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1
Biomes are characterized by ____.
climate and dominant plant life
light and climate
light and temperature
2
As you move to the next step of a trophic level you lose 10% of the energy
True
False
3
Which create more storm systems?
High-Pressure systems
Warm Fronts
Low-pressure systems
4
"Radish seeds will germinate faster if given high-quality fertilizer" is a well written hypothesis
True
False
5
What is the environment?
All of the living things around you
The land and weather around you
The living and nonliving things around you that you interact with.
6
What is biodiversity
Amount of resource use per person
Biology that studies relations between organisms
A variety of different species, genes, and ecosystems needed for life
7
Artifical Selection only involves genetic editing
True
False
8
In a tropical rain forest, dropped leaves, fallen trees, and dead animals decompose ____.
quickly due to the abundance of decomposers
slowly due to the nutrient-poor soils
quickly due to the dense ground vegetation
9
Which area would have the highest NPP?
Rainforest
Grassland
Open Ocean
10
The variable that you directly manipulate is...
Independent variable
Dependent variable
Outside variable
11
Which of these is NOT something the scientific method is good at dealing with?
Things with few potential variables
Things on short time frames
Climate
12
Water vapor is a greenhouse gas
False
True
13
Dirt is an important natural resource upon which most terrestrial ecosystems are based.
False
True
14
The scientific method is a linear process to find scientific truths
True
False
15
A species with a broad niche is considered a(n) ____ species.
specialist
generalist
native
16
We have more public land than private land in the US
False
True
17
If multiple species are competing for the same resource, the competition can be reduced by which of the following?
resource partitioning
camouflage
resource expansion
18
Lightning fixes nitrogen
False
True
19
What is said to occur when one organism feeds on another organism by living on or in the other organism?
competition
predation
parasitism
20
All nonnative species are invasive.
False
True
21
Birds of Paradise are a great example of temporal isolation
True
False
22
The largest part of the mantle is the
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Mesosphere
23
Raccoons play many different roles in their ecosystems: predator, scavenger, and prey. This exemplifies what?
Functional Diversity
Genetic Diversity
Species Richness
24
All of the following describe Archaea EXCEPT
organisms live in very harsh and extreme environments
They have their own domain
This type of organism can be found almost everywhere
25
A prokaryote has several membrane bound organelles
False
True
26
If carbon dioxide is allowed to build up in waters, will they be more acidic or basic?
Acidic
It does not change
Basic
27
Which one of these animals is a poikilotherm
Cardinal
Groundhog
Box Turtle
28
The 1st law of thermodynamics is also known as the law of
Conservation of matter
Consumption of energy
Conservation of energy
29
The industrial revolution changed how we related to the land in which way?
We started to build permanent structures for the first time
Medicine and lifespans increased drastically
We developed super efficient computer aided ways of building
30
Which of these is a natural component of sustainability
Economics
Chemical Cycling
Thermal Vents
31
Wolves in Yellowstone are a great example of an indicator species and only an indicator species
True
False
32
When an ecosystem has a large amount of niche partitioning, you are likely to see a lot of what kind of organisms?
Metalists
Specialists
Generalists
33
Most of the water on earth is what?
Salt Water
Fresh Water
Brackish Water
34
Warm air is less dense than cold air, what does this mean when they meet?
The warm air goes on top of the cold
The warm air goes under the cold
They mix right away
35
How prepared do you feel for the final?
Very Prepared
Not Prepared
Unprepared
Prepared
36
Evolution is
Actively making the best organism
A change in the genetic characteristics of a population over time
What happens when you use a moon stone on a charmander
37
For natural selection to occur, an adaptive trait ____.
must be heritable
must be behavioral
must be physical
38
Coastal biome subject to warm, wet winters and frequent fires. Makes up the bulk of the Mediterranean
Taiga
Chaparral
Tundra
39
Niche is where an animal lives
True
False
40
A Rain Shadow is the...
Increase in precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain
Reduction of precipitation on the leeward side of a mountain
Reduction of preciptation on the windward side of a mountain
41
The base of any trophic pyramid is made up of what?
Primary consumers
Producers
herbivores
42
Continents are a part of the lithosphere
False
True
43
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce
Adaptation
Meta Trait
Heritable Trait
44
What are subsides?
Ways for governments to encourage industries putting out a needed service
All of these are examples of subsidies
Tax breaks or grants by the government
Payments made by the government to businesses to help them grow
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Variety of habitats and communities in the biosphere
Ecosystem Diversity
Functional Diversity
Biodiversity
