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Goal 2
carbon cycle
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Biology
10th Grade
02/08/2013

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why does the atmospheric carbon dioxide increases as a result of deforestation?
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there are fewer trees to absorb it
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which heterotroph is a first level consumer
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rabbit
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which processes recycles carbon back into the atmosphere
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respiration
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what biological process absorbs carbon dioxide, water and sunlight from the atmosphere and makes it usable by living
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photosynthesis
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in order to get carbon
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through the digestion of plants that carry out photosynthesis
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which processes of the water cycle accounts for water found in plants and soils
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transpiration
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which chemical cycle involves transpiration, evaporation, and precipitation
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water
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which best represents geochemical processes in the carbon cycle
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erosion and volcanic eruption
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which statement best represent the relationship between a producer and consumer
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panda eats bamboo
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during transpiration the stomata releases which molecule into the atmosphere
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H2O water
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which process describes how water is returned to the earth through the atmosphere
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precipitation
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which best describes thr amount of carbon in the carbon cycle
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it is always constant and equal
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which process requires water to start
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photosynthesis
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what is the source of energy behind the carbon cycle
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sun
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a tree and ants help each other out
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mutual ism
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what is mutual ism
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benefits each other
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which is a predator
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owl
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which example mutualism
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bee brings pollen and receives nectar
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what limits the lynx population from experiencing constant growth
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limit of food
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what is the outcome of adding a new predator
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both populations will decrease
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which is a prey adaptation for survivial agianst a predator
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harmless species looking like a dangerous one
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which would most likely occur if the total of the products of respiration exceeded the global total of the product of photosynthesis
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the total amount of carbon would increase
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what is one way heterotrophs can obtain nitrogen from their environment
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they eat plants
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which organism belongs to the trophic level with the least energy
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snake
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which level is most of the available energy located within the energy pyramid
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the producer
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water vapor is often polluted with sulfur above coal burning factories
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acid rain
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which statement is true about the carbon dioxide
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carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere by cellular respiration
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which of these indicators represents an aquatic environment that has good supply of oxygen
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there is a abundance of green aquatic plants and deep feeding fish
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which explains why energy is not lost
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some energy is converted into waste and heat energy
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ecologists estimate that only 10% of the energy of the energy at trpohic level is available to rhe next
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organisms use this energy for their own life processes
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which process in the water cycle best explains the oceans being huge "carbon sinks" or areas that abosorb and store carbon dioxide from the
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precipitation
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which method of oxygen production is the most important for infusing oxygen into water life
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photosynthesis
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which is least likely to cause depletion in an aquatic environment
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constant flow of water moving of water through layers of temperature
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