Chapter 2: Environment Systems: Matter, Energy and Ecosystems

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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
1) A______is a network of relationships among components that interact with and influence one another through the exchange of energy, water and information.
Respuesta
  • Molecule
  • System
  • Species
  • Estuary

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
2) Which of the following specifically contains all of the planet's living organisms and nonliving parts of the environment in which they interact?
Respuesta
  • Atmosphere
  • Ecologisphere
  • Hydrosphere
  • Biosphere

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
3) The______contains the rock and sediments beneath earth's surface in the planet's uppermost layers.
Respuesta
  • Meoterosphere
  • Lithosphere
  • Siesmophere
  • Mantle

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
4)The process of nutrient over-enrichment, oxygen depletion in the bottom layers of water, increased production of organic matter, and subsequent ecosystem degradation is known as_____.
Respuesta
  • Nitrification
  • Deoxization
  • Eutrophication
  • Detrification

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
5) Positively charged particles in atoms are called_____.
Respuesta
  • Electrons
  • Neutrons
  • Ions
  • Protons

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
6) What kind of bond is formed between two atoms that lack an electrical charge and therefore share electrons?
Respuesta
  • Covalent Bonds
  • Ionic Bonds
  • Hydrocarbon Bonds
  • Isotopic Bonds

Pregunta 7

Pregunta
7) Ammonia would be considered a _____solution.
Respuesta
  • Neutral
  • Basic
  • Acidic
  • OH+ concentrated

Pregunta 8

Pregunta
8) Lemon juice would most likely be considered a _____solution.
Respuesta
  • Basic
  • Neutral
  • H+ concentrated
  • OH- concentrated

Pregunta 9

Pregunta
9) Which of the following polymers help in producing tissues and structural support, serve as enzymes, and even help to store energy and transport substances?
Respuesta
  • Lipids
  • Carbohydrates
  • Nucleic Acids
  • Proteins

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
10) Glucose is broken down into water and carbon dioxide through________.
Respuesta
  • Cellular Respiration
  • Photosynthesis
  • Transpiration
  • Kinetic Infiltration

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
11) This law states that energy will naturally change from an ordered state to increasing disorder or entropy.
Respuesta
  • Law of Conversation of Matter
  • First Law of Thermodynamics
  • Second Law of Thermodynamics

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
12) Most green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are known as______.
Respuesta
  • Autotrophs
  • Heterotrophs
  • Consumers
  • Detritivores

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
13) The biogeochemical cycle plays an important part by________.
Respuesta
  • Transporting nutrients, sediments and pollutants from land to the bodies of water, through the atmosphere and back to land or water again.
  • Circulating elements or molecules through the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. After death of an organism, nutrients are spread through the environment and eventually incorporated by an untold number of other organisms.
  • Through the absorption of water and carbon dioxide to create energy.

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
14.) Evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, and infiltration are all processes in the ________cycle.
Respuesta
  • Nitrogen Fixation
  • Carbon
  • Nutrient
  • Hydrologic

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
15.) What cycle is being interrupted through the burning of fields and forests?
Respuesta
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Hydrologic Cycle
  • Biogeochemical Cycle
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