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Term 3 Recovery Grade: Environmental Science
Term 3 Recovery Grade: Environmental Science
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Climatograph
Measures the rain in flood zones
Shows the areas fain levels
A diagram that shows an area's avg temp and precipitation
Measures the rain everywhere
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What is wrong with this food web?
Wolves don't eat moose
The arrows aren't pointing in the right direction
The rabbit is not in the right place
Ravens aren't detritivore
3
Which of the following biomes has the lowest species richness?
tropical rain forest
tundra
taiga
temperate deciduous forest
4
What are some sustainable living practices?
Turning off all taps when not in use
Plant our own little garden
Throwing unused paper away
Driving everywhere in a private car
5
What is a Pioneer species?
Land without soil
The Pioneer's
The first species to populate the Land
The Organ Trail
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Species Evenness
genetic diversity
number of dominant species
total number of species
Relative abundance of species
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A climatograph show temperature and what?
precipitation
longitude
elevation
latitude
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What are some sustainable living practices?
Open all doors when using the air conditioner
Use more plastic bags
Using the clothes dryer instead of hang-drying clothes
Changing all our light bulbs to LED bulbs
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What is biomass?
The total organic matter in an ecosystem
Plants
The consumer at the top of the food chain/web
How much energy is gained from eating other organisms
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Ecological niche
Roles of a species
Animal growing
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What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Parasitism
Commensalism
Mutualism
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What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Parasitism
It isn't one
Mutualism
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Define the water cycle.
The continuous movement of water in all its forms
The loss of water through the leaves of plants
Water that flows over Earth’s surface
A large mass of ice and snow moving on land
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Terrestrial Biome shown below?
Estuary
Tiaga
Boreal Forest
Grassland
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Species richness, relative abundance and species diversity.
D
B
C
A
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Ecological succession results in
Less biodiversity
Decrease in habitat
Biome regulation
Climax community
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Identify the PRODUCERS in the food web:
Marsh Grass
Marsh grass and Cattail
Marsh grass and grasshopper
Cattail
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What is ecological succession?
The process of which an organisms develops a change over time
The process of which the temperature of the environment changes
The process of change in a ecological structure over time
A change in time from space which occurred from the Big Bang Theory
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What is the definition of natural resources?
Materials or substances that naturally occur in nature.
Materials or substances specifically made of timber
Materials or substances that are man made and can not occur in nature.
Neither
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the cycling of matter through earths system is called
energy
light
sunlight
rocking
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A negative human impact on the tundra.
weather
awareness of biodiversity
wind
climate change
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The arrows on a food web...
...shows who is the predator.
...show who is the prey.
...shows the direction the energy is moving to
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This climatograph shows
warm winter, cool summer
high levels of rainfall
cool winter, warm summer
stable temperatures year round
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What are INVASIVE SPECIES?
Organisms that came from other countries or regions
The opposite of native species
Species that are from the same location
Organisms that are non-native
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Which of the following is an example of human impact on the environment?
Tornadoes
Floods
Habitat destruction
Competition
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Which community has higher species richness?
1
2
same for 1 & 2
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Identify the following Biome
Ocean
Grassland
Forest
Desert
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Define COMMENSALISM
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
where both organisms benefit
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What type of symbiotic relationship is this?
Commensalism
Mutualism
Parasitism
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What is Secondary Ecological Succession?
When scientists succeed on the second try
When a forest is destroyed and grows back completely
When a tree becomes bigger than other trees
All of the above
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Where would you find this food chain?
ocean habitat
desert habitat
rain forest habitat
arctic habitat
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What is the Closest layer of the atmosphere to the Earth?
Troposphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
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Humans affect the cycling of matter by _________.
using fertilizers
burning fossil fuel
cutting down trees
all of the above
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Phosphorous Cycle
Phosphates released into air fall onto ground, collected
Humans can only mine phosphates, there is no cycle
Does not cycle at all
Rocks erode, phosphates released into soil
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State an example of a Keystone species
Sea lions
Sea fish
Giraffes
Sea otters
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What is biodiversity?
The concentration of toxins in an organism.
The variety of life that can be found on earth.
