BIOGEO CYCLES
BIOGEOCYCLES
FOOD WEBS/CHAINS
TERRESTRIAL BIOMES
AQUATIC BIOMES
EXTRA
100
NAME ONE CARBON SINK PRESENT IN THE
1. HYDROSPHERE
2. LITHOSPHERE
3. BIOSPHERE
1. OCEAN
2. SOIL, CARBONATE ROCKS (LIMESTONE OR CHALK), PERMAFROST
3. PHOTOSYNTHESIS/BIOMASS
100
BOTH NITROGEN AND PHOSPHOROUS ARE USED TO DO WHAT IN ORGANISMS...
1. BUILD DNA/RNA
2. ALLOW ORGANISMS TO REPRODUCE
100
THESE SPECIES - IF REMOVED - RESULTS IN THE HEALTH OF AN ECOSYSTEM DRASTICALLY DECLINING
KEYSTONE SPECIES
100
THIS BIOME HAS THE HIGHEST PERCIPITIATION, HIGHEST BIODIVERSITY, AND NUTRIENT-POOR SOILS
TROPICAL RAINFORESTS
100
DAMS AFFECT BOTH AQUATIC BIOMES AND WAHT BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE?
WATER CYCLE
100
This type of feedback loop involves a changes where things are brought back to normal. An example is predator-prey relationships
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS
200
IMPERMEABLE CONCRETE AFFECTS WHAT BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE THE MOST? WHAT PART OF THIS CYCLE DOES IT IMPACT THE MOST?
1. WATER CYCLE
2. RUN-OFF/INFILIRATION
200
IDENTIFY ONE HUMAN SOURCE OF METHANE
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (RAISING OF CATTLE)
ENTERIC DIGESTION OF BACTERIA IN LANDFILLS
200
THE REMOVAL OF TOP PREDATORS IN AN ECOSYSTEM THAT RESULTS IN A DRASTIC CHANGE - USUALLY A DECLINE - IN AN ECOSYSTEM & NUTRIENT CYCLING IS KNOWN AS...
TOPIC CASCADE
200
THIS BIOME HAS THE RICHEST SOILS OF ALL BIOMES, COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN TROPICAL GRASSLANDS, LESS DRAMATIC WET/DRY SEASONS
TEMEPERATE GRASSLANDS
200
HOW DOES AN INCREASE OF CARBON DIXOIDE IN THE ATMOPSHERE AFFECT AQUATIC BIOMES
1. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
2. WEAKENING OF SHELLS
3. OCEAN WARMING - CORAL BLEACHING
200
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS RELATIONSHIP IS THE ZOOXANTHALLAE BACTERIA PROVIDING FOOD AS GLUCOSE FOR CORAL - WHO PROTECTS THEM
MUTUALISM - SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP
300
WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS IS TRUE?
1. THE PHOSPHOROUS CYCLE IS THE SLOWEST OF ALL CYCLES
2. WEATHERING OF ROCKS CAUSES PHOSPHOROUS TO BE STORED
3. THERE IS NO ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENT TO NITROGEN & PHOSPHROUS
4. NITROGEN IS A GREATER LIMITING FACTOR THAN PHOSPHOROUS IN AQUATIC BIOMES
1. IS A TRUE STATEMENT
300
IDENTIFY TWO WAYS WATER ENTERS THE ATMOPSHERE
1. EVAPORATION
2. TRANSPIRATION
300
WHICH ORGANISM(S) COULD BE CONSIDERED AN HERBIVORE
- DEER
- GRASSHOPPER
- MOUSE
300
THIS BIOME HAS WARM TEMPERATURES YEAR-ROUND, PERIODIC FIRES, AND A WET /DRY SEASON
SAVANNA - TROPICAL GRASSLAND
300
1. GIVEN THREE ZONES - PHOTIC, APHOTIC, OR ABYSSAL ZONE - WHERE WOULD THE MOST OXYGEN BE LOCATED?
2. GIVEN THREE ZONES - PHOTIC, APHOTIC, OR ABYSSAL ZONE - WHERE WOULD THE MOST NUTRIENTS BE LOCATED?
1. THE PHOTIC ZONE
2. THE ABYSSAL ZONE
300
A REDWOOD IS DIVIDIED INTO MULTIPLE NICHES, WHERE LARGE BIRDS CREATE NESTS IN THE TOP OF THE TREE, SMALL INSECTS FEED ON THE BRANCHES, AND FUNGI CONSUME THE ROOTS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT...
