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Environment: Science Behind the Stories, 3e (Withgott et al.)
Chapter 3 Environmental Systems and Ecosystem Ecology

3.1 Graph and Figure Interpretation Questions




Figure 3.1

Use Figure 3.1 to answer the following questions.

1) This graph helps to explain ________.
A) why the open ocean is so productive
B) why cultivated lands are a logical choice to replace rain forests
C) why we need to be concerned with damage to rain forests and coral reefs
D) why tundra has such high net primary productivity of biomass
E) the importance of deserts
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC
Bloom's Taxonomy: 5 - Evaluating
Objective: 3.4 Recognize the importance and complexity of the differing spatial and temporal
scales of Earth processes




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,2) Overall, it appears that ________.
A) some ecosystems are 250 times more productive than others
B) cultivated land is more productive than natural ecosystems
C) shallow waters are more productive than deep waters on a per area basis
D) terrestrial ecosystems have higher productivity than aquatic ones
E) no valid conclusions can be drawn
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC
Bloom's Taxonomy: 5 - Evaluating
Objective: 3.4 Recognize the importance and complexity of the differing spatial and temporal
scales of Earth processes

3) Overall, it appears that terrestrial biomes with high temperatures and more available
freshwater ________.
A) tend to have less productivity than those without much freshwater
B) tend to have about the same productivity as those without much freshwater
C) tend to have more productivity than those without much freshwater
D) don't differentiate between freshwater as rainfall and freshwater as ice in glaciers
E) No valid conclusions can be drawn.
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC
Bloom's Taxonomy: 5 - Evaluating
Objective: 3.4 Recognize the importance and complexity of the differing spatial and temporal
scales of Earth processes




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, 3.2 Matching Questions

Match the following.

A) evaporation
B) cryosphere
C) detritivores
D) biome
E) evaporation/precipitation
F) groundwaters
G) ecosystem
H) decomposers
I) transpiration
J) biomass
K) river runoff
L) biosphere

1) the largest flux of water in the hydrological cycle
Diff: 1 Type: MA
Bloom's Taxonomy: 3 - Applying
Objective: 3.5 Summarize the main global biogeochemical cycles and their human impacts,
especially the global water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles

2) consists of all the planet's living (and recently deceased and decaying) organisms
Diff: 1 Type: MA
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 - Remembering
Objective: 3.2 Outline the characteristics of Earth's major subsystems

3) matter contained in living organisms
Diff: 1 Type: MA
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 - Remembering
Objective: 3.2 Outline the characteristics of Earth's major subsystems

4) the process by which water moves from lakes or rivers to the atmosphere
Diff: 1 Type: MA
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 - Understanding
Objective: 3.5 Summarize the main global biogeochemical cycles and their human impacts,
especially the global water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles

5) the second largest reservoir of water on Earth
Diff: 1 Type: MA
Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 - Understanding
Objective: 3.5 Summarize the main global biogeochemical cycles and their human impacts,
especially the global water, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles




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