APES Unit 1 Review

This biome is found around the equator and is home to a large amount of biodiversity.

• Deserts
• Tropical Rain Forests
• Savannas
• Chaparral 

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Which of the following biogeochemical cycles does not have an atmospheric phase?

• Hydrolic Cycle

• Nitrogen Cycle

• Sulfur Cycle

• Carbon Cycle

• Phosphorous Cycle

In the Nitrogen cycle, what is one Natural way that Nitrogen gets into our soil?

• Fertilizers

• Human Waste through septic tanks

• Decomposing animals

• Industrial waste

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There are less nutrient rich soils in the Rain Forest due to the dense tree canopy and water runoff.

• True

• False

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Which biome has the lowest average Temperature, and the lowest Precipitation?

• Tundra

• Savanna

• Rainforest

• Taiga

Intraspecific Competition is between the same species. true or false?

• True

• False

Diurnal and Nocturnal creatures share their resources through the use of which of the following processes?

• Competition

• Resource Partitioning

• Different trophic levels

• Coevolution

One species benefits and the other is not affected is an example of which symbiotic relationship?

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Predation

An ecosystem is a location on Earth that includes

• only biotic components

• only abiotic components

• interacting biotic and abiotic components

• positive and negative feedback loops

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Place the ecology levels of organization in proper order (smallest to largest)

• organism > population > community > ecosystem > biosphere

• community > organism > ecosystem > biosphere > population

• organism > community > biosphere > population > ecosystem

• population > biosphere > ecosystem > community > organism