Exam 3: Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work

Despite its low net primary productivity (NPP),the open ocean produces more of the earth's biomass per year than any other ecosystem or life zone because ____.

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Question 41

Bacteria in soil convert ammonia and ammonium ions to ___________________.

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Question 42

Of the following water cycle processes,the one working against gravity is

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Question 43

Water exists as a liquid over a wide range of temperatures because of the lack of attractive forces between its molecules.

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Question 44

An organism can be described as a tertiary consumer if it eats ____.

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Question 45

Water has the ability to filter out wavelengths of the sun's ultraviolet radiation that would harm some aquatic organisms.

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Question 46

Carnivores such as tigers,hawks and killer whales that feed on the flesh of other carnivores are known as _______________ consumers.

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Question 47

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle primarily by ____.

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Question 48

A deer is both a primary consumer and in the second trophic level.

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Question 49

Why is it that most top predators (e.g.,lions,tigers,bears,and wolves)have extremely large territories and are relatively rare?

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Question 50

Food chains and food webs show how producers,consumers,and decomposers are connected to one another as chemical energy flows through different ____ in an ecosystem.

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Question 51

Net primary productivity (NPP)is the rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus ____.

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Question 52

Ecology is the study of how organisms can survive independently of one another by their dependence on matter and energy.

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Question 53

Compare the roles of bacteria in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.

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Question 54

As solar energy interacts with carbon dioxide,water vapor,and several other gases in the troposphere,it warms the troposphere- a process known as the ____________________.

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Question 55

____________________ is the rate at which an ecosystem's producers (usually plants)convert solar energy into chemical energy stored in compounds found in their tissues,not accounting for the use of chemical energy through aerobic respiration.

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Question 56

The troposphere and stratosphere are layers of the ____________________.

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Question 57

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle through the burning of sulfur-containing coal and oil.

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Question 58

Plants utilize a portion of their gross primary productivity (GPP)for respiration.

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Question 59

Pronghorn antelope live in the high desert of the Great Basin in the western U.S.Which of the following items are possible abiotic factors that an antelope has to contend with?

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Despite its low net primary productivity (NPP),the open ocean produces more of the earth's biomass per year than any other ecosystem or life zone because ____.

Bacteria in soil convert ammonia and ammonium ions to ___________________.

Of the following water cycle processes,the one working against gravity is

Water exists as a liquid over a wide range of temperatures because of the lack of attractive forces between its molecules.

An organism can be described as a tertiary consumer if it eats ____.

Water has the ability to filter out wavelengths of the sun's ultraviolet radiation that would harm some aquatic organisms.

Carnivores such as tigers,hawks and killer whales that feed on the flesh of other carnivores are known as _______________ consumers.

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle primarily by ____.

A deer is both a primary consumer and in the second trophic level.

Why is it that most top predators (e.g.,lions,tigers,bears,and wolves)have extremely large territories and are relatively rare?

Food chains and food webs show how producers,consumers,and decomposers are connected to one another as chemical energy flows through different ____ in an ecosystem.

Net primary productivity (NPP)is the rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus ____.

Ecology is the study of how organisms can survive independently of one another by their dependence on matter and energy.

Compare the roles of bacteria in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.

As solar energy interacts with carbon dioxide,water vapor,and several other gases in the troposphere,it warms the troposphere- a process known as the ____________________.

____________________ is the rate at which an ecosystem's producers (usually plants)convert solar energy into chemical energy stored in compounds found in their tissues,not accounting for the use of chemical energy through aerobic respiration.

The troposphere and stratosphere are layers of the ____________________.

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle through the burning of sulfur-containing coal and oil.

Plants utilize a portion of their gross primary productivity (GPP)for respiration.

Pronghorn antelope live in the high desert of the Great Basin in the western U.S.Which of the following items are possible abiotic factors that an antelope has to contend with?

Environmental Problems - Their Causes - and Sustainability

Science - Matter - and Energy

Biodiversity and Evolution

Biodiversity - Species Interactions - and Population Control

The Human Population and Urbanization

Climate and Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Species Approach

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Ecosystem Approach

Food - Soil - and Pest Management

Water Resources and Water Pollution

Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

Energy

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

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Exam 3: Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work

Despite its low net primary productivity (NPP),the open ocean produces more of the earth's biomass per year than any other ecosystem or life zone because ____.​

Bacteria in soil convert ammonia and ammonium ions to ___________________.

Of the following water cycle processes,the one working against gravity is​

Water exists as a liquid over a wide range of temperatures because of the lack of attractive forces between its molecules.

​An organism can be described as a tertiary consumer if it eats ____.

Water has the ability to filter out wavelengths of the sun's ultraviolet radiation that would harm some aquatic organisms.

Carnivores such as tigers,hawks and killer whales that feed on the flesh of other carnivores are known as _______________ consumers.​

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle primarily by ____.​

A deer is both a primary consumer and in the second trophic level.​

Why is it that most top predators (e.g.,lions,tigers,bears,and wolves)have extremely large territories and are relatively rare?

Food chains and food webs show how producers,consumers,and decomposers are connected to one another as chemical energy flows through different ____ in an ecosystem.​

Net primary productivity (NPP)is the rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus ____.​

Ecology is the study of how organisms can survive independently of one another by their dependence on matter and energy.

Compare the roles of bacteria in the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles.

As solar energy interacts with carbon dioxide,water vapor,and several other gases in the troposphere,it warms the troposphere- a process known as the ____________________.

____________________ is the rate at which an ecosystem's producers (usually plants)convert solar energy into chemical energy stored in compounds found in their tissues,not accounting for the use of chemical energy through aerobic respiration.

The troposphere and stratosphere are layers of the ____________________.

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle through the burning of sulfur-containing coal and oil.​

Plants utilize a portion of their gross primary productivity (GPP)for respiration.

Pronghorn antelope live in the high desert of the Great Basin in the western U.S.Which of the following items are possible abiotic factors that an antelope has to contend with?​

Environmental Problems - Their Causes - and Sustainability

Science - Matter - and Energy

Biodiversity and Evolution

Biodiversity - Species Interactions - and Population Control

The Human Population and Urbanization

Climate and Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Species Approach

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Ecosystem Approach

Food - Soil - and Pest Management

Water Resources and Water Pollution

Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

Energy

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Environmental Economics Politics and Worldviews

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Despite its low net primary productivity (NPP),the open ocean produces more of the earth's biomass per year than any other ecosystem or life zone because ____.

Of the following water cycle processes,the one working against gravity is

An organism can be described as a tertiary consumer if it eats ____.

Carnivores such as tigers,hawks and killer whales that feed on the flesh of other carnivores are known as _______________ consumers.

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle primarily by ____.

A deer is both a primary consumer and in the second trophic level.

Food chains and food webs show how producers,consumers,and decomposers are connected to one another as chemical energy flows through different ____ in an ecosystem.

Net primary productivity (NPP)is the rate at which producers use photosynthesis to produce and store chemical energy minus ____.

Human activities have affected the sulfur cycle through the burning of sulfur-containing coal and oil.

Pronghorn antelope live in the high desert of the Great Basin in the western U.S.Which of the following items are possible abiotic factors that an antelope has to contend with?