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Name _______________________________________ Class _______ Date _______________ Chapter 3 Review Sheet 1. The basic units of matter, the smallest units that maintain the chemical properties of an element, are called___________________________ (64) 2. Because of their large size, proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids are together called________________________________ (67) 3. Why is water often called “the universal solvent”? (70) 4. Which sphere of Earth is made of all the rock above and below Earth's surface? (74) 5. The lithosphere is carried on a softer, but still firm, layer of rock called the______________________________(74) 6. Which sphere are humans a part of? (79) 7. The release of water vapor by plants through their leaves is called _____________________ (81) 8. Matter that organisms require for their life processes are called_________________ (83) 9. All material in the universe that has mass and occupies space is called __________________ (64) 10. The central core of every atom, containing particles called protons and neutrons, is called a(n)_____________________ (65) 11. Which of Earth's spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet?(79) 12. Water which returns from the atmosphere to Earth's surface as rain or snow is called ____________________________ (81) 13. Nutrients circulate endlessly throughout the environment in complex cycles called ________________________ (83) 14. Name two common sources of phosphorus? (86) Environmental Science • Chapter 3 Test A 1 Name _______________________________________ Class _______ Date _______________ 15. During the process of nitrogen fixation, nitrogen gas is converted to_____________________ (88) 17. The acidity or basicity of a solution is described by the ____________________ scale. (71) 18. An ___________________ is the negatively charged part of an atom. (65) 19. As the asthenosphere moves, it drags along large plates of crust called ____________________ plates. (77) 20. In ____________________, producers pull carbon dioxide out of their environment and combine it with water in the presence of sunlight. (84) 21. Earth's ____________________ consists of all the planet's living or once-living things and the nonliving parts of the environment with which they interact. (79) 23. In a process called ____________________, the addition of phosphorus to bodies of water can lead to an overgrowth of producers (usually algae). (86) 24. The outermost layer of Earth and the geosphere is known as the_______________. (76) 25. Most of the _____________ on Earth is located in the atmosphere. (87) 26. Draw a diagram of a divergent plate boundary (78) 27. Draw a diagram of a transform plate boundary (78) 28. Draw a diagram of a convergent plate boundary (78). 29. Which type of plate boundary (convergent, divergent, or transform) determines the landform or result below. (78) Earthquake _________________ Volcano ______________ Mountain________________ Environmental Science • Chapter 3 Test A 2 Name _______________________________________ Class _______ Date _______________ 30. What number on the pH scale is considered neutral?(71) ______________________ 31. What number on the pH scale is the most acidic? (71) _________________________ 32. What number on the pH scale is the most basic?(71) __________________________ Write the answer to each question in the space provided. 34. Explain why the water cycle is so important to human life and the natural environment. (81-82) Environmental Science • Chapter 3 Test A 3 Name _______________________________________ Class _______ Date _______________ Environmental Science • Chapter 3 Test A 4