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Which is the proper order for the FIVE LEVELS that environments are organized into.
Community, Population, Organism, Biome, Ecosystem.
Biome, Organism, Ecosystem, Population, Community.
Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Organism.
Organism, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Biome
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Is This a Biome?
Yes
No
3
What does respiration have to do with the carbon cycle?
It is step three.
It is a type of carbon atom.
It releases carbon into the air.
It turns water into ice.
4
The Carbon Cycle...
Affected by volcanoes
All of the above
Has Combustion through burning fossil fuels
Relies on decomposing organisms
5
What species causes the beginning of primary succesion?
Plants
Lichen
Snails
Deer
6
Which does NOT apply to primary succesion?
begin with weathering, lichen, pioneer species, then successional species
development of communities in area not recently inhabited by life
starts after retreating glacier, volcanic eruption
start with soil and seeds
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What is a stage of the carbon cycle?
Combustion
Photosynthesis
Respiration
All of the above
8
The living factors in an ecosystem
Abiotic
Rebiotic
Biotic
Unbiotic
9
Tropical rain forests can usually be found
all over the world
near the equator
near the Arctic Circle
in the desert
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Which of the following is NOT a good example of a BIOME?
Taiga
Desert
Temperate forest
Mountain range
11
This is the last question of the game, you feel...
good
hungry
URGH
ENERGETIC!!!
12
The struggle between individuals or populations for a limited resource.
Symbiosis
Competition
Fight
Argument
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Which of the following is an example of PARASITISM?
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A hawk eats a fish
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The best tool to show energy passing from ALL organisms in an ecosystem.
Food Line
Food Chain
Food Store
Food Web
15
How do animals survive in a tropical dry forest during the dry season?
They save bottled water for the dry season.
Deciduous animals hibernate.
Animals die off.
Animals migrate or go into estivation, a sleep state.
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The first stage of succesion is
pioneer
competition
rotation
climax
17
Name the Biome.
Polar Ice Cap
Taiga
Woodland/Shrubland
Tundra
18
What is the best definition of a ecological community?
A college where people go to learn more about the world.
Many people living across the world.
Group of populations living in the same place.
One population living in a single spot.
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Name the Biome.
Savanna
Tropical Rainforest
Desert
Woodland
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What is the study of organisms and their environment called?
Ecology
Biology
Psychology
Geology
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A negative result of organisms staying close together.
Can work together to find or catch food.
Difficult for predators to pick out one target.
Easier to find a mate.
More likely to fight with other animals.
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Name one characteristic of the tropical dry forest.
Permafrost
Alternating wet and dry seasons
Deciduous plant life
Nutrient-poor soils
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A group of the same species living in the same area at the same time
Species
Family
Population
Density
24
What biome has permafrost
Temperate rainforests
Grassland
Tundra
Taiga
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Why is the carbon cycle needed?
Because carbon dioxide are needed for animals to breathe in
It's the basis of all organic materials
Because without carbon the Sun would run out of energy
Because carbon is a key element in producing electricity
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What is a grassland?
A big area with sand everywhere.
A small area with no grass, bad for farming.
A big area where food dances.
A big area covered with grass, good for farming.
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What biome am I?
Dessert
Arctic Tundra
Tropical rainforest
Taiga
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Which is INCORRECT for why birds and insects disappear during the winter?
Temperature is too cold
Difficult to find unfrozen water
Too many people active
Little food available
29
Which type of event would lead to secondary succesion?
A forest after a fire
The Formation of a new island from magma
Land after a volcanic eruption covers land in magma
Land after a glacier recedes
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What is the SMALLEST grouping of similar organisms called?
Family
Species
Community
Population
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Name the Biome.
Desert
Woodland
Tropical Rainforest
Savanna
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Tundra is...
Cold area of snow that has plants and some animals
Cold area of ice that has lots of life
Cold area of snow that has plants and nothing else
Cold area of snow that has no life
33
What can lightning do, in terms of the nitrogen cycle?