Study of animal behavior
The regions of the Earth
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What are the three main types of fossil fuels?
Coal, Oil, Gas
Coal, Gas, Water
Gas, Electric, Water
Smoke, Water, Fuel
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Define PARASITISM
where one organism benefits and one organism is harmed
where one organism is harmed and nothing happens to the other organism
where one organism benefits and nothing happens to the other organism
where both organisms benefit
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A Biome is ...
Large area sharing a climate, plants and animal life
An area that has the same plants
The general weather of an area over a long period of time
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Which of the following organisms are herbivores?
white grubs and caterpillars
ladybugs and grasshoppers
owls and dragonflies
finches and mosquitoes
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Which of the following is an example of species richness?
vultures feeding on the remains of a carcass
prairie chickens at a lake competing for access to mates
a herd of 60 elk, 6 bald eagles, and 90 white pine trees
diving beetles ,blue gill ,lilies, water mites, crayfish
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Which of the following human activities has a positive effect on an ecosystem?
Spraying chemical fertilizers on the plants
Introducing a new species to an ecosystem
Clearing a forest to build a new shopping mall
Planting new seeds after a forest has been cut down
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What effects are human activities causing?
Extinction of species
Pollution
All of above
Global Warming
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What biome has the most biodiversity?
Temperate Forest
Tropical Rain Forest
Grassland
Desert
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What includes dead organisms, dead parts of organisms?
Abiotic Factors
Survival
Selective breeding
Biotic factors
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What biome has the least biodiversity?
Tropical Rain Forest
Tundra
Taiga
Temperate Forest
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A food chain starts with the sun
False
True
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Is solar energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?
nonrenewable
renewable
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Species richness, relative abundance and species diversity.
C
B
D
A
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How can fossil fuels be used as a energy source ?
Use fuel for transportation
All of the above
Use as fuel for heating
Manufacturing
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What is a nonrenewable energy source?
An energy resource that is unlimited
An energy resource that cannot be used up
An energy source that is available in limited amounts
An energy resource that is replaced as fast as, or faster than, it is used
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What biome has the least biodiversity?
Tropical Rain Forest
Temperate Forest
Taiga
Tundra
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Terrestrial ecosystems are . . .
deserts, tundras, taigas
estuaries, forests, deserts
forests, ponds, estuaries
grasslands, oceans, forests
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Which organisms are most numerous in this ecosystem?
herbivorous birds
parasites
hyperparasites
trees
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Some evidence of global warming is:
average temperature increase
increase in CO2 emission
polar ice melting
all of the above
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Which of the following organisms is an autotroph?
bread mold
shrimp
green algae
mushroom
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Habitat Fragmentation effects wildlife by:
Isolating populations and reducing habitat quality
Enhancing wildlife habitat diversity
Reducing predation
Increasing edge effect
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The Nitrogen cycle includes the...
...atmosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere.
...biosphere and lithosphere ONLY.
...hydrosphere and atmosphere ONLY.
...atmosphere, biosphere, and lithosphere.
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Examples of mutualism
A cat with fleas
Bees and flowers
A tick on a dog
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An example of conserving energy is ___________.
Turning off the water when brushing your teeth.
Only using your car for transportation.
Keep all the lights on in your house.
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Identify the CONSUMERS in the food web:
Hawk, snake, frog, cricket, and shrew.
Grasshopper, snake, shrew, frog, cricket, shrew, and hawk.
Snake, hawk, grasshopper, shrew, frog, and cattail.
Marsh grass and cattail.
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what is an Endangered Species ?
dead animals.
Plants dying
a species of animal or plant that is at risk of extinction.
a panda
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What is a food web?
a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
batman dies at the end of endgame
a web that is made by spiders to collect food
organisms that depend of the food source
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Biomass is produced from...
Alcohol
Electricity
Oxygen in water
Vegetable and animal products
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Which of the following biomes has the highest species richness?
desert
tropical rain forest
chaparral
savanna
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What ecological succession is being shown?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Natural Disaster
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generalize niche definition
role of an organism within wide parameters
role of an organism in an ecosystem
role of an organism within narrow parameters
organisms that don't have a role
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Two species that share the same realized niche are an example of
competative exclusion
resource partitioning
pollination
extripation
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Characterized by living organisms.
