Ecology Chapter 1 Quiz

What is the best definition of Biotic Factors?

• All rocks, plants, and animals in the environment

• All living things in the ecosystem

• The factors that define the type of ecosystem present.

• All nonliving things in the ecosystem

Which of the following are Abiotic Factors?

• Temperature

• Salinity

• Water

• All of the above

The natural increase of CO2 in the atmosphere leads to warmer temperatures on earth as heat is trapped in the atmosphere. This describes what phenomenon?

• The greenhouse effect

• Global Warming

• Weather patterns

• Nitrogen Cycle

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True or False: Climate is the short-term changes in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

In which Sphere is all water found?

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

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Plants taking in water through their roots is an example of which two spheres interacting?

• Biosphere and Geosphere

• Geosphere and Hydrosphere

• Geosphere and Atmosphere

• Biosphere and Hydrosphere

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Mountains along the coastline impact the weather on either side. Which of the following statements is accurate?

• The mountain prevents clouds from forming and traps air along the coast.

• The mountain pushes air up causing it to cool and deposit moisture. As air descends the other side it warms making the environment drier.

• The mountain pushes air upward, warming the air, causing the coast to be drier.

• The mountain has no impact on the climates on either side.

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True or False: The greenhouse effect is a natural process that occurs even without human involvement.

• True

• False

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Which option is ordered correctly from simplest to most complex

• Individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere

• Individual, biome, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere

• Community, ecosystem, organism, biome, biosphere

• population, community, Individual, ecosystem, biome, biosphere.

Which of the following is the definition of a biome?

• All the organisms that interact in the same area

• All the planets living and non living organisms.

• A group of similar individuals living in the same area

• A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms.