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TROPOSPHERE IS PART OF THE EARTH’S FOUR SPHERES . (TRUE OR FALSE)
FALSE
200
ANTS PROTECT SOFT BODIED APHIDS & IN RETURN THE APHIDS FEED THE ANTS WITH A SUGARY DRINK. WHAT IS THIS ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP?
WHAT OF MUTUALISM?
200
LOOK AT THE PICTURE BELOW. THIS SHOWS THE POPULATION IS…
INDICATES RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION
200
WHICH PROCESS REMOVES CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE?
TREE FARMS
200
WHAT DOES THE ABOVE DIAGRAM REPRESENT REGARDING THE CARBON CYCLE?
TERRESTRIAL & AQUATIC CYCLES OPERATE TOGETHER
400
WHY IS RAIN NOT PART OF THE ATMOSPHERE?
WHAT DOES „ HYDROSPHERE?“
400
IN THE 1800S RABBITS WERE INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRSTTIME IN AUSTRALIA. HERE THEY HAD NO NATURAL PREDATOPS BUT PLENTIFUL FOOD SUPPLIES. WHAT HAPPENED SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THESE RABBITS WERE INTRODUCED IN AUSTRALIA?
WHAT OF THE RABBITS BEGAN TO OVERPOPULATE GREATLY?
400
IN RECENT YEARS THE HUMAN POPULATION HAS GROWN HOW?
INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY
400
UNTIL RECENTLY MANY CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES DUMPED MUNICAPAL REFUSE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE, & SEWAGE SLUDGE INTO WHAT ENVIRONMENT?
OCEANS
400
A TYPE OF POLLUTION FOUND BOTH INDOORS & OUTDOORS WHICH INCLUDES POLLEN, DANDER, SOOT, CARBON & DUSTS
PARTICULATE MATTER
600
AN INVASIVE SPECIES IS A SPECIES THAT...
IS NON-NATIVE
600
POISONS SUCH AS DDT BUILD UP IN LAKES STREAMS DUE TO RUNOFF. THEN THEY ENTER THE FOOD CHAIN. ONCE IN LIVING ORGANISMS, THE POISONS ARE NOT BROKEN DOWN AND THEIR CONCENTRATIONS INCREASE AS THEY PASS ALONG THE FOOD CHAIN. WHICH TERM BEST DESCRIBES THIS PHENOMENON?
WHAT OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION?
600
WHICH HUMAN ACTIVITY WILL PRESERVE NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES?
RECYCLING
600
THE GRAPH ABOVE REPRESENTS PREDATOR PREY CHARACTERISTICS IN AN ECOSYSTEM. BASED ON THE PICTURE WHAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK DOES IT REPRESENT?
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
600
THE INTRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL,PHYSICAL, OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS INTO WATER.
WATER POLLUTION
800
BARNACLES SOMETIMES LIVE ON THE OUTSIDE SURFACE OF OTHER LARGER SHELLED ORGANISMS WITHOUT CAUSING ANY HARM. WHAT IS TYPE OF ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP
COMMENSALISM
800
THE BUILD UP OF NON-BIODEGRADABLE CHEMICALS IN CONSUMERS AS THEY PASSED UP THE FOOD CHAIN CAN BE DEFINED BY THIS TERM.
WHAT OF BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION
800
INCREASED INDUSTRALIZATION WILL MOST LIKELY….
DECREASE AVAILABLE HABITATS
800
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS TEND TO MAINTAIN…
EQUILIBRIUM
800
POOR COUNTRIES ARE MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM FOOD INSECURITY?(TRUE OR FALSE)
TRUE
1000
COWS & SHEEP BOTH EAT THE SAME TYPES OF FOOD IN AREAS IN MARYLAND. WHAT IS THIS ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIP?
COMPETITION
1000
HOW CAN LAND POLLUTION HARM THE ENVIRONMENT?
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IT CAN AFFECT HABITS OF ORGANISMS, PRODUCE GREEN HOUSE GASES & ALLOW HARMFUL CHEMICALS TO ENTER THE SOIL.
1000
WHERE DOES THE CARBON IN THE TREE GOES AFTER THE DEATH OF THE TREE?
DECOMPOSERS USE IT TO GET ENERGY AND RELEASE CARBON DIOXIDE
1000
THE ABOVE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK LOOP?
POSITIVE FEEDBACK LOOP
1000
WHAT IS THE STEADY FLOW OF VARIED WASTE THAT WE ALL PRODUCE FROM DOMESTIC GARBAGE & YARD WASTES TO INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND CONSTRUCTION REFUSE CALLED?
WASTE STREAM