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SCIENCE 8
QUARTER 3 SUMMATIVE TEST 4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Directions: Write the letter of your answer on the space provided. USE CAPITAL
LETTERS ONLY. (20 points)

1. When do bacteria are essential?

A.combustion B. photosynthesis C. nitrogen fixation D. evaporation
2. Which of the following statements about cycles of matter is true?
A. Matter is lost in each cycle.
B. Human activity has little or no impact on cycles.
C. Each cycle involves evaporation and condensation.
D.Matter is moved between the physical environment and living organisms.
3. Water changes from a liquid to a vapor during .
A. precipitation B. respiration C. evaporation D. decomposition
4. Drinking after running on a hot day replaces water lost through .
A. condensation B. respiration C. transpiration D. combustion
5. Water that seeps into the ground, where it is stored in underground caverns or in porous rock, is called
.
A. runoff B. deposition C. ground water D. lakes
6. Organisms need nitrogen to .
A. breathe C. break down carbon molecules
B. build proteins and DNA D. build sugar
7. When fungi and bacteria decompose organic matter, they return to the environment.
A. oxygen B. nitrogen C. carbon D. both B and C
8. Approximately 91 percent of the Earth’s falls on the ocean.
A. nitrogen B. water C. carbon D. precipitation
9. What is the source of carbon in fossil fuels?
A. combustion and respiration C. the buried remains of long-dead organisms
B. carbon captured during nitrogen fixation D. carbon dioxide in ground water
10. Carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere in increasing quantities, causing it to hold heat.
These causes .
A. the temperature of land to rise. C. global warming
B. the temperature of the ocean to rise D. all of the above
11. Which action can have the greatest impact on reducing the threat of global warming?
A. composting B. reducing C. recycling D. planting a tree
12. Why should we care about the rainforests?
A. They provide or nurture biodiversity. C. They are a source for medicines and other chemicals.
B. They are sources of food and other resources. D. All of the above.
13. What is generally agreed upon as being the greatest threat to our wildlife resources?
A. global warming B. habitat loss C. ozone depletion D. pollution
14. What is global warming?
A. The normal temperature fluctuations of the Earth’s climate cycle
B. The melting of the polar ice caps
C. The trend of increasing temperatures on Earth
D. The changes in Earth’s biosphere that affect the atmosphere
15. What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?
A. the same temperature B. too cold to live
C. a little cooler than it is now D. a little warmer than it is now
16. What is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on Earth?
A. Habitat destruction C. Loss of drinking water
B. Decrease in food supply D. Pollution
 17. The trend of increasing global temperatures is known as
A. global warming B. ozone layer
C. greenhouse effect D. acid rain
18. Which is an advantage of using crop rotation over using fertilizer to add nutrients to the soil?
A. The same crops can be planted every year. C. Crop rotation uses less water.
B. Soil nutrients are renewed naturally. D. It reduces the need for additional landfills
19. Fertilizers flowing into the lake can cause the rapid growth of algae. How does the rapid growth of the
algae affect the ecosystem of the lake?
A. It attracts more birds and other wildlife to the lake.
B. It prevents the loss of habitats for fish and other organism.
C. It causes a rapid increase in the population of fish in the lake.
D. It causes a rapid increase in the population of plants in the lake.
20. Which of the following is NOT a way to prevent extinction?
A. preserving natural areas C. breeding endangered animals in captivity
B. keeping endangered animals as pets D. reintroducing endangered animals to nature

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