Living Environment State Labs

Which best describes what happens to the matter in an ecosystem

• The matter is recycled as it moves through the food web.

• The matter is created by organisms as it travels up the food web.

• The matter is consumed by organisms as it travels down the food web.

• The matter is destroyed after it is eaten by the organisms in the food web.

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What word best describe the picture ?

• River

• Deset

• Forest

• Pasture

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Which organism in the food web shown to the right would

contain the lowest concentration of chemical pollutants?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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This is the organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

• Variation

• Mutation

• Natural Selection

• Gradualism

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What is a biotic factor?

• A nonliving thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• Anything living or nonliving in an ecosystem

• A living thing that influences or affects an ecosystem

• A chemical compound in an ecosystem

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How do biodiversity and sustainability work together?

• The lower the biodiversity the greater the sustainability.

• The higher the biodiversity, the less sustainable the ecosystem

• The higher the biodiversity, the greater the sustainability.

• Biodiversity has nothing to do with sustainability.

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The food webs below model relationships among the organisms in two ecosystems.

Which ecosystem would be more likely to survive if a disease killed the grasses?

• A. The forest ecosystem, because most of the animals can eat other organisms.

• B. The grassland ecosystem, because several predators compete for food.

• C. The forest ecosystem, because it has three top predators.

• D. The grassland ecosystem, because it has many herbivores.

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This is any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment.

• Evolution

• Graduation

• Species

• Adaptation

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Plants with spines and waxy leaves are well suited for life in which environment?

• Desert

• Temperate forest

• Grassland

• Tropical Rainfroest

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Which process in the living environment state labs is primarily responsible for the conversion of light energy into chemical energy?

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Fermentation

• Transpiration

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