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| Why does atmospheric carbon dioxide increase as a result of deforestation? |
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| There are fewer trees to absorb it. |
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| Which heterotroph is a first-level/ primary consumer? |
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| What biological process absorbs carbon dioxide, water and sunlight from the atmosphere and makes it usable by living organisms? |
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| Animals require a constant source of carbon compounds for the proper functioning of body processes. In which way are animals able to obtain usable atmospheric carbon? |
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| through digestion of plants that carry out photosynthesis. |
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| which process of the water cycle accounts for water vapor that forms from water found in plants and soils? |
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| which chemical cycle involves transpiration, evaporation, and precipitation? |
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| which best represents geochemical processes in the carbon cycle? |
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| erosion, volcanic activity |
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| which statement best represents the relationship between a producer and a consumer? |
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| which process recycles carbon back into the atmosphere? |
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| During transpiration, the stomata release which molecule into the atmosphere? |
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| which process describes how water is returned to the Earth through the atmosphere? |
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| which best describes the amount of carbon in the carbon cycle? |
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| as the output equals the actual amount absorbed, it remains constant. |
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| which process requires water to start? |
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| what is the source of energy behind the carbon cycle? |
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| An Acacia tree provides food and shelter to ants, which then keep herbivores away from the tree. Which is best represented by this relationship? |
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| What do mutualistic interactions between different organisms involve? |
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| benefits for both organisms |
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| a bird eats the tick on the coat of an impala/ deer. |
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