Ecology Review

 In locating a landfill, which is the most important environmental consideration?

The area that provides a place to obtain food, water, and shelter is called its ?

 Which layer contains plant matter, microorganisms, and worms?

Which of the following resources is renewable?

Which of the following are both part of the community of the meadow?

Which of the following is a natural resource that could be used up someday?

Fungi, termites, pill bugs, ants, slugs, and earthworms are collectively called? 

When large areas of ground movement of rock and earth fall on slopes due to gravity its called?

Which of the following resources is nonrenewable?

What is it when water overflows its natural or artificial banks onto normally dry land?

Water that is stored in layers of soil and rock beneath Earth’s surface is called

A type of bird builds its nests in holes in trees and eats seeds. These activities are its?:

Snakes feed on mice. The mice eat grain crops. When the crops are plentiful, what will happen?

Beaver dams can cause floods. This statement shows how

Many streams and rivers in SC flow into the Santee that empties into the ocean  This is called?

Area of land where water is drained down into a body of water is known as a drainage basin, or 

Which of the following is true about nonrenewable resources?

Most plants grow best in a slightly acidic pH range of

Renewable energy sources…

Which choice below shows the organization of the biosphere from most specific to the broadest ?

What is the number one way new organisms get added to a population?

Which of the following is an example of a population?

A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called ___________.

A difference between topsoil and bedrock is that

Which term is NOT an important way that people conserve resources?

Green plants are important to animals because the plants

The area where water has filled in the space in the soil is called the ________

Which of the following is an example of conservation?

What is a natural occurring event that happens in most grassland and forest ecosystems?