Assessment 2 Review Fall 2023

In a rainforest, an orchid at the bottom of the floor is absorbing radiant energy and using it to produce energy through photosynthesis. The energy produced by the orchid is --

• Chemical

• Radiant

• Kinetic

• Potential

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The food chain below is showing the movement of ________ through its trophic levels. The arrows indicate the ________ in which energy moves.

• heat; energy

• energy; direction

• kinetic; potential

• energy; kinetic

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In a hot summer day, you touch the hot concrete with your feet. The transfer of this energy from the concrete to your feet happens through -

• Conduction

• Radiation

• Convection

• Insulation

In the food web above, which organisms compete directly for food?

• Owl and hawk

• Fox and frog

• Mouse and hawk

• Hawk and grasshopper

The amount of energy the producers capture a total of 16,000 Joules. How many Joules would you expect to find at the tertiary consumer level?

• 16,000 J

• 1,600 J

• 11,300 J

• 16 J

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As energy moves up the trophic levels, 90% of the energy--

• is stored in organisms

• receive more radiant energy.

• Is used by organisms and lost as heat at each trophic level

• goes to the skies through radiation

What type of plate boundary give rise to the ocean trench?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Complex

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Which two spheres are interacting when nitrogen from the air get converted to nitrates and nitrites in the soil?

• Geosphere and lithosphere

• Geosphere and hydrosphere

• Geosphere and atmosphere

• Geosphere and cryosphere

You are in the process of growing a plant in the backyard. Which three spheres are involved in order for the plant to get all the nutrients needed to grow? (Hint: Select 3)

• Atmosphere

• Cryosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Biosphere

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The theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle is called--

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Faults

• Plate Tectonics

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