Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam Answers

Carnivores have sharp, pointed teeth that allow them to tear flesh from prey. What type of adaptation is this?

Arrange the events of succession after a volcano erupted in their proper order.

Earth’s cycles provide organisms with continued access to usable elements necessary for sustaining life.

Freshwater biomes have _______.

A species that has experienced a severe bottleneck event would be expected to _______.

Why is phytoplankton located near the ocean’s surface?

How is water transferred from the air to the ground?

Why are a variety of instruments needed to measure change in the climate system?

Global climate change will have no impact to life on the Earth.

Aquatic ecosystems support more primary producers proportional to their area than terrestrial ecosystems.

A clown fish takes shelter in a sea anemone, protecting the sea anemone by chasing away butterfly fish. What two types of interactions are described in this scenario?

The cracking of rock due to heat is an example of _______.

The population of bison in a prairie ecosystem has significantly declined. What will most likely happen to the grass population the bison feeds on?

Which of the following is considered an arid biome?

What pattern of material movement found in the Earth system tracks how an element moves from living to nonliving parts?

Land clearing and irrigation in Australia have only resulted in an increase in the amount of land available for use as farmland.

Which of the following statements about large scale mineral extraction is true?

Which of the following does not occupy the bottom of an energy pyramid?

Competitive exclusion controls population size.

Which of the following is not a part of Earth’s system?