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1
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What part of the atmosphere maintains global temperatures due to containing greenhouse gases?

A

Thermosphere

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2
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What does cement production result in?

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Releasing carbonate stored in rock and producing carbon dioxide.

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3
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What is nitrogen used for?

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To form protein for growth and energy and to form ATGC base pairs in DNA

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What are the properties of eutrophic water?

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They have 10-30micrograms/litre of phosphorus, a pH >7 and an organic mud substrate

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5
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What are properties of urban water cycles?

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They have less infiltration and evaporation than natural cycles.

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6
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What are most rocks formed from?

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Silicates

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What is the optimum soil pH for nitrogen in nitrophilic plants?

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6-7.7

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8
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Which soil water is most available to plants?

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Capillary water

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9
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Where are birds flight muscles attached?

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To the sternum

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10
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What is a defining characteristic of shrew mandibles?

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They have red teeth

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What are the sclerenchyma cells?

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They provide structural support in plants

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12
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What are arthropod exoskeletons made from?

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Chitin

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13
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Why does temperature rise in the stratosphere?

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As UV radiation is absorbed

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14
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How are nutrients and energy moved in an ecosystem?

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The same nutrients are used over and over and energy moves through the system with some being lost as heat.

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15
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What are the 3 main greenhouse gases?

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Carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.

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16
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What form of nitrogen do plants use for growth?

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Nitrate

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17
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What is the process of biological nitrogen fixation?

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The reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia using the nitrogenase enzyme.

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18
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What is the function of nitrosomonas bacteria?

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To facilitate nitrification

19
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When is eutrophication most likely to occur?

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When phosphorus is no longer limiting

20
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What are the 2 main sinks in the phosphorus cycle?

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Lithosphere and the hydrosphere

21
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What has caused an increase in the amount of available phosphorus to the natural environment?

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Increases in fertiliser use and wastewater outputs

22
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Carbon has an atomic number of 6 so how can it gain a full outer shell?

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By sharing four pairs of electrons

23
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What kind of bonding is sodium chloride?

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Ionic and water soluble

24
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What can the chemical bonding of water be described as?

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Covalent bonding with an arrangment forming a dipole, which allows hydrogen bonding between water molecules

25
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If soil clay particles have a negative charge, how could this influence pesticides?

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Negative charge of clay particles may attract ionizable pesticides, leading to retention in the soil.

26
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Where do light independent reaction of photosynthesis occur?

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Stroma, which is the cytoplasm of the chloroplasts.

27
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What is the purpose of hydrogen in photosynthesis?

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It acts as an electron donor in the z-scheme

28
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What is required for non cyclic-phosphorylation?

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NADP and ATP

29
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What wavelength does photosystem II operate at?

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680nm

30
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What wavelength does photosystem I operate at?

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700nm

31
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Which plant pigments aid photosynthesis but don’t provide light energy to the electron?

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Carotenes

32
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What is the correct order for mean water residance times from shortest to longest.

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Atmosphere, surface oceanic water, benthic oceanic water, cryosphere

33
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What rock type is associated with seafloor spreading?

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Igneous

34
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What happens at a continental and oceanic plate margin?

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The denser oceanic plate subducts.

35
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What issues may be seen with waterlogged soils?

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Shorter growing seasons due to colder soil temperature and higher emissions of N2O a greenhouse gas.

36
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What kind of soils are prone to leaching?

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Sandy

37
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What sound travels the furthest?

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Short frequencies and wavelengths.

38
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How many molar root holes do mice species have?

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House mouse - 3
Wood mouse - 4
Harvest mouse - 5

39
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What avian bones are modified to aid feeding?

A

Hallux and tarsi

40
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What is a characteristic of Monocotyledoneae?

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Vascular bundles in a ring in the stem

41
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Where are parenchyma cells?

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Within a plant cortex.

42
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What are pedipalps?

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The modified second pair of appendaged used as sensory organs, pincers or for movement.

43
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What is the main compound that forms mammalian hair or fur?

A

Keratin

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