Ecology Test

What point on the graph represents the carrying capacity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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The process of plants losing water through their leaves is called

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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How does Carbon in a grass plant get into a lion?

• The lion eats the grass

• carbon from grass doesn't end up in a lion

• the lion breathes in carbon given out by the plant

• the carbon is in the food the lion eats

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Photosynthesis

• absorbs CO₂

• releases CO₂

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What 2 things do plants make during photosynthesis?

• Sugar and oxygen

• carbon dioxide and energy

• carbon dioxide and water

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

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How does a cow transfer carbon to other parts of the environment?

• It releases CO₂ through respiration

• It releases carbon as waste

• It transfers carbon to humans when we eat it

• All of the above are correct

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Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere?

• Carbon dioxide (CO₂₎

• Oxygen (O₂)

• Nitrogen gas (N₂)

• Water vapor (H₂O)

How do animals get nitrogen

• from drinking water

• lightning storms

• breathing it in

• eating other organisms

Organisms require nitrogen to make which of the following?

• proteins and nucleic acids

• sugars and fats

• make energy

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Which organisms are important in cycling Nitrogen from the atmosphere into a form that plants can use?

• bacteria

• fungi

• earthworms

• algae

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