AP Environmental

Which of these steps is part of the nitrogen cycle AND the phosphorous cycle?

• it starts off inside underwater rocks and dirt

• bacteria convert it into organic compounds

• animals leaving waste and death and decay release it back into the soil

• rain water and ocean waves break off pieces, putting it back into the ecosystem

Where is carbon stored in the environment?

• Fossil fuels

• Wood of trees

• Calcium carbonate (shells and bones)

• All of the above

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What converts nitrogen into a useable form for plants and animals?

• bacteria

• fungi

• rain

Energy flows through an ecosystem and is transferred as ____________, but chemical elements are ____________.

• light, heat

• heat, lost

• light, gained

• heat, recycled

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Identify the cycle pictured.

• The Water cycle

• The Carbon cycle

• The Nitrogen cycle

• The Phosphorus cycle.

What is happening at 1?

• respiration: releasing CO2

• decomposing CO2 in the soil

• photosynthesis: absorbing CO2

• turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules

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What is the role of decomposers in an Ecosystem? 

• They recycle matter and nutrients to form fossil fuels

• They are burn and release as carbon dioxide

• Decomposers are responsible to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide

• They recycle energy back to the sun

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The area of the map shaded in green represents which of the following terrestrial biome

• Coniferous Forrest

• Deciduous Forrest 

• Desert

• Tundra

Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?

• ecozones

• biotopes

• biomes

• biodomes

Which biome has deciduous trees (which lose their leaves)?

• Temperate Forest

• Rainforest

• Grasslands

• Taiga