Biology:Community Ecology

which of the following is a biological aspect of an organism's niche?

Polar bears live in the arctic. The arctic is their niche

Temperature is a density-dependent factor

An organism's niche is the way it obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce

A human caused disturbance is a hurricane

Resource shortages triggered by increasing population size are density-independent factors

Competition is a Density -Dependent limiting fator

Which landforms are not classified into a major biome

A human caused disturbance is forest clearing

The average conditions of the atmosphere in a particular area

Primary succession is rapid and secondary succession is slow

The number of individuals per unit area is a population's growth rate

Pioneer Species are the first species to colonize barren areas after a disturbance.

Which 2 biomes have the least precipitation?

Weather is the area's day-today conditions and climate is the area's average conditions

What is a factor that could interrupt the progress of succession?

As resources in a population become less available, the population___________

Earth has 3 main climate zones because of the difference in latitude and, thus,

Primary Succession would most likely occur after _____

The pattern of spacing between individuals across the range of a population is its

A wolf pack hunts, kills, and feeds on a moose. the wolves are____

Secondary succession begins on soil and primary begins on newly expose surfaces

Movement of animals into an area

All of the following contribute to Earth's climate EXCEPT