Midterm: Exam Bank Study

Question 0

An abiotic factor:

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Is recycled to the biotic world.

Question 1

Energy from the sun warms the atmosphere by:

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Heating the surface of the earth first then the atmosphere.

Question 2

Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is responsible for:

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Global warming

Question 3

The decomposed level is mainly responsible for converting:

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Biotic matter to abiotic matter (breaking down organic matter into its parts)

Question 4

The origin of all energy for a food web is?

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Sunlight

Question 5

Acid rain is a widespread because of

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Wind and river flow

Question 6

The usable form of nitrogen By plants is

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Nitrates

Question 7

Speciation can eventually occur via:

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Isolation

Question 8

Hormones such as pig insulin can be extracted and used successfully to treat human diabetes, this fact illustrates:

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Biochemical similarities

Question 9

The most general category associated with biological classification is

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Kingdom

Question 10

Ways to reduce acid deposition

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Decreased automobile use

Increased use of solar energy

Less industrial emissions

Question 11

The nitrogen cycle is important in its role in producing useable nitrogen for the formation of ____,____,____

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Nucleus acids

Proteins

Vitamins

Question 12

Phosphates are released from the action of

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Erosion

Question 13

Most of the carbon dioxide in oceans is found in

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Ocean sediments

Question 14

Within an ecosystem phosphates are stored in:

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Rocks/fossils

Question 15

Biological energy is lost as

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Heat

Question 16

Littoral zone

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Near the shore with organisms and stuff

Question 17

Organisms in the kingdom fungi would be considered

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Heterotrophs

Question 18

Variation can occur as a result of

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Inherited and acquired traits

Question 19

An example of an ecosystem would be

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A collection of water which contains photosynthesizing plants necessary for sustaining a trout population

Question 20

A dichotomous key allows you to identify organisms based on

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Structure

Question 21

Recycling of carbon dioxide by returning it to the atmosphere is essential because it is used in what process?

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Photosynthesis

Question 22

Best description of a biogeochemical cycle is the flow of matter between:

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The earth, atmosphere and biotic world

Question 23

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) are responsible for

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Disrupting the balance of gas responsible for blocking forms of UV light

Question 24

An increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is caused by:

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Burning of fossil fuels
Deforestation
Forest Fires

Question 25

Deciduous means…?

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plants lose their leaves in the fall

Question 26

Climax vegetation is

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The most stable plant in a particular environment

Question 27

Photosynthesis and cell respiration are different because

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Photosynthesis requires an energy source

Question 28

What is essential to the cycling of matter, but is usually considered as its own food chain

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Decay

Question 29

The amount of energy stored in a plant through photosynthesis could be estimated by

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Taking the mass of the plant before and after

Question 30

The end product in glycolysis in plants when oxygen is not available is

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Ethanol and carbon dioxide

Question 31

NADPH is transferred to

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The Calvin cycle

Question 32

The strongest hydrogen acceptor in the ETC is

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Oxygen, resulting in water

Question 33

The process of photosynthesis is

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Endothermic and combines inorganic materials to form organic materials

Question 34

EPA fucks people also

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Eubacteria 
Protista
Archaebacteria
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia