Module 10

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    The process by which certain gases (principally water vapor, CO2, and methane) trap heat  that would otherwise escape the earth and radiate into space

    • Transpiration
    • Greenhouse effect
    • Global Warming
    • Climate Change
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  • 2. 
    Using the following food web,  what would happen if the plants died? - ProProfs

    Using the following food web,  what would happen if the plants died?

    • Nothing

    • Only the rabbit population would decline

    • Only tertiary consumers would dicline

    • Everything would die

    Correct Answer
    A. Everything would die
  • 3. 

    Interestingly, the Tennessee Valley is not a valley because we are surrounded by mountains (see any big mountains around here?) but because the whole region drains into the Tennessee river.  This makes this region a 

    • Water Table

    • Water estuary

    • Watershed

    • Water dependent

    Correct Answer
    A. Watershed
  • 4. 

    What is responsible for most of the oxygen production on the earth?

    • Plants

    • Phytoplankton in the ocean

    • Volcanos

    • Lightning

    Correct Answer
    A. Phytoplankton in the ocean
  • 5. 

    According to your teacher rising carbon dioxide levels is better explained by

    • The burning of fossil fuels

    • The eruption of volcanoes

    • The death of cynobacteria

    • Increased solar activity heating the ocean

    Correct Answer
    A. Increased solar activity heating the ocean
  • 6. 

    If radical environmentalists and politicians want to help the planet  the best thing that they could do is

    • Raise taxes on the oil companies

    • Prevent emerging countries from using fossil fules

    • Reduce carbon dioxide production by stopping breathing

    Correct Answer
    A. Reduce carbon dioxide production by stopping breathing
  • 7. 

    An association of living organisms and their physical environment

    • Colony

    • Habitat

    • Ecosystem

    • Enviromentalism

    Correct Answer
    A. Ecosystem
  • 8. 

    A measure of the total dry mass of organisms within a particular region

    • Biodome

    • Bioweight

    • Biometrics

    • Biomass

    Correct Answer
    A. Biomass
  • 9. 

    Certain bacteria and plants can take Nitrogen from the air and make it available to other plants, this is called

    • Nitrogen spliting

    • Nitrogen fixation

    • Nitrogen farming

    • Nitrogen deposition

    Correct Answer
    A. Nitrogen fixation
  • 10. 

    Good sources of Nitrogen for the gardener or farmer are  MORE THAN ONE ANSWER 

    • Manure

    • Synthetic Fertilzers

    • Ground Cover crops

    • Ground up leaves (leaf mold)

    Correct Answer(s)
    A. Manure
    A. Synthetic Fertilzers
    A. Ground Cover crops
  • 11. 

    A bag of fertilizer is labeled 25-4-2.  This means it contains what percentage of Nitrogen?

    • 25

    • 4

    • 2

    • 100 - (25+4+2) = 69

    Correct Answer
    A. 25
  • 12. 

    A clownfish receives protection by a sea anemone.  The clown fish attracts food to the sea anemone.  This is an example of

    • Natural selection

    • Survival of the secies

    • Evolutionary compatibility

    • Mutalism

    Correct Answer
    A. Mutalism
  • 13. 

    An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water

    • Watershed

    • Water table

    • Water cycle

    • Water condensation

    Correct Answer
    A. Watershed
  • 14. 
    Using the following food web,  what would happen if we removed the snakes from the web? - ProProfs

    Using the following food web,  what would happen if we removed the snakes from the web?

    • The foxes would starve

    • The frog population would increase

    • The owls would starve

    • The plant population would increase

    Correct Answer
    A. The frog population would increase
  • 15. 

    Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

    • Perspirattion

    • Condensation

    • Consolidation

    • Transpiration

    Correct Answer
    A. Transpiration
  • 16. 
    Using the following food web,  what is the only producer? - ProProfs

    Using the following food web,  what is the only producer?

    • Butterflys

    • Rabits

    • Hawks

    • Plants

    Correct Answer
    A. Plants

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