Study Guide Exam 1

An area where a biological community of organisms interacts with both biotic and abiotic parts of their environment is known as:

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biomes

• Regions

Organisms that process organic material and return nutrients to the ecosystem belong to which trophic level?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

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Bioaccumulation refers to the process where pollutants increase in concentration at higher trophic levels.

• True

• False

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Paleoclimate records are studied to understand Earth's past climate. What are some ways of measure our past climate?

• Mineral deposits in deep-sea beds

• Chemical variations in coral reefs

• Ocean bouys and satellites

• Both A and B

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Ocean buoys and satellites help us track current temperatures, but they can’t tell us what temperatures were like in the past.

During a global warming period, global ocean levels are projected to increase because of ______________.

• Extreme weather events

• Melting glaciers and ice sheets

• Water retained in the atmosphere being released

• All of the above

Answer explanation

Sea level rise happens when glaciers and ice sheets melt, adding more water to the ocean.

In a reverse scenario, if the climate cooled and more glaciers and ice sheets formed, sea levels would actually decrease.

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Tapeworms reside in human intestine and take nutrients from the human is ___________.

• Symbiosis

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

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Vines grow on a tree. The vines get light, but the tree is not affected. What kind of relationship is this?

• Competition

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Parasitism

What are natural sources of CO2?

• Volcanic activity

• Respiration

• Fires

• Both A and C

• All of the above

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The Eocene increase happened over tens of millions of years, while today’s CO₂ is rising over just hundreds of years.

• True

• False

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As atmospheric CO₂ increases, what will happen to CO₂ in the ocean, and why is CO₂ considered the most important greenhouse gas?

• Ocean CO₂ will decrease; CO₂ is the only greenhouse gas that affects the greenhouse effect

• Ocean CO₂ will increase; CO₂ is emitted in far larger quantities than other greenhouse gases

• No change in ocean CO₂; CO₂ is not a naturally occurring gas and is more dangerous

• Ocean CO₂ will increase; CO₂ is not considered the most important greenhouse gas

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