Exam 2: Science, Matter, Energy, and Systems

Transfer of carbon between organisms depends primarily on

Nitrogen is the most abundant element in the atmosphere.

All insects are pests.

All of the brown tree frogs and green tree frogs living in the same area would be part of the same population.

All of the following are elements involved in major nutrient biogeochemical cycles except

The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom equals to its ____________________.

A community of living organisms interacting with one another and the physical and chemical factors of their nonliving environment is called

List three critical thinking questions that you can use to uncover unreliable science.

New scientific results that have not been fully tested and accepted by peer review are known as ____________________.

All of the following are examples of kinetic energy except

Which of the following does not characterize frontier science?

Photosynthesis

The atomic number is the number of

Explain the three stages of the rock cycle and give two examples of each rock stage.

Explain the five ways humans disrupt the nitrogen cycle.

Which of the following behaviors would be least accepted by the scientific community?

When you release an object from a high altitude,the object's potential energy converts to ____________________.

-Using this image,outline a possible food chain.

The group that includes infectious germs,purifies water by breaking down wastes,decompose organic wastes into nutrients,and provide much of the world's oxygen are

Humans strongly affect the hydrologic cycle through all of the following except