Ecology 2018 Team Trivia Review

The repeated movement of water between Earth's surfaces and the atmosphere is the

When CO2, H2O, & methane molecules absorb energy reradiated by Earth's surface & warms Earth

The process in which fat-soluble pollutants increase in concentration in a food chain

A symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit

What is the net effect on population from 3 emigrants, 17 immigrants, 12 births & 26 deaths?

Occurs when 2 organisms fight for the same limited resource

Occurs when a barrier forms that prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range

Hawaii's lush tropical forests arose from the process of

Occurs when 1 organism captures and eats another organism

What factor generally has the greatest effect on a region's climate?

A nonliving factor in an ecosystem

A partially enclosed body of water formed where a river flows into an ocean

A close relationship between 2 or more different speciest that live in close contact

A factor that controls the size of a population

Detritivore that breaks down organic matter into simpler compounds

All the physical, chemical, and biological factors that a species needs to survive & reproduce

A diagram that compares energy use among trophic levels

The measure of the total number of a given species in a defined area is the

This graph depicts what growth pattern?

With unlimited resources and an absence of disease & predation, a bacterial population will...

Use & management of natural resources to meet current and future needs

A type of succession in which an ecosystem damaged by fire is reestablished

The amount of land needed to produce & maintain food, water, shelter, energy&waste for 1 person

What eats both producers and consumers?

All of the following are abiotic factors affecting global climate EXCEPT

A type of air pollution caused by sunlight interacting with pollutants in the air

This is the decline in the protective, stratospheric layer that absobs UV rays

Photosynthetic algae are MOST likely to be found in

Which of the following is NOT a direct effect of deforestation?

An area where the primary plant life is grass

What event is linked to the exponential growth of the human population in the mid-1800s?

What compound is a known contributor to the depletion of the ozone layer?

Competition, predation, disease, & crowding/stress are examples of __________ limiting factors

An organism brought to an area by humans & can cause damage to native plants & animals

All of the organisms as well as the abiotic factors in a given area

A type of species that is the first to live in a previously uninhabited area

The process by which gaseous nitrogen is converted into ammonia

The movement of individuals into a population from another population

All the members of a species that live in an area

A symbiotic relationship in which one organism is hurt

Floods, tsunamis, and fires are examples of ______ limiting factors

A microscopic bit of dust, metal, or unburned fuel

A type of precipitation produced when pollutants cause rain pH to drob below normal levels

The ultimate source of almost all energy in most ecosystems

A series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time

A species that, if protected, will cause a number of other species to be protected as well?

Which of the following depicts a rapidly growing population?

What is the carrying capacity for this population?

Two lions fighting for a territory

A type of tree that loses its leaves during autumn

A type of symbiosis in which 1 individual benefits & the other is unaffected

A biome located in far northern latitutdes; permafrost

Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource?

Resources that are used faster than they can form

This graph depicts what growth pattern?

What type of organism fixes nitrogen & can be found in the soil & plant nodules?

A major regional or global community of organisms

Which of the following does not make its own food?

The levels of organization from most to least specific

At each trophic level, how much energy is used or lost as heat to the environment?

The maximum # of individuals of a species that an environment can support

Levels of nourishment in a food chain

Ozone is made up of

Hawks and foxes compete to eat field mice.  This is a form of

Movement of a particular chemical through the living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem

What pesticide was linked to the declining population of bald eagles in the U.S.?

The movement of individuals out of a population into a different population

Any undesirable factor added to the air, water, or soil

Atmosphereic CO₂ is converted to carbohydrates through photosynthesis by producers

A biome with a very dry, arid climate

Which of the following patterns would be uniform dispersion?

A school of fish has what pattern of dispersement?

In which biome do organisms have the greatest tolerance to dry conditions?

Water in an estuary is

The study of the interactions among living things & their surroundings

The variety of living things in an ecosystem