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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?

Yellow

Red

Green

Blue (correct)

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?

Equatorial regions Signup and view all the answers

What characteristics would you most closely associate with a tundra region?

Long, dark, cold winter, brief period of growth of small plants Signup and view all the answers

What is a biome, in the broad ecological sense?

One of the world's major ecosystems, classified according to the predominant vegetation Signup and view all the answers

What are the characteristic climates of a chaparral region?

Hot, dry summer climate, mild, moist winter climate Signup and view all the answers

Where would you typically find a benthic organism?

On or below the bottom of a body of water Signup and view all the answers

What are coral reefs mostly composed of?

Calcium carbonate Signup and view all the answers

What is an estuary?

An area where freshwater from rivers mixes with seawater Signup and view all the answers

What does the term hypoxic mean?

Low in oxygen Signup and view all the answers

If the sun were to suddenly stop providing energy to Earth, which ecosystem would likely survive the longest?

Tundra Signup and view all the answers