Ecology exam review

Several species of warblers can live in the same spruce tree ONLY because they

Organisms that obtain nutrients by breaking down dead & decaying plants and animals are called

All of the members of a particular species that live in one area are called a(an)

Choose the correct statement

Carbon cycles through the biosphere in all of the following processes EXCEPT

The total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level is called the

What is the first step in a food chain?

Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT

An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called

What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?

The lowest level of environmental complexity that includes living and nonliving factors is the

A lion that eats a gazelle that consumes an insect that fed on a plant is a

A bird kills& then eats a bug. Which ecological terms describe the bird based on its actions?

Climate is a global factor that produces

All the interconnected feeding relationships in an ecosystem make up a food

All living organisms share this portion of Earth

Which two biomes have the least amount of precipitation?

The series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time is called

Why can matter be used over and over in the biosphere?

Interactions among organisms and betweenorganisms and their environment iscalled

An organism that uses energy to produce its own food supply from inorganic compounds is called

What is the process by whichbacteria convert nitrogen gas in the air to ammonia?

Which of the following IS NOT recycled in the biosphere?

25 pines trees are in a certain area of northern AZ, which population characteristic is this

If a nutrient is in such short supply in an ecosystem that it affects an animal’s growth, the

The simplest grouping of more than one kind of organism in the biosphere is

As resources in a population become less available, the population