AP Environmental Science: The Living World: Ecosystems Practice Test

What is the correct equation for respiration?

In which cycle is limestone a key factor?

What process can be caused by lightning?

Why does the phosphorus cycle not recycle from the oceans back to land as fast as the other cycles?

Denitrifying bacteria are found in:

What is the main factor that allows the Coastal Pacific Northwest to have temperate seasonal forest and Temperate Rainforest rather than Taiga?

What is the main factor that creates the rain shadow effect?

You go to an area dominated by grasses with scattered trees. There are distinct Wet and Dry seasons. Based on the angle of the sunlight, you think you are near the equator. You are most likely in a:

What nutrients are most likely to cause algae blooms?

What is the base of the food chain in large rivers?

Estuaries are known to be important nurseries for many species of marine fish and shellfish. Select all of the below that are estuaries.

Hydrothermal vents are areas where what happens?

Why does the salinity go back up as you go deeper than 1000 m?

If GPP is 10 and respiration is 3, NPP is

Energy is lost as you go up each trophic level. It is turned into

Why does the phosphorus cycle not recycle from the oceans back to land as fast as the other cycles?

The 10% rule states that:

Food chains show

Box turtles usually spend most of their lives living within a mile or two from where they were born. This area would be considered the individual box turtle’s