Question 1

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment

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Ecology

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Ecosystem

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Biology

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Population

Question 2

A community is an assemblage of populations of same species interacting with one another.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 3

all communities have the same characteristics

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 4

Choose the correct option.

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A community is an assemblage of populations of different species interacting with one another within the same environment.

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A community is an assemblage of organisms interacting with one another within the same environment.

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A community is an assemblage of populations of different species interacting with one another in two different environments.

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A community is an assemblage of populations of same species interacting with one another within the same environment.

Question 5

What is the term that refers to all the populations in a given area?

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Community

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Ecosystem

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Biosphere

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Population

Question 6

What are the two characteristics of Community?

Accepted Answer

species composition, species diversity

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species niche, species composition

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species richness, species niche

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species community, species richness

Question 7

Species composition can also be known as _____________________

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species richness

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species diversity

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species size

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species community

Question 8

Communities come in _________________ ____________________ and ____________________

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different sizes and compositions

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same sizes and compositions

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different types and forms

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different types and species

Question 9

Species diversity means __________________________________________________________________

Accepted Answer

listing of different species found in the community and the number of individuals within the community.

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the measure of species richness

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listing of species composition and the entire ecosystem

Question 10

The narrow- leaved evergreen trees are prominent in ________________________

Accepted Answer

coniferous forest

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tropical rain forest

Question 11

Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

the tropical rain forest has more species and therefore higher species richness

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the coniferous forest has less species and therefore higher species richness

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the tropical rain forest has less species and therefore higher species richness

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the coniferous forest has more species and therefore higher species richness

Question 12

Broad-leaved evergreen trees are numerous in __________________________

Accepted Answer

tropical rain forest

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coniferous forest

Question 13

Which forest would seem more diverse to us?

Accepted Answer

the forest that has 36 poplar tress and 41 American elms

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the forest that has 76 yellow poplar trees but only 1 American elm

Question 14

A particular place where a species lives and reproduces is ______________________________

Accepted Answer

habitat

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interaction

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niche

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biosphere

Question 15

What is an ecological niche?

Accepted Answer

The role a species plays in its community.

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a particular place where a species lives

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a particular place where a species reproduces

Question 16

Which of the following is an abiotic factor?

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precipitation

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parasite

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competitor

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predator

Question 17

What are the two types of niche?

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fundamental and realized

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realized and diversity

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abiotic and exclusion

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fundamental and habitat

Question 18

What best defines a realized niche?

Accepted Answer

Set of conditions under which it exists in nature, when adverse biotic conditions are present.

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Set of conditions under which it exists in nature, when adverse biotic conditions are absent.

Question 19

Choose the correct option.

Accepted Answer

a species' fundamental niche tends to be larger than its realized niche

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a species' fundamental niche can be smaller or larger than its realized niche

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a species' fundamental niche tends to be equal to its realized niche

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a species' fundamental niche tends to be smaller than its realized niche

Question 20

what best defines a fundamental niche?

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All abiotic conditions under which the organism can survive when adverse biotic conditions are absent.

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All abiotic conditions under which the organism can survive when adverse abiotic conditions are absent.

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All biotic conditions under which the organism can survive when adverse abiotic conditions are absent.

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All biotic conditions under which the organism can survive when adverse biotic conditions are absent.

Question 21

What principle is shown here?

Accepted Answer

competitive exclusion principle

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character displacement

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camouflage

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resource partitioning

Question 22

Which experiment shows resource partitioning?

Accepted Answer

experiment 2

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experiment 1

Question 23

What type of principle is shown below?

Accepted Answer

character displacement

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competitive exclusion principle

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prey defenses

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resource partitioning

Question 24

What type of niche is found when the large barnacles are removed?

Accepted Answer

fundamental niche

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realized niche

Question 25

choose the correct option about the relationship between the lynx and snowshoe hare.

Accepted Answer

As the population of hares decreases, the lynx population begins to decline as well.

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lynx is the prey

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hare is the predator

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As the population of hares increases, the lynx population begins to decline as well.

Question 26

What type of prey defenses?

Accepted Answer

camouflage

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spines

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protective armor

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mimicry

Question 27

cattle egrets eat insects off from the cattle, this is an example of:

Accepted Answer

mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

Question 28

Clark's nutcracker bird feed on and also disperse the seeds of white-bark pine trees, this is an example of:

Accepted Answer

mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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cleaning symbiosis

Question 29

dirofilaria immitis lives in the heart and pulmonary blood artery, and can cause the death of the host, this is an example of:

Accepted Answer

parasitism

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commensalism

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mutualism

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cleaning symbiosis

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