APES Semester 1 Final Exam Review

Define PARASITISM

The diagram below represents an energy pyramid. In this pyramid, the greatest amount of stored energy is found at level

Which biome is the most threatened by human activity?

How are Sedimentary rocks formed

What are ecosystem services?

______ refers to the number and variety of species that live in an area.

What happens when a population exceeds carrying capacity?

Most divergent plate boundaries are difficult for scientists to study because most are located

During El Nino you would expect all of the following to occur EXCEPT

Members of an R-selected species characteristically

Where does El Nino take place?

Which is an example of a pioneer species?

Which organism sits on the 3rd trophic level?

How do you calculate NPP?

Which best illustrates tragedy of the commons?

_______ nations tend to have very high population growth rates, and low child survival rates.

Where would it be easiest to find long-lived chemicals in the ocean?

What is the approximate percentage of energy transfer between trophic levels?

What causes seasons?

What is the definition of mutualism

Living and once living parts of an ecosystem, including all of the plants and animals.

An age structure diagram that has a wide top would indicate:

Which island, according to the Theory of Island Biogeography, should be the species richest?

An example of an organism with a type 1 survivorship curve is:

Another word for consumer

In what area does magma fill the gap between separating tectonic plates?

Which is true of a k-selected species?

Where do animals get nitrogen from?

Which happens first, according to the Demographic Transition model?

Which is a likely limiting factor for plant growth?