APES Unit 1

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Which biome is characterized by low temperatures and low amounts of rainfall? Options: Tundra, Desert, Temperate Deciduous Forest, Tropical Rainforest

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Tundra

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The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

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Precipitation and Temperature

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Which biome covers most of the land mass near Earth's equator?

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Tropical rainforest

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The rain forest soil is

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thin and nutrient poor

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Which biome, because of its climate, has the largest number of species of plants and animals? Options: Tundra, Rainforest, Desert, Coniferous forest

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Rainforest

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__________ primary productivity = the organic materials that remain after photosynthetic organisms in the ecosystem have used some of these compounds for their cellular energy needs (cellular respiration).

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Net

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__________ primary productivity is the total amount of energy that producers convert to chemical energy in organic molecules per unit of time.

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Gross

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The total quantity of all living matter in an area is called:

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Biomass

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Ecological efficiency from one trophic level to the next is generally:

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10%

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Permafrost is an important factor in which biome?

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Tundra