Match the description on the left with the correct term on the right. Some answers may not be used. Most of the water in the Hydrologic cycle returns to the ocean this way Water cycle The most biologically driven nutrient cycle [Choose] [Choose] A result of competition between species for resources, in which one species completely eliminates the other from a given habitat Most of the carbon dioxide returns to the oceans this way in the Carbon cycle [Choose] ✓ [Choose ] Niche Water cycle Mutualisms An example of this are Galapagos finches displaying differing beak sizes and depths allowing them to coexist in the same region since each species eats a different type of seed Competitive exclusion Nitrogen cycle Interference competition Evaporation A required resource whose supply (or lack thereof) strongly influences the size of a population Limiting resource Diffusion Amensalisms Nitrate Positive interactions in which both species benefit Commensalisms Character displacement Nitrite Nitrogen fixing bacteria utilize nitrogen gas and convert it to this compound Ammonia Precipitation Carbon cycle

Match the description on the left with the correct term on the right. Some answers may not be used. Most of the water in the Hydrologic cycle returns to the ocean this way Water cycle The most biologically driven nutrient cycle [Choose] [Choose] A result of competition between species for resources, in which one species completely eliminates the other from a given habitat Most of the carbon dioxide returns to the oceans this way in the Carbon cycle [Choose] ✓ [Choose ] Niche Water cycle Mutualisms An example of this are Galapagos finches displaying differing beak sizes and depths allowing them to coexist in the same region since each species eats a different type of seed Competitive exclusion Nitrogen cycle Interference competition Evaporation A required resource whose supply (or lack thereof) strongly influences the size of a population Limiting resource Diffusion Amensalisms Nitrate Positive interactions in which both species benefit Commensalisms Character displacement Nitrite Nitrogen fixing bacteria utilize nitrogen gas and convert it to this compound Ammonia Precipitation Carbon cycle

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305117396

Author:Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr

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Chapter18: The Biosphere And Human Effects

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