ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW PACKAGE
●● The Water Cycle
Answer: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off, transpiration,
infiltration. Humans impact this by storing water in reservoirs, irrigation,
deforestation, and putting chemicals in it
●● Condensation
Answer: The change of state from a gas to a liquid
●● Run off
Answer: The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from
the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
●● Transpiration
Answer: Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
●● Infiltration
Answer: Flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface
, ●● The Carbon Cycle
Answer: The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into
organisms and back again. Humans impact this by burning fossil fuels
and cutting down trees,
●● The Nitrogen Cycle
Answer: The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to
living organisms, and back to the atmosphere. Humans impact this by
altering the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the biosphere.
●● The Phosphorus Cycle
Answer: The movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the
biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks.
●● The Sulfur Cycle
Answer: Cyclic movement of sulfur in various chemical forms from the
environment to organisms and then back to the environment. Humans
impact this by burning coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels which
greatly increases the amount of sulfur in the atmosphere and ocean and
depleted the sedimentary rock sink
●● Where are the four major areas of water storage on Earth?
Answer: Atmosphere, surface water, ground water, and living things
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS FULL REVIEW PACKAGE
●● The Water Cycle
Answer: Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run off, transpiration,
infiltration. Humans impact this by storing water in reservoirs, irrigation,
deforestation, and putting chemicals in it
●● Condensation
Answer: The change of state from a gas to a liquid
●● Run off
Answer: The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from
the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
●● Transpiration
Answer: Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
●● Infiltration
Answer: Flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface
, ●● The Carbon Cycle
Answer: The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into
organisms and back again. Humans impact this by burning fossil fuels
and cutting down trees,
●● The Nitrogen Cycle
Answer: The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to
living organisms, and back to the atmosphere. Humans impact this by
altering the amount of nitrogen that is stored in the biosphere.
●● The Phosphorus Cycle
Answer: The movement of phosphorus atoms from rocks through the
biosphere and hydrosphere and back to rocks.
●● The Sulfur Cycle
Answer: Cyclic movement of sulfur in various chemical forms from the
environment to organisms and then back to the environment. Humans
impact this by burning coal, natural gas, and other fossil fuels which
greatly increases the amount of sulfur in the atmosphere and ocean and
depleted the sedimentary rock sink
●● Where are the four major areas of water storage on Earth?
Answer: Atmosphere, surface water, ground water, and living things
