Ecology Review

A snake that eats a frog that has eaten an insect that fed on a plant is a

When Jack moved to England, he was considered an ____ of America and an ___ of England.

The largest number of individuals that the environment can support is known as the

In what biome is biodiversity the highest?

What best explains the fate of the PCBs (pesticides) when a bird in the tertiary level dies:

Only 10% of the energy in an organism can be passed to the next level. The remaining energy is

The process in which nitrogen gas is converted into a usable form (ammonia or nitrate) is:

Beetle introduced to control wildflower species. Beetle population grows & eats local crop-Why?

All of the members of a particular species living in one area.

The process of water leaving the atmosphere through plant leaves is known as

Which two processes in the carbon cycle are also parts of the oxygen cycle?

Which of the following groups is most important for bringing energy into an ecosystem?

When two females go after the same male by dancing, they are exhibiting

A bird stalks, kills and then eats an insect. Which ecological terms describe the bird?

What is the carrying capacity of species five's population?

What level of organization would include squirrels, deer, oak trees, a stream, and rocks?

Tundra biomes generally occur near which latitudes?

Bacteria are important in the nitrogen cycle because they

What is a place where a member of a community lives and finds food called?

All of the following are ways in which carbon cycles through the atmosphere EXCEPT...

Which of the following is a way population size can be changed?

The phosphorous cycle begins at ground level with __ & return to the ground level with __.

Biomagnifications can be best described by which of the following statements:

an organism that feeds only on plants

After a glacier begins receding, all that is left is bare rock. succesion:

In the tropical savanna, it is not uncommon to see a lion chasing a gazelle.

Which of the following are BIOTIC factors?

Grizzly bears feed on salmon and berries, this makes them a(n)

The branch of biology dealing with interactions among organisms.

When mistletoe grows in trees, it sucks the nutrients out of the tree of its own benefit.