Global Geo 12: The Planet Earth Test Review

A dormant volcano is an example of a

• natural hazard

• natural disaster

In our solar system, the planet Earth is the only planet that meets the four conditions necessary to sustain life

• True

• False

Match the following

• producer

• eats both plants and animals

• consumer

• able to make its own food through photosynthesis

• herbivore

• has to eat other organisms for food

• decomposer

• eats only plants

• omnivore

• breaks down wastes and dead organisms

Which is NOT an example of a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Nitrous Oxide

• Methane

Earth is...

• an open system

• a closed system

• a "fragile miracle"

• going to die within 100 years

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Renewable Energy

,

(b) Non-Renewable Energy

• tidal

• wind

• most heavily used, especially in poorer countries

• 
  energy that comes from natural sources or processes that are constantly replenished

• better for the long-term health of the planet

• Coal

• solar

• Oil

• a source of energy that has a finite supply capable of being exhausted

According to data from 2017, ​ (a)   produce the most greenhouse gas emissions. ​ (b)   will bear most of the impacts of climate change.

• MDCs
• LDCs
• Developing Nations

An earthquake is an example of a

• natural hazard

• natural disaster

A ___________ can be triggered by an earthquake or underwater volcano.

Where is the ozone layer found?

• Troposphere

• Stratosphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

• Exosphere