C. reddish colored soils.
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643. What makes up the scientific name of an
organism? D. none of above
A. Kingdom and Phylum
649. Calculate the percent of volumetric mois-
B. Family and Genus ture content if the gravimetric is 25%,
C. Genus and Species bulk density of 1.20g/cm3 and water den-
D. none of above sity of 1.00g/cm3.
A. 15%
644. Which is the upper, outermost layer of
soil, usually the top 5-10 inches? B. 20%
A. Bedrock C. 25%
B. Topsoil D. 30%
C. Subsoil
650. Organic matter accumulation is most pro-
D. Partly weathered rock nounced in the (blank).
645. The process of materials moving within A. E horizon
the soil horizons.
B. O horizon
A. translocation
C. C horizon
B. soil profile
D. A horizon
C. substratum
E. B horizon
D. solum
E. illuviation 651. Which is NOT a sign of poor drainage
646. Which cell structure has a double mem- A. Surface water

brane surrounding it? B. yellow leaves
A. golgi apparatus C. Rushes, buttercups and other weeds
B. cytoplasm D. soil warms quickly
C. chloroplasts
652. What percent of soil is water?
D. mitochondria
A. 25
647. Which is a resource that is used to grow
plants? B. 45
A. Rocks C. 5
B. Oil D. none of above

653. The pH scale ranges from 0 to ? 659. One key role of soil is to
A. 10 A. Provides support and nutrients to

B. 12 plants
C. 14 B. Eat
D. 16 C. Utilized for fuel
D. Be your best friend
654. The layers of soil are also known as
A. horizons 660. Carlos Linnaeus is known as:
B. humus A. “Godfather” of taxonomy
C. loam B. Creating all the common names for
plants
D. dirt
C. Neither of these
655. What layer is the primary layer of soil
D. Both of these
where plants and animals live?
A. topsoil 661. Which type of soil drains the slowest?
B. Organic A. silt
C. Parent material B. clay
D. Bedrock C. sand
D. loam
656. Which of these phases of mitosis take
place first? 662. The practice of growing plants in water
A. anaphase is
B. telophase A. aquaculture
C. prophase B. hydroponics
D. metaphase C. hydrology
D. aquatics
657. Water-borne parent material deposited
on bottomlands. 663. What is the total annual value of Wash-
A. alluvium ington’s food crop export?
B. glacial till A. $2.2 billion
C. topography B. $4.4 billion
D. prairie soil C. $5.5 billion
E. physical weathering D. $1.1 billion
658. What is the common name for Horizon 664. Which soil component makes up about
A? 5% of a loamy soil?
A. bedrock A. Water
B. topsoil B. Organic Matter
C. parent material C. Air
D. subsoil D. Minerals

665. When nutrients are taken out with soil 671. The higher the cation exchance capacity
water as it drains, it is called (CEC) of a soil sample, the
A. bleaching A. Weaker the soil’s capacity to hold onto
water and nutrients
B. loaching
B. Stronger the soil’s capacity to hold
C. leaching
onto water and nutrients
D. draining C. Greater the risk of nutrient leaching
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666. It is considered as the basic structural D. Greater the porespace
unit of soil.
672. The top most layer of soil contains
A. Peds
A. Rock particles
B. Aggregates
B. Humus
C. Land C. Nitrogen
D. Gravel D. Oxygen
667. Which of the following plants does well 673. What are the main components of soil?
in below freezing temperatures?
A. Water
A. watermelons
B. Air
B. carrots C. Bedrock
C. corn D. Minerals
D. cacti E. Organic Matter
668. What type of soil do we have in Ohio? 674. This is the largest soil particle
A. Northern Forest A. Clay
B. Southern Forest B. Silt
C. Prairie C. Sand
D. Tundra D. Loam
669. Which of the following is not biotic? 675. Name the particles that is smallest in size
A. Tree roots A. Silt

B. Sand
B. Insects
C. Gravel
C. Gravel
D. Clay
D. Seeds
676. Which of the following is a term for het-
670. layer of soil is not porous erosis?
A. Subsoil A. homozygous
B. Substratum B. hybrid vigor
C. Top soil C. heterosis
D. Bedrock D. heredity

677. Vertical section through the soil showing 683. Which of the following has led to an es-
different layers is called timated 70 to 90 percent increase in food
production according to the World Bank?

A. Types of soil
B. Soil texture A. hydroponics
C. Soil profile B. sustainable agriculture

C. fertilizer
D. increased acreage
678. Most plant roots grow in
684. Very fine mineral particles of soil
A. top soil
A. Sand
B. subsoil
B. Silt
C. the C horizon
C. Clay
D. none of above
D. Horizon
679. Which of the following is a native species
in Connecticut? 685. This is the least likely to undergo com-
paction, but most at risk for erosion
A. white walnuts
A. Clay
B. black walnuts
B. Silt
C. butternut walnuts
C. Sand
D. persian walnuts
D. Loam
680. Of the nutrients needed by most plants,
686. This refers to a type of water that can
come from soil.
escape from the soil.
A. 3
A. capillary
B. 20 B. hygroscopic
C. 14 C. flowing
D. 17 D. gravitational
681. Why would Farmer Joe use the conserva- 687. In alternate leaf patterns, how many
tion method of growing cover crops? leaves are produced at each node?
A. Contour plowing A. two
B. Terracing B. three
C. To C. zero
D. To prevent weeds from growing, add D. one
nutrients to soil, and
688. What land class that restricts the use of
682. Alluvial soils are moved by plants?
A. wind A. Class 2
B. water B. Class 3
C. gravity C. Class 5
D. glaciers D. Class 7

689. The layer of soil which the topsoil is 694. what is soil made up of
found. A. soil is a mixture of rock particles, clay
A. Horizon A and sand
B. Horizon B B. soil erosion
C. Horizon C C. bad rock
D. Horizon D or R D. none
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690. What effect do organisms have on soil? 695. What is organic matter made up of?
(choose all the correct answers)
A. Soil organisms actually have little ef-
fect on soil. A. Water and sand
B. Their activities increase the available B. Living things such as plants and ani-
mineral matter. mals
C. Their activities enhance drainage and C. dead plants and animals

improve air exchange. D. nutrients from dead plants and ani-
D. They deplete the soil of essential ele- mals
ments for plant growth. 696. Choose which of the following master
horizon did topmost mineral matter oc-
691. What is the textural class of soil having
curs?
40 percent clay and 40 percent more silt?
A. Horizon O
A. Clay
B. Horizon E
B. Sandy Clay
C. Horizon A
C. Silty Clay
D. Horizon B
D. Silty Clay Loam
697. Which of these plants is nonvascular?
692. Weathering is the process of physical and
chemical alteration of rocks or minerals at A. Apple tree
or near the earth surface. Which of the fol- B. fern
lowing did crystallization of salts belong? C. dandelion
A. Chemical weathering D. moss
B. Physical weathering
698. Which layer of soil is solid rock?
C. Mechanical weathering
A. topsoil
D. Cultural weathering
B. subsoil
693. An animal that lives in an underground C. bedrock
by making a hole and mixing up air, water
D. none of above
and humus in the soil is called a
A. Decomposer 699. Soil profile is a vertical section of the soil
showing its horizons. Arrange the follow-
B. Burrower
ing according to the correct sequence of a
C. Humus Source Master horizons?
D. none of above A. O, A, B, C, E

1.18 Agricultural Extension 397
B. A, B, C, E, O A. insects, sand, topsoil

C. O, A, B, E, C
B. clay, sand, humus

D. O, A, E, B, C
C. topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
700. What are the three types of soil we
learned about? D. earthworms, sand, silt
1.18 Agricultural Extension

1. Which of the following is the method of A. 0.2
mass communication? B. 0.3
A. Farm visit
C. 0.4
B. Demonstration
D. 0.5
C. Group discussion
6. Which of the following is a new sub-
D. News Paper
scheme under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas
2. Land-Grant universities such as NC A & T Yojana?
and NC State were established to teach: A. Bringing green revolution to eastern
A. Agriculture and accounting region
B. Agriculture and hospitality B. Special programme on oil palm area
C. Agriculture and conduct agricultural expansion
research C. Accelerated fodder development pro-
D. Biology, chemistry, and physics. gramme
D. All the above
3. Which most likely uses biology and chem-
istry to develop new was to control 7. What is first thing you should do when
weeds. working in the agriculture laboratory/
A. agriculture engineer shop?
B. agronomist A. Google the answer
C. floral delivery driver B. Read the directions
D. butcher C. Start putting things together
4. Wearing loose jewelry might be dangerous D. Take the animals out

because it
8. The branch of agriculture that deals with
A. Might get lost the supply of information to small scale
B. Could be expensive farmers on how to improve their agricul-
tural production is
C. Could get caught in a moving machine
A. Agricultural Information
D. Attracts electricity
B. Agricultural Extension
5. What is the percentage of population that
depends on agriculture as livelihood in C. Agricultural Systems
Philippines? D. Agricultural mechanization

9. How many acres of land did the Home- B. boxcar

stead Act grant? C. railhead
A. 70 acres D. none of above
B. 20 acres
15. What is the main government initiative to
C. 160 acres
address the problem of low agricultural
D. 200 acres productivity in the Philippines?
A. The Agrarian Production Credit Pro-
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10. What is the main hindrance of the devel-
opment of agriculture in the Philippines ac- gram
cording to the DA? B. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
A. Unfavorable weather conditions Program
B. Lack of infrastructure C. The Agricultural Credit Policy Council
C. Insufficient government support D. The Philippine Agriculture Moderniza-
tion Project
D. Land Use Conversion
11. Scientific agricultural research began in 16. What is the program of the government
this country during that aims to improve the livelihoods of
small farmers and fishers by providing
A. mid 1700s them with access to resources and services
B. mid 1800s to enhance their productivity and competi-
tiveness in the market?
C. mid 1900s
A. Magsasaka at Mangingisda sa Kapali-
D. none of above
giran
12. Which activity is most helpful in develop- B. Kisan sa Pag-unlad ng Pilipinas
ing poise, confidence, and leadership
C. KALAHI-CIDSS
A. cleaning up the school grounds
D. Masaganang Ani Para sa Magsasaka
B. identifying trees in a forestry class
C. making an oral presentation or speech 17. Wear safety glasses when you are around
all of the following EXCEPT:
D. moving plants in a nursery
A. Chemicals
13. Which most likely uses biology and chem-
B. Flames
istry to develop new ways to control in-
sects? C. Textbooks
A. Greenhouse manufacturer D. Flying debris
B. Fertilizer dealer 18. The civilizations that provided a foun-
C. Feed dealer dation for future civilizations were the
Greeks and the
D. Entomologists
A. Romans
14. The invention that allowed the transporta-
tion of meat anywhere in the country, any- B. Americans
time during the year, was the refrigerated C. Europeans
A. cotton gin D. none of above

19. A machine should not be used if the opera- A. Disease and pest infestation
tor has not yet B. Lack of government support

A. Made a project C. Low global demand for coconut prod-
B. Reached the age of 18 ucts
C. Learned first aid D. All of the above
D. Received training in the use of the ma- 25. Which of the following is an area of focus
chine under RKVY?
20. Which area includes trees, fish, and A. Agriculture mechanization
wildlife? B. Support to state seed farms
A. Agriscience supplies and services C. Encouraging non-farm activities
B. Horticulture D. All the above
C. Production Agriscience
26. Which of the following would NOT be the
D. Renewable Natural Resources responsibility of a Veterinarian?
21. ATMA stands for A. Research projects in agriculture
A. Agricultural Technology Management B. Know about laws regarding animal
Agency health
B. Agricultural Technology Management C. Know about vaccination recommended
Authority for all classes of animals
C. Agricultural Technology Mission Au- D. Know about quarantine regulations
thority
27. What is the main focus of the Philippine
D. None of these government’s fisheries development strat-
egy?
22. An Apiculturist is a person who works
with: A. Increasing productivity
A. Aphids B. Improving access to markets
B. Bees C. Developing sustainable fishing prac-
tices
C. Fishes
D. All of the above
D. Earthworms
28. The Smith-Hughes Act established
23. What year was the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture (USDA) established? A. manufactured goods
A. 1862 B. scientific research
B. 1889 C. vocational agriculture
C. 1902 D. none of above
D. 1893 29. Keep all electrical wires, cords, and appli-

ances away from what?
24. What are the main factors that led to the
decline of the Philippine coconut industry A. Water
in recent years? B. Outdoors

C. Shop 34. A statement of situation, objectives, prob-

D. Greenhouse lems and solution is known as
A. a) Extension Program
30. What did the Smith-Lever Agricultural Ex-
B. b) Evaluation
tension Act accomplish?
C. ) Plan of Work
A. It got rid of school funding for agricul-
tural programs. D. Calendar of Work
B. It funded schools with money for agri-
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35. What is the main cause of the decline
cultural programs. in Philippine agricultural exports in recent
C. It funded workplaces with money for years?
agricultural programs. A. Lack of government support
D. It got rid of workplace funding for agri- B. Low global demand for Philippine agri-
cultural programs. cultural products
31. What is the world’s most important source C. Insufficient infrastructure and logis-
of vegetable oil? tics support
D. all of the above
A. Soybeans
B. Corn kernels 36. If you have an emergency, in which chemi-
cals go into your eye, you should use what
C. Peanuts
station?
D. Sunflower seeds
A. Woodshop
32. What is the main cause of food insecurity B. Eye Wash
in the Philippines? C. Ocular Repair
A. Poverty and lack of access to re- D. Welding
sources
B. Climate change and natural disasters 37. “Keep hands away from all moving parts”
is a rule meant to
C. Insufficient government support for
agriculture A. Minimize losing parts
B. Keep hands away from the operator
D. All of the above
C. Avoid injuries to the hands
33. Which of the following groups of occupa-
D. Stop parts from moving
tions best reflects those created by the
agricultural sector? 38. What is the government strategy to ad-
A. Dairy man, shoemaker, painter, farm dress the issue of landlessness among
manager small farmers in the Philippines?
B. Farm manager, painter, salesman, A. Increasing subsidies for farmers
dairyman B. Increasing infrastructure spending
C. Dermatologist, tractor operator, farm C. Implementing a comprehensive land
manager reform program
D. Tractor operator, dairyman, entomolo- D. Promoting value-adding and modern-
gist, farm manager ization of production methods

