A Well Functioning Biosphere
The word ecosystem MOST NEARLY means:
A. the effect that a pair of organisms living together in a community have on each other
B. a part of a planet's environment where life exists
C. all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment
C. all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment
The word continent MOST NEARLY means:
A. one of the large moving layers of rock that the earth's surface is believed to be made of
B. the name given the one large area of land that began to break apart 200 million years ago to create the present continents
C. one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by ocean and usually consisting of various countries
C. one of the seven large land masses on the earth's surface, surrounded, or mainly surrounded, by ocean and usually consisting of various countries
The word symbiosis MOST NEARLY mean:
A. interaction on which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey
B. each small living individual part of an ecosystem
C. an interaction characterized by two or more species living purposefully in direct contact with each other
C. an interaction characterized by two or more species living purposefully in direct contact with each other
The word biosphere MOST NEARLY means:
A. a part of a planet's environment where life exist
B. a group or collection of interacting species form a complex whole
C. the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
A. a part of a planet's environment where life exist
The word plate MOST NEARLY means:
A. one of the large moving layers of rock that the earth's surface is believed to be made of
B. a part of a planet's environment where life exists
C. the effect that a pair of organisms living together in a community have on each other
A. one of the large moving layers of rock that the earth's surface is believed to be made of
The word mutualism MOST NEARLY means:A. the director indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resource
B. relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved
C. each small living individual part of an ecosystem
B. relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved
The word environment MOST NEARLY means:
A. a large mass of ice that moves slowly
B. a group or collection of interacting species form a complex whole.
C. the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
C. the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
The word fossil MOST NEARLY means:
A. a large mass of ice that moves slowly
B. each small living individual part of an ecosystem
C. the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
C. the shape of a bone, a shell, or a plant or animal that has been preserved in rock for a very long period
The word commensalism MOST NEARLY means:
A. a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other organism neither benefit nor harm
B. a group or collection of interacting species form a complex whole
C. interaction in which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey
A. a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other organism neither benefit nor harm
A. a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other organism neither benefit nor harm
B. a group of small parts that are unrelated to each other, but when interconnected, they make the system work as a whole.
C. the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
B. a group of small parts that are unrelated to each other, but when interconnected, they make the system work as a whole.
The word climate MOST NEARLY means:
A. a part of a planet's environment where life exists
B. the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
C. the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and plants live
B. the general weather conditions usually found in a particular place
The word predation MOST NEARLY means:
A. all the living things in an area and the way they affect each other and the environment
B. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form
C. interaction in which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey
C. interaction in which one organism, the predator, eats all or part of the body of another organism, the prey
The word systems MOST NEARLY means:
A. a group or collection of interacting species form a complex whole.
B. relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved
C. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
A. a group or collection of interacting species form a complex whole.
The word glacier MOST NEARLY means:
A. a large mass of ice that moves slowly
B. a relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other organism neither benefit nor harm
C. an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
A. a large mass of ice that moves slowly
The word parasitism MOST NEARLY means:
A. a relationship that is beneficial to both organisms involved
B. a nonmetal relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other
C. the direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resource
B. a nonmetal relationship between two organisms in which one benefits at the expense of the other