APES Final Review Game

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APES Final Review Game

• Ecosystem Ecology

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Producer Autotroph Consumer ?

• A Shells
• B Heterotroph
• C Prokaryote
• D Photosynthesis

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Which of the following is not a part of the
hydrologic cycle?

• A Transpiration
• B Runoff
• C Evaporation
• D Assimilation

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Which cycle does not involve the atmosphere?

• A Phosphorus
• B Sulfur
• C Nitrogen
• D Carbon

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How much energy is lost as the trophic levels go
up?

• A 5
• B 10
• C 50
• D 90

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Which of the following is not an ecosystem
service?

• A Air Purification
• B Carbon Sink
• C Lumber
• D Prevent soil erosion

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Which of the following is not an example of an
abiotic component of an ecosystem?

• A Water
• B Mineral
• C Sunlight
• D Fungi

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Which step of the nitrogen cycle releases
nitrogen back into the atmosphere?

• A Assimilation
• B Denitrification
• C Ammonification
• D Nitrification

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Define Net Primary Productivity

• A Total amount of solar energy the producers
  in an ecosystem capture
• B Energy captured minus energy respired
• C Measure of value of all products and
  services produced in a country in a year
• D Energy created during primary succession

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What is the major reservoir for nitrogen?

• A The atmosphere
• B The Ocean
• C Living organisms
• D Rocks

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What part of the nitrogen cycle converts ammonium
into nitrite?

• A Ammonification
• B Denitrification
• C Nitrification
• D Nitrogen Fixation

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What is the major reservoir for the carbon cycle?

• A Fossil fuels
• B Forests
• C The atmosphere
• D The ocean

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What is the major reservoir for phosphorus?

• A Rocks
• B The ocean
• C Living organisms
• D The atmosphere

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What is this equation? 6CO2 6H2O solar energy
? C6H12O6 6O2

• A Cellular Respiration
• B Digestion
• C Combustion
• D Photosynthesis

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of
ecosystems?

• A Biotic components
• B Abiotic components
• C Distinct Boundaries
• D Wide range of sizes

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Small inputs of this substance, commonly a
limiting factor in aquatic ecosystems can result
in algal blooms and deadzones

• A sulfur
• B dissolved oxygen
• C potassium
• D phosphorous

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After a severe drought, the productivity in an
ecosystem took many years to return to
pre-drought conditions. This observation
indicates that the ecosystem has

• A High resilience
• B low resilience
• C high resistance
• D low resistance

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What step of the nitrogen cycle releases nitrogen
into the atmosphere?

• A Nitrogen Fixation
• B Assimilation
• C Nitrification
• D Denitrification

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What anthropogenic activity adds carbon into the
atmosphere?

• A Perspiration
• B Combustion
• C Photosynthesis
• D Assimilation

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Which are not one of the six key elements known
as macronutrients

• A Nitrogen
• B Phosphorus
• C Magnesium
• D Maganese

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If you walk from a warm room to a cold room with
a balloon, what will happen to the balloon?

• A It will get larger
• B It will get smaller
• C It will pop
• D It will stay the same

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Define watershed.

• A all of the land in a given landscape that
  drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or
  wetland
• B A well created by drilling a hole into a
  confined aquifer
• C Reservoir that holds water in order to
  prevent flooding
• D Canal or ditch used to carry water from one
  location to another

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