Exam 17: Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles

In the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis,

The largest reservoir or store of phosphorus can be found in

The plant shown in the photograph below is an invasive species that often clogs waterways in the southeastern United States.It is the

Assuming that all other factors are equal, on a hot summer afternoon the biological oxygen demand in a lake will be

The largest amount of carbon is involved in

The lethal limit of a "eury" species is likely to be

When the climax community appears,

An example of parasitism is

In the diagram below, the importance of the falling precipitation at "A" for the global carbon cycle is that

Which of the following parts of the ocean are likely to support the lowest net primary productivity?

The diagram below shows that

Guano is significant because

Storms can compound problems related to hypoxia by

In the diagram below, the red line represents

In the diagram below, the population growth rate begins to decline after reaching the inflection point most likely because

In which of the following places on Earth has the local environment's capacity to support its human population been exceeded most seriously?

The hypoxia problem in the Gulf of Mexico is primarily caused by

The diagram below shows that most of the reservoir and flux of the biogeochemical cycle called the sulfur cycle takes place in the lithosphere, so it is termed a(n)

Detritivores eat

The left half of the diagram below represents the component of photosynthesis that