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ecosystem, food web
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1
Natural fertilizers are
all of the above
made from materials such as plant wastes and animal wastes.
made from materials such as animal wastes.
not chemically altered by humans.
2
Acid rain can impact humans by causing respiratory problems.
true
false
3
Omnivores are producers
false
true
4
This is a picture of
Peterborough plastic garbage patch
Atlantic plastic garbage patch
Pacific plastic garbage patch
Inter-coastal plastic garbage patch
5
Synthetic fertilizers are
manufactured by humans
organic
6
One thing about the Great Pacific Garbage Dump is......
It's 200 meters deep
It's growing
It's half the size of Texas
It's located in the Atlantic
7
Insects and weeds are becoming increasingly resistant to pesticides.
true
false
8
What is a forestry management technique?
photosynthesis
bark pulling
leaf raking
clear cutting
9
The non-living physical and chemical components of an ecosystem are
biotic
factors.
False
True
10
Moss is an abiotic feature
false
true
11
Because of the increasing resistance to pesticides,
farmers need to use higher doses of the pesticide.
water tastes better.
both 1 and 2
farmers need to switch to a different type of pesticide.
12
The carrying capacity
cannot
be altered through natural or human activity
True
False
13
Zone around earth where life can be sustained
lithosphere
atmosphere
biosphere
troposphere
14
............ is a single chain that demonstrates a simple feeding relationship.
food chain
species chain
web chain
feeding chain
15
What is (are) the major reason(s) for habitat loss?
Pollution
deforestation
All the below
building of homes
16
What are all organisms living in the same ecosystem called?
population
species
family
community
17
A sequence of an organism each feeding on the next showing how energy is transferred is called
food chain
food web
grocery store
food court
18
Acid rain can cause the decline of species living in the water.
true
false
19
Insects and weeds are becoming increasingly resistant to pesticides. This means....
farmers need to use higher doses of the pesticides
we need to make pesticides illegal all over Canada
we can no longer kill the insects on the farms
golf courses are looking really bad with all the weeds
20
All the gases surrounding the earth
petroleum
atmosphere
lithosphere
helium
21
What is bioaccumulation?
Pollution that affects the biomes
The concentration of a substance in the body of an organism
The concentration of garbage in one area
The increase of biology knowledge from Finn
22
Finn is born in Canada
False
True
23
Tertiary consumers are
herbivores
False
True
24
A
scavenger
is an organism that obtains its food at the expense of another living organism
True
False
25
Succession provides a mechanism by which ecosystems maintain their long-term sustainability
True
false
26
What is human-made cause of extinction of other species?
Finn hunts them
Humans eat them all
All of the above
Pollution
27
The main cause for acid rain is...
burning of fossil fuels
the waste gases which contain sulfur and nitrogen oxides
the industrial burning of coal
all of the above
28
In terrestrial ecosystems, the acid rain can change the composition of the soil
true
false
29
An artificial ecosystem children playing, dirt, gravel, and sand.
might include insects, plants, sand and humans
is maintained by humans.
all the above
is created by humans.
30
This test will be on
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
31
Species not intended to be controlled by pesticides is called......
Pesticide safe
Scardie-cats
Non-target species
Target Species
32
Succession offers hope that even severe environmental damage may be reversed.
True
False
33
Photosynthesis is the process where
the Sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy
the consumers make food
water converts to gas
34
Narrow-spectrum pesticides
are designed to kill or manage a wide variety of organisms.
target only a specific type of insect or family of insects.
are sprayed on narrow fields.
are all the above
35
Succession offers hope that even severe environmental damage may be reversed.
false
True
36
The primary gas in Earth’s atmosphere is
carbon
atmosphere
nitrogen
diesel
37
Herbivores are consumers
true
false