Question 1

What is the term for a community of plants and animals interacting with their environment?

Accepted Answer

Ecosystem

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Population

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Habitat

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Biome

Question 2

Which biome is found close to the equator and has high temperatures and rainfall all year?

Accepted Answer

Tropical rainforest

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Temperate forest

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Tundra

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Desert

Question 3

What is the main nutrient store in a tropical rainforest?

Accepted Answer

Biomass

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Atmosphere

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Soil

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Litter

Question 4

What is the term for the clearing of forests for agriculture or urban development?

Accepted Answer

Deforestation

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Reforestation

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Afforestation

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Desertification

Question 5

What is the definition of an adaptation?

Accepted Answer

A feature that helps an organism survive in its environment

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A change in climate

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A behavior learned by humans

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A type of habitat

Question 6

What is the process where nutrients are washed out of the soil by heavy rain in tropical rainforests?

Accepted Answer

Leaching

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Erosion

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Deposition

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Weathering

Question 7

What is permafrost?

Accepted Answer

Permanently frozen ground

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A thin layer of surface ice

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Ice that melts in summer

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Snow that falls all year

Question 8

Why are cold environments considered fragile?

Accepted Answer

They recover slowly from damage

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They are too remote for humans

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They are always frozen

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They lack wildlife

Question 9

Which of the following was not a cause of World War One?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Imperial rivalries and competition for colonies.

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Militarism and the arms race.

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The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

Question 10

In which year did German unification take place?

Accepted Answer

1871

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1866

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1914

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1848

Question 11

Which of the following countries was not a member of the Triple Entente?

Accepted Answer

Germany

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Britain

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France

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Russia

Question 12

How long was the Western Front?

Accepted Answer

400 miles

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50 miles

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1,000 miles

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100 miles

Question 13

Whose assassination in 1914 led to the outbreak of World War One?

Accepted Answer

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Tsar Nicholas II

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

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Gavrilo Princip

Question 14

Which layer of trenches was furthest from the enemy in the trench systems used on the Western Front?

Accepted Answer

Reserve trench

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Communication trench

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Frontline trench

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Support trench

Question 15

How long did the Battle of the Somme last?

Accepted Answer

5 months

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1 month

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1 week

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4 months

Question 16

How many British men signed up for fight by the end of 1914?

Accepted Answer

500,00

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250,000

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2 million

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1 million

Question 17

Morality is the study of...?

Accepted Answer

Right and wrong

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Life and death

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the existence of God

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Beliefs

Question 18

Philosophy means...?

Accepted Answer

love of wisdom

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debating

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belief in God

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love of knowledge

Question 19

Absolute morality means that right and wrong...?

Accepted Answer

stay the same

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aren't real

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change

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are up to you

Question 20

Relative morality means that right and wrong...?

Accepted Answer

change

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come from the law

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stay the same

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are given by God

Question 21

What is the death penalty called?

Accepted Answer

capital punishment

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corporal punishment

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executive punishment

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criminal punishment

Question 22

What do we call a punishment designed to stop people committing that crime?

Accepted Answer

deterrence

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rehabilitation

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retribution

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protection

Question 23

What do we call a punishment designed to make the offender a better person?

Accepted Answer

rehabilitation

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retribution

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protection

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deterrence

Question 24

What do we call an equivalent or returned punishment?

Accepted Answer

retribution

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revenge

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rehabilitation

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deterrence

Question 25

What do we call a punishment designed to keep society safe from a dangerous offender?

Accepted Answer

protection

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deterrence

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retribution

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rehabilitation

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