The Biosphere Unit Test Review

The total amount of living tissue in an area

• energy pyramid

• biogeochemical cycle

• biomass

• transpiration

The original energy source for all life on Earth

• carbon

• sunlight

• organic compounds

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

All of the following features are part of an ecosystem, except...

• biosphere

• plants

• animals

• soil

Which of the following is Not a consumer?

• omnivore

• herbivore

• autotroph

• detritivore

A mushroom that breaks down a decaying tree is an example of a(n)...

• autotroph

• decomposer

• carnivore

• detritivore

An organism that eats dead organisms

• carnivore

• detritivore

• autotroph

• primary consumer

The study of interactions between species and the abiotic conditions in their environment

• ecology

• biogeochemical cycles

• biology

• entomology

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Water, carbon, and nitrogen are released back into the atmosphere during _ cycles.

• biogeochemical

• energy

• biomass

• productivity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A pyramid of _ for an ecosystem within a large tree that supports many insects and other organisms will look inverted

• cycles

• energy

• biomass

• numbers

To illustrate the amount of living material at each trophic level of a food chain, you could use a _ pyramid.

• chemical

• biomass

• energy

• ecological