Ecology Questions
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The rate at which producers capture and store energy over a given time period is called primary
The transfer rates of carbon dioxide due to photosynthesis and cellular respiration are about even, though there is _____ carbon dioxide being deposited in the atmosphere than being removed.
A symbiotic relationship called ______ occurs when one species in the relationship benefits and the other neither benefits nor is harmed.
The element that is made available to plants through the slow weathering of rocks is
Carbon dioxide, a waste product of _____ , enters the atmosphere when aerobic organisms respire.
Communities, ecosystems, and biomes accumulate to form the
The carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at equilibrium with _____ ions in the water.
Fish kills due to eutrophication, or over enrichment, of the water can be the result of excess _____ and phosphates in these water systems.
Which of the following does NOT contribute to climate change?
The term _____ refers to the rapid over-enrichment of a body of water due excess runoff of the element _____ .
Which of the following can be a consequence of excess phosphates, which can come from fertilizers, animal wastes, and untreated sewage?
Which of the following gases contributes most to the greenhouse effect?
Coal, oil, and natural gas all contain huge amounts of carbon and are called _____ fuels.
The element in ocean sediments that becomes available when ocean sediments undergo geologic upheaval is
During predation, the organism being eaten is called the _____ and the organism doing the eating is the _____.
Which forest food web has the most energy flowing through it?
Character displacement, such as similarities and differences in beak sizes in finches occupying the same or separate islands, can be viewed as evidence that _____ and resource partitioning have taken place.
The species interaction in which one organism feeds on a second organism called a host, usually without killing the second organism is called
Which human activities alter the transfer rates in the carbon cycle?
The symbiotic relationship in which both species benefit is called