Envi Sci Exam review

gas makes 78 % of atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first?

Consumers are organisms that

An organism is resistant to a chemical if it

In the troposphere, which of the following decreases as altitude increases?

What is the estimated temperature of Earth’s inner core?

The organisms most likely to belong to the same species are

Ocean water _____ than fresh water.

Most scientists classify organisms into

Which of the following are producers of oxygen?

Which organism is likely to be in the bottom trophic level of a food chain?

The initial source of food in most ocean and freshwater ecosystems is________________________.

Which of the following is not a biotic factor in an ecosystem?

What type of succession occurs after a natural process such as a volcanic eruption or flood?

upper atmosphere, form of o2 that protects Earth from sun’s UV rays is____________________.

Which of the following is not a true statement about cellular respiration?

Process of two species changing genetically in response 2 long-term interaction with each other

Where is most of the fresh water on Earth located?

Small streams and rivers that flow into larger ones are called ____________________.

Many angiosperms depend on

The second most abundant gas in Earth’s atmosphere is ____________________.

What term is used to refer to the many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem?

The removal and transport of surface material by water and wind is known as __________________.

Which of the following is not an ecosystem?

for evolution to occur population, individuals with trait that “naturally selected for” must

Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers?

Which of the following is the most geologically active region on the surface of Earth?

Which is the layer of the ocean extending from base of thermocline to the bottom of the ocean?

During ____liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor.

Succession that occurs on abandoned farmland is called ____________________ succession.

insect no longer be killed by insecticide, it has developed____________________ to chemical.

Which does not contain carbon from bodies of plant and animal that died millions of years ago?

bacteria, including kinds that cause disease and found in soil, belong to the kingdom ______.

The ozone layer is located in the

Some organisms are more likely to survive because they

The ____________________ of sea water is a measure of the quantity of dissolved salts

The community of a pond is made up of all the

Which statement describes how humans are affecting the balance of carbon in the atmosphere?

Large-scale atmospheric phenomena caused by air that is constantly in motion is known as

Which of the following describes soil and temperature in an ecosystem?

How did the Himalaya Mountains form?

The energy in most ecosystems comes from

Animals that have backbones are called ____________________.

Which of the following converts nitrogen in the air into a form plants can use?

Which of the following is one of the largest carbon reservoirs on Earth?

Most land animals depend on angiosperms for

Which of the following characteristics is usually shared by bacteria, fungi, and plants?

A lion is an example of a group of consumers called ____________________.

How did the Himalaya Mountains form?

following animal is successful B/C it moves quickly, reproduces rapidly, waterproof exo skel?

. Earth’s thin outer layer is known as the ____________________.

Deep currents flow along the

Which of the following are photosynthetic organisms?

The first organisms to colonize any newly available area are known as__________________.

transforms unusable nitrogen in atm i/2 chemical compounds contain N that use by other organism

Which item is a carbon sink and not part of the carbon cycle?

Which of the following is not one of the compositional layers of Earth?

A gymnosperm is a(n)

What kind of natural disaster helps some forest communities by encouraging new growth?

The Richter scale best describes the

A mushroom is the ____________________ structure of a fungus

Single-celled organisms with cell walls but no nuclei are

Which is not a mechanism of energy transfer through or within Earth’s atmosphere?

conifers are classified as____________ b/c they are woody plants,seeds which are not in fruits.

. Electrically charged atoms are called ____________________.

Which of the following includes all of the water on or near Earth’s surface?