39. If an electrical tool or machine has a dam- C. The Philippine Rural Development Pro-
aged cord or plug, gram

A. It should be fixed if it’s convenient to D. The Philippine Rice Research Institute
do so
B. The tool or machine should not be used 44. What is the name of the law that aims to
provide support services to increase pro-
C. It means the equipment is in working ductivity and income of farmer and fisher
order folk?
D. You should use an extension cord with A. Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998
it
B. Agricultural and Fisheries Moderniza-
40. If someone wanted to find the ranking tion Act of 1997
of NC sweet potatoes production, what
C. Agribusiness and Fisheries Resource
agency would they consult?
Management Act of 2007
A. Farm Bureau
D. Comprehnsive Agrarian Reform Pro-
B. National Resource Conservation Ser- gram Law of 1988
vice
C. US Department of Agriculture 45. Crops were sent to England and exchanged
for
D. US Forest Service
A. wheat reapers
41. THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES OF AGRICUL-
TURAL EXTENSION DIVISION ARE..? B. cotton gins
A. . Technology assessment. C. manufactured goods
B. . Demonstration. D. none of above
C. . Capacity development. 46. Consider the following statements and
D. . All of the above. identify the right ones.i. The National Mis-
sion on Micro Irrigation is a centrally spon-
42. A machine for reaping wheat was devel- sored scheme.ii. It enhances water-use
oped by efficiency by adopting different irrigation
A. Cyrus McCormick methods.
B. Eli Whitney A. I only
C. John Deere B. ii only
D. none of above C. both
43. What is the government initiative that D. none
aims to modernize Philippine agriculture
by providing extension services, technol- 47. The first person you should contact after
ogy transfer, and other forms of support an accident is:
to farmers and fishers? A. Your lab partner
A. The Philippine Agriculture Develop-
B. The teacher
ment and Commercialization Program
C. Principal
B. The Philippine Agriculture Moderniza-
tion Project D. The internet

48. The biggest problem cattle producers faced C. Away position

was D. All of the above
A. research
54. The study and care of all the living organ-
B. transportation isms which live in the forest is referred to
C. climate as
D. none of above A. Wildlife
B. Forestry
NARAYAN CHANGDER
49. Another name for the Land Grant Act was
the C. Agronomy
A. Morrill Act D. Aquaculture
B. Hatch Act 55. A person whose job is to design, mod-
C. Hughes Act ify and maintain agricultural buildings and
equipment has a career as
D. none of above
A. An engineer
50. What is the main crops that Philippines is B. An educator
famous for?
C. A manager
A. Rice
D. A journalist
B. Sugarcane
C. Banana 56. Using the “right tool for the job” really
means using the
D. All of the above
A. Cheapest tool
51. What type of shoes are required for oper- B. Most appropriate tool
ating equipment and working in the shop
area? C. Closest tool
A. Moccasins D. Right-handed tool
B. Flip Flops 57. What does genetic engineering mean?

C. Nikes A. The deliberate modification of an or-
ganism’s genes.
D. Closed toe
B. The accidental modification of an or-
52. If the teacher is not in the lab area, a ma- ganism’s genes.
chine
C. The accidental modification of an or-
A. Should not be used ganism’s cells.
B. Should be used carefully D. none of above
C. Will not operate
58. The most important aspect in the develop-
D. Can’t be shut off ment of agriculture was
53. Sharp objects should be carried in what A. wheat reaping
manner? B. scientific research
A. By the handles C. colony industrialization
B. Down position D. none of above

59. The role of extension education in India is 64. Which government agency is primarily re-
performed by? sponsible for implementing agricultural de-
velopment policies in the Philippines?

A. (a). State Agricultural University.
B. (b). Central Agricultural University. A. Department of Agriculture
C. c). Both a and b. B. Department of Environment and Natu-

ral Resources
D. (d). Krishi Vigyan Kendra.
C. Department of Trade and Industry
60. In case of an emergency, you should al-
D. Department of Agrarian Reform
ways know the location of which of the
following?
65. Which of the following branches of Horti-
A. Eye wash station culture will a farmer who is interested in
B. Fire extinguisher ornamental plants engage in?
C. Exit A. Pomology
D. All of the above B. Olericulture
C. Floriculture
61. Hazardous materials are things that are
considered potentially D. Silviculture
A. Interesting
66. The best term to describe the application of
B. Unusual scientific principles and new technologies
C. Expensive in agriculture is:
D. Dangerous A. Agribusiness
B. Agriscience
62. Which 1874 invention dramatically
changed how livestock is raised C. Farming
A. iron plow D. Renewable natural resources
B. barbed wire
67. Which organization is most likely agricul-
C. milking machine tural related
D. corn picker A. boy scouts
63. What is the main program of the govern- B. the grange
ment that provides credit, insurance, and C. hot rod association
other forms of support to small farmers
and fishers? D. red hat society
A. The Agrarian Production Credit Pro- 68. In colonial times, the most widely grown
gram cotton was
B. The Comprehensive Agrarian Reform A. King Cotton
Program
B. manufactured cotton
C. The Agricultural Credit Policy Council
C. Sea Island cotton
D. The Agriculture and Fisheries Financ-
ing Program D. none of above

69. What are the strategies proposed by the 74. What is the impact of the Comprehensive
Philippine government to improve the com- Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) on agri-
petitiveness of the country’s agricultural cultural productivity in the Philippines?
sector in the global market? A. Increased productivity
A. Increasing subsidies for farmers B. Decreased productivity
B. Increasing infrastructure spending C. No significant impact
C. Promoting value-adding and modern- D. Mixed results
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ization of production methods
75. What is the main reason of low productiv-
D. All of the above ity of agriculture in the Philippines?
70. The tractor largely replaced the mule for A. Insufficient government support
horsepower and was invented by: B. Unfavorable weather conditions
A. Eli Whitney C. Lack of infrastructure
B. Edmond Quincey D. all of the above.
C. Benjamin Holt 76. John Deere company is still a leader in

the agricultural equipment industry but
D. Anna Baldwin
started with the invention of the:
71. What year was the Hatch Act approved? A. Corn Picker
A. 1982 B. Milking Machine
B. 1887 C. Steel Mold Board Plow

D. Tractor
C. 1901
D. 1889 77. About what percent of the work force is
farming in the U.S.
72. Which is NOT true when handling animals A. 2
in the classroom.
B. 7
A. Only handle living organisms with C. 10
teacher permission
D. 12
B. Always treat living organisms hu-
manely 78. Warning signs are especially useful to la-
bel items that are
C. Wash your hands after handling ani-
mals A. Colorful
D. Don’t worry about being pooped on B. Expensive
C. Tall
73. The Smith-Lever Act set up the
D. Hot
A. Cooperative Extension Servivce
79. What should be kept on chemicals when
B. refrigerated boxcar not in use?
C. Smith-Huges Act A. Seals
D. none of above B. Dates

C. Tape 85. Consider the following statements and

D. Labels and Lids identify the right ones.i. The National
Food Security Mission aims to increase pro-

80. The cotton gin duction through area expansion.ii. This
A. picked cotton programme was launched to enhance the
production of rice, wheat and pulses.
B. made cloth from cotton fibers
A. I only
C. separated fibers and seed
B. ii only
D. none of above
C. both
81. Which of the following is not a key focus
D. none
of the Philippine government’s agricultural
development strategy? 86. Which is the best provider of research-
A. Increasing productivity based information for individuals and fam-
ilies in agriculture?
B. Improving access to markets
A. Cooperative Extension Service
C. Developing renewable energy sources
B. Corporate Troubleshooting Group
D. Promoting sustainable farming prac-
tices C. Professional Consultant
D. Teamster Union
82. What was the purpose of the General
Agreement of Tariffs and Trade? (GATT) 87. What is the Philippines’ current standing
A. To demote international trade by re- in terms of self-sufficiency in rice produc-
moving trade barriers. tion?
B. To promote international trade by A. 100% self-sufficient
adding trade barriers. B. 80% self-sufficient
C. To promote national trade in America C. 50% self-sufficient
by removing trade barriers. D. 30% self-sufficient
D. To promote international trade by re-
moving trade barriers. 88. What are the major challenges faced by
smallholder farmers in the Philippines?
83. What was the purpose of the Smith- A. Access to land and credit
Hughes Vocational Education Act?
B. Access to markets and technology
A. To promote agriculture in schools.
C. Low productivity and inadequate in-
B. To promote agriculture in workplaces. frastructure
C. To demote agriculture in schools. D. All of the above
D. To demote agriculture in workplaces.
89. Which of the following areas deals with
84. A local tractor dealership is best described farm management and profit making on
as a: the farm?
A. Agribusiness A. Soil Science
B. Agriculture display B. Agronomy
C. Agriculture production enterprise C. Forestry
D. Agri-marketing service D. Agricultural Economics

1.19 Agricultural Statistics and Economics 406
90. When the safety rules refer to “horseplay, C. An Extension officer

“ the meaning of the term is: D. A Pathologist
A. For animals
95. Girls were aloud in the FFA in:
B. Games for horses
A. 1929
C. Fooling around
B. 1943
D. Throwing Hay
C. 1969
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91. The following are areas of agriculture EX-
D. 1951
CEPT
A. Veterinary Medicine 96. Consider the following statements and
identify the right ones. i. National Mis-
B. Horticulture
sion for Sustainable Agriculture has been
C. Pharmacology conceptualized to recognize the challenge
D. Agricultural Economics of climate change to Indian agriculture.ii.
It is one of the eight missions under the
92. Professional agricultural organizations are NAPCC.
often related to:
A. i only
A. piece of equipment
B. ii only
B. commodity
C. both
C. legislator
D. none
D. specific company
97. Who invented the milking machine in
93. Eastern NC counties are leaders both 1878?
statewide and nationally in the production
A. John Deere
of:
B. Eli Whitney
A. frazer fir christmas trees
C. Massey Ferguson
B. turkeys
D. Anna Baldwin
C. apples
D. dairy products 98. Which is most likely an agribusiness that
helps farmers?
94. A person who provides a direct link be-
tween the farmer and the agricultural re- A. Car dealer
search centre is B. Physician Officer
A. An Agronomist C. Toy manufacturer
B. An Entomologist D. Tractor dealer
1.19 Agricultural Statistics and Economics

1. Which type of data is contained in the cen- B. Population
sus of India?
C. National Income
A. Agriculture D. Industry

2. An agricultural economist says that the 6. Identify whether the information de-
correlation between corn prices and soy- scribed is a parameter or statistic. 4.
bean prices is r = 0.7. This means that The average temperature in the Philip-

A. When corn prices are above average, pines is at 27 degrees Celsius. The
soybean prices tend to stay the same average amount of precipitation is at
32%, humidity is 91% and wind of
B. When corn prices are below average, 3km/h.(source:hypothetical data based
soybean prices tend to be above average on www.weather.com)
C. When corn prices are above average, A. Parameter
soybean prices tend to be below average
B. Statistic
D. When corn prices are above average,
soybean prices also tend to be above av- C. Cannot be determined
erage D. Needs more information
3. Which of the following is not a non eco- 7. The amount added and subtracted to the
nomic activity? statistic when creating a confidence inter-
A. Blood donation camp organised for a val.
noble cause A. Margin of Error
B. Household course by housewife B. Point Estimator
C. Taking care of children by mother C. Statistic
D. Services provided by a doctor in a hos- D. Population
pital
8. What is the point estimator for the inter-
4. What are the qualities that a good ques- val (-5, 13)?
tionnaire should have
A. 10
A. Precise and Clear
B. 9
B. Unambiguous Questions
C. 4
C. Sequence of the Questions
D. -5
D. All of the Above
9. All the human activities in which people
5. A study on facial expression and anxi- are gainfully employed are called-
ety was conducted to determine if anxious
people exhibit more or fewer facial ex- A. Economic Activities
pressions compared to non-anxious people. B. Non economic activities
The number of facial expressions exhibited C. Exchange
in response to 25 emotional cues for 25
anxious subjects and 25 non-anxious sub- D. Distribution
jects are collected. Will anxious people ex- 10. When conducting a significance test for the
hibit a different number of facial expres- difference in proportions, why do we pool
sions compared to non-anxious people? the data when finding standard error?
A. 1-sample t-test A. Because we like to swim
B. 1-sample t-test (mean difference) B. Because we assume p1 = p2 in Ho
C. 2-sample t-test (difference in means) C. Because the sample sizes are always
D. none of above equal

D. To be safe and make sure we don’t un- A. 28, 000 km and 32, 000 km.
derestimate the standard error B. 24, 000 km and 34, 000 km.
11. The NCAA requires colleges to report the C. 26, 000 km and 34, 000 km.
graduation rates of their athletes. One D. 27, 000 km and 31, 000 km.
Big Ten university reported that the grad-
uation rates for a specific year were 21 15. Which of the following is correct regarding
of 28 females athletes and 24 of 46 male Statistics?
athletes. Is there evidence that a smaller
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A. Aggregate of facts
proportion of male athletes than of female
athletes graduate? B. Numerically expressed
A. 1-sample t-test C. Affected by multiplicity of causes
B. 1-sample t-test (mean difference) D. All of these
C. 2-sample t-test (difference in means) 16. An agricultural economist says that the
D. 2-proportion z-test correlation between corn prices and soy-
bean prices is r = 0.7. This means that
12. Composition, distribution, growth of hu-
man, population, birth, death, migration, A. when corn prices are above average,
rates, social economic, standing of popula- soybean prices also tend to be above av-
tion. erage.
A. Biology B. there is almost no relation between

corn prices and soybean prices.
B. Education
C. when corn prices are above average,
C. Business soybean prices tend to be below average.
D. Demography D. there is not enough information to de-
E. Agriculture termine the relationship between the soy-
bean prices and corn prices.
13. A scatter plot was created to show the
relationshipbetween the number of staff 17. Identify whether the information de-
members and studentsat various schools. scribed is a parameter or statistic. 1. A
The scatter plot’s trend line has anequa- study was conducted on selected medicine
tion of y = 0.1x + 18, where y is the total produce of a pharmaceutical company. It
numberof staff members and x is the to- was found that the variability of the
tal number ofstudents.Use the equation to medicine manufactured in the laboratory is
predict the number of students ina school at 0.008.
with 120 staff members.
A. Parameter
A. 1, 038 students
B. Statistic
B. 30 students
C. Cannot be determined
C. 890 students
D. Needs more information
D. 1, 020 students
18. Increasing the sample size the confi-
14. The mean life of a tire is 30, 000 km. dence interval.
The standard deviation is 2000 km. Then,
68% of all tires will have a life between A. widens
km and km. B. narrows

C. does not affect 23. A politician wants to know what percent-

D. there is not enough evidence to deter- age of the voters support her position on
the issue of forced busing for integration.

