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1) A______is a network of relationships among components that interact with and influence one another through the exchange of energy, water and information.
System
Estuary
Species
Molecule
2) Which of the following specifically contains all of the planet's living organisms and nonliving parts of the environment in which they interact?
Hydrosphere
Ecologisphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
3) The______contains the rock and sediments beneath earth's surface in the planet's uppermost layers.
Lithosphere
Meoterosphere
Siesmophere
Mantle
4)The process of nutrient over-enrichment, oxygen depletion in the bottom layers of water, increased production of organic matter, and subsequent ecosystem degradation is known as_____.
Deoxization
Detrification
Nitrification
Eutrophication
5) Positively charged particles in atoms are called_____.
Protons
Ions
Neutrons
Electrons
6) What kind of bond is formed between two atoms that lack an electrical charge and therefore share electrons?
Hydrocarbon Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Isotopic Bonds
Covalent Bonds
7) Ammonia would be considered a _____solution.
OH+ concentrated
Acidic
Basic
Neutral
8) Lemon juice would most likely be considered a _____solution.
H+ concentrated
OH- concentrated
9) Which of the following polymers help in producing tissues and structural support, serve as enzymes, and even help to store energy and transport substances?
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
Proteins
10) Glucose is broken down into water and carbon dioxide through________.
Cellular Respiration
Transpiration
Kinetic Infiltration
Photosynthesis
11) This law states that energy will naturally change from an ordered state to increasing disorder or entropy.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
First Law of Thermodynamics
Law of Conversation of Matter
12) Most green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are known as______.
Heterotrophs
Consumers
Detritivores
Autotrophs
13) The biogeochemical cycle plays an important part by________.
Through the absorption of water and carbon dioxide to create energy.
Circulating elements or molecules through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. After death of an organism, nutrients are spread through the environment and eventually incorporated by an untold number of other organisms.
Transporting nutrients, sediments and pollutants from land to the bodies of water, through the atmosphere and back to land or water again.
14.) Evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, and infiltration are all processes in the ________cycle.
Nutrient
Carbon
Nitrogen Fixation
Hydrologic
15.) What cycle is being interrupted through the burning of fields and forests?
Carbon Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Biogeochemical Cycle