Definitions 1
a.Is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.
b.Average year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud in an area.
c.the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
c.the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
a.the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
b.Is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.
c.Are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the upper atmosphere or in troposphere of some planets, including Earth.
c.Are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the upper atmosphere or in troposphere of some planets, including Earth.
Halifax, NS, gets more snow than Eureka, NU.
a. weather
b. climate
b. climate
A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
A. divergent
B. convergent
C. transform
A. divergent
What are the nonliving parts of the environment, such as water, dirt, and air?
a. abiotic factors
b. biotic factors
c. ecology
a. abiotic factors
Habitat
a.The living factors of the ecosystem.
b.The region an organism lives.
c.Total area of earth where living things are found.
b.The region an organism lives.
a.Is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content.
b.Total area of earth where living things are found.
c.c.the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
a.Is a volume of air defined by its temperature and water vapor content.
It rained every single day while we were at the Calgary Stampede
a. weather
b. climate
a. weather
Plates move apart at ____ boundaries.
a. convergent
b. stable
c. divergent
c. divergent
Which situation is a biotic factor operating within an ecosystem?
a. the kind of climate in a given region
b. carnivores that eat other animals
c. the concentration of hydrogen gas in the air
b. carnivores that eat other animals
Competition
a.Total area of earth where living things are found.
b.When two or more organisms compete for the same resource in the same location at the same time.
c.the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
b.When two or more organisms compete for the same resource in the same location at the same time.
Igneous Rock
a.Total area of earth where living things are found.
b.Describes rock formed from magma or lava that has cooled and hardened.
c.Movement of thermal energy within fluids (gases, liquids). Mantle convection is thought to be the driving force behind continental drift.
b.Describes rock formed from magma or lava that has cooled and hardened.
Timmins, Ontario, has such cold winters that some automobile companies test their vehicles there.
a. weather
b. climate
b. climate
____ currents inside Earth might drive plate motion.
a. Vertical
b. Horizontal
c. Convection
c. Convection
An environment's biotic and abiotic factors interact to make a(n)
a. habitat.
b. ecosystem.
c. niche.
b. ecosystem.
a.Movement of thermal energy within fluids (gases, liquids). Mantle convection is thought to be the driving force behind continental drift.
b.Total area of earth where living things are found.
c.Boundary where two tectonic plates are moving toward one another. Results in subduction or mountain building.
a.Movement of thermal energy within fluids (gases, liquids). Mantle convection is thought to be the driving force behind continental drift.
Biosphere
a.When two or more organisms compete for the same resource in the same location at the same time.
b.interaction between members or two different species
c.Total area of earth where living things are found.
c.Total area of earth where living things are found.
. Compared to a hurricane, a tornado is
a. larger
b. smaller
c. the same size
b. smaller
___ are formed when two continental plates collide.
a. Volcanoes
b. Mountain ranges
c. Strike-slip faults
b. Mountain ranges
What is a abiotic factor in a prairie dog ecosystem?
a. grass and other plants that the prairie dog eats
b. hawks, ferrets, and other animals that hunt prairie dogs
c. the soil that provides the prairie dog with a home
c. the soil that provides the prairie dog with a home
Symbiosis
a.Boundary where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another. Results in formation of new crust via sea floor spreading and the creation of rift zones.
b.interaction between members or two different species
c.The living factors of the ecosystem.
b.interaction between members or two different species
Radiation
a.When two or more organisms compete for the same resource in the same location at the same time.
b.Average year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, wind, and cloud in an area.
c.Is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.
c.Is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or through a material medium.
A front is the transition zone between two different air masses
a. cold
b. warm
c. occluded
c. occluded
Tectonics plates float on the _____________________ A. outer core
B. Inner core
C. asthenosphere or mantle
C. asthenosphere or mantle
Which is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem?
a. average temperature
b. type of soil
c. number and kinds of predators
c. number and kinds of predators