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1.1 The study of life Read Online
Viewed from space, Earth offers no clues about the diversity of life forms that reside there. The first forms of life on Earth are thought to have been microorganisms that existed for billions of years in the ocean before plants and animals appeared. The mammals, birds, and flowers so familiar to us are all relatively recent, originating 130 to 200 million years ago. Humans have inhabited this planet for only the last 2.5 million years, and only in the last 200,000 years have humans started looking like we do today.
Chapter 44: Ecology and the Biosphere MCQ Multiple Choices Questions Quiz Test Bank
44.1 The Scope of Ecology
44.2 Biogeography
44.3 Terrestrial Biomes
44.4 Aquatic Biomes
44.5 Climate and the Effects of Global Climate Change
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Question: Which of the following is an example of a weather event?
Choices:
The hurricane season lasts from June 1 through November 30.
The amount of atmospheric CO2 has steadily increased during the last century.
A windstorm blew down trees in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in Minnesota on July 4, 1999.
Deserts are generally dry ecosystems having very little rainfall.
Question: Which of the following biomes is characterized by short growing seasons?
Choices:
deserts
tropical wet forests
Arctic tundras
savannas
Question: The study of nutrient cycling though the environment is an example of which of the following?
Choices:
organismal ecology
population ecology
community ecology
ecosystem ecology
Question: Which of the following biomes is characterized by abundant water resources?
Choices:
deserts
boreal forests
savannas
tropical wet forests
Question: Which of the following natural forces is responsible for the release of carbon dioxide and other atmospheric gases?
Choices:
the Milankovitch cycles
volcanoes
solar intensity
burning of fossil fuels
Question: A key feature of estuaries is:
Choices:
low light conditions and high productivity
salt water and fresh water
frequent algal blooms
little or no vegetation
Question: Where would you expect to find the most photosynthesis in an ocean biome?
Choices:
aphotic zone
abyssal zone
benthic realm
intertidal zone
Question: Which of the following is a biotic factor?
Choices:
wind
disease-causing microbe
temperature
soil particle size
Question: An ecologist hiking up a mountain may notice different biomes along the way due to changes in all of the following except:
Choices:
elevation
rainfall
latitude
temperature
Question: Understory plants in a temperate forest have adaptations to capture limited ________.
Choices:
water
nutrients
heat
sunlight
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