HS Bio Nature of the Biosphere 6.1

Multiple Choice

One organism

• Species/Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

All of one species that lives in the same area

• Species/Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

All of the living things in one area

• Species/Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

Multiple Choice

All living and nonliving things in one area

• Species/Individual

• Population

• Community

• Ecosystem

• Biosphere

Ecosystem= all living and nonliving things in one area

Community= All living things in one area

Population= all individuals of one species

eats other things

​uses sunlight to make food

breaks down dead plants/animals

provides housing/shelter

returns nutrients to soil

stores water for other organisms

Multiple Choice

Which of these cannot describe an animal?

• Scavenger

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Multicellular

Multiple Select

Which two kingdoms contain organisms that are multicellular AND producers?

• Protists

• Animals

• Plants

• Fungi

Multiple Choice

Which kingdom contains unicellular organisms only?

• Animal

• Fungi

• Plant

• Protists

• Bacteria and Archaea

Multiple Choice

Which multicellular consumers are usually able to move?

• Animal

• Fungi

• Plant

• Protists

• Bacteria and Archaea

Multiple Select

Select the BIOTIC factors

• Bacteria

• Mushrooms

• Air

• Sunlight

• Birds

Multiple Select

Select the ABIOTIC factors

• Kelp

• Water

• Temperature

• Birds

• Sunlight

Multiple Choice

The process by which plants give off water vapor.

• Pre

• Transpi

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

Water moving downward through soil and rock

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

The process by which water moves from a liquid to a gaseous form

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Multiple Choice

The process by which water from from a gaseous to a liquid form

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Multiple Select

The SLOW carbon cycle involves which 2 spheres the most?

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

Multiple Select

The FAST carbon cycle involves which 2 spheres the most?

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Cryosphere

Multiple Select

Which 3 steps of the nitrogen cycle require bacteria?

• nitrification

• nitrogen fixation

• assimilation

• denitrification

• ammonification

Multiple Choice

Phosphorus is different from water, carbon, and nitrogen because it does not cycle through which sphere?

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• cryosphere