Make photosynthesis occur faster
Provide great photographs for photographers
Break the triple covalent bond of nitrogen gas
Combust carbon dioxide in the air
34
What are the three stages of the nitrogen cycle?
Combustion, fossilization, feeding
Ammonification, fossilization, runoff
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation
Nitrogen fixation, nitrification, and denitrification.
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What is cohesion?
When water molecules stick to other substances
Cohesion has no been proven to be a scientific law yet
When water molecules stick to each other
When water molecules separate
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abiotic factors of temperate grassland
moderate rainfall
warm winters
cold summers
grass
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How are humans affecting the nitrogen cycle?
Runoff from fertilisers
Forest fires and deforestation
They are not
Mining Waste
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Water vapor is released from liquid water
Evapotranspiration
Transpiration
Evaporation
Precipitation
39
What type of succesion is pictured below?
Primary
Grassland
Secondary
None
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Which of the following is an example of COMMENSALISM?
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
A hawk eats a fish
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
41
Secondary succesion is
succession with a base level of soil
succesion with a base level of phosphorus
succession with a base level of rock
succesion in the primary form
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Which word CANNOT be used to describe a PREDATOR?
Heterotroph
Herbivoire
Carnivoire
Consumer
43
Two organisms cannot occupy the same niche as one of them will eventually die out.
Niche eliminating principle
Competitive exclusion principle
Ruling out principle
Big bang theory
44
Why can't trees grow in Temperate Grassland
It is too wet
All of the above!
The soil is too thin
It is too dry
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All of these are steps in the nitrogen cycle EXCEPT...
Decomposition of dead organic matter
Manifestation
Absorption by plants
Nitrogen fixation
46
What is the main difference between a CONIFEROUS tree and a DECIDUOUS tree
Deciduous trees never loose their leaves seasonally
Coniferous tree never loose their leaves seasonally
Coniferous trees eat meat
Deciduous trees live in very cold places
47
The correct order of water cycle...
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
runoff, precipitation, condensation, evaporation
precipitation, condensation, runoff, evaporation
condensation, runoff, evaporation, precipitation
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Nitrogen fixation is the process in the nitrogen cycle that...
Nitrogen is fixed into the atmosphere
Bacteria in the soil turn nitrogen back into N2 gas
Nitrogen is removed from dead organisms to be used
Bacteria in the roots of plants turn N2 gas into usable form
49
Which choice is NOT a usual reason for competition in nature?
Over anger
Over shelter
Over mates
Over food
50
What plants does a grassland biome have?
Tall trees
Only sands and rocks
Mini trees
Small shrubs
51
Which of the following is an example of MUTUALISM?
A hawk eats a fish
A vulture eats the remains of food after a lion
A tick drinks blood from a dog
A bee drinks nectar and brings pollen to another plant
52
A coniferous forest differs from a tropical dry forest because
It is rainier.
It is cooler.
It is hotter.
It is drier.
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What does adhesion do?
Hydrogen bonding make water molecules stick to certain surfaces
Hydrogen bonding makes water molecules stick strongly to one another
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Which one is a Biome?
Dessert
Rainforest
Tundru
Oceen
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When an organism has adapted to fulfill a specific role in an ecosystem.
Niche
Habitat
Symbiosis
Occupation
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Which of the following is NOT an ABIOTIC factors in an ecosystem?
Plants
Water
Soil
Light
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Burning fuel to produce energy, but also CO2 as a waste
Transpiration
Respiration
Evaporation
Combustion
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How do you call the animal hunted by a carnivore?
Herbivore
Microbe
Human
Prey
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What is SYMBIOSIS?
A jealous relationship
A greedy relationship
A distant relationship
A close relationship
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If lightning strikes in a dry forest, it often causes
Monsoon
Wildfire
Hurricane
Volcanic Eruption
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The physical location that an organism lives
Biome
Habitat
Ecosystem
Niche
