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1
________ make up populations, which make up communities.
Ecosystems
Species
Biomes
Biosphere
2
The diagram below illustrates secondary succession. What do box 1 and 8 illustrate?
Human disturbance
Climax community
Developing community
Natural disaster
3
_____ is to density-dependent factors as an earthquake is to density-independent factors
A natural disaster
A human disturbance
An unusual seasonal cycle
Disease
4
The study of organisms and how they interact with each other and with their environment:
Hematology
Ecology
Entomology
Biology
5
What is the most common way nitrogen from the atmosphere can be put back into the lithosphere?
Diffusion of gasses
Decomposition
Plants
Lightning
6
What macromolecules is an important part of the phosphorus cycle?
Carbohydrates and lipids
Nucleic acids and proteins
Proteins and carbohydrates
Lipids and nucleic acids
7
Animals release CO2 into the atmosphere through the process of
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
8
Humans contribute to the carbon cycle by
all of the above
burning fossil fuels (pollution)
breathing
cutting down trees (logging)
9
What is the process where water is transported through plants and then released as vapor?
Precipitation
Transpiration
Condensation
Evaporation
10
The first species to move into an area during succession are called
developing species
endangered species
climax species
pioneer species
11
Organisms need nutrients in order to
utilize hydrogen and oxygen
perform nitrogen fixation
recycle chemical compounds
carry out essential life functions
12
All of the following factors contribute to Earth's climate EXCEPT
latitude
shape and elevation of landmasses
longitude
transport of heat by winds
13
The CO2 that is found in the atmosphere is taken into plants to be used for
Cellular respiration
Photosynthesis
14
Drought causing the number of individuals in a population to decrease is an example of
Density-independent limiting factor
Multiple growth factors
Demographic limiting factor
Density-dependent limiting factor
15
What type of growth curve is shown in the graph?
Logistic
Limited
Exponential
Demographic
16
Earth has 3 main climate zones because of the differences in latitude, and, thus,
Ocean currents
Distribution of sunlight
Amount of precipitation
Prevailing winds
17
What is one difference between primary and secondary succession
Secondary begins with lichens and primary begins with trees
Secondary begins on soil, primary begins on new surfaces
Primary modifies the environment, and secondary does not
Primary is rapid, secondary is slow
18
What type of growth curve is shown?
Limiting
Logistic
Exponential
Demographic
19
The phenomenon in which the atmosphere traps heat is called
Weather
Transport of heat by wind and ocean currents
Climate
The greenhouse effect
20
What step of the water cycle occurs when water rises as water vapor?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
21
What macromolecule contains Nitrogen and contribute to the Nitrogen cycle during decomposition?
Proteins
Nucleic acids
Carbohydrates
Lipids
22
What organisms make nitrogen usable for other organisms?
Insects
Plants
Animals
Bacteria
23
The water levels in estuaries changes throughout the day because they are affected by ocean
Tides
Heat Transport
Upwelling
Currents
24
The hawk at the end of this food chain is
an autotroph
a primary producer
a decomposer
a top level consumer
25
What abiotic factors affect aquatic life?
light and oxygen levels
temperature and light
precipitation and temperature
light and precipitation
26
The lowest level of environmental complexity that includes both biotic and abiotic factors is
A population
A community
An ecosystem
A species
27
Day to day conditions of Earth's atmosphere is
The greenhouse effect
Climate
Weather
28
Something that controls the growth or size of a population is
A limiting factor
The carrying capacity
A growth factor
The growth rate
29
Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?
water vapor
carbon dioxide
methane
oxygen
30
Water flowing above the ground into lakes or oceans is called
evaporation
runoff
groundwater
plant uptake
31
When water soaks into the ground it becomes
transpired by plants
groundwater
clouds
runoff
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The step in the water cycle when water forms clouds is called
evaporation
precipitation
condensation
transpiration
