ESS FINAL SY24

Choose a transformation of the water cycle:

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Percolation

Choose a transfer of the water cycle:

• Freezing

• Condensation

• Surface water flow

• Evaporation

State the trophic level of the rabbit.

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

What is the relationship of POPs (persistent organic pollutants) and trophic level?

• The higher the trophic level, the greater the concentration of the POPs.

• The lower the trophic level, the greater the concentration of the POPs.

• The higher the trophic level, the lower the concentration of the POPs.

• The POP concentration would be equal at every level.

Why does the concentration of POPs increase when looking at greater trophic levels? (check all that apply)

• The pollutant does not break down (persistent)

• There are (generally) less individuals and less biomass at higher trophic levels

• There is greater biomass at higher trophic levels

• The lower levels do not contain any of the pollutant

___________ describes pollutants increasing in concentration in higher trophic levels.

• Bioaccumulation

• Biomagnification

• Bioassimilation

• Bioaffiliation

What does resilience mean?

• The ability to be sustainable with resource use.

• The ability to provide ecosystem goods and services.

• The ability for an ecosystem to recover from a disturbance

• The ability for the ecosystem to produce greater plant populations

What would make an ecosystem more resilient? (check all that apply)

• Strong positive feedback loops

• Strong negative feedback loops

• Complex food webs/alternative feeding pathways

• Greater species diversity

What are some benefits of aquaculture?

• Economic benefits and local jobs

• Ability to produce more food to meet gloabl demand

• No loss of habitat or potential for invasives

• Cheap initial cost

• No need for wild capture of fish

The _______ index is a way to indirectly measure nutrient pollution in bodies of water.

• biotic

• Simpsons

• Lincolns

• abiotic