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Starch and cellulose are examples of a type of chemical called
Carbohydrates
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
Water
___________ is the term used to describe the reflection of solar energy off of the earth's surface
Photosynthesis
Albedo
Celluar Respiration
Thermodynamic
A tertiary consumer would be categorized in which trophic level
First
Second
Third
Fourth
During cellular respiration, glucose reacts with which substance to produce energy
Carbon Dioxide
Water
Oxygen
Carbohydrates
A wood tic is an example of which consumer
First
Secondary
Tertiary
Producer
A farmer would require ________ land to grow barely to raise pigs to feed his family for a year, as compared to growing vegetables to feed his family for a year
More
Less
The same amount
Yes
Which pyramid's data is measured in grams per meter squared
Biomass
Numbers
Energy
All of the above
The stability of a food web is ___________ due to increased biodiversity with in each of trophic level
Increased
Decreased
Unchanged
Stays the same
What is the amount of the total radiant energy from the sun is captured by autotrophs
Small
Large
Animals that are consume plants and organisms are examples of a type of organism called
Herbivore
Carnivore
Omnivore
Biovore
Two substances used as reactants in the process of photosynthesis are
Water
Energy
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
What is an example of the First Law of Thermodynamics in autotrophs is the conversion of
sunlight energy into chemical energy
solar energy into chemical energy
thermal energy into chemical energy
waste energy into chemical energy
What is the best description of the only organisms that can perform cellular respiration is
all living things
all animals
all plants
all animals and plants
Grain can generate a lot of heat when containing moisture and it causes what to happen to the seed.
Germination
Photosynthesis
Consumption
Decomposition
What would cause an inverted pyramid of numbers would be from an ecosystem with what size of producers
Small
Medium
Large
Microscopic
What represents a singular pathway of the organisms in several trophic levels and their feeding relationships
Food Web
Food Chain
Food Numbers
Pyramid of Food
What has to happen to calculate the energy given off in a pyramid of energy
Burning the dried parts of an organism
Weighing the dried parts of an organism
Counting the dried parts of an organism
Eating the dried parts of an organism
Compare the pyramid of energy to the other ecological pyramids in their accuracy
Less Accurate Than
More Accurate Than
Just As Accurate
Accurate Enough
What happens in the 2nd law of thermodynamics
Energy is converted into non usable energy
Energy is converted into usable energy
Energy is converted into nothing
Energy is converted in a cycle
Why does an ecological pyramid typically have a triangular shpae
energy amount is different in the levels
percentage of energy passed on is consistent
energy is lost from one trophic level to the next
larger biodiversity at lower layers
What gas from deep sea vents allow bacteria to perform chemosynthesis
H2S
O2
C02
H20
What happens to energy during cellular respiration
Released
Absorbed
Used
Wasted
Fungi perform _________________ in order to provide energy for functions such as growth or waste excretion
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Cellular Breakdown
Chemosynthesis
When is some useful energy changed into non-usable energy
Energy Conversion
Energy Translation
Energy Pickup
Energy Breakdown
What percentage of the sun's energy is taken in by autotrophs
0-1%
1-2%
2-3%
3-4%
What does the Earth require a continual input of
Energy
Matter
Success
Movement
What type of energy do decomposers give off in the form of
Heat
Wastes
Water
Oxygen
When decomposers do decomposition they are doing the process of
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Everything
More than half of the radiant energy of the sun is absorbed by what
Atmosphere
Land
Water
Humans
What is there term used to represent the organisms in the fourth trophic level
Tertiary Consumer
Primary
Secondary
Producer
What is an alternate term for producers
Autotrophs
Heterotrophs
Manotrophs
Biotrophs
Which organism occupies the second trophic level
Carnivore
Herbivore
Producer
Human
What transfers through trophic levels
Energy
Matter
Food
Wastes
What is an illustration of all of the interconnecting feeding relationships in an ecosystem
Food Web
Food Chain
Food Market
Food Mart
In order to solve the problem of world hunger, one idea is to promote a diet that is primarily __________ based
Dairy
Meat
Vegetable
Fat
Why would a vegetable style diet solve world hunger
Energy is lost when passed through consumers
Energy is gained when passed through consumers
Have too many plants
Not enough plants
What does each bar in an ecological pyramid represent
Trophic Level
Organism
Food
Energy
What does the width of each bar in an ecological pyramid represent
Amount
Energy
Food
Trophic Level
What ecosystem would likely have an inverted pyramid
Arctic
Desert
Forest
Grassland
What is a pyramid of biomass measured in
number of organisms per meter square
grams per meter square
joules per meter square
animals per meter square
What is measured when measuring the pyramid of biomass
released energy
dry mass of the organisms
number of organism
burnt dry mass
What is the most accurate value for an ecological pyramid
Pyramid of Numbers
Pyramid of Biomass
Pyramid of Organisms
Pyramid of Energy
What is the balanced formula for photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> 6O2 + 6C6H12O6 + Energy
C6H12O6 + 6O2 + Energy + 6CO2 + 6H2O
What is the 1st Law of Thermodynamics
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
Energy can be changed from one form to another
Energy is used and wasted
Energy is destroyed and created
Which is correct
Energy Flows, does not cycle
Energy Cycles, does not flow
Energy Flows and cycles
Energy Cycles and flows
What is the balanced formula for Cellular Respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
C6H12O6 + 6O2 + Energy -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy -> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + Energy
What is cycled through biogeochemical cycles
Biotic components
Abiotic components
Earth components
Too many components
What is another name for the water cycle
Hydrological
Hydro
Transpiration
Air
What happens in the water cycle
Transpiration
Evaporation
Atmospheration
Wateration
What is water
Wet
Universal Solvent
Sticky
Air
What are water's special properties
Hydrogen Bonding
Adhesion
Cohesion
High boiling point
What is the name of the carbon compound used by producers during photosynthesis
CO2
C2O
C2
CH4
What carbon compound is used by producers during cellular respiration
C6H12O6
C6H10O2
C2HO2
C2H2O
What is the organism that absorb oxygen as they cause the decay of plant remains
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
Animals
What is the form of oxygen that is released during photosynthesis
O2
H2O
O3
O4
Which part of the plant releases oxygen during photosynthesis
Leaves
Branches
Roots
Trunk
What is the main gas in the atmosphere
CO2
O3
H2O
N2
What does acid rain cause
Leeching
Reeching
Beeching
Deeching
What reacts in the atmosphere to produce sulfuric acid
Sulfur Dioxide
Water
Oxygen
Carbon Dioxide
When Sulfur Dioxide and Water react what is created
Sulfuric Acid
Sulfur Dioxide
Water
Carbon Dioxide
What is leeching
washing away of minerals from the soil
leaches sucking blood
minerals being absorbed
taking from others
What is the measure of the creation of producers over a certain area in the course of a year
Productivity
Conductivity
Measurement
Product Usage
How can phosphorus compounds be increased in quantity in the soil.
