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MIDTERM EXAM IN ECOLOGY

1.) State the Zeroth law of thermodynamics

2.) _____________ a liquid fossil fuel typically used in transportation.

3.) _____________ is a solar generated power using mono or polycrystalline silicon, or amorphous silicon as panel.

4.) _____________ is the most efficient alternative source of power but requires big land field.

5.) State the First law of thermodynamics

6.) _____________ these power plants used the heat generated from underground but injecting water to form steam to generate electricity in turbines.

7.) _____________ these fuels are similar to fossil fuel but derived from food and agricultural products as raw material such as cooking oil

8.) _____________ is used as fuel in Nuclear Power plant via fission reaction.

9.) _____________ it is the leading source of electricity around the world even from 19th century up to this generation.

10.) _____________ it is the cleanest fossil fuel.

11.) _____________ - describe the flow of essential elements from the environment through living organisms and back into the environment.

12.) _____________ a phase transformation of water vapor in troposphere to a liquid, this is also known as rain

13.) _____________ is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.

14.) _____________ is a gas used by plants to produce food as fruits and grow, these gas also the reason why the heat is trapped inside the earth.

15.) _____________ it is also a major absorber of Carbon dioxide aside from plants.

16.) _____________ is a process of releasing carbon dioxide to the atmosphere via chemical transformation of Carbon containing substance such as wood with
oxygen

17.) _____________ is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into
adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products.

18.) _____________ is an important chemical which is also found in air, required for manufacture of amino acid and nucleic acid which is a part of micro
molecular structure of the living body.

19.) _____________ is a non-biological fixation of nitrogen from air during rainy season

20.) _____________ is the slowest cycle happen in erosion of rocks to water and soil

21.) _____________ cause of different drain direction in north and south pole due to rotation of the earth

22.) _____________ circulation of ocean due to saline concentration and temperature of the parts of ocean that causes the water to flow from point to point
and might cause deeper ocean floor

25.) _____________ is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contains carbon. Inorganic metals, salts

26.) _____________ is an organic compound such as sugars, starches and celluloses and gums

27.) _____________ the branch of physical science that deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy

28.) _____________ a thermodynamic quantity often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.

29.) _____________ the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things. A science of control

30.) _____________ the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.