Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE

Sorsogon Campus

FINAL EXAMINATION in ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Name: _______________________________Yr & Sec: _______________ Date: ________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter that corresponds to your best answer.

1. What two factors are most important in biome distribution?

a. Temperature and latitude
b. Rainfall and temperature
c. Latitude and rainfall
d. Temperature and soil type
2. When the density of a growing population surpasses the carrying capacity of its environment,
the organisms will
a. Stop reducing until the population size degreases
b. Reduce the number of offspring per female in the population
c. Begin to die faster than new ones are produced
d. Go extinct
3. Conservation hotspots are best described as
a. areas with large numbers of endemic species, in many of which species are disappearing
rapidly.
b. areas where people are particularly active supporters of biological diversity.
c. islands that are experiencing high rates of extinction.
d. areas where native species are being replaced with introduced species
4. Which biome grows tropical grassland with scattered individual trees and large herbivores?
a. Savanna c. Desert
b. Tundra d. Taiga
5. To effectively address the biodiversity crisis, the protection of individual species
a. must be used in concert with a principle of ecosystem management and restoration.
b. is a sufficient management approach that merely needs to be expanded to more
species.
c. has no role to play in addressing the biodiversity crisis.
d. usually conflicts with the principle of ecosystem management.
6. The richest and very productive ecosystems on land which typically require 150 to 450 cm of
rain per year and high temperature
a. Boreal forests
b. Tropical forests
c. Deciduous Forests
d. Evergreen Forests
7. What is it called the narrow zone in ponds and lakes where the temperature of the water
changes rapidly?
a. Profundal b. Thermocline c. Littoral d. Limnetic
8. Why are wetlands important to the environment?
a. remove excess nutrients from runoff before it empties into rivers or lakes.
b. provide a safe, lush habitat for many species of animals.
c. store excess water from floods
d. all of the above
9. Which is considered as the coldest of all the biomes and has a low productivity because of short
growing season?
a. Tundra c. Cold Dessert
b. Taiga d. None of the above
10. What is the characteristic of the temperate grassland that help the plants survive drought,
wildfires and extreme heat and cold?
a. Lose their leaves during winter
b. Have deep roots
c. Undergo seed dormancy when the environment is unfavorable
d. All of the above
11. Climate is _______________, whereas weather is _______________.
a. the conditions of the habitat from day to day, the average weather in an area over a
long period of time.
b. the conditions of the atmosphere from day to day, the average weather in an area over
a long period of time.
c. the average weather in an area over a long period of time, the conditions of the
atmosphere from day to day.
d. the average weather in an area over a long period of time, the conditions of the habitat
from day to day.
12. What type of threat rate facing species whose population is very thinly populated on a wide
geographical area affecting their natural reproduction?
a. Vulnerable species c. Rare species
b. Endangered species d. none of these
13. Which best describes the relationship between climate and biodiversity?
a. As climate determines the animals in an ecosystem, it directly influences the biodiversity
of a biome.
b. As climate determines the plants in an ecosystem, it also influences the biodiversity of a
biome.
c. As climate determines plant growth, it also directly influences the biodiversity of a
biome.
d. As climate determines plant growth, it also changes the biodiversity of a biome.
14. The pollution which is not a persistent harm to life supporting system
a. Water pollution c. noise pollution
b. Air pollution d. radiation pollution
15. What is the most common distribution pattern within a population?
a. regular b. random c. clumped d. none of the above
16. Which of the following is not an outcome of high population density?
a. Toxic waste accumulation c. predators tend to ignore prey that is overabundant

