____1. Placing iron filings on a magnet can help you see the _____________.
A. electric field B. electric current C. gravitational field D. magnetic field
___2. Which of the following does not use Earth’s magnetic field?
A. seeds leaving a plant by motion of the wind
B. honeybees finding their hive
C. birds flying south for the winter
D. trout and salmon swimming upstream
_____3. Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A. fossil fuels
B. petroleum
C. cotton
D. plastic
____4. What is heat energy from Earth’s crust called?
A. nuclear energy
B. thermal energy
C. hydroelectric energy
D. geothermal energy
____5. This type of precipitation occurs when air pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels reacts with water in the atmosphere that can pollute water, kill fish and plants and damage soil.
A. polluted rain B. hazardous rain C. acid rain D. distressed rain
____6. What causes ozone depletion?
A. CFCs B. factories burning fossil fuels C. smoking D. car exhaust
___7. What traps heat and keeps Earth warm enough to support life?
A. ozone layer
B. greenhouse effect
C. global warming
D. climate change
_____8. Where do we find the most biodiversity?
A. close to the north pole
B. Canada
C. near the south pole
D. closet to the equator
_____9. An organism that is at risk of becoming endangered in the near future is _______
A. extinct species
B. threatened species
C. captive species
D. endangered species
____10. A species that is brought to a new area as a result of human actions is ____________
A. a captive species B. an alien species C. an introduced species D. a native species