mine the answer
What size voter sample should be obtained
19. Jorge’s score on Exam 1 in his statistics to determine with 90% confidence the sup-
class was at the 64th percentile of the port level to within 4%?
scores for all students. His score falls
A. 21
A. between the minimum and first quar-
tile B. 25
B. between the first quartile and the me- C. 423
dian
C. between the median and the third D. 600
quartile E. 1691
D. between the third quartile and the
maximum 24. A survey of 280 homeless persons showed
E. at the mean score for all students that 63 were veterans. Construct a 90%
confidence interval for the proportion of
20. Which of the following changes to a study homeless persons who are veterans.
would result in a narrower confidence in-
terval? A. (0.161, 0.289)
A. increasing the confidence level, in- B. (0.176, 0.274)
creasing the sample size
C. (0.184, 0.266)
B. decreasing the confidence level, de-
creasing the sample size D. (0.167, 0.283)
C. increasing the confidence level, de-
creasing the sample size 25. Statistics is the science of collecting, orga-
D. decreasing the confidence level, in- nizing, interpreting, and analyzing data.
creasing the sample size. A. data
21. Which of the following is NOT a type of B. information
probability sample?
C. statistics
A. Judgmental sampling
B. Simple random sample D. geometry
C. Stratified sample
26. A large company surveys 100 employees
D. Multistage sample by taking random samples of 10 managers
22. Which scenario do you think would yield and 90 non-managerial employees.What
data that when graphed would be most type of sample is this?
likely left skewed? A. Simple random sampling
A. Scores on an easy test
B. Systematic random sampling X
B. Net Income of Americans
C. Weights of cocker spaniels C. Stratified random sampling
D. none of above D. Cluster random sampling

27. The mean temperature in Glens Falls for 32. A person who plan and conduct an empiri-
the month of February is 23 degrees cal investigation independently or with the
with a standard deviation of 4.2 degrees. help of others is called
What is the z-score for a temperature of A. Respondents
17 degrees?
B. Enumerator
A. 1
C. Investigator
B. 1.43
D. Invigilator
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C. -1.43
D. 11.5 33. Z-score is also called
A. mean score
28. What is the least expensive and least time-
consuming of all sampling techniques? B. median score
A. Simple random sampling. C. table A score
B. Stratified sampling. D. standardized score
C. Convenience sampling. 34. About 76% of college professors said that
D. Judgmental sampling. if they could pick a career over again, they
would choose to be a professor again. A
E. Snowball sampling.
random sample of 59 college professors in
29. If I change the units on each one of my orig- Colorado showed that 47 claim they would
inal data points from yards to meters, then choose college teaching again. Does this in-
my correlation will change as well. dicate the proportion of professors in Col-
orado who would choose the career again
A. True is greater than the national rate of 76%?
B. False Use a 1% level of significance.
C. Correlation does not imply causation. A. Do not reject H0 (z = 0.76)
D. There is an explanatory response rela- B. Reject H0 (z = 1.45)
tionship with yards to meters. C. Do not reject H0 (z = 1.45)
30. Data originally collected in the process of D. Reject H0 (z = 0.6)
investigation are known as
35. Which is not considered as an economic ac-
A. Foreign data tivity
B. Primary data A. Agriculture
C. Third data B. Banking
D. Secondary data C. Sujata helping her mother in the
31. Which District has the lowest total rice kitchen
crop land areas in 2021? D. business
A. Brunei & Muara District 36. Statistics is defined in terms of numerical
B. Tutong District data in the-
C. Belait District A. Singular sense
D. Temburong District B. plural sense

C. Either A or B 41. What is the Rate of Self-Sufficiency 2021

for Rice?
D. Both a and b

A. 7.11%
37. What type of sampling? Law enforcement
B. 8.11%
officials use a radar gun to measure the
speed of every 5th vehicle on an inter- C. 9.11%
state. D. 10.11%
A. Simple Random sample
42. The null hypothesis always contains a:
B. Convenience sample
A. < or >
C. Stratified Random sample
B. =
D. Systematic Random Sample
C. >
38. It is the record of sticks that gives you the D. = or >
frequency or the number of values that fall
into class interval. 43. Statistics is applied in-
A. interval A. Economics
B. frequency column B. Commerce and industry
C. tally column C. Business management
D. class mark D. All of these
39. Gabriella’s quiz grades are shown below. 44. The 90% interval for a statistics test was
88, 92, 92, 96, 98 Gabriella scored a 20 given by 72 +-7. What is the lower value
on her sixth quiz. What effect does this for the interval?
score have?
A. 7
A. The low score causes the median to in-
B. 72
crease.
C. 65
B. The low score causes the median to de-
crease. D. 79
C. The low score causes the mean to in- 45. An agricultural company wanted to know
crease. if a new insecticide would increase corn
D. The low score causes the mean to de- yields. Eight test plots showed an average
crease. increase of 3.125 bushels per acre. The
standard deviation of the increases was
40. If 10 is added to every value in a set of 2.911 bushels per acre. Determine a 99%
data, what will happen to the value of the confidence interval for the mean increase
standard deviation? in yield.
A. it will increase A. (-0.476, 6.726)
B. it will decrease B. (-6.726, -4.399)
C. it will stay the same C. (-0.476, 4.399)
D. it will both increase and decrease D. (1.851, 6.726)

46. Identify whether the information de- avalanches in their region. A random sam-
scribed is a parameter or statistic. In a re- ple of 16 avalanches showed that x-bar =
cent year, the interest category for 12% 61.8cm and s = 10.6 cm. Assuming the
of all new magazines was sports. slab thickness is normally distributed, test
A. Parameter the claim that the mean slab thickness is
the Vail region is different from that in
B. Statistic Canada with a level of significance of 1%.
C. Cannot be determined A. Do not reject H0 (z =-1.96)
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D. Needs more information B. Reject H0 (z =-1.57)
47. A business evaluates a proposed venture C. Do not reject H0 (z =-1.96)

as follows. It stands to make a profit of D. Reject H0 (z =-1.57)
$10, 000 with probability 3/20, to make
a profit of $5000 with probability 9/20, 51. Using the information below, identify
to break even with probability 5/20, and which of the following is NOT an out-
to lose $5000 with probability 3/20. The lier:Q1 = 53Q2 = 55Q3=61
expected profit in dollars is A. 73
A. 0 B. 40
B. -2050 C. 80
C. 1500 D. 73.5
D. 3000 52. Correlation and regression requires an ex-
planatory and response variable.
48. Scatterplots require that both variables be
quantitative. A. True
A. True B. False
B. False C. I need to study more.
C. I need to study more. D. none of above
D. none of above 53. Part of the survey that gives the respon-
dent the SURVEY TOPIC (or what the sur-
49. The correlation coefficient measures vey is all about) and what to do with the
A. whether there is a relationship be- survey.
tween two variables A. header
B. the strength of the relationship be- B. profile of the respondents
tween two quantitative variables
C. introduction
C. whether or not a scatterplot shows an
D. greeting
interesting pattern
D. the strength of the linear relationship 54. At right is a cumulative relative frequency
between two quantitative variables graph for the 48 racers who finished the
grueling 50km cross-country ski race at
50. Slab avalanches studied in Canada have an the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Approximately
average thickness of µ = 67 cm. The ski what proportion of the racers finished the
patrol at Vail Colorado, is studying slab race in MORE than 2.15 hours?

A. 1.34 59. Which is the strongest correlation?

B. 0.45 A. 0.3

C. 0.238 B. -0.81
D. 0.54 C. 1.1
D. 0.77
55. If a number is added to a set that is far
away from the mean, how does this affect E. -0.2
standard deviation?
60. Complete the equation:point estimate +/
A. increase
B. decrease A. standard deviation
C. stay the same B. margin of error
D. both increase and decrease C. critical value
56. In a survey of 2480 golfers, 15% said D. confidence level
they were left-handed. The survey’s mar-
61. Select three students from a class to re-
gin of error was 3%. Construct a confi-
ceive ice cream by putting all the students’
dence interval for the proportion of left-
names in a hat and picking out three names
handed golfers.
randomly.
A. (0.18, 0.21)
A. simple random sampling
B. (0.12, 0.18)
B. stratified random sampling
C. (0.12, 0.15)
C. cluster sampling
D. (0.11, 0.19) D. systematic sampling
57. Which is NOT an example of categorical 62. If a distribution is skewed to the right,
data? which of the following is true?
A. gender A. The mean must be less than the me-
B. hair color dian.
C. academic level B. The mean and median must be equal
D. amount of money one makes C. The mean is either equal to or less
than the median
58. For the set of data below, which state-
D. The mean must be greater than the me-
ment is correct.55, 60, 76, 88, 92, 111,
dian
120
A. Any value below 4 or above 162 is an 63. A random sample of 100 visitors to a popu-
outlier. lar theme park spent an average of $142
on the trip with a standard deviation of
B. Any value below-21.5 or above 196.5 is
$47.5. Which of the following would be
an outlier.
the 98% confidence interval for the mean
C. Any value below-16.5 or above 187.5 is money spent by all visitors to this theme
an outlier. park?
D. none of above A. ($130.77, $153.23)

B. ($132.57, $151.43) C. (1799, 1801)

C. ($132.69, $151.31) D. None of these.
D. ($140.88, $143.12) 68. A keyboarding instructor at a community
64. One reason for using a t distribution in- college collected data comparing a stu-
stead of the standard Normal curve to find dent’s age and their typing speed. The
critical values when calculating a level C equation for the line of best fit is given
confidence interval for a population mean as:y =-1.4x + 117.8 If you are 25 years
of age (x), what is your typing speed (y)?
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is that
A. z can be used only for large samples A. 153 words per minute
B. z requires that you know the popula- B. 83 words per minute

tion standard deviation C. 63 words per minute
C. z requires that you can regard your D. 102 words per minute
data as an SRS from the population
69. One who provides service to others for a
D. z requires that the sample size is at payment is known as-
most 10% of the population size
A. Service holder
E. a z critical value will lead to a wider in-
terval than a t critical value B. Service provider
C. Consumer
65. , 31, 37, 46, 29, 38What is the interquar-
tile range of the data? D. Employee
A. 8 70. Until the scale was changed in 1995, SAT

B. 9 scores were based on a scale set many
years ago. For math scores, the mean un-
C. 13 der the old scale in the 1990’s was 470
D. 21 and the standard deviation was 110. In
2009, the mean was 515 and the stan-
66. All qualitative variables are measured on dard deviation was 116. What is the stan-
a nominal scale. dardized score (z-score) for a student who
A. Ordinal Data scored 530 on the old SAT scale?
B. Nominal Data A. 0.55
C. Interval Scales B. -0.55
D. Ratio Scales C. 525.73
E. Data D. 0.13
67. In a crash test of 15 troopers, collision 71. High school textbooks don’t last forever.
repair costs are found to have a distribu- The lifespan of all high school statistics
tion that is approximately normal, with a textbooks is approximately Normally dis-
mean of $1800 and a standard deviation tributed with a mean of 9 years and a stan-
of $950. Construct a 99% confidence in- dard deviation of 2.5 years. What percent-
terval for the repair cost. age of books last more than 10 years?
A. (1070, 2530) A. 11.5%
B. (1273, 2326) B. 34.5%

C. 65.5% C. A sampling frame must be compiled in

D. 69% which each element has a unique identifi-
cation number.

72. Scores on a certain standardized test have D. Each possible sample of a given size
a mean of 500, and a standard deviation has a known and equal probability of be-
of 100. How common is a score between ing the sample actually selected.
600 and 700? Calculate the probability.
E. All of the above.
A. 2.5%
76. In a factory, the weight of the concrete
B. 2.35%
poured into a mold by a machine follows a
C. 16% normal distribution with a mean of 1150
D. 13.5% pounds and a standard deviation of 22
pounds. Approximately 95% of molds
73. What is the critical value (t*) for a sample filled by this machine will hold weights in
of 55 for 88% confidence? what interval?
A. .239 A. 1084 to 1216 pounds
B. 1.580 B. 1106 to 1150 pounds
C. -1.118 C. 1106 to 1194 pounds
D. -2.54 D. 1128 to 1172 pounds
74. A sample of 20 cupcakes found the inter- 77. Learning process, measurement and eval-
val for calories to be (150, 350). Which is uation, educational studies, environment,
the correct interpretation of the 95% con- management and finance.
fidence interval? A. Economics
A. We are 95% confident that the true B. Education
mean calorie content can be found with a C. Business
sample of 150 to 350 cupcakes.
D. Agriculture
B. We are 95% confident that the true
mean calorie content in cupcakes is be- E. Automatic Data Processing
tween 150 and 350 calories. 78. A quality control specialist at a glass fac-
C. We are 95% confident that a sample of tory must estimate the mean clarity rating
20 cupcakes will find 250 calories per cup- for a new batch of glass using a sample of
cake. 18 glass sheets from the batch. Past in-
vestigations show that clarity ratings are
D. In repeated sampling, 95% of the calo-
normally distributed. The specialist de-
ries in the cupcakes will be between 150
cides to use a t-distribution rather than a
and 350.
z-distribution because
75. What are the distinguishing features of A. The sample size is too small for a z-
simple random sampling? distribution
A. Random numbers determine which el- B. Clarity ratings for the entire bacth are
ements are included in the sample. normally distributed.
B. Each element in the population has a C. The t-distribution will create a nar-
known and equal probability of selection. rower interval than z.

