Sedimentary Cycles & Population Ecology

Front

What is the process by which sediment settles out of the water or wind carrying?

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erosion

Front

Which is NOT a part of the phosphorus cycle? Options: Phosphate is incorporated into sedimentary rocks, Phosphate bound to soil, Phosphate is absorbed from the soil by plants, Atmospheric phosphate

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Atmospheric phosphate

Front

Nitrogen is available in the soil, and is available for _____ who pass it onto consumers through the food web. Options: producers, decomposers, heterotrophs, scavengers

Back

heterotrophs

Front

Phosphorous is passed from plants to ____ who eat them.

Back

animals

Front

Does nitrogen make up 70% of the earth's atmosphere?

Back

True

Front

The graph shows what type of growth curve? Options: exponential, logistic, J-shaped, boom and bust

Back

logistic

Front

What refers to the group of organisms of the same species living in the same area?

Back

population

Front

When an organism leaves a certain area, the movement is called ____.

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emigration