Chapter Six Assessment

On a biome map, patches representing the same biome tend to occur at similar longitudes.

In aquatic ecosystems, net primary productivity is related to

Water moves toward areas of lower salinity.

A bog is a wetland that

Which ecosystems are considered standing freshwater ecosystems?

Which of the following describes the aphotic zone in an aquatic ecosystem?

High in the mountains, near a river's source, water tends to be cold and oxygen-rich.

Nearly all nutrients present in tropical rain forests are contained in the

What is the extended period of deep, sleeplike inactivity that an animal enters for the winter?

Which of the following describes the frozen underground soil that is found in the tundra?

The vertical movement of cold, nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths to its surface is called

In which of the ocean's zones would you expect to find the ecosystem seen below?

What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water?

Which biome would have the highest net primary production?

Life underwater is greatly affevted by light availability, which is directly related to

Which of the following aquatic ecosystems is NOT a type of wetland?

The mud and muck at the very bottom of any body of water is called the aphotic zone.

According to the passage, which of the following will experience the LEAST amount of temperature variation?

Cold and dry biomes have the highest net primary production.

Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life—both producers and consumers?

Bogs are brackish ecosystems that occur where rivers flow into the ocean.

What ocean zone begins at the edge of the continental shelf and then extends outward into deeper water?

A material, like water, that requires a large amount of energy to raise its temperature has a

Which of the following terms describes the net amount of organic matter that an ecosystem or biome produces?

Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid," describe

Climatographs are useful tools in describing a biome's climate. They typically show patterns in annual

Primary consumers convert solar or chemical energy into energy stored in the bonds of organic sugars.

Weather describes the average conditions of an area over long periods of time.

Which of the following types of organisms experience seasonal loss of leaves as an adaptation to their climate?

Ecologists tend to divide the photic zone of lakes and ponds based on distance from the bottom.