Abiotic
Succession
food Web
Biotic
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What is a food chain?
A diagram used to show the number of organisms at each trophic level
A model that shows how matter and energy move through an ecosystem
A diagram used to show the amount of organic matter
Ultimate source of energy that drives photosynthesis
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Which organisms have the MOST available energy?
owls
mice, grasshoppers, and rabbits
grasses
snakes and shrews
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Mutualism occurs when
Two organisms interact and both benefit.
One animal is preying on another animal.
Two animals try to obtain the same resource.
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Indicator Species
are used as a cover to get people to protect the habitat
alert us about the quality of the environment
are non native and outcompete the native species
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What is the Aquatic Biome?
Only Freshwater environments
All water, including Fresh and Salt water environments
Only salt water environments
The largest biome, covering 75% of the world.
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Atmospheric conditions, along with short-term changes, of a certain place at a certain time
Climate Change
Pollution
Weather
Environment
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Windmill energy is considered nonrenewable
False
True
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These break down other organisms.
Autotrophs
Decomposers
Tertiary consumers
Composers
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Define a keystone species:
Another word for endangered
An animal who serves as an emotional support in your life
Another word for threatened
Animal who serves a crucial role in the way a ecosystem runs
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___ biomes are the most extensive type of aquatic biome.
Freshwater
Pondwater
Saltwater
Estuary
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Identify the following biome
Forest
Grassland
Desert
River
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Which pond has the higher species richness?
Pond C
Idek
Pond B
Pond A
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What do invasive species do to an environment
help the environment thrive
reduce biodiversity
harms environment
increases biodiversity
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Why might a predator switch the type of prey it feeds on?
Some prey tastes better than other prey
Predators lose energy by preying on the same food type
Less energy is needed to catch the new prey
More energy is needed to catch the new prey
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What does this climatograph say about the region.
Temperature is high in the summer, rainfall remains steady
Rainfall is high in the summer, temperatures remain steady
Temperature is low in summer, rainfall is high.
Rainfall and temperature remain steady
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what food web is this
ocean food web
fresh water food wed
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Species Richness
Different phenotypes in an ecosystem.
Number of individuals in a species
Number of species in an area.
Relative abundance of species
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What is habitat fragmentation?
Development often grows plantations.
Development often feeds on islands.
Development often splits ecosystems into pieces.
Development often grows trees.
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What does competition mean?
When 2 animals or plants work togther for resources.
When 2 animals or plants compete for resources.
When 2 animals or plants dont need certain resources.
When 2 animals or plants dont like each other.
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Whats the difference between a threatened species and an endangered species
Endangered is close to extincted threatened is first warning
A threatened species is one with many predator
Nothing
Endangered is first warning, Threatened close to extincted
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Which organisms are LEAST numerous in this ecosystem?
rabbits and deer
badgers and snakes
eagles and mountain lions
flowers and trees
91
Community of living organisms
Fishies!
Circle of life
Life of underwater species
Ecosystem
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Some organisms, because of their traits, are more likely to survive because of what?
Natural Selection
Consumers
Selective Breeding
Decmposers
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The cycling of matter is important because...
Matter can be created.
Matter can only be found in land.
Only a limited amount of matter is available.
Bacteria use matter to convert organisms into solar energy.
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Primary succession
Gradual growth of organisms in an area that was previously bare.
The gradual growth of organisms formerly home to different species.
New species replacing old ones
Secondary succession
95
the pioneer species of primary succession are
animals and trump
lichens and mosses
birds and bugs
flowers grasses
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Where would you find this food chain?
forest habitat
desert habitat
arctic habitat
ocean habitat
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These are organisms that make their own food.
Top Carnivore
Secondary consumers
Primary consumers
Producers
98
Nonrenewable resources
are renewable, but only over millions or billions of years.
all of the choices.
exist in a fixed quantity.
can be exhausted within dozens or hundreds of years.
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Species diversity
C
B
D
A
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What is a stage of the carbon cycle?
All of the above
Photosynthesis
Respiration
Combustion
