1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Water and Carbon Cycle Nitrogen Cycle Phosphorus Cycle and environ. Eco- systems Taxonomy

2. Water’s polarity allows individual water molecules to be attracted to each other. What is this called?

3. A: Cohesion

4. What are the three largest carbon sinks on earth?

5. A. oceans, forests, fossil fuels

6. Double Jeopardy - Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and the Environment

7. What is accelerated eutrophication?

8. Identify one process involved in the rapid cycling of carbon

9. A. Answers will vary

10. Name the two most abundant greenhouse gasses

11. A. CO2 and H20

12. What is the name of the process when ammonium (NH4) is converted into nitrites (NO2)?

13. A. Nitrification

14. Denitrifying bacteria convert nitrates (NO3) into which nitrogen molecule?

15. A. N2 (atmospheric nitrogen)

16. Identify three different methods of nitrogen fixation

17. A. bacteria, lightning, deposition

18. Identify the two organisms that have a symbiotic relationship which results in increased soil nitrogen

19. A. Legumes & nitrogen fixing bacteria

20. What do denitrifying bacteria use as their final electron acceptor under anaerobic conditions?

21. A. Nitrates of course!

22. Phosphorous is found in only one major form in the environment - what is it?

23. A. Phosphate

24. List three types of molecules or substances in the human body that contain lots of phosphate

25. A. Teeth, bones, DNA, cell membranes

26. Deep cold lakes lacking in nutrients are given what name?

27. A. oligotrophic

28. Removal of trees along a waterway would primarily lead to what kind of pollution?

29. A. Sediment pollution

30. What is the name of the aquatic zone that receives sunlight closest to the shore?

31. A. littoral

32. Which two abiotic factors play the greatest role in determining the number of species in an area?

33. A. Temp and precipitation

34. What is the difference between an ecosystem and a community?

35. A. Ecosystem includes abiotic factors

36. Describe the habitat and range of the Canadian Goose (loon)

37. A.

38. Identify two different biotic factors that could affect a population

39. A. predation, competition, behaviour, …

40. Explain the niche of an evergreen tree.

41. A. Answers will vary

42. Identify the three domains

43. A. Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

44. List the taxonomic levels from biggest to smallest

45. A. DKPCOFGS

46. What is the binomial name for humans?

47. A. Homo sapiens

48. How are protists and bacteria different?

49. A. Protists have a nucleus

50. Identify the K, P, C, O, F, G, and S for Humans…

51. A.