D. The standard deviation for the batch is A. random sample

unknown. B. stratified sample
79. defines economics as the study of man C. quota sample
in the ordinary business of life.
D. convenience sample
A. Alfred Marshall
84. Which of the following are true state-
B. Paul krugman
ments? I. Correlation requires that there
C. Milton friedman are clearly-identified explanatory and re-
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D. Adam Smith sponse variables.II. Scatterplots require
that both variables be quantitative.III. Ev-
80. The most fundamental economic problem is ery least-squares regression line passes
A. Health through (x, y)
B. Security A. I and II
C. export and import B. I and III
D. Scarcity C. I, II, and III
81. Which of the following does NOT have an D. III

affect on the width of a confidence inter- E. II and III
val?
85. The 99% confidence interval for a propor-
A. Sample mean
tion is (0.54, 0.72). What is the point es-
B. Confidence Level timate?
C. Sample standard deviation A. p-hat=0.63
D. Sample size B. pi=0.18
82. A famous medical experiment was con- C. p-hat=0.09
ducted by the Nobel Laureate Linus Paul- D. pi=0.63
ing who believed that vitamin C prevents
colds. His subjects were 279 French skiers 86. Census is
who were randomly assigned to receive vi- A. The method of planning, organising
tamin C or a placebo. Of the 139 given vi- and publishing data.
tamin C, 17 got a cold. Of the 140 given
the placebo, 31 got a cold. Find and in- B. The method in which no data is col-
terpret a 95% confidence interval for the lected
difference of two proportions. C. The method in which data is collected
A. 1-sample t-interval(mean difference) from each and every unit.
B. 1-proportion z-interval D. The method in which few units out of
the entire population are chosen.
C. 2-sample t-interval (difference in
means) 87. When we test np and n(1-p) to ensure they
D. 2-proportion z-interval are both greater than or equal to 10, what
are we trying to determine?
83. Which type of sample does a researcher
deliberately set the proportions of levels A. The standard deviation
of members chosen within a sample? B. The test statistic

C. If any bias is present (one furlong equals 7920 inches), the cor-
D. If the data is normal relation between heights of fathers and-
heights of sons would be

88. When p-value is greater than alpha we: A. much smaller than 0.52
A. Accept Ho B. slightly smaller than 0.52
B. Accept Ha C. unchanged:equal to 0.52
C. Fail to reject Ho D. slightly larger than 0.52
D. Reject Ho E. much larger than 0.52
89. If 5 is added to every value in a data set, 93. What is the critical value z* for a 99% con-
how does this affect the measure of cen- fidence interval?
ter?
A. -2.58
A. increases by 5
B. 1.96
B. decreases by 5 C. -1.64
C. stay the same D. 2.58
D. 5 times as large
94. A 90% confidence interval for the mean
90. Which of the following statement is incor- speed driven by cars on East Main St. is
rect? given by (21, 45). What was the sample
A. Resources have alternative uses mean of this study?
A. 12
B. Macroeconomics studies large aggre-
gates B. 24
C. All numbers are statistics C. 33
D. Statistics studies only the aggregate D. None of these.
of quantitative facts
95. A TV show host asks his viewers to
91. What type of sampling? Twenty-five stu- visit his website and respond to an online
dents are randomly selected from each poll.What type of sample is this?
grade level at a high school and surveyed A. Simple random sampling
about their study habits.
B. Stratified random sampling
C. Cluster random sampling
96. Which of the following sources of error is
D. Cluster Sample included in the margin of error
92. The correlation between the heights of A. chance variation in choosing a random
fathers and the heights of their (fully sample.
grown) sons isr = 0.52. This value was B. undercoverage.
based on both variables being measured in
inches. If fathers’heights were measured C. some of the subjects did not under-
in feet (one foot equals 12 inches), and stand the questions.
sons’ heights were measuredin furlongs D. voluntary response.

97. Which of the following is an open ended A. Discrete variable

question? B. Continuous variable
A. Which of the following is the most con- C. Quantitative variables
venient way of transportation?
D. Variable
B. Why do you like to travel alot?
E. Qualitative variables
C. Can you see the man standing over
there? 102. If random samples are selected from a
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D. What is your favorite color? population, what happens to the margin of
error is the sample size is increased from
98. At a local community College, five math 50 to 200?
classes are randomly selected out of 20 A. It decreases
and all of the students from each class are
interviewed. B. It increases
A. simple random sampling C. It remains the same

D. There is no way to know without more
B. stratified random sampling
information.
C. cluster sampling
103. Which of the following statement cor-
D. systematic sampling
rectly specify the functions of statistics
99. If the p-value > α , then the sample is not A. Statistics facilitate comparison
unusual if the null is true, so we the
B. Statistics helps in prediction
null, so there is not convincing evidence
that the alternative hypothesis is true, so C. Statistics helps in the formulation of
the results are plans and policies
A. fail to reject, not statistically signifi- D. It statistics helps and condensing
cant mass data into a few numerical measures
such as mean-variance etc.
B. fail to reject, statistically significant
C. reject, not statistically significant 104. Identify whether the information de-
scribed is a parameter or statistic. 3.
D. reject, statistically significant
There are 250 genetically modified fruit-
100. What does the square of the correlation bearing plants in the agricultural farm. Af-
(r2) measure? ter two weeks of observation, it was
found that 75 plant samples have an av-
A. How close the points cluster around a erage fruit size of 7.5 inches in length.
linear pattern.
A. Parameter
B. The relationship between the explana-
tory and response variable. B. Statistic
C. The percent of variation of the y vari- C. Cannot be determined
able as explained by the LSRL. D. Needs more information
D. The residual affect from the LSRL as 105. A left-tailed test with n = 41 has a test
compared to it’s correlation. statistic t = 2.72. Which is the correct p-
101. It is a variable that can assume any nu- value?
merical value over an interval or intervals. A. 0.0033

B. .00486 of the following methods of sampling is

C. .0096 Michael using?

D. Not enough information A. Convenience Sampling
B. Judgement Sampling
106. Find the t* value for a 99% confidence
C. Quota Sampling
interval with a sample of 23 people.
D. Probability Sampling
A. 1.714
B. 1.711 111. Mr. Marino has compiled a list of 1, 348
students in his high school. He has se-
C. 2.576
lected a sample of 42 students by choos-
D. 2.818 ing every 14 th student on this list.Which
type of sampling is he using?
107. Units of information, often numeric,
recorded and used for the purpose of anal- A. simple random sampling
ysis. B. stratified random sampling
A. statistics C. cluster sampling
B. data D. systematic random sampling
C. vertices 112. Choose the correct sequence of steps fol-
D. none of these lowed in a statistical enquiry-
108. Which of the following is an economic ac- A. Collection of data organisation of data
tivity? presentation of data analysis of data inter-
pretation of data
A. Production
B. Organisation of data presentation of
B. Consumption Data Collection of data interpretation of
C. Distribution data analysis of data
D. All of these C. Collection of data analysis of data pre-
sentation of data organisation of data in-
109. If I tell you that you scored at the 55th terpretation of data
percentile on your last exam, you would D. Collection of data analysis of data or-
know: ganisation of data presentation of data in-
A. 55% of the class scored as good or terpretation of data
worse than I did.
113. What is the degrees of freedom equal
B. I earned a 55% on the exam. to?
C. I failed the exam. A. n
D. 45% of the class scored worse than I B. n+1
did.
C. 1-n
110. Michael is trying to gather data for his D. n-1
study. He goes to a fast food restaurant
during the lunch hour and asks people who 114. Which of the following values below rep-
walk into the restaurant if they would be resents the critical value for a 98% confi-
willing to fill out a questionnaire. Which dence interval?

A. 2.326 119. In a simple random sample of 100 cars

B. 2.054 of a certain popular model in 2010, it was
found that 20 had a certain minor defect
C. 1.645 in the brakes. For an independent SRS of
D. 3.091 400 cars of the same model in 2011, it
was found that 50 had the same defect.
115. Data for children between the ages of 18 Let p1 and p2 be the proportions of all
and 30 months show that there is an ap- cars of this model in 2010 and 2011, re-
proximately linear relationship between spectively, that have the defect. We wish
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height and age. The relationship can be to test if the proportion of cars with the
represented by y = 63.81 + 0.39x, where defect has decreased from 2010 to 2011.
y represents height in cm and x represents Which of the following is closest to the P-
age in months.Joseph is 22.5 months old. value for this test?
What is his predicted height?
A. 0.0268
A. 74.38
B. 0.0418
B. 83.46
C. 72.59 C. 0.0536
D. 95.67 D. 0.9732
116. The z-score represents 120. Which is the term that means a line that
A. the amount of standard deviations a comes closest to all of the points in a scat-
data value is above or below the mean. ter plot?
B. the percentile the data value is above A. Positive Correlation

or below the mean. B. Negative Correlation
C. the amount of standard deviations a C. No Correlation
data value is above or below the median.
D. Line of best fit
D. the percent the data value is above or
below the mean. 121. In a simple random sample of 100 cars
of a certain popular model in 2010, it was
117. Which of the following is the critical value
found that 20 had a certain minor defect
for an 80% confidence interval?
in the brakes. For an independent SRS of
A. 1.282 400 cars of the same model in 2011, it
B. 1.036 was found that 50 had the same defect.
Let p1 and p2 be the proportions of all cars
C. 1.960
of this model in 2010 and 2011, respec-
D. 0.841 tively, that have the defect. We wish to
118. How small is a small p-value? All year test H0:p1-p2 = 0 against HA:p1-p2 > 0
we have defined small as any probability . Which of the following is closest to the
that is less than P-value for this test?
A. 1% A. 0.0418
B. 2.5% B. 0.0536
C. 5% C. 0.0268
D. 10% D. none of above

122. When you employ somebody giving them in test scores for all sixth-graders in the
a wage then you are an- city taking this course is found to be (12.6,
14.8). Which of the following are the sam-

A. Employer
ple mean and margin of error on which this
B. employee interval is based?
C. Service provider A. Sample Mean = 13.7; Margin of Error
D. Service holder = 1.1
123. Does the interval (3, 14) support the B. Sample mean = 13.7; Margin of Error
claim that the mean of a data set is 2.9 = 2.2
A. Yes C. Sample mean is unknown; Margin of
Error = 2.2
B. No
D. none of above
C. Not enough information.
D. none of above 127. Researchers studying acid rain measured
the acidity of precipitation (response vari-
124. A community college announces that able) in an isolated wilderness area in Col-
the correlation between college entrance orado and the duration of rain in weeks
exam grades andscholastic achievement (explanatory variable). The researchers
was found to be-1.08. On the basis of this reported that there was a strong nega-
you would tell the college that tive linear association between “acidity”
A. the entrance exam is a good predictor of precipitation and duration of rain in
of success. “weeks”. Determine which of the follow-
ing is a possible measure of the relation-
B. the exam is a poor predictor of suc-
ship.
cess.
A. r = 0
C. students who do best on this exam will
be poor students. B. r = 1.0
D. students at this school are under- C. r = 0.92
achieving. D. r =-0.24
E. the college should hire a new statisti-
E. r =-0.95
cian.
128. You have data on rainwater collected at
125. It is the number of time an observation or
16 locations in the Adirondack Mountains
a particular value appears in a data set.
of New York State. One measurement is
A. frequency the acidity of the water, measured by pH
B. interval on a scale of 0 to 14 (the pH of distilled
water is 7.0). Which inference procedure
C. variable
would you use to estimate the average
D. constant acidity of rainwater in the Adirondacks?
126. A random sample of 85 sixth-graders in A. one-sample z interval for µ
a large city take a course designed to im- B. one-sample t interval for µ
prove scores on a reading comprehension
test. Based on this sample, a 90% confi- C. one-proportion z-test
dence interval for the mean improvement D. one-sample t test

129. If the standard deviation of a data set is C. Insurance

4, what is the variance? D. Government
A. 2 E. Environmental Science
B. 16
134. A researcher plans to conduct a test of hy-
C. 4
potheses at the α = 0.01 significance level.
D. none of above She designs her study to have a power of
0.90 at a particular alternative value of
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130. A slice of pizza from a certain restaurant the parameter of interest. The probability
has an average area of 40 square inches that the researcher will commit a Type I
with a standard deviation of 5 square error is
inches. Assuming the distribution of areas
is approximately normal, what proportion A. 0.01
of slices will be between 35 and 50 square B. 0.10
inches
C. 0.90
A. 68%
D. 0.99
B. 34%
135. The point estimate for the difference of
C. 81.5%
two proportions is:
D. 95%
A. z*
131. It has same criteria as interval scales but B. xbar1-xbar2
has an absolute zero and multiples are
meaningful. C. sqrt(p*(1-p)/n)
A. Interval Scales D. p-hat1 minus p-hat 2
B. Ordinal data 136. At a particular college, 78% of all stu-

C. Ratio Scales dents are receiving some kind of financial
aid.The school newspaper selects a ran-
D. Nominal data dom sample of 100 students and 72%
E. Data of the respondents say they are receiving
some sort of financial aid. Which of the
132. What does it mean when a test is statis- following is true?
tically significant?
A. 78% is a population and 72% is a sam-
A. it has reached alpha level status ple.
B. the test statistic had a P-value higher B. 72% is a population and 78% is a sam-
than the alpha level ple
C. the test statistic had a P-value lower C. 78% is a parameter and 72% is a statis-
than the alpha level tic
D. it is important in practical terms D. 72% is a parameter and 78% is a statis-
tic
133. The increase of birth defects, and death
toll near nuclear power plants. 137. The symbol for the significance level is
A. Biology
B. health A. α

B. θ 143. For children between the ages of 18

C. π months and 29 months, there is an approx-
imately linearrelationship between height

D. µ and age. The relationship can be repre-
138. A random sample of 150 students has a sented by y-hat= 64.93 + 0.63x, where
grade point average with a mean of 2.86. y represents height (in centimeters) and x
Assume the population standard deviation represents age (in months).Joseph is 22.5
is 0.78. Construct the confidence interval months old. What is his predicted height?
for the population mean if c = 0.99. A. 50.80
A. (2.51, 3.53) B. 64.96
B. (2.43, 3.79) C. 65.96
C. (2.31, 3.88) D. 79.11
D. 2.70, 3.02) E. 87.40
139. Find the critical value zc necessary to 144. A sample of 30 women finds the mean
form a 98% confidence interval. height to be 62.3 in and the standard devi-
A. 2.33 ation to be 1.5 in. Find the margin of error
of women’s heights for a 95% confidence
B. 2.05 interval.
C. 0.5040 A. 1.699
D. 0.8365 B. 0.56
140. The null hypothesis is represented by: C. 0.537
A. Ha D. 1.12
B. Ho 145. Which of the following is NOT part of the
C. t* sampling design process?
D. HP A. Refining the research question.
E. µ B. Defining of the population of the study.
141. What is the rental rate for Agricultural C. Determining the relevant sample
Development Areas for growing rice? frame.
A. $11.50/Ha/Yr D. Selection of the sampling technique.
B. $12.50/Ha/Yr E. Specifying the sampling unit.
C. $13.50/Ha/Yr 146. The standard IQ test has a mean of 96
D. $14.50/Ha/Yr and a standard deviation of 14. We want
to be 99% certain that we are within 4
142. Statistical enquiry means IQ points of the true mean. Determine the
A. It is science for knowledge required sample size.
B. Search for knowledge A. 82
C. Collection of anything B. 178
D. Search for knowledge with the help of C. 10
statistical methods. D. 1

