Environmental Science Midterm Review

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 50%

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The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors
• Abiotic factors

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Organisms that can capture energy from inorganic, nonliving sources (for example: the sun)

• Producers

• Consumers

• Detritivores

• Carnivores

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If only 10% of the energy transfers to the next level where does the 90% go??

• Chemical energy
• Kinetic energy
• Thermal (heat) energy
• Mechanical energy

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Which level of the pyramid contains the most amount of energy?

• Tertiary consumer
• secondary consumer
• Primary consumer
• Producer

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere

A population is...

• A group of species in one area
• Multiple species that live in one area
• All of the living and nonliving things in an area
• All biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem

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Food Web

• System of several overlapping food chains
• energy moving from one level to the next
• living/nonliving factors in an ecisystem

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the conflict between the short-term interests of individuals and the long-term welfare of society

• law of supply and demand

• law of economics

• Tragedy of the Commons

• scientific law

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What do omnivores eat?

• plants and animals
• plants 
• meat from other animals 
• trash