Ecosystems and Energy Flow

What is an Ecosystem?

• The upper most layer of the ocean where phytoplankton live, which produces 50-85% of earths oxygen.

• A star and all of the objects gravitationally bound to it.

• A system for measuring life in an small area or territory.

• A community of organisms interacting with each other and their environment.

Energy moves around an ecosystem cyclically just like carbon or water.

• True

• False

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How do plants use the energy from the sun to produce biomass?

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

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What are Biomes?

• Possible locations of life in our solar system.

• Places on earth devoid of life.

• Horticultural sections of the International space station.

• Habitats with similar characteristics.

Which biome are you more likely to find by the equator?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Savana

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What biome receives the least amount of rain?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Savana

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Traveling north or south from the equator, what biome are you more likely to see next?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Savana

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Which of these biomes would you be more likely to see as temperatures drop below freezing for much of the year?

• Desert

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Savana

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What would happen to a tropical rain forest if you remove just the big trees?

• When the big trees are gone the nutrient cycle gets disrupted.

• Acid rain bleaches the soil making it impossible to grow anything.

• Rain has no place go to so it pools and can grow into a thriving lake.

• The heat reflected off the open area creates an updraft for birds to hunt prey all day.

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It is possible to farm in tropical rainforests in a sustainable way.

• True

• False

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