EES Final Exam Review

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What occurs during convection currents?

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Heated material rises and cooled material sinks.

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Why is most of the freshwater on Earth not available for use?

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It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.

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What is the biosphere?

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The interaction of the earth and all life-forms living there.

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What type of interaction is exemplified by a feeder fish following a shark?

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Commensalism.

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What geological process is depicted by a subduction zone?

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A geological process where one tectonic plate moves under another.

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Define convection currents.

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The movement of fluid caused by differences in temperature and density.

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What is the primary source of Earth's freshwater?

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Icecaps and glaciers.

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What is the significance of the biosphere in ecology?

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It encompasses all ecosystems and living organisms on Earth.

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Differentiate between commensalism and mutualism.

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Commensalism benefits one species without affecting the other; mutualism benefits both.

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What is a mid-ocean ridge?

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An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics.