Standard 3 Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 46167)


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A model that shows all possible trophic pathways in a community.
a) Food Chain
b) Food Web
c) Respiration
d) Decomposer

Any organism that produces it's own food at the first step of a food chain or a food web.
a) Consumer
b) Decomposer
c) Producer
d) Glucose

The movement of chemical potential energy, in the form of food, that gets passed from one trophic level to the next.
a) Heat Energy
b) Trophic Flow
c) Consumer
d) Photosynthesis

A model that shows a single trophic pathway in a community.
a) Carbon Cycle
b) Food Chain
c) Respiration
d) Food Web

Any microorganism that breaks down dead plant or animal tissue to obtain energy.
a) Biomass
b) Producer
c) Consumer
d) Decomposer

A principle that states that only 10% of the energy passed from one trophic level to another will be converted into plant or animal tissue (biomass) and provide a food source for consumers.
a) Carbon Cycle
b) Atmosphere
c) 10% Rule
d) Biomass

The matter stored in an ecosystem as animal tissue (bone, muscle, etc.) or plant tissue (leaves ,stems, bark, etc.)
a) Population
b) Biomass
c) Carrying Capacity
d) 10% Rule

A measurement for the number of individuals in an environment or habitat.
a) Geosphere
b) 10% Rule
c) Competition
d) Population

The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources.
a) Competition
b) Population
c) Biosphere
d) Producer

The maximum population of a particular organism that a habitat or environment can sustain.
a) Atmosphere
b) Carrying Capacity
c) Limiting Factors
d) Carbon Cycle

Anything that can impact an individual or population of individuals. Includes water, habitat, and food.
a) 10% Rule
b) Competition
c) Population
d) Limiting Factors

A series of processes that show how carbon (matter) and the related energy are moved between living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem in a cyclic manner.
a) Carbon Cycle
b) Population
c) Biomass
d) Photosynthesis

The regions/areas of the Earth that living organisms occupy (land, air, and water).
a) Geosphere
b) Biosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Trophic Flow

The envelope/layer of gases that surround Earth.
a) Atmosphere
b) Geosphere
c) Biosphere
d) Carbon Cycle

The solid portion of the earth including rocks and sediments of the crust and mantle. Also known as the lithosphere.
a) Atmosphere
b) Biosphere
c) Population
d) Geosphere

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