Ecology Questions C

What is a population in ecological terms?

• Different species living in the same area

• Same species living in the same area

• Community of biotic and abiotic factors

• Sum of all ecosystems on Earth

What defines a community in ecology?

• Same species living in the same area

• Different populations living in the same area

• Biotic and abiotic factors

• Sum of all ecosystems on Earth

What is an ecosystem?

• Same species living in the same area

• Different populations living in the same area

• Community of biotic and abiotic factors

• Sum of all ecosystems on Earth

What does the biosphere include?

• Only the land surface

• Only the ocean surface

• Several kilometers of atmosphere to the deepest oceans

• Only the atmosphere

Which process in the water cycle involves the conversion of water vapor into liquid water?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

What is the term for water movement from plants to the atmosphere?

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Percolation

• Runoff

Which process describes water seeping into the soil to become part of underground aquifers?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Percolation

• Runoff

What is the process called when water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

Which process in the water cycle involves water moving from plants to the atmosphere?

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

Which process in the carbon cycle involves the conversion of carbon dioxide into organic compounds by plants?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Fossil fuel combustion

• Greenhouse effect