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AP Environmental Science Chapter 3- Ecosystems
AP Environmental Science Chapter 3- Ecosystems
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Chapters 3 from the "Living in the Environment" Spoolman textbook
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1
How do consumers respirate?
Fermentation
Anerobic respiration
Photosynthesis
Aerobic respiration
2
Evaporation from leaves of water extracted from soil is ___.
Transpiration
Infiltration
Evaporation
Condensation
3
When absorption occurs, CO
2
is absorbed by oceans to create ___.
Ammonia
Carbonic acid
Hydrogen sulfide
Methane
4
How do decomposers respirate?
Fermentation
Anerobic respiration
Photosynthesis
Aerobic respiration
5
What unit is productivity measured in?
Kcal/m2/yr
J/m2/yr
watts/m2/
N/m2/yr
6
Net primary product = rate that consumers store chemical energy - gross primary product
True
False
7
What is the order that the ions are converted in denitrification?
NH3 and NH4+ -> NO2- and NO3- -> N2 and N2O
N2 and N2O -> NO2- and NO3- -> NH3 and NH4+
8
There are no anthropogenic influences on biogeochemical cycles.
True
False
9
Where does the remaining energy from biomass go as 10% transfers to the next trophic level?
It stays within the organism
It's lost as high-quality heat
It's released as light
It's lost as low-quality heat
10
Natural processes that recycle nutrients in various chemical forms are ___.
Chemical cycles
Elemental cycles
Biogeochemical cycles
Nutrient cycles
11
What are common end products of fermentation?
Methane, Ethyl Alcohol, Acetic Acid
Glucose, Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide, Water vapor
Sulfur, water vapor, formaldehyde
12
Where is most of the Earth's sulfur found?
In organisms
In the atmosphere
Under the ocean
In underground rocks
13
Which of these produce their own food?
Autotrophs
Heterotrophs
Decomposers
Consumers
14
"Too much/little of any abiotic factor can limit growth of a population" is known as the ___.
Law of conservation of energy
Law of conservation of mass
Law of tolerance
Limiting factor principle
15
Which of these plays a significant part in the Nitrogen cycle?
Bacteria
Fish
Mammals
Plants
16
What is ecology the study of?
The structure, function, growth, origin, and evolution of organisms
How organisms interact with their living and nonliving environment
The effects of toxins on its environment
Effects of natural and unnatural processes on the environment
17
In which biogeochemical cycle does 'compaction' occur?
Rock
Nitrogen
Carbon
Water
18
The rate at which an ecosystem's producers convert solar energy into chemical energy as biomass is the ecosystem's ___.
Net primary productivity (NPP)
Gross primary productivity (GPP)
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Gross national product (GNP)
19
What is percolation?
Surface movement back to sea
Flow of water through soil into aquifers
evaporation from leaves of water extracted from soil
Water vapor -> liquid water
20
A large region that is characterized by a distinct climate and specific life forms is a(n)...
Life zone
Biome
Ecosystem
Ecotone
21
Which of these DOES NOT occur in the Phosphorus cycle?
Combustion
Weathering
Assimilation
Deposition
22
How much of the atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen gas?
78%
0.03%
50%
25%
23
How much energy is LOST when it's transferred onto the next trophic level?
70%
25%
90%
10%
24
Movement of water into soil is ___.
Precipitation
Infiltration
Condensation
Transpiration
25
In which biogeochemical cycle do elements not have a significant gaseous phase?
Biologic
Hydrologic
Atmospheric
Sedimentary
26
Food WEBS are made of many interlocking food CHAINS.
False
True
