What's Cellular Respiration?

The process cells use to to release energy stored in sugar.

Biological control of invasive species includes:

release of predators or parasites

What is the Nitrogen Cycle?

Continually recycling nitrogen from living things to non-living things.

How are humans affecting the nitrogen cycle?

Burning fuels and runoff from fertilisers

What is an ecosystem?

A diverse range of flora and fauna interacting with abiotic environment.

Why are ecological pyramids shaped as pyramids?

there is a decrease in biomass as you move from Level To Level

What is secondary succession?

plants and animals recolonize a habitat after a major disturbance

What are limiting factors?

Something that keeps a population from growing too large

what is primary succession

the series of changes in an area with no soil or organisms

Define biotic factors

living part of a environment that an organism interacts with

a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains

What does respiration have to do with the carbon cycle?

It releases carbon into the air.

Threats to biodiversity

Habitat Destruction, Habitat Fragmentation

What is Carrying Capacity?

The average number of population an ecosystem can support

What are the benefits of Biodiversity?

It effects stability of ecosystems and the sustainablility of populations

Photosynthesis is.......

When plants or other organisms use sunlight as food for air

Define the water cycle.

The continuous movement of water in all its forms

Steps of the water cycle include...

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff

What are the levels of organization within an ecosytem?

organism, population, communtiy, ecosystem

In the Nitrogen Cycle...

Animals get the nitrogen from plants

What is a primary succession example?

Land is formed making habitat to be colonized for the first time

An ecological niche is........?

The role an organism plays in an ecosystem

What is the Carbon Cycle?

