Chapter 2: Environment Systems: Matter, Energy and Ecosystems

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1) A______is a network of relationships among components that interact with and influence one another through the exchange of energy, water and information.

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Molecule
System
Species
Estuary

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2) Which of the following specifically contains all of the planet's living organisms and nonliving parts of the environment in which they interact?

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Atmosphere
Ecologisphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere

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3) The______contains the rock and sediments beneath earth's surface in the planet's uppermost layers.

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Meoterosphere
Lithosphere
Siesmophere
Mantle

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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_____.

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Nitrification
Deoxization
Eutrophication
Detrification

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5) Positively charged particles in atoms are called_____.

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Electrons
Neutrons
Ions
Protons

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6) What kind of bond is formed between two atoms that lack an electrical charge and therefore share electrons?

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Covalent Bonds
Ionic Bonds
Hydrocarbon Bonds
Isotopic Bonds

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7) Ammonia would be considered a _____solution.

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Neutral
Basic
Acidic
OH+ concentrated

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8) Lemon juice would most likely be considered a _____solution.

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Basic
Neutral
H+ concentrated
OH- concentrated

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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?

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Lipids
Carbohydrates
Nucleic Acids
Proteins

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10) Glucose is broken down into water and carbon dioxide through________.

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Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Transpiration
Kinetic Infiltration

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11) This law states that energy will naturally change from an ordered state to increasing disorder or entropy.

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Law of Conversation of Matter
First Law of Thermodynamics
Second Law of Thermodynamics

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12) Most green plants, algae, and cyanobacteria are known as______.

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Autotrophs
Heterotrophs
Consumers
Detritivores

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13) The biogeochemical cycle plays an important part by________.

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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.

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14.) Evaporation, precipitation, transpiration, and infiltration are all processes in the ________cycle.

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Nitrogen Fixation
Carbon
Nutrient
Hydrologic

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15.) What cycle is being interrupted through the burning of fields and forests?

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Carbon Cycle
Hydrologic Cycle
Biogeochemical Cycle

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