Earth Science Quiz 2.2b/2.3: BioChem Cycles/Ecology

Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are part of

• transpiration
• the water cycle
• the geosphere
• the atmosphere

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This cycle moves through every sphere except the atmosphere.

• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• carbon cycle
• phosphorous cycle

in the short term, plants convert carbon dioxide into carbohydrates

• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• carbon cycle
• phosphorous cycle

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removed from the air by "fixing" bacteria in the soil

• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• carbon cycle
• phosphorous cycle

How do ecosystems respond to environmental changes?

• dying out
• decomposing
• revolving
• returning to a balanced state

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What is the largest ecosystem on Earth?

• oceans
• biosphere
• continents
• atmosphere

Which of the following is NOT one of the three factors that control the balance of an ecosystem?

• consumers
• solar storms
• producers
• decomposers

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The largest population that an ecosystem can support at one time is its what?

• internal transport maximum
• carrying capacity
• ecosystem budget
• population deficet

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What is a community of organisms and their abiotic (non-living) environment called?

• ecology
• hydrosphere
• ecosystem
• biosphere

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In an ecosystem energy pyramid, as you move up the pyramid, energy is ​ (a)   from level to level.

• lost
• gained
• kept constant

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