Biology S1 Exam Set 3 rev

The earth’s ability to maintain its balance indefinitely by cycling water and other resources is known as

• sustainability

• recycling theory

• ecological stasis

• biogeochemical cycles

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Which of the following statements is compatible with a biblical worldview?

• God wants us to use the earth’s resources without worrying about the future.

• Chaos and randomness in Earth’s systems have produced life on the planet.

• Checks and balances in earth processes maintain a designed order for the earth.

• We shouldn’t work to save endangered species because of the survival of the fittest.

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Which of the following is not a part of the water cycle?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• fixation

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During the water cycle, water from underground reservoirs can seep into _________.

• springs

• lakes

• oceans

• all of these

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Water exits the leaves of plants during the process of _________.

• boiling

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

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Most free oxygen (O2) in the earth’s atmosphere is produced by

• volcanic eruptions.

• photosynthesis in plants and algae.

• burning fossil fuels.

• decomposing organic matter.

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Most of the earth’s carbon is trapped in

• the ocean.

• underground.

• the ocean and underground.

• neither the ocean nor underground.

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Living things can’t use atmospheric nitrogen gas. The nitrogen must first be _________, or converted to an organic form that plants can use.

• synthesized

• absorbed

• titrated

• fixed

Nitrogen can be fixed by

• bacteria in the roots of legumes.

• bacteria in the soil.

• lightning strikes.

• all of these.

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Humans get their nitrogen from

• nitrogen in the atmosphere.

• the food they eat.

• bacteria in their intestines.

• none of these.