Maintaining Life

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• B

• C

• D

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• A

• B

• C

• D

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is the most basic unit of life?

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• organ system

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Name the waste product that organ A removes from the body.

• Sweat

• Urea

• Blood

• plasma

This plant is wilted. What causes the change in the appearance of the plant?

• Water loss is greater than water uptake

• water moves from the leaves to the stem

• water uptake is equal to water loss

• water uptake is greater than water loss.

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Name the organ labelled A.

• Kidney

• Liver

• Heart

• Brain

A keystone species is...

• features of a successful solution.

• limitations the solution must work within.

• concessions made when priorities conflict.

• a species vital to ecosystem functions and maintaining biodiversity.

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Ecosystem services are...

• a change that negatively affects an ecosystem.

• changes that have no affect on an ecosystem.

• functions of an ecosystem that provide benefits to humans.

• resources that are found in nature.

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Banana plantations are planted in tropical forests, displacing native plants. Bananas are harvested from the same plants each year. What might this do to the ecosystem? (Select all that apply)

• Decrease genetic biodiversity in the ecosystem.

• Increase natural resources in the ecosystem.

• Reduce water pollution in the ecosystem.

• Impact ecosystem services.

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