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Why is terrestrial productivity highest in equatorial climates?
Why is terrestrial productivity highest in equatorial climates?
- Productivity increases with water availability
- Productivity increases with available sunlight
- Productivity increases with temperature
- The answer is most likely a combination of the other responses (correct)
Which of the following wavelengths of light has the greatest energy?
Which of the following wavelengths of light has the greatest energy?
- Yellow
- Red
- Green
- Blue (correct)
What is eutrophication?
What is eutrophication?
- When an ecosystem consists entirely of autotrophs
- When an ecosystem is released from nutrient limitation and an overgrowth of photosynthetic organisms dies (correct)
- When an ecosystem consists entirely of heterotrophs
- When an ecosystem experiences an input of nutrients that allows it to become healthier and support greater biodiversity
What part of the Earth experiences the greatest amount of solar energy input per year?
What part of the Earth experiences the greatest amount of solar energy input per year?
What characteristics would you most closely associate with a tundra region?
What characteristics would you most closely associate with a tundra region?
What is a biome, in the broad ecological sense?
What is a biome, in the broad ecological sense?
What are the characteristic climates of a chaparral region?
What are the characteristic climates of a chaparral region?
Where would you typically find a benthic organism?
Where would you typically find a benthic organism?
What are coral reefs mostly composed of?
What are coral reefs mostly composed of?
What is an estuary?
What is an estuary?
What does the term hypoxic mean?
What does the term hypoxic mean?
If the sun were to suddenly stop providing energy to Earth, which ecosystem would likely survive the longest?
If the sun were to suddenly stop providing energy to Earth, which ecosystem would likely survive the longest?
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