147. Wilt and Bill, two basketball players, are A. Simple random sampling
having a free throw shooting contest. Wilt B. Systematic random sampling
is known to make 75% of his free throws,
and Bill is known to hit 85% of his free C. Stratified random sampling
throws. Each of them takes 50 shots. D. Cluster random sampling
Assuming that the shots are independent,
what is the probability that Bill hits a 152. Identify whether the information de-
higher percentage of his shots that Wilt? scribed is a parameter or statistic. 4.
There are 547 students in the school. All
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A. 0.8962
these students took and passed the test
B. 0.1038 with average score of 156/ 170.
C. 0.9938 A. Parameter
D. 0.0062 B. Statistic
148. What can you do to reduce the margin of C. Cannot be determined
error? D. Needs more information
A. increase the confidence level
153. Matthew is gathering data for his study.
B. decrease the confidence level
Matthew tells his research assistants to
C. increase sample size be sure to interview twenty 6th graders,
D. decrease sample size twenty 7th graders, and twenty-five 8th
graders. Which of the following methods
149. A researcher at a major hospital wishes of sampling is Matthew most likely us-
to estimate the proportion of the adult ing?
population of the U.S. that has high blood A. Judgement Sampling
pressure. How large a sample is needed in
order to be 90% confident that the sam- B. Quota Sampling
ple proportion will not differ from the true C. Probability Sampling
proportion by more than 5%?
D. Stratified Random Sampling
A. 9
B. 271 154. How can you reduce both Type I and Type
II errors?
C. 164
A. it can’t be reduced
D. 542
B. redo the tests
150. Which z-value is used for a 95% confi- C. increase the sample size
dence interval?
D. tamper with the data
A. 1.65
B. 1.96 155. A method where the researcher sees the
situation directly
C. 2.58
A. questionnaire
D. 2.33
B. interview
151. Mrs. Trahan samples her class by select-
ing every third person on her class list. C. observation
Which type of sampling method is this? D. reading statistical publication

156. A study was done on the relationship 160. A nurse at a local hospital is interested
between high school grade point average in estimating the birth weight of infants.
(GPA) and scores on the SAT. The follow- How large a sample must she select if she

ing 8 scores were from a random sample desires to be 95% confident that the true
of students taking the exam:x(GPA) 3.2 mean is within 3 ounces of the sample
3.7 3.9 3.1 3.6 2.5 2.9 3.5 y(SAT) 725 mean? The standard deviation of the birth
743 745 665 700 562 590 740What is weights is known to be 6 ounces.
the percent of variation in SAT scores is A. 3
accounted for by the LSRL?
B. 4
A. 0.98
C. 16
B. 0.35
D. 15
C. -0.35
161. A survey of 800 women shoppers found
D. 0.12
that 136 of them shop on impulse. What
157. Identify whether the information de- is the 98% confidence interval for the true
scribed is a parameter or statistic. Sixty- proportion of women shoppers who shop
two of the 97 passengers aboard the Hin- on impulse?
denburg airship survived its explosion. A. (0.148, 0.192)
A. Parameter B. (0.136, 0.204)
B. Statistic C. (0.144, 0.196)
C. Cannot be determined D. (0.139, 0.201)
D. Needs more information 162. Concerns how spread out the values are.
158. In a study of 150 accidents that required A. Distribution
treatment in an emergency room, 36% in- B. Variability
volved children under 6 years of age. Find
C. Central Tendency
the 90% confidence interval of the true
proportion of accidents that involve chil- D. Average
dren under the age of 6. E. Numerical Data
A. 0.331-0.413 163. How many Agricultural Development Ar-
B. 0.275-0.433 eas for growing rice in Brunei & Muara Dis-
C. 0.295-0.425 trict?
A. 3
D. 0.255-0.455
B. 5
159. Divide the class into four groups (fresh-
C. 6
man, sophomore, junior and senior) and
take a random sample of two students D. 7
from each group 164. Construct a 95% confidence interval for
A. simple random sampling the population mean, mu. Assume the pop-
B. stratified random sampling ulation has a normal distribution. A sam-
ple of 25 randomly selected students has
C. cluster sampling a mean test score of 81.5 with a standard
D. systematic sampling deviation of 10.2

A. (77.29, 85.71) 169. You take a poll and find that 34% of
B. (87.12, 98.32) the 100 people you asked dislike school
lunches. Using a 95% confidence level,
C. (66.35, 69.89) what is the margin of error?
D. (56.12, 78.34)
A. 0.093
165. What is the margin of error for the inter-
B. 0.047
val (6.8, 12.9)?
C. .034
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A. 9.85
B. 3.05 D. .34
C. 3.50
170. In Belait District, one of the Agricultural
D. 6.8
Development Areas for growing rice is
166. NSSO stands for KKP Lot Sengkuang A. Which of the follow-
ing is the other Agricultural Development
A. Net Sample Survey Organisation
Area at Belait District for growing rice?
B. National Statistical sphere Organisa-
tion A. KKP Selapon B
C. National Surgical Survey Organisation B. KKP Lekiun

D. National Sample Survey Organisation C. KKP Limpaki
167. The population of the United States is ag- D. KKP Kandol
ing. At right is a stemplot of the percent-
age of residents aged 65 and older in each 171. What is the Paddy Scheme Price in Brunei
of the 50 states, according to the 2010 Darussalam?
census. There are three outliers:Alaska
has the lowest, Utah second lowest, and A. $1.60
Florida has the highest. What is the per-
B. $1.80
centage for Utah?
A. 8.9% C. $1.60/kg
B. 12.5% D. $1.80/kg
C. 6.3%
172. Which of the following would not de-
D. 9.4%
crease the width of a confidence interval?
168. What can you do to reduce the margin of I. Increasing the sample sizeII. Decreasing
error? I. Decrease confidence levelII. In- the degrees of freedomIII. Decreasing the
crease sample sizeIII. Decrease critical val- confidence level
ueIV. Increase standard error A. I only
A. I & II
B. II only
B. II & III
C. III only
C. I & III
D. I, II, III D. I and II only
E. I, II, III, IV E. II and III only

173. An irate patient complained that the cost A. Only I is correct.

of a doctor’s visit was too high. She B. Only II is correct.
randomly surveyed 20 other patients and

C. Only III is correct.
found that the mean amount of money
they spent on each doctor’s visit was D. Both II and III are correct.
$44.80. The standard deviation of the E. All three statements-I, II, and III-are
sample was $3.53. Find the 95% confi- correct.
dence interval of the population mean.
177. It is known that 15% of the seniors in
A. $43.15-$46.45
a large high school enter military service
B. $44.53-$48.21 upon graduation. If a group of 20 seniors
C. $42.65-$48.25 are randomly selected, what is the proba-
bility of observing at most one senior who
D. $43.15-$48.25
will be entering military service?
174. What type of sampling? A student asks A. 20(0.15)1(0.85)19
12 friends to participate in a psychology
B. 1-20(0.15)1(0.85)19
experiment.
C. (0.85)20+ 20(0.15)1 (0.85)19
D. (0.85)20
E. 1-(0.85)20
D. Systematic Random Sample 178. A 12 oz can of soda has a mean volume of
12 oz, with a standard deviation of .25 oz.
175. Imagine that a local clothing manufac- How common are cans with less than 11.5
turer has 2, 700 employees. The person- oz of soda? Calculate the probability.
nel manager decides to ask the employees A. 2.5%
for suggestions on how to improve their
B. .15%
workplace. It would take too long to sur-
vey everyone, so the manager chooses to C. 2.35%
systematically sample 300 of the employ- D. 2.25%
ees. What would be the sample interval,
k? 179. A sample of 99 distances has a mean of
22 feet and a median of 22.5 feet. Un-
A. 0.111
fortunately, it has just been discovered
B. 300 that the minimum value in the distribution,
C. 9 which was erroneously recorded as 15 ac-
tually has a value of 10. If we make this
D. 10
correction to the data, then
176. Which statements below about least- A. The median decreases, but the mean
squares regression are correct? I. Switch- remains the same
ing the explanatory and response vari-
B. The median remains the same, but the
ables will not change the least-squares re-
mean is decreased
gression line.II. The slope of the line is
very sensitive to outliers in the x direction C. The median increases, but the mean
with large residuals.III. A value of r2 close decreases
to 1 does not guarantee that the relation- D. The median stays the same, but the
ship between the variables is linear. mean increases

180. Determine the minimum sample size 184. A research group wishes to estimate the
needed to construct a 95% confidence in- mean amount of time (in hours) that mem-
terval for the mean age of employees at a bers of a fitness center spend exercising
company. The estimate must be accurate each week. They want to estimate the
to within 0.5 year. Assume the standard mean within a margin of error of 0.5 hours
deviation is 4.8 years. with a 95% level of confidence. Previous
A. 18 data suggests that the standard deviation
is 2.2. Which of the following is the small-
B. 19 est sample size they could use?
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C. 354 A. 60
D. 355 B. 75
181. A mayor is concerned about the percent- C. 90

age of city residents who express disap- D. 180
proval of his job performance. His political
committee pays for a newspaper ad, hop- 185. The mean monthly rent for one bedroom
ing to keep his disapproval rating below apartments in college towns around Michi-
21%. They will use a follow up poll to ac- gan is $900. A future student group thinks
cess effectiveness. What are the correct that the rent is actually higher than the
null and alternative hypotheses? claim. To help them budget, the students
determine the mean monthly rent of 200
A. Ho:µ =21Ha:µ <21 different one bedroom apartments from
B. Ho:p=.20Ha:p<.20 around Michigan. State the null and alter-
native hypothesis for this test.
C. Ho:p< .21Ha:p= .21
A. Ho : µ = 900, Ha : µ < 900
D. Ho:p= .21Ha:p< .21
B. Ho : p = 900, Ha : p < 900
182. The 99% confidence interval for a propor- C. Ho : µ = 900, Ha : µ > 900
tion is (0.54, 0.72). What is the margin
of error? D. Ho : p = 900, Ha : p > 900
A. 0.63 186. Intelligent tests, aptitudes, personality

traits, and attitudes, creation of scales and
B. 0.18
measuring instruments
C. 0.09
A. Social Science
D. 0.66 B. Research & Statistics
183. A random sample of 40 students has a C. Psychology
test score with mean = 81.5. Assume D. Biology
the population standard deviation is 10.2.
E. Health
Construct the confidence interval for the
population mean, mu, if c = 0.90. 187. At a local high school, GPA’s are normally
A. (78.8, 84.2) distributed with a mean of 2.9 and stan-
dard deviation of 0.6. What percentage
B. (66.3, 89.1)
of students at the high school have a GPA
C. (51, 8, 92.3) between 2.3 and 3.5?
D. (71.8, 93.5) A. 68%

B. 99.7% B. Statistic
C. 95% C. Cannot be determined

D. 84% D. Needs more information
188. The correlation between the heights of 192. A car rental agency has two locations,
fathers and the heights of their (fully one by the airport and the other down-
grown) sons is r = 0.52. This value was town. The agency rents 70% of its cars
based on both variables being measured in at the airport and the rest downtown. At
inches. If fathers’ heights were measured the airport, 20% of the rentals are Sport
in feet (one foot equals 12 inches), and Utility Vehicles (SUVs). At the downtown
sons’ heights were measured in furlongs location, 40% are SUVs. If a customer is
(one furlong equals 7920 inches), the cor- selected at random, what is the probabil-
relation between heights of fathers and ity that she did NOT rent an SUV?
heights of sons would be
A. 0.74
A. much smaller than 0.52
B. 0.70
B. slightly smaller than 0.52
C. 0.66
C. unchanged:equal to 0.52
D. 0.40
D. slightly larger than 0.52
E. much larger than 0.52 E. 0.26
189. Which z-star value is used to construct a 193. Only one of the following statements is
95% confidence interval? plausible. Which one?
A. 1.65 A. There is a high correlation between
the gender of American workers and their
B. 1.96
income.
C. 2.58
B. We found a high correlation (r =
D. 2.33 1.09) between students’ ratings of faculty
teaching and ratings made by other fac-
ulty members.
Type I error?
C. The correlation between planting rate
A. The null is true, but we mistakenly re-
and yield of corn was found to be r = 0.23
ject it.
bushels.
B. The null is false and we reject it.
D. We found the correlation between Ver-
C. The null is false, but we fail to reject it. bal SAT and Math SAT scores to be r =
D. The null is true but we fail to reject it. 0.88.
E. The null is true, and we fail to reject it. 194. Which confidence level corresponds to a
191. Identify whether the information de- critical value of 1.64?
scribed is a parameter or statistic. 2. The A. 90%
average height of 30 mango tree samples
B. 95%
is 100 feet with a canopy of approximate
35 feet. C. 99%
A. Parameter D. none of above

195. A support hotline asks callers to stay on 200. For children between the ages of 18
the line after they have completed their months and 29 months, there is an approx-
call to respond to a short survey.What imately linearrelationship between height
type of sample is this? and age. The relationship can be repre-
A. Simple random sampling sented by y-hat= 64.93 + 0.63x, where
y represents height (in centimeters) and
B. Systematic random sampling x represents age (in months).Loretta is
C. Stratified random sampling 20 months old and is 80 centimeters tall.
What is her residual?
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A. -2.47
196. The correlation coefficient is represented
by what? B. 2.47
A. r C. -12.60
B. r2 D. 12.60
C. s E. 77.53
D. c 201. An inspector monitors large truckloads of
197. Which of the following are resistant to potatoes to determine the true proportion,
outliers? pi, of potatoes with major defects. She se-
lects a simple random sample of 50 pota-
A. The mean and standard deviation toes from a truckload of more than 2000
B. The median and standard deviation potatoes. Suppose that only 2 of the 50
C. The median and the range potatoes sampled are found to have ma-
jor defects. Which one of the following as-
D. The median and IQR sumptions for inference about a proportion
E. The range and IQR using a confidence interval is violated?
198. A 90% confidence interval for a popu- A. n(p-hat) >= 10
lation mean is determined to be 800 to B. n(1-p-hat) >= 10
900. If the confidence level is increased
C. 10n <= N
to 95% confidence and the sample statis-
tics and sample size remain the same, the D. There are not violations.
confidence interval
202. Which of the following is the definition of
A. becomes wider a “point estimate? ”
B. becomes narrower A. The average of a population.
C. does not change
B. The average of a sample.
D. none of above
C. The midpoint of a confidence interval.
199. An enquiry in which each unit of the uni- D. The confidence interval.
verse is studied is called
A. Sample 203. Which one of the following statements is
true about Student’s t distribution?
B. Population
A. The density curve of the t distribution
C. Incomplete enumeration is symmetric and centered at the true
D. Complete enumeration mean of the population.