b. Mortality increase d. reproduction reduction

17. What is the size of the human population today?
a. over 10 billion c. less than 2 billion
b. over 7 billion d. almost 6 billion
18. Which is an example of a biomass?
a. wind c. trees
b. Solar d. water
19. Over the years, oil and gas companies have made us believe we are running out of oil. What
could be one reason why they are telling us this?
a. To make us use less gas in our cars.
b. So car companies will make electric cars.
c. In order to tell us they are going out of business soon.
d. So government will allow them to drill in more areas
20. Why is biomass still an important energy resource today?
a. There is a lot of it and it is easy to get to.
b. Many people don't have access to other energy resources.
c. It is easy to replant and grow new biomass resources.
d. It keeps lumberjacks employed.
 21. What are the types of deserts?
a. Coastal, Antarctic, and hot and dry deserts
b. Cold, Sahara, Gobi, and Pacific deserts
c. Hot and dry, coastal, cold, semiarid deserts
d. Semiarid, Pacific, Australian deserts
22. What type of tundra is located on mountains throughout the world at high altitude where trees
cannot grow?
a. Arctic tundra c. Antarctic tundra
b. Alpine tundra d. Alaskan tundra
23. What forest is where moisture is limited and they are often occupied by conifers?
a. Evergreen Forest c. Deciduous Forest
b. Boreal Forest d. Tropical Forest
24. What percentage do aquatic biomes make up the biosphere?
a. 75% of the Earth’s surface c. 75% of the Asia’s surface
b. Nearly 75% of the Earth’s surface d. Nearly 75% of the Eurasia’s surface
25. Savannas that are caused by soil conditions and that are not entirely maintained by fire are
called
a. edaphic savannas c. Steppes
b. Climatic savannas d. Derived savannas
26. Substances that activate the immune system in which they are recognized as foreign by white
blood cells.
a. Antibodies b. antigens c. allergens d. sick building syndrome
27. These chemicals or other factors that specifically cause abnormalities during embryonic growth
and development like alcohol, marijuana, caffeine and etc.
a. Mutagens b. teratogens c. toxic d. carcinogens
28. The type of gene which is entirely absent in cancer cells which prevents the development of
many mutated cells because it monitors the integrity of DNA, checking that it is undamaged
a. p51 gene b. p52 gene c. p53 gene d. p54 gene
29. The greenhouse effect is caused by…
a. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing solar radiation
b. Greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere absorbing radiation from the Earth's
surface, and preventing much of it escaping into space
c. Too much heat in the atmosphere
d. Too much sunshine reaching Earth
30. Which of these greenhouse gases is most abundant in the atmosphere?
a. Carbon dioxide b. Methane c. Nitrous oxide d. Water vapour
31. Which of these natural events affect the climate?
a. Thawing permafrost c. Volcanic eruptions
b. The path of the Earth around the sun d. All of the above
32. What greenhouse gas was not present in the atmosphere in pre-industrial times (before 1750)?
a. Trichlorofluoromethane b. Carbon dioxide c. Nitrous oxide d. Methane
33. Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?
a. Agriculture b. Transport c. Forestry d. Energy supply
34. What are the 3 fossil fuels?
a. coal, oil, uranium c. natural gas, oil, coal
b. coal, hydroelectric, oil d. petroleum, oil, coal
35. It is designed to protect the environment like our water, air, biodiversity and public health.
a. rules b. regulations c. policy d. amendment

III. IDENTIFICATION. Write your answer on the space provided.

_______________ 36. Sets no limits to population increase and having a distinct shape when
graphed over time.
_______________37. The pattern of spacing among the individuals within the area is even.
_______________ 38. Nuclear power is the energy created from which element.
_______________ 39. Secondary ecological event of factors that influence death rate, it is related
climate or weather such as wildfires.
_______________ 40. The layer of permanently frozen subsoil, consisting mostly of gravel and finer
material.
_______________ 41. A serious disruption of the functioning of a community/society involving
widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss and impacts, which exceeds the ability of
the affected community to cope using its own resources.
_______________ 42. Type of a coping mechanism which is to make an effort to deal with an imminent
danger.
_______________ 43. Another type of a coping mechanism which is to make an effort to deal with an
on – going crisis or one that had already happened
_______________ 44. The graph of Logistic growth can be described as a
_______________ 45. It focuses on factors that cause disease, including elements of the natural, social,
cultural, and technological worlds in which we live.
________________46. The number or biomass of animals that can be supported in a certain area
of habitat.
________________47. Type of dessert where summer are moderately long and dry, and like hot
deserts, the winters normally bring low concentrations of rainfall.
________________ 48. A disease-causing organism afflict humans, including viruses, bacteria,
protozoans (single-celled animals), parasitic worms, and flukes.
________________ 49. Those resources which can be replenished in a short period of time like
air, water and sunlight.
________________ 50. A group of similar ecosystems with the same general abiotic factors and
primary producers.

III. Create the policy making cycle and describe each. (10pts.)

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