Environmental Systems Final REVIEW

Which of the following is not an ecosystem?

• Vacant lot

• Oak forest

• Utility Pole

• Coral reed

The community of a pond is made up of all the...

• abiotic factors in the water

• habitats in and around the water

• resources organisms need

• populations of fish, insects, and other living organisms

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which kind of organism obtains energy only from producers?

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which gas makes up 78% of our atmosphere but can be used by plants only when transformed by bacteria first?

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Hydrogen

• Carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Consumer are organisms that...

• eat only other animal species

• are also known as self-feeders

• get their energy by eating other organisms

• occupy an ecosystem's lowest energy level

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is likely to cause density-independent deaths?

• winter storms

• predators

• disease-carrying insects

• limited resources

Define the following: a process in which the materials of Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another by a natural agent, such as wind, water, ice, or gravity

• sediment

• weathering

• igneous

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Define the following: all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

• the geosphere

• the lithosphere

• the hydrosphere

• the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where does literally everything get it's energy from?

• the sun

• bacteria

• the moon

• consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Define the following: an organism that gets their energy by eating other organisms

• autotroph

• producer

• decomposer

• heterotroph