Unit 11 Review

Which can damage an aquatic ecosystem by lowering the pH of a pond?

• Transpiration

• Global warming

• Acid rain

• Greenhouse gases

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The amount of precipitation in terrestrial ecosystems determines which of the following?

• Soil depth

• Surface temperature

• Air pollution

• Amount of biodiversity

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Which of the following cycles have evaporation, transpiration, and precipitation?

• The oxygen cycle

• The nitrogen cycle

• The water cycle

• The carbon cycle

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What is the most important reason that the recycling of carbon is essential to living organisms?

• Carbon is needed to make coal

• Carbon is needed in the soil

• Carbon is needed for fuel combustion

• Carbon is needed to make organic molecules.

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What form is most carbon found in the atmosphere?

• CO

• H2CO3

• CO2

• C6H12O6

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An increase in the number of consumers would have what effect on an ecosystem?

• Increase amount of elemental carbon dissolved in the ocean

• Decrease the amount of fossil fuels that are formed

• Increase the amount of carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere

• Decrease the amount of carbon dioxide removed from atmosphere

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Through what process do living organisms release carbon into the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular respiration

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How does carbon enter the soil?

• Through photosynthesis

• Through combustion

• Through cellular respiration

• Through dead organisms

How do animals obtain carbon to be used in cellular processes?

• By photosynthesis

• Through combustion

• By breathing in carbon dioxide

• By eating plants and animals

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Carbon going from respiration to a gas to photosynthesis to carbohydrates represents

• Cycling of carbon between the formation and burning of fossil fuels.

• The cycling of carbon between consumers and decomposers

• The cycling of carbon between the atmosphere and living organisms

• The cycling of carbon in and out of the soil.

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