B. The density curve of the t distribution 207. Construct a 95% confidence interval for
has heavier “tails” than the density curve the population mean mu. Assume the pop-
of the standard Normal distribution. ulation has a normal distribution. A sam-

C. The density curve of the t distribu- ple of 20 college students had mean annual
tion more closely resembles the density earnings of $3120 with a standard devia-
curve of the standard Normal distribution tion of $677.
when the number of degrees of freedom A. ($2803, $3437)
is small.
B. ($2135, $2567)
D. none of above
C. ($2657, $2891)
204. What is the format for interpreting a con-
D. ($1324, $1567)
fidence interval?
A. The interval from to captures 208. Ms. Washington is investigating teach-
the true mean in context. ers’ attitudes toward year-round school-
B. C% of samples of the same size taken ing. She is particularly interested in
from the same population will capture the describing the attitudes of teachersfrom
parameter in question small, medium, and large schools. Which
sampling procedure should be used by Ms.
C. There is convincing evidence that C% Washington to ensure her sample is repre-
gives the interval ( , ) capturing the sentative of these types of schools?
parameter in question.
A. Simple random sampling
D. We are C% confident that the interval
from to captures the [parameter B. Stratified random sampling
in context].
C. Systematic sampling
205. To test a claim about a mean, when the D. Convenience sampling
population standard deviation is unknown
we use: 209. Which District has the highest total of rice
A. z procedures crop entrepreneurs in 2021?
B. Pythagorean Theorem A. Brunei & Muara District
C. t procedures B. Tutong District
D. np > 10 and n(1-p) > 10 C. Belait District
206. A 90% confidence interval for a popula- D. Temburong District
tion mean is determined to be 800 to 900.
If the confidence is increased to 95% confi- 210. It represents differences in quality, char-
dence while the sample statistics and sam- acter, or kind but not in amount.
ple size remain the same, the confidence
A. Discrete variables
interval
A. becomes wider B. Continuous variable
B. becomes narrower C. Independent variable

C. does not change D. Qualitative variables
D. none of above E. Quantitative variable

211. Whatever probability we choose as the 216. A researcher finds that the correlation be-
cutoff for what is small is what we call tween the personality traits “greed” and
the “superciliousness” is-0.40. What percent-
age of the variation in greed can be ex-
A. importance level
plained by the relationship with supercil-
B. significance level iousness?
C. meaningfulness level A. 40%
D. insightfulness level B. 16%
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212. This part of survey is the list of question C. 80%
items which can be open-ended questions D. Not enough information is given.
A. heading
217. What is the t value associated with 90%
B. introduction confidence and a sample size of 15?
C. respondents A. 1.341
D. questions to answer B. 1.345
213. The amount added and subtracted to the C. 1.761
statistic. D. 1.753
A. Margin of Error
218. The 75th percentile is also know as the
B. Point Estimator
A. median
C. Statistic
B. third quartile
D. Population
C. 1st quartile‘
214. A gives an interval of plausible val-
D. interquartile range
ues for the
A. confidence interval, statistic 219. A radio talk show host is interested in the
proportion p of adults in his listening area
B. point estimate, parameter
who think that the drinking age should be
C. point estimate, statistic lowered to 18. To find this proportion, he
D. confidence interval, parameter poses the following question to his listen-
ers:“Do you think that the drinking age
215. A sample of 40 people owned an aver- should be reduced to 18? ” He asks listen-
age of 1.35 apple products. It is known ers to phone in and vote “yes” or “no” de-
from a previous study that the population pending upon their opinions. Of 200 peo-
standard deviation of apple product own- ple who phone in, 140 answer “yes.” The
ership is 0.63 products. Construct a 95% standard error of the sample proportion of
confidence interval. “yes” votes among those who phone in is
A. (1.11, 1.58) A. .21
B. (1.15, 1.55) B. .032
C. (1.19, 1.51) C. .108
D. (1.09, 1.61) D. .00105

220. In order to test the effect of music on pro- C. fail to reject, not statistically signifi-
ductivity, a group of assembly line work- cant
ers are given music players to play what-

D. reject, not statistically significant
ever music they choose while working for
one month. For another month, they work 225. Small p-values mean that our sample was
without music. The order of the two treat- very unlikely if the null hypothesis is true.
ments for each worker is determined ran- Therefore, small p-values are that the
domly. This is null hypothesis is wrong.
A. A survey expirament
A. convincing evidence
B. A randomized expirament
B. believable proof
C. A matched pairs expirament
C. reliable information
D. A factorial expirament
D. justifiable inference
221. are those which are already in ex-
istence and which might be collected for 226. is a statistical method used to deter-
some purpose other than the answering of mine whether a relationship between vari-
the question in hand. ables exists.
A. Direct data A. Coefficient of Determination
B. Basic data
B. Correlation
C. Primary data
C. Bivariate Statistics
D. Secondary data
D. Least Squares Regression Line
222. Find the critical value tc necessary to
form a 95% confidence interval with a 227. A radar unit is used to measure speeds
sample size of 15. of cars on a motorway. The speeds are
A. 1.960 normally distributed with a mean of 90
km/hr and a standard deviation of 10
B. 2.145 km/hr. What is the probability that a car
C. 2.131 picked at random is travelling at more than
D. 2.120 100 km/hr?
A. 0.4391
223. What happens to your confidence as your
interval gets smaller? B. 1.368
A. it increases C. 0.675
B. it remains the same D. 0.1587
C. it decreases
228. The Process of converting raw material
D. none of above
into goods is called
224. If p-value < α , we the null and have A. Production
convincing evidence that the alternative is
true, and the results are B. Saving
A. fail to reject, statistically significant C. Investment
B. reject, statistically significant D. Exchange

229. What is the P-value if I have a test statis- 234. The distances male long jumpers for State
tic of t = 1.632, sample size of 35, and I College jump are approximately normal
am doing a two-sided test? with a mean of 263 inches and a standard
A. .1119 deviation of 14 inches. Suppose a male
long jumper’s jump ranked in the 75th per-
B. .9440 centile. How long was his jump?
C. .0358
A. 0.67 inch
D. .1753
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B. 263 inches
230. Which subject area it belongs? How
C. 272.44 inches
can you save money from your weekly al-
lowance? D. 277.25 inches
A. Science
235. An Air Force vase mess hall has received
B. Agriculture a shipment of 10, 000 gallon size cams of
C. Finance cherries. The supplier claims that the av-
D. Medicine erage amount of liquid is 0.25 gallons per
can. A government inspector took a ran-
231. If the line of best fit is y =-x + 8, what dom sample of 100 cans and found that
is the predicted y if x = 12? the average liquid content to be 0.28 gal-
lons per can with a standard deviation of
A. -4
0.10. Does this indicate that the supplier’s
B. 4 claim is too low? (Use a 5% level of sig-
C. 12 nificance)
D. 20 A. Do not reject H0 (z = 3)
232. The standard error of estimate is the B. Reject H0 (z = 2.56)

square root of the unexplained variation. C. Do not reject H0 (z = 3)
A. True
D. Reject H0 (z = 2.56)
B. False
C. The answer to this question is beyond 236. Which of the following are true state-
the parameters of my intellectual under- ments? I. Correlation requires that there
standing. are clearly-identified explanatory and re-
sponse variables.II. Scatterplots require
D. I need to study more.
that both variables be quantitative.III. Ev-
233. Some questions be asked from respon- ery least-squares regression line passes
dents on trial basis, if their answers in- through (x , y ).
volve some difficulty these can be re- A. I and II only
framed accordingly .Such testing is called
B. I and III only
A. Cluster Survey
B. Census Survey C. II and III only
C. First hand survey D. I, II, and III

D. Pilot survey E. None of the above

237. How sample method is differ from census 242. Suppose that the Department of Agricul-
method on the basis of cost? ture wishes to investigate the use of pes-
ticides by farmers in California. A sample

A. Sample method enssures the correct-
could be taken by identifying the different
ness of the data
counties in California, and a random sam-
B. Census is less time consuming ple of these counties then be chosen. This
C. It is less expensive would be a
D. It is suitable when universe comprises A. simple random sample

of homogeneous nature B. multi-stage sample
C. cluster sample
238. It is a systematic way to arrange data in
rows or horizontal and column or vertical D. stratified random sample
for easy referencing 243. Is a characteristics that is being studied
A. graph is called
B. line A. Continuous variable
C. pictures B. Qualitative variables
D. table C. Quantitative variables
D. Variable
239. Division of the national income into
E. Discrete variable
wages, profits rents, and interest is called
as- 244. Construct a 98% confidence interval for
A. Distribution the population mean, µ . Assume the pop-
ulation has a normal distribution. A study
B. Consumption of 14 car owners showed that their aver-
C. Investment age repair bill was $192 with a standard
deviation of $8.
D. Exchange
A. ($187.52, $196.48)
240. The factors of production are- B. ($185.03, $198.97)
A. Manager, labour, raw material and C. ($188.38, $195.62)
land
D. ($186.33, $197.67)
B. Machinery, factory, electricity and
labour 245. A researcher studying reaction time of
drivers states that, “A 95% confidence
C. Entrepreneur, land, labour and capital interval for the mean time it takes for a
D. Money, labour, entrepreneur and raw driver to apply the brakes after seeing the
material brake lights on a vehicle in front of him is
1.2 to 1.8 seconds. What are the point
241. is the root of all economic problems estimate and margin of error for this in-
A. scarcity terval?
A. Point estimate = 1.2 seconds; margin
B. Population
of error = 0.6 seconds.
C. High demand
B. Point estimate = 1.2 seconds; margin
D. None of the above of error = 0.3 seconds.

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C. Point estimate = 1.5 seconds; margin tion numbers, and the students associated
of error = 0.6 seconds. with those numbers are asked to take a
survey.What type of sample is this?
D. Point estimate = 1.5 seconds; margin
of error = 0.3 seconds. A. Simple random sampling
B. Systematic random sampling
246. Each student at a school has a student
identification number. Counselors have a C. Cluster random sampling
computer generate 50 random identifica- D. None of the above
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1.20 Plant Physiology
1. bears the pollen B. A series of processes in which solar
A. ovary energy is converted to chemical energy.
B. ovula C. Process by which living cells take in

oxygen and give off Carbon Dioxide.
C. style
D. Study of how these organs function
D. anther and the complex chemical processes that
2. There are two types of Angiosperms; the permit the plant to live, grow and repro-
type of Angiosperm that contain a seed duce.
with two cotyledons.
6. What evolutionary advancements allowed
A. phloem for the tracheophytes such as ferns, pine
B. dicot trees, and rose bushes to grow taller?
C. xylem A. CUTICLES
D. monocot B. VASCULAR TISSUE
C. POLLEN
3. Stomatal movement is not affected by ;
D. SEEDS
A. O2 concentration
B. CO2 concentration 7. these types of plants lose leaves during
C. Light the dormant season
D. Temperature A. wilted
B. deciduous
4. Phosphoenol pyruvate (PEP) is the pri-
mary CO2 acceptor in? C. anciduous
A. C4 plants D. annual
B. C2 plants 8. ROOT HAIRS DEVELOP FROM THE RE-
C. C3 and C4 plants GION OF
D. C3 plants A. MERISTEMATIC ACTIVITY
B. ROOT CAP
5. Transpiration
A. Process by which a plant gives up wa- C. MATURATION
ter vapor to the atmosphere. D. none of above

9. protects the young buds of the flower C. Fatty acids and Proteins
A. stalk D. None of the above

B. pedicel
15. In the absence of oxygen, follows gly-
C. receptacle colysis.
D. ovary A. Kreb cycle
10. Which of the following process creates the B. ETC
most ATP during aerobic cellular respira- C. Fermentation
tion?
D. Calvin cycle
A. Glycolysis
16. Which process directly requires energy?
B. Calvin cycle
C. Electron transport chain A. absorption of minerals in the root
D. Citric acid cycle B. movement of water up the xylem

C. transpiration in the leaves
11. What is the correct term for the large sec-
tion of the leaf where photosynthesis oc- D. movement of sugar in the phloem
curs?
17. The rate at which photosynthesis is carried
A. Leaf Blade out depends on
B. Petiole A. the amount of fertilizer in the water
C. Node B. the amount of oxygen in the atmost-
D. Leaf phere
C. the light intensity, gtemperature, and
12. The first stable product of fixation of at- concentration of carbon dioxide
mospheric nitrogen in leguminous plants
is? D. the amount of respiration carried on
durring the daylight hours
A. NO3-
B. Glutamate 18. Steps of Photosynthesis-
C. Ammonia A. Food is produced, Occurs in cells con-
taining chloroplasts, Energy is stored, Car-
D. NO2-
bon Dioxide is used, Oxygen is released,
13. Photosynthesis is a process Water is used, it occurs in sunlight
A. Catabolic B. Food is produced, Energy is stored,
Oxygen is released, Occurs in cells con-
B. Anabolic
taining chloroplasts, oxygen is released,
C. Exothermic water is used, Carbon Dioxide is used, It
D. None of the above occurs in sunlight
C. Food is produced, Energy is stored, Oc-
14. Light energy captured by photosynthesis curs in cells containing chloroplasts, Oxy-
is used in a plant for the synthesis of gen is released, Water is used, Carbon
A. Carbohydrate Dioxide is used, It occurs in sunlight
B. Carbohydrate, fatty acids and proteins D. none of above

19. Damaging the bark of a tree is bad for the 24. Instead of-CH3 group at the third C of the
tree for all the the following reasons EX- side group of Chl a, Chl b has
CEPT
A. -COOH group
A. bark protects the tree from pathogens
B. -CO group
B. damaged cambium, which is just under
C. -CHO group
the bark, could prevent future growth
C. doing so could damage the phloem and D. -OH group
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affect sugar transport
25. Which of the following is NOT involved in
D. xylem, which is just under the bark, moving water up a plant?
won’t be able to transport water
A. Capillary action made possible by the
20. The photosynthetic pigments are located in tube-shaped cells
B. Transpiration in the leaves, which
A. Thylakoid membrane helps maintain low pressure in the leaves
B. Lumen C. Companion cells pumping water in and
C. Stroma out of the xylem using active transport
D. None of the above D. Casparian Strip in the roots, which

helps maintain high pressure of water in
21. Which of the following is the correct equa- the roots
tion for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
26. The female reproductive cells are found in
A. carbon dioxide + water → oxygen +
the
glucose
A. seed
B. carbon dioxide + glucose + water →
oxygen B. pollen
C. oxygen + water → carbon dioxide + C. ovule
glucose
D. root
D. glucose+ oxygen → water + carbon
dioxide 27. CORTEX IS THE REGION FOUND BETWEEN
22. What is the function of xylem tissue?

