Interdependence within Environmental Systems #2

Fox species can be found in different biomes based on specific adaptations for the environment. Match the following foxes with the best biome based on the adaptation of fur color.

• Grasslands

• 
• tundra

• 
• temperate forrest

• 
• Desert

• 

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Trophic Level

• position that an organism occupies in a food chain

• eats secondary consumers

• breaks down dead matter

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Ecological Pyramid

• diagram representing flow of energy numbers of organisms or the actual biomass of organisms

• total amount of living matter

• eats secondary consumer

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The ten percent law in ecosystems states that approximately how much energy is available for one trophic level to pass on to the next?

• 1%

• 100%

• 10%

• 1000%

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If the energy available for producers was 400,000 kcal, how much energy would the secondary consumers trophic level have available?

• 40 kcal

• 400 kcal

• 4,000 kcal

• 40,000 kcal

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If the frog has 700 kcal of energy, how much would the other organisms have?

c

d

e

f

700 kcal

7,000 kcal

70,000 kcal

700,000 kcal

70 kcal

7 kcal

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Which organisms compete for the same food?

• Rabbits and mice
• Rabbits and foxes
• Mice and grasshoppers
• Grasshoppers and owls

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​ Through the process of the nitrogen cycle, (a)   that live in the soil, water, or plant roots can ​ (b)   nitrogen from the ​ (c)   so that ​ (d)   can use it.

• Bacteria
• fix
• atmosphere
• plants
• virus
• animals

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Which element is essential to plants because they need it to make chlorophyll and helps with vegetative growth?

• Nitrogen

• Silver

• Zinc

• Copper

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Carbon found in the atmosphere is mostly found in the molecule, carbon dioxide. Which processes release carbon into the atmosphere?

• Respiration

• Recombination

• Photosynthesis

• Combustion

• Replication

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