Biology-Ecology (Part 1) Review

What is ecology? Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• The study of plants

• The study of chemicals

• The study of abiotic factors

• The study of how species interact with each other and the environment.

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The living parts of an ecosystem are considered _____ and the non living parts are considered _____. Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• abiotic; biotic

• abiotic; abiotic

• biotic; abiotic

• biotic; biotic

Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane. How do greenhouse gases act to increase air temperatures near Earth’s surface? Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• They transmit visible light that enters the atmosphere.

• They trap heat that is radiated from the surface.

• They reflect heat that enters the atmosphere.

• They emit heat when they undergo chemical reactions.

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The desert biome includes regions of several continents. What do all of the regions have in common? Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• Same species of animals

• Small species of grasses

• Same pattern of temperature and precipitation

• The same amount of land that is covered by grasses

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A biome’s climate can be described by a graph of its average monthly temperature and average monthly precipitation. Which of the following best describes the climate information shown in the graph? Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• seasonal variation in precipitation; hot temperatures all year long

• seasonal variation in temperature; rainy all year long

• seasonal variations in temperature and precipitation levels

• rainy in warm summers, snowy in cold winters

Adaptations of desert animals that help them survive in the hot, dry desert often include: Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• searching for water at midday.

• waxy skin on leaves to retain water

• very thin skin that readily absorbs water

• nocturnal behavior to avoid predators and extreme heat during the day

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Autotrophs/producers can be classified into two groups according to which of these properties? Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

• sunlight or chemicals

• living or dead

Rabbits are members of a community in a meadow. The rabbits eat grasses, clover, as well as roots, seeds, and tree bark. What describes the organisms that share the same trophic level as the rabbits?

• carnivores

• omnivores

• scavengers

• herbivores

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What is the relationship between the greenhouse effect and sunlight?

• They absorb sunlight, and then reradiate it to the surface.

• They reflect sunlight into space, preventing it from reaching the surface.

• They absorb sunlight preventing it from reaching the surface.

• They absorb heat, and sunlight is the source of energy of the heat.

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If the concentrations of greenhouse gases increases, then the effect of which arrow in the diagram would increase as a result?

• Heat leaves the earth.

• Heat lost to space

• Sunlight reaches Earth

• Heat is retained near the surface of Earth

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