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Water fraction of surface waters do humans sequester for their own use?

Some adult frogs prey on adult dragonflies. But what can complicate whether this predator-
prey relationship actually influences frog or dragonfly abundance?

Which of the following is not an applied science derived from ecology?

As the Reedy moves downstream, how does the source of energy for food webs change?

Which of the following is TRUE regarding Conestee Nature Park?

In which sequence are the levels of organization in the correct order?

Which statement is false regarding a trophic pyramid of "productivity"?

What ecologically important interactions are revealed in webs that are not revealed in chains?

Which of the following DOES NOT happen when a stream is channelized?

What is a benefit of biodiversity?

What is the first law of thermodynamics?

What fraction of terrestrial NPP do humans use?

What ecological roles do bacteria play?

What is the best definition of ecology?

How does animal diversity change downstream?


1. 50%
2. All of the above may complicate patterns
3. Deep ecology
4. Changes from external inputs of detritus to internal primary production
5. It is an important site for threatened birds
6. Population < community < ecosystem < biome
7. It is pyramidal in shape because of the first law of thermodynamics
8. Indirect interactions
9. Flooding increases in channelized areas
10. Biodiversity causes local human adaptations and cultural diversity
11. Energy and matter can’t be created or destroyed, but they can transform
12. 40%

, 13. Producers, consumers, and decomposers
14. The scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms, and their
interactions
15. It increases



The first law of thermodynamics states that "energy and matter can't be created or destroyed,
but they can be transformed." So, which answer below best explains why the sun shines?

Water cools off more slowly than air. Why?

Which statement is FALSE regarding air movement along the surface of the Earth?

What happens as a warm, moist air mass rises off the surface of the earth?

Which statement is FALSE regarding the rainy season in the tropics?

What biome often occurs at 30 latitude, and why?

Why can valleys be very hot?

Which city, Milwaukee, WI or Grand Rapids, MI, gets more precipitation?

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Atacama desert in northern Chile is one of the
driest places on Earth?

Why are the poles warming faster than other areas of the planet?

Which of the following is FALSE regarding low pressure systems?

Which statement is TRUE regarding a rain shadow effect?

Seattle, WA, and Duluth, MN, are at about the same latitude, but they have different climates.
Which statement is TRUE comparing their climates?

This ocean current transfers energy to northern Europe, keeping it warmer than its latitude
would dictate.

Which gas absorbs the greatest amount of heat energy radiated by the Earth?


1. When 4 Hydrogen atoms are squished into a Helium atom, lost mass is converted to
energy
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