Chapter 3 Notes

Which of the following terms best matches the definition: The region of our planet where life resides, the combination of all ecosystems on Earth

• Ecosystems

• Ecosystem Boundaries

• The Biosphere

• Biophilia

Which of the following processes does a producer use to create food?

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Aerobic Respiration

• Anaerobic Respiration

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What are the inputs of photosynthesis?

• Sunlight, CO2, and H2O

• Sunlight and H2O

• Sunlight and CO2

• CO2 and H2O

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What are the outputs of photosynthesis?

• Glucose and Oxygen (02)

• Glucose

• Glucose and Water (H2O)

• Oxygen and Water

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Which term matches the definition: The successive levels of organisms consuming one another.

• Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

• Trophic Levels

Which type of organism is responsible for converting organic matter into small elements and molecules that can be recycled back into the ecosystem?

• Food Web

• Scavenger

• Detrivore

• Decomposers

What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?

• A food chain shows all the flows of energy in an ecosystem

• A food web shows all the flows of energy in an ecosystem

• There is no difference

• A food web shows only producers and tertiary consumers

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Which term describes the total amount of solar energy that producers in an ecosystem capture via photosynthesis over a given amount of time?

• Gross Primary Productivity

• Net Primary Productivity

• Stable Primary Productivity

• Tertiary Primary Productivity

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The proportion of consumed energy that can be passed from one trophic level to another.

• Biomass

• Standing Crop

• Ecological Efficiency

• Trophic Pyramid

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The following are examples of _______________________: water cycle, nitrogen cycle, phosphorus cycle.

• Bio Cycles

• Chemical Cycles

• Biogeochemical Cycles

• Natural Cycles

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