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1) Which term encompasses the other four?
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a)
community
b) population
c)
species
d)
biosphere
e)
ecosystem
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1) What is a species?
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a)
Organisms
that live together.
b) Organisms that live in the same area at
the same time.
c)
A group of similar organisms whose members
freely interbreed with one another.
d) All of the organisms that live together in
an area including the physical environment that they live in.
e)
All
organisms at a given trophic level within a particular community.
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1) Which of the following is an example of a
biotic component of an ecosystem?
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a)
the
climate
b)
a community
c)
water
d) synthetic pesticides
e)
soil
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1) Which of the following best describes an
ecosystem?
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a)
populations
+ community.
b) all species, population, and community
interactions for organisms in a given area.
c)
the
abiotic components of the environment.
d)
all of the biological interactions, plus
interactions with the abiotic environment, in a given area.
e)
interactions
between physical processes and the abiotic environment.
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1) What is landscape ecology?
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a)
The
study of human-designed communities.
b) The study of the
influences of human activity on natural ecosystems.
c)
A
science exclusively concerned with terrestrial ecosystems.
d)
The study of the connections among various
ecosystems.
e)
None
of these.
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1) Which of the following is NOT a component
of the hydrosphere?
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a)
sea
ice
b) tropical rainstorms
c)
soil.
d) hail
e)
rivers
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1) What layer of our planet is made of rock
and soil?
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a)
hydrosphere
b) ecosphere
c)
biosphere
d)
lithosphere
e)
atmosphere
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What type of
chemical energy is stored in a plant?
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a)
kinetic
b) nuclear
c)
solar
d)
potential
e)
radiant
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1) What is stated by the First Law of
Thermodynamics?
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a)
Energy
can be created or destroyed by physical processes.
b) Entropy always increases.
c)
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
d) The organization of the universe is
steadily increasing.
e)
Energy
transfer between organisms is inefficient and much energy is lost.
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1) What is entropy?
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a)
The
amount of energy in a system.
b) The amount of work done.
c)
The disorder in a system.
d) The efficiency of a system.
e)
The
rate of energy use in a system.
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1) According to the laws of thermodynamics,
which of the following can be recycled?
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a)
Both
matter and energy.
b) Neither matter nor energy.
c)
Matter, but not energy.
d) Energy, but not matter.
e)
There
are no physical laws governing the recycling of matter or energy.
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Which of the
following statements about energy is true?
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a)
Energy
recycles continuously through an ecosystem.
b) It can be used over and over again.
c)
It flows in only one direction through an
ecosystem.
d) It tends to be concentrated by living
organisms.
e)
Energy
is efficiently transferred between trophic levels.
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1) Which of the following statements about
biogeochemical cycles is true?
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a)
They
only include processes conducted by or within living organisms.
b) They pertain only to the abiotic
environment.
c)
They describe the movement of water and
other materials through the biosphere.
d) They only pertain to exchanges and
interactions that occur within the atmosphere.
e)
They
are used to describe the attempts of humans to recycle various pollutants.
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1) How would an ecologist classify an
herbivore?
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a)
decomposer
b)
primary consumer
c)
producer
d) secondary consumer
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1) Mushrooms get their nutrition from
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a)
decomposing dead organic material.
b) photosynthesis.
c)
capturing
earthworms and other soil invertebrates.
d) the tree itself.
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