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Duplicate of Duplicate of Ecology
Duplicate of Duplicate of Ecology
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Students are trying to build the basic vocabulary needed to understand difficult concepts in ecology
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Which group can BEST bedescribed as a population?
the life in Earth's atmosphere
the living and nonliving factors in a lake
all the organisms in a forest
all the honeybees of one species in an orchard
2
Which curve below would represent population growth with limits?
Exponential Growth
Logistic Growth
3
What is the role of the snow leopard in this food web?
consumer
producer
decomposer
parasite
4
Density-independent factors would NOT include
drought
hurricane
forest fire
predation
5
Which curve below would represent population growth without any limits?
Logistic Growth
Exponential Growth
6
Bacteria that are decomposers are essential to an ecosystem because they:
slow the spread of disease
absorb solar energy
recycle organic matter
perform photosynthesis
7
The study of how organisms interact with each other and their environment is known as
ecology
biology
ecosystem
population
8
All of the populations of organisms living in the same area would be___
species
population
community
habitat
9
The items labeled in the image below illustrate which factors of an ecosystem?
biotic
energy
abiotic
nutrients
10
Predation will actually
will help control prey populations
prevent prey populations from reaching carrying capacity
will help to maintain prey populations in an ecosystem
ALL OF THE ABOVE
11
Which curve below shows a popluation's growth in an ecosystem with limited food and water?
Exponential Growth
Logistic Growth
12
Which of the following does NOT add carbon to the atmosphere?
factory emissions
plant respiration
animal respiration
photosynthesis
13
Density-dependent limiting factors do NOT include:
food scarcity
predation
disease
natural disaster
14
The
specificlocation
where the deer live within an ecosystem is known as a/an___
identity
habitat
niche
biome
15
The interactions of living things witheach other and the abiotic factors in an environment_
biome
ecosystem
habitat
climate
16
Acacia trees provide a home for ants, ants protect the acacia tree. What relationship is this?
commensalism
parasitism
competition
mutualism
17
Plants absorb energy from the sun and make it available to other organisms. Plants are ___
decomposers
parasites
consumers
producers
18
Which source of nitrogen in the ecosystem can be reduced by changing human behavior?
burning less fossil fuels
eating less meat
using less fertilizer
all of the above
19
Spotted knapweed is from Europe/Asia. It can choke out other plant species. Spotted knapweed is
prey
native species
predator
nonnative species
20
In the image provide, which organisms would be in charge of breaking down organic material?
red panda
decomposers
grasshopper
gorilla
21
Tapeworms steal nutrients from the intestines of their host. This relationship is_.
parasitism
mutualisms
commensalims
competition
22
The image below is an energy pyramid. Which statement is true?
the amount of energy is consistent between trophic levels
the amount of energy increases between trophic levels
the amount of energy decreases at each higher trophic level
more energy is available at higher trophic levels
23
The image below is a food web. Food webs help ecologists to identify...
How nutrients cycle through an ecoystem
How energy flows from the sun and through ecosystems
How populations increase in size
The amount of biomass in each trophic level
24
The items labeled in the image below illustrate which factors of an ecosystem?
abiotic
energy
biotic
nutrients
25
Use the diagram below. What would happen in the food web if the grass died of disease?
# snakes stay the same
# mice would increase
# snakes would decrease
# mice stay the same
