SC103-2 Final Exam Review Su25

All organisms of the same kind that are genetically similar enough to breed in nature and produce live, fertile offspring.

• Primary producers

• Species

• Consumers

• Community

  Refers to the green plants that create carbohydrates and other compounds using just sunlight,

air, and water.

• Primary producers

• Species

• Consumers

• Community

    A specific biological community and its physical environment interacting in an exchange of

matter and energy.

• Community

•  Population

• System

•  Ecosystem

    What element is considered the backbone for organic compounds?

•  Nitrogen

•  Nitrogen

•  Carbon

• Water

Opposite of photosynthesis, it is the process of releasing chemical energy.

•   Chemosynthesis

• Respiration

• Transpiration 

• Evapotranspiration

The two most abundant forests in the world are:

• Tundra & Boreal

• Temperate & Cloud

• Tropical & Boreal

• Desert & Grassland

   The primary producers in marine environment are

• Green terrestrial plants

• Algae and sea grasses

• Sea weeds

• Algae and plankton

   These are bays where rivers empty into the sea mixing fresh water with salt water.

• Bogs

• Lakes

• Fens

• Estuaries

  The replacement rate of births per couple needed to stabilize a population is

• 2.1

• 1.2

• 3.1

• 5.1

  The designation of protected areas into zones with different purposes is termed

• Corridors

• Core habitat

• Fragmentation

• Biosphere Reserve