Series of processes in which carbon is interconverted in the enviornment

The number of different types of plants and animals

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1
What's Cellular Respiration?
The border of cells
another word for energy
How energy forms
The process cells use to to release energy stored in sugar.
2
Which of the following are invasive species in Ontario:
fox snake
burmese python
American robin
gypsy moth
3
Which of the following trophic levels represents a primary producer in an aquatic food chain?
Baleen whale
Herbivorous zooplankton
carnivorous zooplankton
Phytoplankton
4
Biological control of invasive species includes:
release of predators or parasites
removal of food sources
the spraying of growth hormones
utilization of people to remove plants
5
What are the Products of Cellular Respiration?
Both A and B
12CHO6
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
None of the Above
6
What do all food webs begin with?
Grass
The sun
Foxes
Water
7
What is the Nitrogen Cycle?
Continually recycling nitrogen from living things to non-living things.
The process of chemically producing nitrogen, used by plants and animals.
The process of recycling carbon from living things to non-living things.
The recycling of nitrogen through photosynthesis
8
Terrestrial biomes are those that are
on the land
in the air
in the water
over all the planet
9
How are humans affecting the nitrogen cycle?
They are not
Forest fires and deforestation
Mining Waste
Burning fuels and runoff from fertilisers
10
What biome is common to the Canadian Shield?
grassland
deciduous forest
desert
boreal forest
11
The large majority of threatened species are at risk solely because of...
CLIMATE CHANGE
BIODIVERSITY LOSS
HUMAN ACTIVITIES
POLLUTION
12
Primary consumers are...
producers
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
13
What is an ecosystem?
A diverse range of flora and fauna interacting with biotic environment.
Any form of life
A diverse range of flora and fauna interacting with abiotic environment.
Collection of living and dead organisms
14
What are the Reactants of Cellular Respiration?
C6H12O6 + 6O2
5C1 1/5+H
6CHO
C6+12H
15
Why are ecological pyramids shaped as pyramids?
there is a decrease in biomass as you move from Level To Level
food webs are usually in a triangular shape.
decom. form a widebase in a foodweb like a base of a pyramid
the path of energy in the bioshere is similar to a pyramid
16
How many secondary consumers?
1
0
2
3
17
What is secondary succession?
The way plants reproduce
plants and animals recolonize a habitat after a major disturbance
The type of animals that live in an ecosystem
Growth of oak trees a year
18
3 types of Biomes are.....
Tundra, Sea and Earth
Salinas, Soledad and Carmel
Air, Sea and Fire
Tundra, Taiga and Desert
19
What are limiting factors?
The speed limit
I have no idea
Something that keeps a population from growing too large
Something measuring size
20
what is primary succession
the series of predictable changes that occur in a community
the first species to accupy an area
changes that occurs in an area were organisms still exist
the series of changes in an area with no soil or organisms
21
Define biotic factors
Nonliving part of a environment that a organism interacts
Don’t know, don’t care
living part of a environment that an organism interacts with
Any dinosaurs
22
Secondary consumers are...
producers
carnivores
herbivores
omnivores
23
Hydrosphere describes the Earth's
All of the above
Ocean Water
Precipitation
Fresh water
24
what are food webs
a straight line chain showing which organism eats another
web of food
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
none of them
25
In Ecology, the term ____________ refers to the mechanism that keeps a population from growing too large.
limiting factor
limiting fraction
pesticide
biotic factor
26
What does respiration have to do with the carbon cycle?
It releases carbon into the air.
It is step three.
It turns water into ice.
It is a type of carbon atom.
27
How can invasive species be controlled?
instant control
automated control
mechanical control
manual control
28
Threats to biodiversity
birds
Habitat Destruction
hot TEA
Habitat Fragmentation
29
How many primary consumers?
3
0
2
1
30
Terrestrial ecosystems are . . .
deserts, grasslands, forests
forests, ponds, lakes
swamps, forests, deserts
grasslands, oceans, forests
31
which trophic level has the most amount of energy?
secondary consumers
apex predator
primary consumers
producers
32
What is Carrying Capacity?
The average number of population an ecosystem can support
How many things you can carry
The lowest amount a population can be support in an ecosystem
The highest amount a population can be support in an ecosystem
33
Which Canadian biome can be likened to a desert?
Deciduous forest
Tundra
Grassland
Boreal Forest
34
What are the benefits of Biodiversity?
It effects stability of ecosystems and the sustainablility of populations
The Biodiversity will Collapse
Species DIE
It prevents invasive species from appearing
35
The Carbon Cycle is a Biogeochemical Cycle...
False
True
36
Photosynthesis is.......
a small description about how a plant dies
The name of a camera brand
details about a birds life.
When plants or other organisms use sunlight as food for air
37
Biomes can be classified as either:
None of these is correct
Terrestrial
Terrestrial and aquatic
Aquatic
38
Define the water cycle.
The loss of water through the leaves of plants
The continuous movement of water in all its forms
A large mass of ice and snow moving on land
Water that flows over Earth’s surface
39
What is a hazard associated with pesticides?
bioaccumulation
harm to non target species
all of the above
bioamplification
40
All of these are steps in the nitrogen cycle EXCEPT...
Nitrogen fixation
Absorption by plants
Decomposition of dead organic matter
Manifestation
41
Steps of the water cycle include...
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff
precipitation, condensation, runoff, evaporation
runoff, precipitation, condensation, evaporation
condensation, runoff, evaporation, precipitation
42
What is the second trophic level?
Primary Producer
Secondary Consumer
Apex Predator
Primary Consumer
43
What are the levels of organization within an ecosytem?
organism, population, communtiy, ecosystem
organism, population, ecosystem, community
ecosystem, population, individual community
producers, herbivores, omnivores, carnivores
44
Which of these biomes has the shortest growing season?
grassland
tundra
boreal forest
temperate deciduous forest
45
In the Nitrogen Cycle...
Animals get the nitrogen from plants
Nitrogen is released by photosynthesis
Doesn't need the atmosphere
All of the above
46
What is a primary succession example?
Sand being turned to glass
An area of frequnt animal activity is introduced to a new species
Wolf eating a rabbit
Land is formed making habitat to be colonized for the first time
47
Which can be an abiotic limiting factor?
plants
sunlight
parasites
decomposers
48
An ecological niche is........?
The role an organism plays in an ecosystem
only where in a habitat an organism lives
The feeding level of an organism
How energy flows through a food chain
49
What is the Carbon Cycle?
The way that carbon is destroyed
The way that carbon is moved
The series of processes in which carbon is created
Series of processes in which carbon is interconverted in the enviornment
50
Biodiversity is
Yes,no
The number of different types of plants and animals
I
All living thing.
51
Abiotic Limiting Factors of the Tundra include...
The presence of predators
All of the above
Food
Temperature
52
Photosynthesis
The process by which plants make their own food.
The process by which plants die.
Process by which plants release CO2 into the air
Process by which plants remove water from soil
53
Which is a primary consumer?
Ladyb
Rabbit
Buzzard
Fox
54
Which is a characteristic of an artificial ecosystem?
High biodiversity
A disrupted or non existant food web
A large herbivore community
A complex food web with many carnivorous species
55
What is ecology?
The study of ecology and how it changes.
Study of relationships of organisms with their environment and each other.
How people change over time.
The relationship between carbon and water
56
What is the Lithosphere?
The Earths water
The Earths all living organisms
The Earths soil/sediment
The Earths air
57
Bison may be found in which Canadian biome?
tundra
grassland
deciduous forest
boreal forest
58
What is an invasive species?
A non-native species to an ecosystem that causes harm
A species from another country
A species that causes harm to an ecosystem
Non-native species to an area
59
What is a community in an ecoystem?
all of the members of plant eating species
all of the plant and animal species present
all of the carnivores
the collection of all the individuals of one species
60
What is a Biosphere?
The Prat of Earth that Contains all Ecosystems
The Part of Earth that Contains all Eocsystems
The Part of Earth that Contains all Ecosystems
The Part of Earth that Contians all Ecosystems
61
What percentage of energy is transferred between trophic levels?
25
60
10
50
62
Marine ecosystems are ecosystems that have ___.
plankton
warm water
salt water
littoral zones
63
What is the relationship between food chains and food webs?
several food chains connect to make a food web
The way several animals start eating each other
The way animals get energy from the sun
The way the sun starts growing producers
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Photosynthesis Equation
H2O + O2 ---> C6H12O6 + O2
6H2O + 6O2 ---> C6H12O2 + 6O2
6H2O + 6O2 ---> C6H12O6 + 6O2
6H3O + 6O2 --> C6H12O6 + 6O2

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