Unit 1
Which of the biogeochemical cycles includes the processes of buffering ocean PH and photosynthesis?
The Carbon Cycle
A metric used to measure the quantity of species in an ecosystem
Species Richness
Generalist have a ________ niche than specialists
broader/ bigger
At a subduction zone between continental and ocean plates, which plate will subduct?
Oceanic Plate
The water cycle is driven by these two important factors.
What is the Sun and Gravity
Algae in an aquatic food chain covert solar energy into 93,000 kilocalories of plant tissue. Which of the following values best represents the amount of energy available for secondary consumers in the food chain?
930 Kcal
The key difference between primary and secondary succession
What is the presence of soil
A large bodied animal with few offspring is likely to follow which survivorship curve?
Type I or Late Loss Curve
Soil particles are made up of three groups, what are they?
Sand
Clay
Silt
Bluefin Tuna cannot survive in water colder than 50 degrees or warmer than 76 degrees Fahrenheit. This is an example of a species _________.
Range of tolerance
What is the primary reservoir of the Nitrogen Cycle?
the atmosphere
Pollination, decomposition, and water purification are best identified as this type of ecosystem service.
What is regulating
The crude rate of growth for a country is 20. How long will it take for this population to double?
35 years
t = 70/2
What is created by the rotation of the earth and creates the prevailing wind patterns in our global atmosphere?
The Coriolis Effect
How does temperature change as you increase in altitude in the stratosphere?
Temperature increases
In reef ecosystems, corals often have micro algae living inside them. The algae supply the corals with nutrients, and the coral gives shelter to the algae. What is the interaction between these two organisms?
mutualism
What happens to the colonization rate as the distance from mainland increases and size of island decreases?
Colonization rate decreases
A society that is experiencing rapid population growth would be best identified as what stage in the demographic transition model?
Stage 2 / Transitional
What soil property measures the rate at which liquids pass through?
Permeability
Organisms who's population go through boom and bust cycles as they overshoot carrying capacity and subsequently experience diebacks are like to use which reproductive strategy?
A scientist is tracking reindeer migrations and notices that they spend a significant amount of time on the permafrost. What type of biome are they in?
Tundra
Scientists observed that kelp forests off the coast of California disappeared after sea otters were hunted to extinction. When they were introduced to their natural habitats again they noticed that the otters ate urchins and kept their numbers low so that the kelp could grow back. What role are sea otters playing in this ecosystem?
Keystone species
As access to education and healthcare increase, what happens to the birth and death rates?
Both birth and death rates will decline/decrease
Plate boundaries interact differently based on how the plates are moving. Which boundary contains the plates that come together?
Convergent plate boundaries
This is the main reservoir of the Phosphorous Cycle.
What is sediment and sedimentary rock?