ENED 121

Final Examination
October 16-20, 2015
Name:______________________________________________ Year & Section:___________ Score:____________
Instructor: Mr. Allan E. Bano Jr.
I. Multiple Choice
Read the questions below. Choose the letter of the most correct answer. Write only the letter of your answer. (10
points)
____1. What is the portion of the Earths surface and its atmosphere that can support life?
a. biodiversity
b. biosphere
c. habitat
d. community
____2. What is the term for the variety of life on Earth?
a. habitat
b. ecosystem
c. biodiversity

d. biosphere

____3. What do you call the pattern of weather in a particular area over a set period of time?
a. climate
b. climate change
c. weather
d. bioenergy
____4. What is the term used for the gradual increase in the Earths temperature due to human activities?
a. climate change
b. global warming
c. dumping
d. habitat
____5. What do you call the gases which tend to trap heat radiating from the Earths surface that causes warming in the
lower atmosphere?
a. carbon dioxide
b. methane
c. nitrous oxide
d. greenhouse gases
____6. What do you call the reduction of trees in a forest or wood due to natural forces or human activity such as logging?
a. deforestation
b. reforestation
c. conservation
d. protection
____7. What is the term for the harmful release of oil into the environment, usually through water, that causes risk to the
environment?
a. oil spit
b. oil pollution
c. oil spill
d. municipal waste
____8. What is an air pollution consisting of a fog and a smog?
a. toxin
b. air pollutant
c. smog

d. clog

____9. What do you call the community of organisms that depend on each other and the environment they inhabit?
a. ecosystem
b. habitat
c. population
d. community
___10. What is the term used for the area occupied by a community or species?
a. ecosystem
b. habitat
c. community
d. population
II. Identification
Identify what is meant by each statement. Write your answers on the test booklet. (20 points)
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The fifth largest planet in the solar system.

Percentage amount of water on earth.
Approximate age of the earth.
It is an essential substance for life to exist.
Term used when Earth is closest to the sun at about 91 million miles away.
Imaginary circle that divides the Earth into halves.
Imaginary line through the center of the planet from north pole to the south pole of the globe.
Term used when the Earth is farthest from the sun at about 95 million miles away.
Imaginary lines from north pole to the south pole and vice versa.
Imaginary lines from east to west and vice versa of the globe.
Angle at which the axis is tilted.
Season in the north hemisphere from June to August.
Season in the south hemisphere from June to August.
Season in the north hemisphere from December to February..
Season in the south hemisphere from December to February.
Season in the north hemisphere from September to November.
Season in the south hemisphere from September to November.
Season in the north hemisphere from March to May.
Season in the south hemisphere from March to May.

20. Other name for the Earth coming from the story Goldilocks and the Three little bears.

III. Enumeration. Give what is asked. (20 points)

1-3 Possible causes of Overpopulation
4-8 Possible effects of Overpopulation
9-12 4 main categories of Drought
13-15Possible effects of Famine
16-18Causes of Famine
19-20Causes of Drought
IV. Essay. Answer the questions neatly, legibly, and comprehensively. (20 points)
1. Describe what you can do to help lessen the production of greenhouse gases which we
all know as harmful to the environment.
2. Compare and contrast Famine and Drought in not less than 10 substantial and
comprehensive sentences.

GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS!!!