A. ENDODERMIS & PITH
A. Transports water and minerals salt
B. ENDODERMIS & VASCULAR BUNDLE
B. Control the opening and closing of
stoma C. EPIDERMIS & STELE
C. Carry out photosynthesis D. none of above
D. Provide support for young plant 28. Which of the following is the stem of the
23. What is #3 in the image leaf?
A. filament A. Petiole
B. stigma B. Leaf Blade
C. style C. Internode
D. anther D. Node

29. #5 is the 35. What is the most common specialized stem

A. stigma used for food?

B. pedicel A. Tuber
B. Fibrous
C. filament
C. Hairy
D. anther
D. Branch
30. Which layer of cells in the leaf conducts the
majority of photosynthesis? 36. Chlorophyll
A. root cells A. Is the substance that gives plant
leaves their green color.
B. pallisade
B. Small membrane bound bodies inside
C. spongy mesophyll the cell that contain the green chlorophyll
D. guard cells pigment.
C. Conversion of Carbon Dioxide.
31. Poison Ivy growing on a tree by touch.
D. Most important life-sustaining pro-
A. Gravitropism
cess.
B. Phototropism
37. The part of the plant that water travels
C. Thigmotropism through.
D. Hydrotropism A. xylem
32. Which organelle does photosynthesis take B. phloem
place in? C. seed
A. Mitochondrion D. stigma
B. Chlorplast
38. The gas produced as a result of Transpira-
C. Cytoplasm tion
D. Nucleus A. Carbon dioxide
33. what are the elements that are essential B. Water vapour
for plant growth? C. Oxygen
A. iron zinc and boron D. Air
B. copper iron and nitrogen 39. What is neutral on the pH scale
C. nitrogen phosphorus and potassium A. 5
D. nitrogen potassium and calcium B. 7
34. What is pH? C. 8
A. the sweetness of plants D. 12
B. the sourness of plants 40. Which types of plants produce asexually
C. The measure of how acid/basic the with spores?
water is A. mosses & gymnosperms
D. The measure of gasses in the air B. mosses & angiosperms

C. angiosperms & gymnosperms C. tap root

D. mosses & ferns D. root cap
41. What two materials are needed for photo- 46. This spreads out underground
synthesis? A. taproot
A. Water and soil. B. root hairs
B. Carbon dioxide and water. C. root cap
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C. Carbon dioxide and chlorophyll. D. fibrous root
D. Peanut butter and jelly.
47. Photosynthesis is carried out in the
42. P680 is part of while P700 is part of A. palisade cells
B. stoma
A. Calvin Cycle / Photosystems II and I C. xylem
B. Photosystem II / Photosystem I D. phloem
C. Photosystems II and I / Calvin Cycle
48. Fruit and leaf drop at early stages can be
D. Photosystem I / Photosystem II prevented by the application of;
43. What are the steps of Respiration? A. Ethylene
A. Food is used for plant energy, Occurs B. Auxins
in all cells, Energy is released, Oxygen is C. Gibberellic acid
used, Carbon Dioxide is produced, Water
is produced, It occurs in light and dark D. Cytokinins
B. Food is used for plant energy, Energy 49. Plant nutrition is

is released, Occurs in all cells, Oxygen is A. plant food added to the plant pot
used, Water is produced, Carbon Dioxide
B. use of basic chemical elements in the
is produced, It occurs in light and dark
plant
C. Food is used for plant energy, Energy
C. chemical process providing plants
is released, Occurs in all cells, Water is
with elements of growth
produced, Oxygen is used, Carbon Dioxide
is produced, It occurs in light and dark D. the measurement of acidity (sourness)
and alkalinity (sweetness)
D. none of above
50. What is the best words to describe sugar
44. Phytochrome is a
source and sugar sink
A. Glycoprotein A. Both are plants organ and act as stor-
B. Lipoprotein age
C. Chromoprotein B. Sugar sink can be either roots, fruit or
D. Flavoprotein mature leaves and sugar source is shoots
C. Sugar source is where sugar enters
45. This is long and moves deep into the the phloem and sugar sink is where sugar
ground to get water exits the phloem
A. flower D. Companion tube carry food from a
B. fibrous root sugar source to a sugar sink

51. The waxy waterproof layer on the leaves C. 65-85 degrees F

and some stems of plants is called the D. 85-95 degrees F

A. root
57. What part of the plant does photosynthe-
B. stomata
sis occur?
C. petal
A. roots
D. cuticle
B. leaves
52. This organ is covered in stomata for gas C. flower petals
transfers.
D. pollen
A. Leaf
B. Tree 58. AGE OF A TREE CAN BE ESTIMATED BY
C. Root A. ITS HEIGHT AND GIRTH
D. Stem B. BIOMASS
C. NUMBER OF ANNUAL RINGS
53. In a chloroplast the highest number of pro-
tons are found in; D. none of above
A. Lumen of thylakoids 59. Which of the following is a chlorophyll
B. Inter membrane space molecule lacking central Mg2+ ion?
C. Antennae complex A. Chl a
D. Stroma B. Bacteriochlorophyll
54. During biological nitrogen fixation, inacti- C. Chl c
vation of nitrogenase by oxygen poisoning D. Pheophytin
is prevented by?
A. Carotene 60. YOU ARE GIVEN A FAIRLY ONLY PIECE OF
DICOT STEM AND A DICOT ROOT. WHICH
B. Cytochrome OF THE FOLLOWING ANATOMICAL STRUC-
C. Leghaemoglobin TURE WILL YOU USE TO DISTINGUISH BE-
TWEEN THE TWO?
D. Xanthophyll
A. SECONDARY XYLEM / PHLOEM
55. What structure helps to anchor the plant
in the soil? B. PROTOXYLEM
A. leaf C. CORTICAL CELLS
B. flower D. none of above

C. stem 61. What is the junction of the stem and peti-
D. root ole called?
A. Node
56. Photosynthesis will work best in which
temperature range B. Internode
A. 50-60 degrees F C. Stem
B. 60-70 degrees F D. Axillary Bud

62. What type of cells makes leaves some- 67. Chlorophyll is important in plants because
what flexible A. creats an atmosphere where it can de-
A. collenchyma, which are unevenly think termine the osmotic presure
B. parenchyma, which are high in mito- B. allows the plant to make good xylem
chondria needed to change shape tissue
C. Sclerenchyma (scleroid cells) which C. make sit possible for plants to grow
are gritty D. it takes carbon dioxide and makes oxy-
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D. Sclerenchyma, which have think cell gen
walls high in lignin 68. Which part of the plant attracts bees and
other insects to aid in pollination?
63. the plant is swollen and filled with mois-
ture A. Flower
A. camphid B. Fruit
B. turgid C. Leaf Blade
C. turgor D. Node
D. wilted 69. How is pith and cortex ground tissue dif-

ferent.
64. VASCULAR BUNDLE IN MONOCOTYLE-
A. pith is external to the vascular tissue
DONS ARE CONSIDERED CLOSED BECAUSE
and cortex is internal to the vascular tis-
sue
A. CAMBIUM IS ABSENT
B. Pith is internal to the vascular tissue-
B. XYLEM IS SURROUNDED ALL AROUND and cortex is external to the vascular tis-
BY PHLOEM sue
C. A BUNDLE SHEATH SURROUNDS EACH C. Pith is a vascular tissue and cortex is
BUNDLE a ground tissue
D. none of above D. Pith is in the ground and cortex is on
the surface
65. Plant cell walls are made of
70. love cool weather
A. petidoglycan
A. dahlia
B. cellulose
B. sweet potato
C. chitin
C. pansies
D. pollen
D. pumplin
66. Which structure contains DNA and controls 71. What occurs in the Calvin Cycle of photo-
the cells processes? synthesis?
A. mitochondria A. nothing happens there is no energy
B. vaculole B. glucose is synthesized from CO2
C. nucleus C. Oxygen is being converted into sugar
D. golgi D. energy is generated in the form of ATP

72. biennial 78. The science and practice of growing field

A. last for two years crops

B. last for one growing season A. forestry
C. last longer than two seasons B. agriculture

D. lasts 10 years C. agronomy
D. horticulture
73. Transpiration also occurs in what?
A. flowers 79. Which structure prepares proteins and
transports them to the golgi?
B. roots
A. golgi
C. stems
B. nucleus
D. leaves
C. chloroplast
74. What is another name for glucose?
D. endoplasmic reticulum
A. Chlorophyll
80. How does Photosystem II create O2?
B. Chloroplasts
C. Stomata A. It reduces H2O into H+ and O
D. Sugar B. O2 is actually generated in the Calvin

Cycle
75. After the green algae ancestor the plant C. It Oxidizes H2O into H+ and O
phylum branches into and
D. Oxygen atoms are assembled in Photo-
A. Non-vascular system II
B. vascular system
81. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS MADE UP
C. seed producing OF DEAD CELLS?
D. Flower and Fruit producing A. COLLENCHYMA
76. “Evergreen plants” is a common name for B. PHLOEM
C. SCLERENCHYMA
A. Nonvascular plants
D. none of above
B. Seedless vascular plants
82. Select ALL plants that reproduce by using
C. Gymnosperms
seeds.
D. Angiosperms
A. Gymnosperms
77. This property of water that allows fluids B. Angiosperms
to travel through narrow structures, such
C. Seedless vascular plants
as the xylem and phloem is which al-
lows capillary action to occur D. Nonvascular plants
A. polarity 83. Which type of meristem is correctly paired
B. a covalent bond with the type of growth it does?
C. cohesion/adhesion A. apical-makes plant wider/thicker
D. a hydrogen bond B. lateral-makes leaves longer

C. axillary-makes new leaves and 89. What is the first process in photosynthe-
branches sis?
D. cambium/intercalary-makes plant A. Photosystem I
taller B. Photosystem II
84. Roots absorb and for plants? C. Calvin Cycle

D. Dark Reactions
A. Water and Nutrients
90. This is plant tissue that conducts nutrients
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B. Soil and Sun
(food) through the plant.
C. Warmth and Water
A. Xylem
D. Soil and Water
B. Phloem
85. What part of the seed helps to protect the C. Photosynthesis
embryo? D. DNA
A. embryo
91. In woody plants the dermal tissue is called
B. seed coat the
C. root A. dermal
D. leaves B. periderm
C. epidermis
86. What is needed to increase surface area to
absorb more water? D. phloem
A. leaves 92. The correct balanced chemical equation for

photosynthesis is
B. stems
A. C6H12O6 CH3CH2O H + CO2+
C. root hairs ATP
D. xylems B. C6H12O6 + 6CO2 6H2O + 6O2
87. Transporting sugar from the leaf down to C. C6H12O6+ 6O2 6CO2 +6H2O +
the roots is done by the ATP
A. xylem D. 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
B. phloem 93. Term for formation of ATP using light en-

ergy in grana of chloroplast
C. cotyledon
A. Adenosine triphosphate
D. pallisade cells
B. Photolysis
88. What are the products of photosynthe- C. Respiration
sis?
D. Photophosphorylation
A. water and carbon dioxide
94. Which structure is made of mature, living,
B. oxygen and glucose fully functioning cells?
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide A. vessel elements of xylem
D. oxygen and water B. sieve tube cells of xylem

C. tracheid cells of phloem 100. Respiration

D. companion cells of phloem A. Process by which a plant gives up wa-

ter vapor to the atmosphere.
95. Which organisms undergo photosynthesis
to meet their nutritional needs? B. A series of processes in which solar
energy is converted to chemical energy.
A. fungi
C. Process by which living cells take in
B. annelids
C. paramecia
D. angiosperms and the complex chemical processes that
permit the plant to live, grow and repro-
96. What is the name for # 9
duce.
A. stalk
B. pedicel 101. Removing the apical bud of a plant will
C. receptacle
A. stop all further growth
D. peduncle
B. promote the production of new axillary
97. Why does chlorophyll make plants appear buds, making the plant bushier
green?
C. make it grow taller, faster
A. Reflecting all colors expect green
D. prevent the plant from getting thicker,
B. Absorbing all colors and reflecting making it floppy
back green
102. Plants store carbohydrates in long
C. Not absorbing any colors
polysaccharide chains called
D. Leaves aren’t green, what do you
A. protein
mean? !
B. cellulose
98. What molecule absorbs sunlight for photo-
synthesis? C. glycogen
A. chloroplast D. starch
B. thylakoid 103. The first root of the embryo is known as
C. grana the
D. chlorophyll A. root hairs
B. radicle
99. Emerson’s enhancement effect and Red
drophave been instrumental in the discov- C. hypocotyl
ery of? D. seed coat
A. Two photosystems operating simulta-
104. branch of science that deals with plant
neously
and animal organisms
B. Photophosphorylation and cyclic elec-
tron transport A. zoology
C. Oxidative photophosphorylation B. biology
D. Photophosphorylation and non-cyclic C. horticulture

electron transport D. botany

105. What do inhibitors do 110. Where does photosynthesis happen in a

plant?
A. speed up fruit ripening
A. Flower
B. stimulate cell division
B. Leaf
C. stimulate cells to promote growth
C. Stem
D. control pests
D. Roots
106. Conversion of glucose to glucose-6- 111. What is the site of perception of photope-
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phosphate, the first irreversible reaction riod necessary for induction of flowering in
of glycolysis, is catalyzed by? plants?
A. Enolase A. Shoot apex
B. Phosphofructokinase B. Leaves
C. Aldolase C. Lateral buds
D. Hexokinase D. Pulvinus
112. The cells on each end of the stomata that
107. name for #6 control the opening and closing are called
A. anther
B. style A. guard cell
C. pedicel B. stomata
D. filament C. petal
D. cuticle
108. Which of these statements is incorrect?
113. After a period of heavy rainfall, how
A. Glycolysis operates as long as it is sup- would plants remove excess water?
plied with NADthat can pick up hydrogen
A. produce more seeds
atoms
B. make more food
B. Oxidative phosphorylation takes place
in outer mitochondrial membrane C. drop their leaves
D. open their stomata
C. Glycolysis occurs in cytosol
D. Enzymes of TCA cycle are present in 114. Which structure controls what enters and
mitochondrial matrix leaves the cell?
A. cell wall
109. Chloroplasts B. nucleus
A. Essential to the process. C. plasma membrane
B. Small membrane bound bodies inside D. golgi
the cell that contain the green chlorophyll
pigment. 115. #4 consists of
A. stigma and anther
C. Most important life-sustaining pro-
cess. B. filament and anther
D. All living cells carry on the process of C. ovary and stigma
repiration D. sepal and stigma

