Question 1

​K-selected species tend to be opportunists.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

____________________ is the combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population.​

Accepted Answer

​Environme

Question 3

​Tapeworms live inside and may harm their hosts by drawing nourishment from them.This interaction is an example of ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  commensalism 
B)  ​parasitism 
C)  ​carrying capacity 
D)  ​mutualism 
E)  ​resilience 
A)  commensalism 
B)  ​parasitism 
C)  ​carrying capacity 
D)  ​mutualism 
E)  ​resilience

Question 4

​Sea otters play a role in maintaining the biodiversity of which ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​tidal pools 
B)  ​coastal kelp forests 
C)  ​coastal sandy beaches 
D)  ​open ocean areas 
E)  estuaries 
A)  ​tidal pools 
B)  ​coastal kelp forests 
C)  ​coastal sandy beaches 
D)  ​open ocean areas 
E)  estuaries

Question 5

The range of variations in its physical and chemical environment under which an ecosystem can survive is known as its range of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The range of variations in its physical...

Question 6

Factors that act to limit the growth of populations are collectively called ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​carrying capacity 
B)  ​death 
C)  ​emigration 
D)  ​environmental resistance 
E)  ​environmental capacity 
A)  ​carrying capacity 
B)  ​death 
C)  ​emigration 
D)  ​environmental resistance 
E)  ​environmental capacity

Question 7

The obvious relationship demonstrated by a food chain is ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  competition 
B)  ​predation 
C)  ​parasitism 
D)  ​mutualism 
E)  ​commensalism 
A)  competition 
B)  ​predation 
C)  ​parasitism 
D)  ​mutualism 
E)  ​commensalism

Question 8

A population crash occurs when ____.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​a population approaches its carrying capacity 
B)  ​environmental resistance comes into play gradually 
C)  ​resources are essentially unlimited 
D)  ​a population greatly overshoots carrying capacity,and resulting environmental pressures cause effects 
E)  ​the population growth rate slows 
A)  ​a population approaches its carrying capacity 
B)  ​environmental resistance comes into play gradually 
C)  ​resources are essentially unlimited 
D)  ​a population greatly overshoots carrying capacity,and resulting environmental pressures cause effects 
E)  ​the population growth rate slows

Question 9

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice.
-Epiphytes are plants that live on the branches or trunks of trees in the tropics.The epiphyte gains access to water and sunlight,but does not hurt or help the tree.​​

Accepted Answer

A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry 
A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry

Question 10

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice.
-A kestrel (small hawk)and red-tailed hawk hunt for rodents in the same grassy meadow.​

Accepted Answer

A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry 
A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry

Question 11

Specialized traits or behaviors that allow a reduction of interspecific competition through species specialization in resource use,allow for _________________________.

Accepted Answer

​resource

Question 12

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice.
-Clownfish live amongst the stinging tentacles of sea anemone.They keep the sea anemone tentacles clean by eating the debris,and they gain protection from other animals by living in the tentacles.​​

Accepted Answer

A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry 
A) interspecific competition 
B) predation 
C) parasitism 
D) mutualism 
E) commensalism
F)mimicry

Question 13

As a population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat,the ____-shaped curve of its exponential growth is converted to a(n)____-shaped curve of logistic growth that fluctuates around a certain level.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​J; S 
B)  ​S; J 
C)  ​I; L 
D)  ​L; V 
E)  ​I; U 
A)  ​J; S 
B)  ​S; J 
C)  ​I; L 
D)  ​L; V 
E)  ​I; U

Question 14

Resource partitioning reduces the number of species that can share a given resource.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

​When two species compete with one another for the same resource,their niches overlap.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Two bird species that evolve to eat different insect species to reduce competition are demonstrating​ ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​resource partitioning 
B)  ​commensalism 
C)  ​mutualism 
D)  ​mimicry 
E)  ​resilience 
A)  ​resource partitioning 
B)  ​commensalism 
C)  ​mutualism 
D)  ​mimicry 
E)  ​resilience

Question 17

​Which of the following demonstrates primary ecological succession?

Accepted Answer

A)  cooled volcanic lava 
B)  ​an abandoned farm 
C)  ​a forest that has been clear-cut 
D)  newly flooded land 
E)  a forest that has been burned 
A)  cooled volcanic lava 
B)  ​an abandoned farm 
C)  ​a forest that has been clear-cut 
D)  newly flooded land 
E)  a forest that has been burned

Question 18

In a certain population of rabbits one year,25 new rabbits are born and 5 move into the population from surrounding areas.However,10 rabbits die,and 5 leave the population.What is the population change?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​no change 
B)  ​10 
C)  ​15 
D)  ​25 
E)  ​30 
A)  ​no change 
B)  ​10 
C)  ​15 
D)  ​25 
E)  ​30

K-selected species tend to be opportunists.

____________________ is the combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population.

Tapeworms live inside and may harm their hosts by drawing nourishment from them.This interaction is an example of ____.

Sea otters play a role in maintaining the biodiversity of which ecosystem?

The range of variations in its physical and chemical environment under which an ecosystem can survive is known as its range of ____________________.

