AP environmental Science unit 1-2review

All biotic and abiotic (living and nonliving) things in an area is called an ______________.

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• biome

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Which biome would be best suited for plants and animals that can store water?

• rainforest

• desert

• tundra

• ocean

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A cactus has spines that help protect it from predators. This would be an example of a _________________ adaptation.

• structural

• behavioral

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Climbers of a tree in the rainforest would be an example of a _________________ adaptation.

• structural

• behavioral

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The ______________ biome has short summers and long winters; it is covered in evergreen trees.

• deciduous forest

• grasslands

• taiga

• rainforest

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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Trophic levels are represented by 

• squares
• circles
• pyramids
• lines

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Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

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Which animal is not the apex predator but, a predator to a mouse?

• hawk
• rabbit
• snake
• grass

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In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

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