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15 cards·by stickmaus
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The largest reserve in the nitrogen cycle is in the:
atmosphere
The tendency for energy to move toward a more dispersed or disorganized state is called:
entropy
There are rarely more than four levels in a food chain because:
there is a large loss of useful energy between levels
In an ecosystem, gross primary productivity is contributed by:
plants
Net primary productivity is highest in the _____________ seral stages of succession.
early
____________ is responsible for all necessary fats, proteins, and carbohydrates that constitute life.
carbon
Which element in the sedimentary cycle has an atmospheric component?
sulphur
Plains bison are endemic to prairie grassland ecosystems because they:
normally live and thrive in those ecosystems
A lake that is receiving agricultural runoff will likely be?
eutrophic
When both species interact and one benefits, but the other remains unaffected, we are referring to:
commensalism
Which country consumes the most amount of water per capita?
USA
Which of the following best determines residence time of a molecule?
Chemical reactivity of the substance
In the Arctic, the effects of global warming have created:
A positive feedback loop
What is the leading cause of the loss of global biodiversity?
Tropical deforestation
Western red cedar, Sitka spruce and western hemlock dominate which Canadian Ecozone?
Temperate Rain Forest