Factors that act to limit the growth of populations are collectively called ____.

The obvious relationship demonstrated by a food chain is ____.

A population crash occurs when ____.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Epiphytes are plants that live on the branches or trunks of trees in the tropics.The epiphyte gains access to water and sunlight,but does not hurt or help the tree.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -A kestrel (small hawk)and red-tailed hawk hunt for rodents in the same grassy meadow.

Specialized traits or behaviors that allow a reduction of interspecific competition through species specialization in resource use,allow for _________________________.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Clownfish live amongst the stinging tentacles of sea anemone.They keep the sea anemone tentacles clean by eating the debris,and they gain protection from other animals by living in the tentacles.

As a population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat,the -shaped curve of its exponential growth is converted to a(n)-shaped curve of logistic growth that fluctuates around a certain level.

Resource partitioning reduces the number of species that can share a given resource.

When two species compete with one another for the same resource,their niches overlap.

Two bird species that evolve to eat different insect species to reduce competition are demonstrating ____.

Which of the following demonstrates primary ecological succession?

In a certain population of rabbits one year,25 new rabbits are born and 5 move into the population from surrounding areas.However,10 rabbits die,and 5 leave the population.What is the population change?

Environmental Problems - Their Causes - and Sustainability

Science - Matter - and Energy

Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work

Biodiversity and Evolution

The Human Population and Urbanization

Climate and Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Species Approach

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Ecosystem Approach

Food - Soil - and Pest Management

Water Resources and Water Pollution

Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

Energy

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Environmental Economics Politics and Worldviews

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Exam 5: Biodiversity - Species Interactions - and Population Control

​K-selected species tend to be opportunists.

____________________ is the combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population.​

​Tapeworms live inside and may harm their hosts by drawing nourishment from them.This interaction is an example of ____.

​Sea otters play a role in maintaining the biodiversity of which ecosystem?

The range of variations in its physical and chemical environment under which an ecosystem can survive is known as its range of ____________________.

Factors that act to limit the growth of populations are collectively called ____.​

The obvious relationship demonstrated by a food chain is ____.​

A population crash occurs when ____.​

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Epiphytes are plants that live on the branches or trunks of trees in the tropics.The epiphyte gains access to water and sunlight,but does not hurt or help the tree.​​

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -A kestrel (small hawk)and red-tailed hawk hunt for rodents in the same grassy meadow.​

Specialized traits or behaviors that allow a reduction of interspecific competition through species specialization in resource use,allow for _________________________.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Clownfish live amongst the stinging tentacles of sea anemone.They keep the sea anemone tentacles clean by eating the debris,and they gain protection from other animals by living in the tentacles.​​

As a population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat,the ____-shaped curve of its exponential growth is converted to a(n)____-shaped curve of logistic growth that fluctuates around a certain level.​

Resource partitioning reduces the number of species that can share a given resource.​

​When two species compete with one another for the same resource,their niches overlap.

Two bird species that evolve to eat different insect species to reduce competition are demonstrating​ ____.

​Which of the following demonstrates primary ecological succession?

In a certain population of rabbits one year,25 new rabbits are born and 5 move into the population from surrounding areas.However,10 rabbits die,and 5 leave the population.What is the population change?​

Environmental Problems - Their Causes - and Sustainability

Science - Matter - and Energy

Ecosystems - What Are They and How Do They Work

Biodiversity and Evolution

The Human Population and Urbanization

Climate and Biodiversity

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Species Approach

Sustaining Biodiversity - the Ecosystem Approach

Food - Soil - and Pest Management

Water Resources and Water Pollution

Geology and Nonrenewable Minerals

Energy

Environmental Hazards and Human Health

Air Pollution Climate Change and Ozone Depletion

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Environmental Economics Politics and Worldviews

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K-selected species tend to be opportunists.

____________________ is the combination of all factors that act to limit the growth of a population.

Tapeworms live inside and may harm their hosts by drawing nourishment from them.This interaction is an example of ____.

Sea otters play a role in maintaining the biodiversity of which ecosystem?

Factors that act to limit the growth of populations are collectively called ____.

The obvious relationship demonstrated by a food chain is ____.

A population crash occurs when ____.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Epiphytes are plants that live on the branches or trunks of trees in the tropics.The epiphyte gains access to water and sunlight,but does not hurt or help the tree.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -A kestrel (small hawk)and red-tailed hawk hunt for rodents in the same grassy meadow.

Match the items listed below with the appropriate choice. -Clownfish live amongst the stinging tentacles of sea anemone.They keep the sea anemone tentacles clean by eating the debris,and they gain protection from other animals by living in the tentacles.

As a population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat,the -shaped curve of its exponential growth is converted to a(n)-shaped curve of logistic growth that fluctuates around a certain level.

Resource partitioning reduces the number of species that can share a given resource.

When two species compete with one another for the same resource,their niches overlap.

Two bird species that evolve to eat different insect species to reduce competition are demonstrating ____.

Which of the following demonstrates primary ecological succession?

In a certain population of rabbits one year,25 new rabbits are born and 5 move into the population from surrounding areas.However,10 rabbits die,and 5 leave the population.What is the population change?