Quiz-Busters - Geography AS Ecosystem

Geography AS Ecosystem

This quiz recaps many of the key terms in the AS Geography Ecosystems course for OCR A.
What B is a large scale ecosystem?. What P is when ecosystems accumulate biomass excluding respiration?. What O is the name given to animals that eat both plants and animals?. What T is the name for each step in a food chain?. What C is the process by which cations are exchanged between plant roots and clay / humus particles?. What L is the process by which water washes nutrients through the soil?. What H are the layers in a soil profile?. What P is the type of soil found in the cooler wetter upland areas of the North of England?. What C is an agricultural method that can reduce erosion?. What X is the name given to a plant succession developing under dry conditions?. What P is the other name for a sand dune complex?. What M is a sand dune plant with long roots that traps sand to stabilise the dune development?. What S form on mudflats in tidal estuaries and in shallow water often behind spits?. What E is lost through respiration, defecation, chewing and mating?. What A is the only type of organisms that can create organic matter from inorganic substances?. What E is a group of organisms which interact with one another?. What W is a complex food chain?. What L is the store of nutrients where decomposition is the key process?. What L is a nutrient flow between biomass and litter?. What U is the nutrient flow between the soil and biomass?.