Midterm Review

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

• Deserts
• Tropical Rain Forests
• Savannas
• Chaparral 

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

One solution to connect fragmented habitats is to build habitat corridors.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Highest species richness will be found on ____ and ___ islands and less species richness will be found on ___ and ___ islands.

• small and near; large and far

• large and far; small and near

• large and near; small and far

• small and far; large and near

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

A reduction in the genetic diversity of a population caused by a reduction in its size.

• genetic drift

• gene flow

• bottleneck effect

• founder effect

The four types of ecosystem services are

• Provisioning, regulating, cultural, moderating

• Provisioning, regulating, supervision, intervention

• Regulating, provisioning, supporting, cultural

• Regulating, provisioning, moderating, reoccurring

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following is NOT considered to be a natural disruption to an ecosystem?

• Volcanic eruption

• Hurricane

• Air pollution

• Earthquake

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which ecosystem is the most biodiverse?

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Tropical rainforest

• Boreal forest

• Savanna

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following is NOT a factor that impacts ecological tolerance?

• Temperature

• pH

• Humidity

• Level of biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is one of the most important processes that removes carbon from the atmosphere? 

• photosynthesis
• cellular respiration
• erosin
• soil respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which process moves carbon stored in fossil fuel into the atmosphere?

• When fossil fuels are burned, carbon enters the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
• The denitrifying bacteria turns the fossil fuel into carbon dioxide gas.
• Decomposers convert the fossil fuels into greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide.
• The fossil fuels react with the soil to produce carbonates and carbon dioxide.