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Duplicate of Introduction to Ecology & Scientific Method
Duplicate of Introduction to Ecology & Scientific Method
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Biology Chapter 3 Miller Levine (and some chapter 1)
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1
Which process brings water out of the ocean?
Transpiration
Precipitation
Evaporation
Evapination
2
To be useful, a hypothesis must be
accurate
testable
a guess
detailed
3
Which of the following would best describe the students at BHS?
Population
Ecosystem
Individaul
Community
4
In the biogeochemical cycle image below, how does the nutrient enter living organisms?
By burning fossil fuels
Through photosynthesis
Animals breathe it in
Through the roots of plants
5
In the biogeochemical cycle image below, how do humans impact the release of the nutrient?
By breathing it in
By burning fossil fuels
Through photosynthesis
By absorbing it into the ocean
6
Nutrients flow through the ecosystem in
Ecological pyaramids
Biogeochemical cycles
Water cycles
Energy pyramids
7
In the image, why are the decomposers off to the side with arrows pointing to them?
3rd Trophic LevelThey are the top predators
They don't interact with the other organisms
Decomposers give energy to the rest of the organisms
They decompose all other organisms
8
All life on earth exists in a region known as
An ecosystem
The biosphere
Ecology
A biome
9
Which of the following levels of organization contains all the rest?
organism
ecyosystem
biome
population
10
The thing that is unique to the phosphorus cycle is that
Phosphorus is only found in plants
Phosphorus is never found in the soil
Phosphorus is taken into plants leaves
Phosphorus never enters the atmosphere
11
Living things do all of the following EXCEPT
breathe
respond to stimuli
are made of cells
maintain homeostasis
12
In the image, the producers could also be known as the
2nd Trophic Level
4th Trophic Level
1st Trophic Level
3rd Trophic Level
13
A student designs an experiment to test whether pill bugs prefer light or dark.
IV = light or dark, DV = preference
IV = preference, DV = light or dark
14
In the image, why are the levels each smaller than the level below it?
Energy is lost as CO2
Energy is lost as heat
The mass of organisms decreases
The organisms become more rare
15
A series of steps where a fish eats a smaller fish, which eats algae is called a
Energy pyramid
Mass pyramid
Food web
Food chain
16
In the nitrogen cycle, how does nitrogen get from the atmosphere into the soil?
Nitrogen fixation by bacteria
Absorbtion by plant roots
Photosynthesis by plants
Denitrification by animals
17
As you go up one trophic level, the amount of energy
All of the other answers are true
lost is lost making heat
that gets passed on is 10%
that gets lost is 90%
18
Autotrophs are organisms that
Rely on other organisms for energy
Consume dead organisms
Obtain energy by eating only plants
Make their own food using sunlight
19
Groups of different species that live together in a defined area make up a(an)
Biosphere
Community
Population
Ecosystem
20
In the image, the secondary consumers could also be known as the
2nd Trophic Level
4th Trophic Level
3rd Trophic Level
Producers
21
Where is inorganic carbon found?
In animals
In plants
In the atmosphere
In fossil fuels
22
The total mass of organisms at each trophic level can be shown in
an energy pyramid
a biomass pyramid
a trophic pyramid
a biogeochemical pathway
23
A scientific law is
an explanation for why something occurs.
a summary of a pattern found in nature.
a rule you have to follow.
something tentative.
24
A controlled variable is
the subjects that aren't given treatment in an experiment.
a variable that stays the same in an experiment.
a variable that the experimenter changes on purpose.
a variable that changes as a result of the experiment.
25
Compared to a food chain, a food web is
More realistic
A way to show trophic levels
Less complex
Shows fewer interactions
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The organisms at the bottom of a food chain or energy pyramid are
producers
sunlight
decomposers
consumers
