Question

name: jusibah jenkins bio ch 34/35 test 33 pts choose the best answer for each question. 1) all of earth that is inhabited by life is called the a) stratosphere. b) lithosphere. c) biosphere. d) hydrosphere. 2) the level of ecological organization that incorporates abiotic factors is the a) community. b) ecosystem. c) population. d) species. 3) rachel carsons book, silent spring, deals with the a) destruction of polar habitats caused by global warming. b) environmental effects of pesticides. c) effects of lynx predation on snow - hare populations. d) fate of tropical rainforests. 4) the greatest annual input and least seasonal variation in solar radiation occurs in the a) southern hemisphere. b) temperate zones. c) tropics. d) polar regions. 5) most of the worlds deserts are located at latitudes where a) hot, dry air moving toward the equator rises. b) hot, dry air moving toward the poles rises. c) cold, dry air moving toward the poles descends. d) cold, dry air moving toward the equator descends. 6) a whale in the middle of the atlantic ocean is in which oceanic zone? a) intertidal b) benthic c) pelagic d) estuarine 7) which ocean zone describes the interface between ocean and land? a) intertidal b) pelagic c) abyssal d) upwelling

Explanation:

1. The biosphere is the global sum of all ecosystems where life exists.
2. An ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic components.
3. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson highlighted the environmental impacts of pesticides.
4. The tropics receive the greatest annual input of solar - radiation with the least seasonal variation.
5. Deserts are often found where hot, dry air moving toward the poles descends.
6. The pelagic zone is the open - water zone of the ocean, where a whale in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean would be.
7. The intertidal zone is the interface between the ocean and land.

Answer:

1. C. biosphere
2. B. ecosystem
3. B. environmental effects of pesticides
4. C. tropics
5. C. cold, dry air moving toward the poles descends
6. C. pelagic
7. A. intertidal