Week 29

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• Coal

• Solar energy

• Petroleum

• Natural gas

What role do abiotic factors play in an ecosystem?

• They represent all the living components of the ecosystem.

• They are the non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms.

• They only include the weather conditions in an ecosystem.

• They are exclusively the water bodies found within an ecosystem.

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Fossil records are important because they:

• Show the impact of human activities on ecosystems.

• Provide evidence of past life forms and the evolutionary history of life on Earth.

• Indicate the amount of natural resources available in the past.

• Demonstrate the types of renewable resources used by ancient civilizations.

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Which of the following best describes the impact of human activities on natural resources?

• Human activities have no significant impact on natural resources.

• Human activities can lead to the depletion and degradation of natural resources.

• Human activities always increase the availability of natural resources.

• Human activities have led to an increase in the number of renewable resources.

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What is the significance of geological time scales?

• They provide a detailed history of human evolution.

• They are used to measure the age of renewable resources.

• They offer a way to understand Earth's history and the timing of events that have shaped our planet.

• They are primarily used to predict future geological events.

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How do biotic factors influence an ecosystem?

• By altering the planet's geological time scales.

• Through the interactions between living organisms, including competition, predation, and symbiosis.

• Biotic factors have no real impact on ecosystems.

• By changing the chemical composition of minerals in the soil.

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Which of the following best exemplifies an ecosystem interaction?

• The extraction of fossil fuels by humans.

• The formation of mountains over geological time scales.

• A bee pollinating a flower.

• The process of solar energy generation.

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Why is biodiversity important in an ecosystem?

• It ensures that all natural resources will be renewable.

• It increases the ecosystem's resilience to environmental changes.

• It guarantees the production of fossil fuels.

• It reduces the impact of abiotic factors.

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Renewable Resources ​ (a)   regenerate. An example of a renewable resource is ​ (b)   .

• do
• solar power
• Oil
• do not
• copper

Match the following

• carnivore

• makes its own food from solar energy

• omnivore

• feeds only on other animals

• herbivore

• feeds only on plants

• producer

• feeds on both plants and animals

• decomposer

• breaks down dead organic matter and recycles nutrients