RESOURCE PARTITIONING
400
LIST THE STEPS OF THE NITROGEN CYCLE IN ORDER.
1. NITROGEN FIXATION
2. AMMONIFICATION
3. NITRIFICATION
4. ASSIMILATION
5. DENITIFICATION
400
1. NAME ONE NATURAL SOURCE OF CARBON
2. NAME ONE ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE OF CARBON
1. CELLULAR RESPIRATION, DECOMP., VOLCANOES, WILDFIRES, ENTERIC DIGESTION
3. LANDFILLS, COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS
400
THE GRASS CONTAINS 19,820 kilojoules OF ENERGY. HOW MUCH ENERGY WOULD THE EAGLE HAVE IF THE EAGLE --> FROG --> GRASSHOPPER --> GRASS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT RULE?
19.820 KILOJOULES
10% RULE
400
THE CLIMATOGRAPH ABOVE REPRESENTS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BIOMES:
TROPICAL RAINFOREST, SAVANNAH, DESERT, TUNDRA, OR DECIDUOUS FOREST
DECIDUOUS FOREST
400
HOW DO INVASIVE SPECIES AFFECT AQUATIC BIOMES?
1. OUTCOMPETE NATIVE SPECIES FOR RESORUCES - AS THEY ARE GENERALISTS
2. DISRUPT FOOD WEBS
3. DECREASE BIODIVERSITY
400
WHAT FAMOUS SINGER CAN HELP YOU REMEMBER THE 10% RULE?
BEYONCE
500
AN GOLF COURSE OPENS DOWNSTREAM OF A LARGE BODY OF WATER. ENVIRONMENTALITS ARE WORRIED THIS LAKE MAY BECOME A DEAD ZONE. ARE THEY JUSTIFIED?
YES - IF THE GOLF COURSES USES A LARGE AMOUNT OF FERTILIZERS WHICH CONTAIN N & P - THESE CAN RUN-OFF & MAKE THEIR WAY DOWNSTREAM INTO THE BODY OF WATER, WHERE THEY CAN CAUSE EUTROPHICIATION --> DEAD ZONES.
500
A PLOT OF LAND IS USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES. THERE ARE NO NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA PRESENT IN THE SOIL, BUT A SCIENTIST STUDYING THE SOIL COMPOSITION NOTICES THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT IN THE SOIL. HOW...?
1. DECOMPOSITION OF PLANTS OR OTHER ANIMALS WHO WANDERED INTO THE AGRICULTURAL PLOT
2. LIGHTNING
3. THE FARMER USED FERTILIZERS
500
HOW WOULD THIS ECOSYSTEM BE AFFECTED IF ALL MICE WERE REMOVED.
1. HEALTH OF THE ECOSYSTEM WOULD DECLINE
2. GRASSHOPPERS & DEER WOULD INCREASE IN POPULATION - UNTIL FROG & SNAKE POPULATIONS INCREASED WHICH WOULD CREATE A PREDATOR-PREY RELATIONSHIP FEEDBACK LOOP
3. CONSEQUENCES FOR AVAILABILITY OF TREES
500
THE CLIMATOGRAPH ABOVE REPRESENTS A COASTAL BIOME WITH HOT, DRY SUMMERS - MAINTAINED BY FIRE. THIS BIOME IS...
CHAPARRAL
500
HOW IS OVERFISHING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS?
NO ONE COUNTRY HAS AN INCENTIVE TO PROTECT FISH STOCKS OR REPLENISH B/C THEY DO NOT BELONG TO ONE NATION
500
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT CLIMATIC FACTORS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF TERRESTRIAL BIOMES IS...
1. TEMPERATURE
2. PERCIPITIATION