Environmental Science Review

Which terms best describe autotrophs?

• Plants; producers
• Animals; producers
• Plants; consumers
• Animals; consumers

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The study of how living things interact with one another and with their environment.

• Biology
• Lithology
• Ecology
• Farmacology

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Which of the following describes the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle? Nitrogen-fixing bacteria convert

• protein into gas

• water into gas

• nitrogen gas into nitrogen that can be used by plants

• soil to gas

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

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Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to earth's surface

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• runoff 

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What type of symbiosis?
  * Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.
 * Flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

• commensalism
• mutualism
• parasitism
• predation

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A large geographical area characterized by the plants and animals that live there is called a ______

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

• Biome

• Niche

The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...

• Food and Water
• Water and Sunlight
• Temperature and Oxygen
• Water and Temperature 

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Which biome is the driest?

• Desert
• Tundra
• Taiga
• Rainforest

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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