Environmental Science Exam Review SP25

List the levels of ecological organization from LARGEST to SMALLEST.

• Biosphere, Ecosystem, Biome, Community, Population, Individual
• Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Community, Population, Individual
• Biosphere, Biome, Ecosystem, Population, Community, Individual
• Biosphere, Biome, Community, Ecosystem, Population, Individual

What is the zone on Earth where ALL life exists?

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere

Choose the BEST answer to this question: What would happen to the population of whales if the phytoplankton population was destroyed?

• Nothing, they have plenty of organisms to eat other than phytoplankton.
• Nothing, they don't eat phytoplankton.
• Eventually their population would decrease, because phytoplankton are the primary producer in this food web and create all the energy it contains.
• Their population would increase, because there is more space without the phytoplankton around.

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What is the ultimate source of energy for all life on Earth?

• Bacteria
• The Sun
• Plants
• Hot Cheetos

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Process by which plants lose water from their leaves to the atmosphere.

• Transpiration
• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Infiltration
• Sublimation

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Carbon stored in the bodies of animals that died millions of years ago is released into the atmosphere when which of the following fuels are burned?

• Coal
• Oil
• Natural Gas
• All of the choices are correct.

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The phosphorus cycle includes all of the following EXCEPT it

• is found in rock as fossil, bones and guano.
• is a fast-moving atmospheric cycle.
• is a limiting factor for many plants.
• is returned to the soil as fertilizer and can cause algae blooms.

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The arrows in a food web show the flow of ________________ from one organism to another.

• water
• biomass
• carbon
• energy

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

• Nitrogen
• Oxygen
• Carbon Dioxide
• Hydrogen

Mrs. Maxwell wanted to determine whether a high-phosphorus or low-phosphorus fertilizer would work best on her roses. She fertilized five rose bushes with high-phosphorus fertilizer and five rose bushes with low-phosphorus fertilizer. She gave them the same amount of sunlight and care for 2 months. Use her observations from the data table below to answer the questions that follow. What would be a good hypothesis for Mrs. Maxwell's experiment?

• Rose bushes produce the most flowers in the month of April.
• The roots of rose bushes will rot when grown with low-phosphorus fertilizer.
• Rose bushes produce more flowers when exposed to high levels of sunlight.
• Rose bushes produce more flowers when grown with high-phosphorus fertilizer.

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