APES Unit 1 May Review

Which of the following is NOT an example of symbiosis?

• Nitrogen fixing bacteria living in the root nodules of legume plants

• Photosynthetic algae and coral living together in a coral reef

• Birds making their nests in trees

• Coyotes eating a dear carcass from a wolf kill after the wolf has finished 

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Which of the following is NOT an example of resource partitioning?

• American robins hunting for worms in different parts of a field

• Species of native grasses sending roots to different soil depths

• Evolution of different beak morphologies among finch species on an Island

• Wolves and coyotes hunting prey at different times of the day

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What is the primary cause for changes in biome distribution on earth?

• Deforestation

• Invasive species

• Global Climate Change

• Tectonic plate activity

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Which of the following is NOT a carbon sink?

• Old growth forests

• The ocean

• The atmosphere

• Soil

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Which of the following represents carbon sequestration?

• Photosynthesis

• Fossil fuel combustion

• Cellular respiration

• Animal Agriculture

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What is the largest Nitrogen reservoir?

• The atmosphere

• The oceans

• Plant tissues

• Animal bodies

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Why does the phosphorus cycle move more slowly than carbon, water, and nitrogen?

• Rocks & sediments are often buried under the ocean for long periods of time

• P is removed from the soil by plants faster than C, N, or H2O

• P has no gaseous phase, whereas C, N, and H20 all have gas phases

• Most P is removed from the environment and stored in fertilizers by humans

Which of the following provides the correct formula for primary productivity?

• GPP = Respiration - NPP

• NPP = GPP - Respiration

• Respiration = GPP - NPP

• GPP = NPP - Respiration 

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If the GPP for a patch of forest is 10 kg Carbon /m2 /year, and the amount of carbon dioxide LEAVING the ecosystem is 5 kg Carbon /m2 /year, what is the NPP?

• 5 kg carbon/M^2/year

• 10 kg carbon/m^2/year

• 1 kg carbon/m^2/year

• 15 kg carbon/m^2/year

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The net annual primary productivity of a particular wetland ecosystem is found to be 8,000 kcal/m2 . If respiration by the aquatic producers is 12,000 kcal/m2 per year, what is the gross annual primary productivity for this ecosystem, in kcal/m2 per year?

• 12,000 kcal/m^2/year

• 8,000 kcal/m^2/year

• 10,000 kcal/m^2/year

• 20,000 kcal/m^2/year

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