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Ecology is |
The study of how living things interact with each other and with their environment |
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Examples of abiotic factors include |
Sunlight, soil, and water |
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Which of the following mainly determine a habitats features? |
Temperature and rainfall |
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Energy enters most ecosystems in the form of |
Sunlight |
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Examples of producers include |
Plants, algae, and cyanobaxteria |
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Which statement best explains the relationship between decomposers and producers? |
Producers use the molecules that decomposers release back to the environment |
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which statement best explains the relationship between a food chain and a food web |
A food web includes many intersecting food chains |
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Which organism would occupy the 4th trophic level |
Bald eagle |
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I'm practically how much energy is passed between trophic levels |
10% |
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Which group of organisms would have the greatest biomass |
All the producers in an ecosystem |
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Which of the following best describes the biogeochemical cycles |
They cycle elements through the biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem |
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Which of the following are part of the water cycles? (1) transpiration (2) precipitation (3) sedimentation |
1 and 2 |
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Which is the correct order of events of the water cycle |
Transpiration - condensation precipitation - runoff |
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In the carbon cycle, autotrophs |
Remove carbon from the atmosphere during photosynthesis |
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Nitrogen |
All of the above |
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Nitrogen fixation |
all of the above |
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Which statement is correct about the carbon cycle (1) cellular respiration releases carbon into the Atmosphere (2) ocean water can dissolve carbon from the Atmosphere (3)volcanic eruptions releases carbon into the Atmosphere (4) burning fossil fuels release carbon into the Atmosphere |
1, 2 and 3 |
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Which statement best describes a biome |
A biome is a group of similar ecosystems with the same general abiotic factors and primary producers |
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Examples of terrestrial biome include (1) tundras (2)temperate forests and grasslands (3)tropical forests and grasslands (4)lakes and ponds |
1,2 and 3 |
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Climate is usually described in terms of |
Temperature and moisture |
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Which relationship is correct |
Precipitation increase moisture, evaporation decreases moisture |
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Which biome has the highest biodiversity |
a tropical rainforest |
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Plants have five basic needs, which are? |
Air, warmth, sunlight, water, and nutrients |
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Plants grow best in soil that contains plenty of |
Nutrients and organic matter |
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the relationship between climate and biodiversity can best be described as |
A direct relationship: climate affects biodiversity |
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Which statement is true |
Organisms evolve adaptions that help them survive in the climate of the biome where they live |
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The main limiting factors in an aquatic biome are |
The availability of sunlight and in the concertation of dissolved oxygen and nutrients in the water |
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Which statement about aquatic organisms is correct |
Plankton are tiny aquatic organisms that cannot move on their own |
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The aphotic zone |
Is water deeper than 200 meters |