116. World Ozone Day is celebrated on ; 122. Which is the equation for Respiration?
A. 16th September A. Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon Dioxide

B. 22nd April + Water + Heat
C. 21st April B. 6CO2 + 12H2O = C6H12O6 + 6O2 +

6H20
D. 5th June
C. C2H12O6 +6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O +
117. What is the process where living cells Heat
take in oxygen and give off carbon diox- D. Carbon Dioxide + Water = Glucose +
ide? Oxygen + Water
A. Oxygen
123. the stalk of the pistil
B. Photosynthesis
A. pedicel
C. Cellular Respiration B. style
D. Carbon Dioxide C. filament
118. Plants are both & D. anther
A. multicellular & eukaryotic 124. What are the small, green leaf-like struc-
B. unicellular & eukaryotic tures that protect the flower when it is a
bud?
C. multicellular & prokaryotic
A. Seeds
D. unicellular & prokaryotic
B. Pollen
119. What is the pH range for alkaline soil? Is
C. Petals
it considered sweet or sour?
D. Sepals
A. sweet
B. 8-14 125. To express the relationship between the
number of molecules reacting with the
C. sour number of photons absorbed, the concept
D. 6-0 of was introduced.
120. Which term is the part of photosynthesis A. Quantum efficiency

when light energy is captured and trans- B. Photon analysis
ferred to a molecule, such as ATP? C. Quantum mechanism
A. light-independent reactions D. Quantum Yield
B. cellular respiration
126. Which statement best describes pollina-
C. light-dependent reactions tion?
D. photosynthesis A. The transfer of pollen grains form the
anther to the pistil
121. The source of Oxygen in photosynthesis
B. The transfer of pollen grains from the
A. Water pistil to the anther
B. Air C. The transfer of pollen grains from the
C. Carbon dioxide pistil to the stamen
D. Soil D. A bee coming to a flower for nectar

127. Which of the following is NOT external C. stigma

factors affecting transpiration D. filament
A. Temperature
133. Which of the following is not internal fac-
B. Wind and air movement tors affecting transpiration
C. Relative humidity A. Plant cuticle
D. Rain B. Number of stomata
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128. Which of the following biomolecules is C. Temperature
common to respiration-mediated break- D. Number of leaves
down of fats, carbohydrates, and pro-
teins? 134. What plant tissue transports material be-
tween the root and the shoot of the plant
A. Fructose 1-6 bisphosphate
A. Ground tissue
B. Pyruvic acid
B. Apical tissue
C. Acetyl CoA
C. dermal tissue
D. Glucose 6-phosphate
D. Vascular tissue
129. Which part of a plant absorbs sunlight?
135. Four important steps plants went
A. Flower
through were:(IN ORDER)
B. Leaf
A. seeds, vascular tissues, flowers,
C. Stem movement to land
D. Roots B. movement to land, vascular tissues,
seeds, flowers
130. #7 is made up of
C. flowers, movement to land, vascular
A. filament and anther tissues, seeds
B. style and stigma D. vascular tissues, seeds, movement to
C. style and anther land, flowers
D. filament and stigma 136. The cambium is a section of cells in a plant
that can become either part of the xylem
131. How is collenchyma and sclerenchyma tis-
or phloem, depending on the growth and
sue similar?
needs of the plant. If the cambium of a par-
A. They both provide protection for the ticular plant was damaged, what would be
plant the most likely effect on the plant?
B. They both transport material through- A. The plant would lose its ability to carry
out the plant out photosynthesis.
C. They both provide support B. The plant would have uncontrolled
D. They both provide energy for the plant growth.
C. The plant would not experience any
132. grains containing the male sex cells change in physiology.
A. anther D. The plant would not be able to trans-
B. pollen port nutrients and water.

137. What is the cotyledon’s job? D. The process plants use to turn choco-
A. feed the seed late and milk into chocolate milk.

B. protect the seed 143. The process which makes major differ-
C. reproduction ence between C3 and C4 plants is ;
D. it has no function A. Calvin cycle
138. THE VASCULAR CAMBIUM NORMALLY B. Photorespiration

GIVES RISE TO C. Respiration
A. PRIMARY PHLOEM D. Glycolysis
B. SECONDARY XYLEM
144. Vascular tissue not only transports mate-
C. PERIDERM
rial it also
D. none of above
A. protects the plant
139. In photosynthesis, the light independent B. supports the plant structurally
reactions takes place at:
C. transports minerals
A. Photosystem-II
D. transports energy
B. Stromal matrix
C. Thylakoid lumen 145. Emerson’s enhancement and red drop
D. Photosystem-I have been instrumental in the discovery of
A. Photophosphorylation and non-cyclic
140. Which part of a plant attracts pollinator
electron transport
like birds and butterflies?
A. Flower B. Two photosystems operating simulta-
neously
B. Leaf
C. Photophosphorylation and cyclic elec-
C. Stem tron transport
D. Roots
D. Oxidative phosphorylation
141. The fluid like substance found inside the
chloroplast is called 146. Where does the Calvin Cycle occur?
A. Cytoplasm A. thylakoid
B. Stroma B. stroma
C. Thykloids C. lumen
D. Cell Wall D. mitochondria
142. What is photosynthesis? 147. THE MORPHOLOGICAL NATURE OF THE
A. The process plants use to turn carbon EDIBLE PART OF COCONUT IS
dioxide and water into food. A. COTYLEDONS
B. The process plants use to chlorophyll
B. ENDOSPERM
and sunlight into air.
C. PERICARP
C. The process plants use to turn sunlight
and chlorophyll into soil. D. none of above

148. Plant Physiologists are responsible for A. 1900

studying and researching what? B. 1890
A. process of plant development C. 1920
B. how respiration works D. 1892
C. process of plant growth and develop-
ment 154. which of the following is a reactant to
photosynthesis?
D. how photosynthesis works
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A. Oxygen
149. Attracts animals that help the parent B. Carbohydrates
plant with seed dispersal
C. Glucose
A. pollen
D. Water
B. leaves
C. stems 155. Rate of photosynthesis does not depend
upon
D. fruits
A. Quality of Light
150. The process through which plants leaves, B. Intensity of Light
stems and roots consume oxygen and give
off carbon dioxide is? C. Duration of light
A. absorption D. Temperature
B. translocation 156. What is the function of phloem tissue?

C. respiration A. Transport water and minerals
D. photosynthesis B. Support plants
151. Plants need carbon dioxide from their en- C. Photosynthesis process occur
vironment to produce glucose during which D. Transports glucose and other nutri-
stage of photosynthesis? ents
A. The light-dependent stage 157. What structure uses light to do photosyn-
B. The light-independent stage (The thesis?
Calvin Cycle) A. vacuole
C. The electron transport chain B. mitochondria
D. ATP formation C. chloroplast
152. is a stack of thylakoids D. nucleus
A. Granum 158. A rise of 10◦ C up to the Optimum tem-
B. Stomata perature (35◦ C) the rate of photosyn-
C. Stroma thesis.
D. Chloroplast A. Doubles
B. Reduces
153. Citrus growers and the U.S. Horticultural
Research Laboratory have been studying C. Multiplies
the disease citrus blight since what year? D. Stabilizes

159. There are 3 types of transpiration except 165. Animals store carbohydrates as the
A. Cuticular transpiration molecule called Question Blank 1 of 1

B. Stomatal transpiration A. glycogen
C. Lenticular transpiration B. starch
D. Chlorophyll transpiration C. protein
160. What pigment absorbs sunlight for pho- D. cellulose
tosynthesis?
A. chloroplast 166. A plant in your garden avoids photores-
piratory losses, has improved water use
B. thylakoid efficiency, shows high rate of photosyn-
C. grana thesis at high temperatures and has im-
D. chlorophyll proved efficiency of nitrogen utilisation.
In which of the following physiological
161. This is a tissue in plant stems and roots. groups would you assign this plant?
It transports water and minerals upwards
from the roots to the stem, via capillary A. C4
action. B. CAM
A. Xylem C. Nitrogen fixer
B. Phloem
D. C3
C. Photosynthesis
D. Oxygen 167. Which is the equation for photosynthe-
sis?
162. Contains the male reproductive cells of
the plant A. Carbon Dioxide + Water = Glucose +
Oxygen + Water
A. hypocotyl
B. C2H12O6 + 6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O +
B. radical
Heat
C. pollen
C. 6CO2 + 12H20 = C6H12O6 + 6O2 +
D. ovule 6H20
163. What part of the leaf is responsible for D. Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon Dioxide
gas exchange? + Water + Heat Energy
A. pallisade cells
168. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FACILITATES
B. spongy mesophyll
OPENING OF STOMATAL APERTURE?
C. cotyledon
A. DECREASE IS TURGIDITY OF GUARD
D. stomata and guard cells
CELL
164. Helps fruit ripen B. RADIAL ORIENTATION OF CELLULOSE
A. Auxin CELL WALL OF GUARD CELL
B. Gibberellin C. CONTRACTION OF OUTER WALL OF
C. Cytokinins GUARD CELL
D. Ethylene D. none of above

169. Select ALL examples that are matched B. NADH

correctly. C. Oxygen
A. Nonvascular plants » moss D. ATP
B. Seedless vascular plants » fern
175. The life cycle of plants that lives more
C. Gymnosperms » cherry tree
than two years
D. Angiosperms » rose
A. biannual
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170. name #10 B. biennial
A. petal C. annual
B. pedicel D. perinneal
C. sepal
176. If you found a pinecone, it would be from
D. pistil a?
171. Photosynthesis A. angiosperm
A. A series of processes in which solar B. gymnosperm
energy is converted to chemical energy. C. monocot
B. Process by which living cells take in D. dicot
C. Process by which a plant gives up wa- 177. The study of functions and the complex
ter vapor to the atmosphere. chemical processes that allow plants to
grow is known as
and the complex chemical processes that A. plant taxonomy
permit the plant to live, grow and repro- B. plant physiology
duce.
C. plant nutrition
172. Water soluble pigment found in plant cell D. photosynthesis
vacuoles are;
178. Which of the following best describes
A. Chlorophylls
plants called gymnosperms?
B. Carotenoids
A. Non-vascular, seedless, flowering
C. Anthocyanins
B. Non-vascular, seeds, non-flowering
D. Xanthophylls
C. Vascular, seedless, flowering
173. this plant loves the warm season D. Vascular, seeds, non-flowering
A. spinach
179. Process in which food substances are
B. broccoli moved to the rest of plant by phloem is
C. poinsettia known as
D. pansy A. transpiration
174. Which of the following is not a product of B. respiration

light reaction of photosynthesis? C. photosynthesis
A. NADPH D. translocation

180. Transpiration occurs mainly through 186. What effect does citrus blight have on cit-
A. flower bud rus trees.

B. epidermis A. kills them
C. cuticle B. helps the tree produce more fruit
D. stomata
C. renders a tree worthless for fruit pro-
181. What’s the temperature range of photo- duction and kills them
synthesis? D. does stuff
A. 60-80
B. 70-80 187. What is the region of rapid cell division
(growth) in plants?
C. 65-85
D. 75-85 A. Guard
182. What tissue type defends the plant from B. Stomata

physical damage and pathogens? C. Xylem
A. Ground tissue
D. Meristem
B. Protective tissue
C. Vascular tissue 188. Photosynthesis occurs in which of the
D. Dermal tissue cell’s organelles?
183. Promotes cell division and prevents A. leaf

senescence (cell breakdown) B. chloroplast
A. Gibberellin
C. cytoplasm
B. Auxin
D. mitochondria
C. Cytokinins
D. Ethylene 189. Which of the following is a water soluble
pigment?
184. What are the words above and below
the equal sign of the photosynthesis equa- A. Chl a
tion?
B. Chl b
A. Light Energy, Chlorophyll
B. Chlorophyll, Light Energy C. Carotenoids
C. Glucose, Water D. Phycobilins

D. Water, Glucose
190. Where do the light-dependent reactions
185. What substance is made through photo- occur?
synthesis and is food for the plant?
A. thylakoid membrane
A. chlorophyll
B. stroma
B. chloroplast
C. glucose C. mesophyll
D. dextrose D. mitochondria

191. It takes a very long time for pineapple B. carbon dioxide

plants to produce flowers. Which combi- C. oxygen
nation of hormones can be applied to artifi-
cially induce flowering in pineapple plants D. hydrogen
through the year to increase yield? 197. -Allows the light to pass into the
A. Gibberellin and Abscisic acid leaf-protects the leaf from losing water-
B. Cytokinin and Abscisic acid contains waxes that resist the movement
of water into and out of the cell
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C. Auxin and Ethylene
A. cuticle
D. Gibberellin and Cytokinin
B. guard cell
192. Plants are which means they make C. xylem
their own food.
D. phloem
A. heterotrophs
198. Conversion of glucose into starch and
B. chemotrophs
other chemicals
C. autotrophs
A. Polymerization.
D. liveotrophs
B. Phosphorylation
193. How do we call plants that have seeds, C. Photosynthesis
flowers and fruit? D. Photolysis
A. Nonvascular plants
199. Which type of transpiration have maxi-
B. Seedless vascular plants mum loss of water (80-90% total water
C. Gymnosperms loss)
D. Angiosperms A. Cuticular transpiration
194. A MAJOR CHARACTERISTIC OF MONO- B. Stomatal transpiration

COT ROOT IS THE PRESENCE OF C. Leaf transpiration
A. SCATTERED VASCULAR BUNDLES D. Guard cell transpiration
B. VASCULATURE WITHOUT CAMBIUM 200. If your seedling had 1 cotyledon in the
C. OPEN VASCULA BUNDLE seed embryo, it would be called a what?
D. none of above A. dicot
B. monocot
195. Angiosperms (flowering plants) produce
both a seed and a to nourish the seed. C. fern
A. nut D. gymnosperm
B. spore 201. Which statement is wrong about Kreb’s
C. fruit cycle?
D. cone A. There is one point in the cycle where
FAD+ is reduced to FADH2
196. What gas is released by plants during B. During conversion of succinyl CoA to
photosynthesis? succinic acid, a molecule of GTP is synthe-
A. sulfur sised

C. The cycle starts with condensation of C. petal

acetyl group (acetyl CoA) with pyruvic acid
D. cuticle
to yield citric acid

D. There are three points in the cycle 203. What is significance of transpiration
where NAD+ is reduced to NADH + H+
A. Maintenance of turgidity
202. The tiny opening on the plant that lets air
in and holds water in is called the B. Helps in gaseous exchange
A. guard cell C. Cooling effect for plants

B. stomata D. All of the above

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