Man-Made Fertilizers
Decomposers
Phosphorus
Water
What can phosphorus be used for
Bones
Protein
ATP
DNA
Animals obtain phosphorus compounds by consuming
NO3-
O2
H20
PO43-
The rate at which plants produce new biomass depends on the amount of
Heat
Light
Rainfall
Nutrients
How is the rate at which plants produce new biomass measured
g per m2 per a year
j per m2 per a year
g per m2 per a week
g per m2 per a month
What is the process by which nitrogen gas is changed into ammonium
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrification
Nitrifying
Deposition
What is the process by which ammonium is changed into nitrate
Nitrification
Nitrogen Fixation
Nitrifying
Deposition
What process produces NO3-
Nitrifying
Nitrification
Nitrogen Fixation
Deposition
What is the process of moving NO3- to the ground
Deposition
Nitrification
Nitrifying
Nitrogen Fixation
What are carbon compounds termed that are slow cycling in the carbon cycle
Carbon Sinks
Carbon Holders
Carbon Suckers
Carbon Users
What is a process that involves fossil fuels and adds carbon to the air
Extraction
Infraction
Combustion
Decomposition
When water clings to other water molecules it is termed
cohesion
adhesion
When water clings to the walls of xylem tubes in a plant it is termed
Cohesion
Adhesion
Is solid water _________ than liquid water
More dense
Less Dense
Same
Density is cool
What happens to the melted ice water in the spring
Moves to the bottom
Moves to the top
Moves to filters
Drank
The movement of melted ice water in a lake allows for _________ to be mixed into all parts of the lake
Oxygen
Ice
Heat
Carbon Dioxide
What is the process that caused the rebased of nitrogen to the atmosphere
Denitrifying
Nitrifying
Denitrification
Nitrification
How do plants take in phosphorus compounds
Leaves
Roots
Branches
Trunk
What is the name when melted ice water moves in the lake
Seasonal Turnover
Lake Turnover
Ice Turnover
Spring Turnover
What does the greenhouse effect do
traps CO2
blocks UV
uses O2
caused by H2O
The ozone layer is getting
Thinner
Thicker
Still the Same
All
The greenhouse effect causes
CO2 layer to get thicker
O3 layer to get thicker
Blocks UV
Decreased the CO2 layer through combustion
The addition of excess of a compound into lakes caused oxygen depletion. What is this compounds
Phosphates
Carbon Dioxide
Oxygen
Water
What causes oxygen depletion in lakes
Decomposition of Algae
Too many animals
Too many plants
Natural causes
What are the 2 gases produced by combustion that combine with water to produce acid rain
SO2
NOx
O2
CO2
Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert nitrogen into different forms. What is the correct reaction?
NO2 -> NH4
N2 -> NH4
N2 -> NO3-
N2 -> NO43-
What is the form of phosphorus that can be utilized by plants and animals
Phosphates
Phosphorus
Phosphorus Bacteria
Phosphoros
What is two process that are a result of human activities, that accelerate the effects of global warming
Deforestation
Burning of fossil fuels
Breathing
Learning
What is the process that removes oxygen from the air
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Burning Fossil Fuels
What is the process that removes carbon dioxide from the air
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Burning Fossil Fuels
What process adds carbon dioxide to the air
Burning Fossil Fuels
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
What are process that slow cycle carbon
Deep Ocean
Sea Shells
Limestone
Fossil Fuel Formation
What does ozone gas do
block UV rays
keep in heat
remove CO2
turn into O4
What does CO2 gas do in the atmosphere
Keep in heat
Block UV rays
Turn into O3
What is the role of deposition in the nitrogen cycle
rain brings down NO3- in the soil
rains rises NO3- from the soil
removes NO3- from the soil
add NO3- to the atmosphere
What is the process that involves the loss of water from the leaves of plants and then pulls water from the rotes all the way through the plant
Transpiration
Absorption
Evaporation
Deposition
What is the special property of water that is involved in water having a high boiling point
Hydrogen Bonding
Oxygen Bonding
Nitrogen Bonding
Carbon Bonding
What is the process that converts nitrates into nitrogen gas
Denitrifying Bacteria
Decompositon
Nitrifying
Nitrification
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