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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose The One Alternative That Best Completes The Statement or Answers The Question
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Figure 5.1
Use Figure 5.1 to answer the following questions.
1) Refer to Figure 5.1. Recall that areas with high net primary productivity not only produce high 1) _______
levels of biomass rapidly, they also take up large amounts of CO2 and give off large amounts of
oxygen. What is the likely result of the increasing amounts of sediments and fertilizers in the
major rivers emptying into oceans and affecting algal beds, reefs, swamps, and estuaries?
A) Productivity in these areas will increase permanently, leading to more CO2 uptake and
more oxygen released.
B) Eutrophication, followed by hypoxia, is a likely result, ultimately leading to less CO2
uptake and more oxygen released.
C) Fisheries will improve as the extra nutrients feed shellfish and fish.
D) Eutrophication, followed by hypoxia, is a likely result, ultimately leading to less CO2
uptake and less oxygen released.
E) Eutrophication, followed by hypoxia, is a likely result, ultimately leading to more CO2
uptake and more oxygen released.
2) A system receiving inputs and producing outputs without undergoing any changes in size or 2) _______
function is said to be in ________.
A) normal balance
B) dynamic equilibrium
C) environmental balance
D) static control
E) harmonic resonance
3) Cattle on an open range, in some areas, may compact fragile soils while grazing. This can 3) _______
damage plant roots, leading to fewer, smaller plants, which may in turn cause cattle to graze
more and work harder to obtain food. This is an example of a ________.
A) positive feedback loop
B) food web
C) dynamic equilibrium
D) negative feedback loop
E) homeostatic system
4) The eutrophication that has taken place in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and other locations appears 4) _______
to be due to ________.
A) pesticide use along the waterways
B) excess nutrients from fertilizers
C) weather alone, because it is only obvious in the summer
D) heavy metals dumped in the sewage
E) global warming from human use of fossil fuels
5) A small section of prairie grasses, over a year, produces enough biomass to feed insects, mice, 5) _______
rabbits, birds, deer, antelope, and a host of decomposers. The amount of food potentially
available to the herbivores is the ________.
A) productivity
B) net primary production
C) food chain
D) gross primary production
E) secondary production
6) The largest pools of carbon in the carbon cycle are ________. 6) _______
A) plants and animals
B) atmosphere
C) freshwater systems and oceans
D) hydrosphere
E) sedimentary rock and fossil fuels
7) The origin of all phosphorus in biological tissues is ________. 7) _______
A) volcanic activities
B) phosphorus in animal bones
C) phosphorus weathered from rock
D) phosphorus dissolved in the ocean and taken up by shellfish
E) atmospheric phosphorus gas
8) The origin of all nitrogen in biological tissues is ________. 8) _______
A) atmospheric N2 gas
B) nitrogen weathered from rock
C) lightning
D) earthquake activities
E) volcanoes
9) The second episode of sea otter decline was associated with: 9) _______
A) Introduction of an invasive species
B) Fur trade
C) disease
D) parasitism
E) a shift in the diet of a top predator consequently to environmental changes
10) The
reintroduction of wolves in the Yellowstone Park led to an increase in 10) ______
beaver populations because of
A) The apparition of bisons
B) An increase in elk population
C) A decrease in browsing by elk
D) An increase in cottonwood plant density
E) An increase in browsing by elk
11) Zebra mussels feeding strategy 11) ______
A) Lead to a decrease in benthic invertebrate densities
B) Has no impact on the environment
C) lead to an increase in plankton-eating fish abundance
D) lead to an increase in water turbidity
E) lead to an increase in the depth of light penetration within the water column
TRUE/FALSE. Write 'ʹT'ʹ if the statement is true and 'ʹF'ʹ if the statement is false.
12) A keystone species has a strong impact on the community. TRUE 12) ______
13) Terrestrial biomes are shaped by temperature, precipitation and salinity. 13) ______
FALSE
1) D
2) B
3) A
4) B
5) B
6) E
7) C
8) A
9) B
10) D
11) B
12) FALSE
13) FALSE