Exam 13: Biological Productivity and Energy Transfer

If 10,000 KCAL of energy were contained in the primary producers, on average how many KCAL of energy would you expect to be transferred to third-order consumers?

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Question 21

Compensation depth is the depth in the ocean where the photosynthetic rates exceeds the rate of cellular respiration.

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Question 22

Primary productivity in temperate marine systems is limited by the amount of available solar radiation.

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Question 23

Many of the organisms responsible for toxic red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning belong to the Division:

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Question 24

Diatoms, important producers in the epipelagic open ocean, are members of the Division:

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Question 25

The group of marine algae with the highest abundance and greatest geographic distribution belong to the Division Rhodophyta.

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Question 26

The amount of carbon dioxide concentrations and available nutrients affect the rate of primary production in an ecosystem.

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Question 27

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

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Question 28

Which of the following pairs is an incorrect match between organisms and the type of symbiotic relationship they manifest?

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Question 29

An important marine autotroph that has SiO₂ incorporated in the cell walls are:

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Question 30

The mass present at a given time of a population of fish is called its:

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Question 31

The distinction between a food chain and a food web is that a food chain describes a linear relationship among trophic levels whereas a food web describes the interconnected relationships among trophic structures in nature.

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Question 32

Marine flowering plants include all of the following except:

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Question 33

The area of the ocean that produces the largest standing stock of commercial fish is in the:

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Question 34

Eutrophication is a type of pollution caused by increased:

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Question 35

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

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Question 36

Consumers, producers, and decomposers are all examples of trophic levels within a food chain or food web.

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Question 37

Diatoms are classified as members of the Division Chlorophyta.

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Question 38

Energy flow is unidirectional in contrast to nutrients, which cycle in ecosystems.

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Question 39

The efficiency of trophic transfers in ecosystems is on average around:

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If 10,000 KCAL of energy were contained in the primary producers, on average how many KCAL of energy would you expect to be transferred to third-order consumers?

Compensation depth is the depth in the ocean where the photosynthetic rates exceeds the rate of cellular respiration.

Primary productivity in temperate marine systems is limited by the amount of available solar radiation.

Many of the organisms responsible for toxic red tides and paralytic shellfish poisoning belong to the Division:

Diatoms, important producers in the epipelagic open ocean, are members of the Division:

The group of marine algae with the highest abundance and greatest geographic distribution belong to the Division Rhodophyta.

The amount of carbon dioxide concentrations and available nutrients affect the rate of primary production in an ecosystem.

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

Which of the following pairs is an incorrect match between organisms and the type of symbiotic relationship they manifest?

An important marine autotroph that has SiO₂ incorporated in the cell walls are:

The mass present at a given time of a population of fish is called its:

The distinction between a food chain and a food web is that a food chain describes a linear relationship among trophic levels whereas a food web describes the interconnected relationships among trophic structures in nature.

Marine flowering plants include all of the following except:

The area of the ocean that produces the largest standing stock of commercial fish is in the:

Eutrophication is a type of pollution caused by increased:

Examine the five words and/or phrases and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the one option that does not fit the pattern.

Consumers, producers, and decomposers are all examples of trophic levels within a food chain or food web.

Diatoms are classified as members of the Division Chlorophyta.

Energy flow is unidirectional in contrast to nutrients, which cycle in ecosystems.

The efficiency of trophic transfers in ecosystems is on average around:

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