APES Unit 1 MC Test

Which of the organisms below is most important to the nitrogen cycle because it transforms atmospheric nitrogen into useable forms?

• Producers

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Consumers

Which best describes the concept of net primary production?

• total amount of energy available from the Sun

• total amount of cellular respiration conducted within an ecosystem

• energy captured minus energy used in cellular respiration

• total amount of energy available from the producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In which biome would you expect to find an area with an average temperature of 15^oC and 150 cm of precipitation annually?

• Temperate seasonal forest

• Temperate rainforest

• Woodland/shrubland

• Tropical seasonal forest

Terrestrial biomes are defined by ____ and ____ variables.

• temperature; precipitation

• temperature; animals

• precipitation; plants

• animals; plants

Which biome has warm temperatures, high precipitation, and little seasonal variation due to its location near the equator?

• Boreal forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Woodland/shrubland

• Subtropical desert

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• is increasing in part due to fossil fuel use.

• has not significantly changed in the past 200 years.

• is decreasing in part due to deforestation.

• has been decreasing since the 1800’s.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

"No two species can occupy the exact same niche." This is the

• Competitive Exclusion Principle

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Principle of Resource Degradation

• Limiting Competitive Theory

Which of the following biogeochemical cycles does not have an atmospheric phase?

• Water (Hydrologic) Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Phosphorous Cycle

The length and complexity of a food web in the Arctic would be ____ when compared to one in the tropical rainforest.

• Short and less complex

• short and more complex

• long and less complex

• long and more complex

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

In a food pyramid, which organism can be found on the bottom?

• Primary Consumers

• Producers

• Secondary Consumers

• Herbivores