Ecology Review 2

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

What is the first step in a food chain?

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

Interactions among organisms and betweenorganisms and their environment iscalled

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

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

Climate is a global factor that is influenced by...

What is one difference between primary and secondary succession?

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

What type of growth is the green line illustrating?

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

All living organisms share this portion of Earth

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

Each of the following is a density dependent factor EXCEPT?

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

Which of the following IS NOT recycled in the biosphere?

What type of growth is occurring in the graph

What causes the three main climate zones?

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

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

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

Choose the correct statement

As resources in a population become less available, the population

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

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

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

If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the

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

A population will always grow exponentially...

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