Biosphere Remediation

Rain carries soil into a nearby pond.  This is an interaction between which two “spheres” of the earth?

• Hydrosphere & Atmosphere

• Atmosphere & Biosphere

• Geosphere & Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere & Geosphere

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The unique role a species plays in its environment is its ____________.

• abiotic factor

• niche

• trophic level

• community

Many species together in one place are called____________.

• a niche

• a community

• a population

• mutualism

Which level of an energy pyramid is most likely to have the highest number of organisms?

• Producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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Two types of organisms consume dead and decaying matter. The difference between these two types of organisms is that _________ are consumers that feed on dead animals, while_________ break down plants and animals into simpler molecules.

• decomposers/producers

• scavengers/ decomposer

• producers/ decomposers

• decomposers/ scavengers

We know that energy from the sun is transferred into an organism because of _________.

• the first law of thermodynamics

• the second law of thermodynamics

• the third law of thermodynamics

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A coral snake is venomous while its mimic, the scarlet snake, is not. this is an example of _____________.

• mullerian mimicry

• chemical mimicry

• malthusian mimicry

• batesian mimicry

The vicroy butterfly and the monarch butterfly look very similar. Both are distasteful to predators. this is an example of___________.

• mullerian mimicry

• chemical mimicry

• malthusian mimicry

• batesian mimicry

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A tiny filter-feeding barnacle sticks to a whale. The whale is unaffected by this new stowaway. What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• amensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism

Cowbirds are known to lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. Mother birds will feed the new chicks their own, which sometimes means not every chick gets enough food. this is an example of ___________.

• mutualism

• commensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism