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Pregunta 1
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Which of the following increases the size of a population (check all that apply)
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Emigration
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Immigration
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Mortality
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Natality
Pregunta 2
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Which of the following decreases the size of a population (check all that apply)?
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Emigration
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Immigration
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Mortality
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Natality
Pregunta 3
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A volcano erupting causes the birds on an island to have to leave to find a new home. This would be an example of ___________?
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Emigration
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Immigration
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Mortality
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Natality
Pregunta 4
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If the rate of immigration and emigration of population are the same, what would cause the population to continue to increase in size?
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If the mortality is greater than the natality
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If the natality is greater than the mortality
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If the mortality and natality are equal
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This population could not increase
Pregunta 5
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In a lab experiment, doors that swing outward only allowed mice to enter a population but not to leave it. What could cause an increase in the population?
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Emigration
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Immigration
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Mortality
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Natality
Pregunta 6
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If a country had a higher death rate than a birth rate, what would explain a continued increase in population?
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Emigration
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Immigration
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Mortality
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Natality
Pregunta 7
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What factor usually is responsible for limiting the size of each population in the biosphere
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The carrying capacity of the ecosystem
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The density of decomposers
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The increase in annual natality
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The opportunity to locate mates
Pregunta 8
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The biotic component of an ecosystem would be __________
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Climate
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Temperature
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Community
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Water
Pregunta 9
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Abiotic factors include all of the following except:
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Weather
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Food
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Space
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Water
Pregunta 10
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Termites eat wood but cannot digest it. Microorganisms that live in the termites’ digestive tract digest the wood. The microorganisms cannot live outside the termites’ body. This is an example of:
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 11
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The cricket may live in a gopher burrow along with the gopher. Each animal is harmless to the other.
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 12
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A lamprey eel attaches itself by a sucker to a fish and feeds on blood from a fish.
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 13
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Garden seeds that sprout only inches apart cause the plants to be crowded and their growth and fruiting reduce.
Respuesta
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 14
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Barnacles attach themselves to a whale. The barnacles benefit but the whale is unharmed.
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 15
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Tapeworms live in animal intestines and grow new segments as they absorb digested foods. An animal may become undernourished as tapeworm segments are lost with eliminated wastes and the tapeworm grows more new segments
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Commensalism
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Competition
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Mutualism
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Parisitism
Pregunta 16
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What constitutes a famine?
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Individuals consume more calories than their bodies use.
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The number of people in an area increases at a faster rate than food supplies.
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People consume enough calories but fail to take the necessary vitamins.
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Water quality is so poor that life threatening diseases are common.
Pregunta 17
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What constitutes malnutrition?
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Individuals consume more calories than their bodies use.
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The number of people in an area increases at a faster rate than food supplies.
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People consume enough calories but fail to take the necessary vitamins.
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Water quality is so poor that life threatening diseases are common.
Pregunta 18
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Through which pathway would the most energy be available to humans?
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Pathway I
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Pathway II
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Pathway III
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They are all the same
Pregunta 19
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Through which pathway would the least energy be available to humans?
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Pathway I
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Pathway II
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Pathway III
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They all have the same amount of energy available to humans
Pregunta 20
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Which organisms are producers?
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All of the following
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Grasses and trees
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Bacteria and mushrooms
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Mice, rabbits, and deer
Pregunta 21
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Which organisms can be considered consumers?
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All of the following
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Bacteria and Fungi
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Grasses and Clovers
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Insects, mice and rabbits
Pregunta 22
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Which organisms convert light energy to chemical energy via photosynthesis?
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All of the following
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Bacteria and fungi
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Grasses and Clovers
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Insects, mice and rabbits
Pregunta 23
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Gross primary productivity in an ecosystem is the:
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Energy lost by daily activity of producers in the community
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Food energy available to consumers
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Growth of the community
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Sunlight energy converted by producers to chemical energy
Pregunta 24
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Net primary productivity in an ecosystem is defined as:
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Energy lost by daily activity of producers in the community
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Food energy available to consumers
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Growth of the community
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Light energy converted by producers to chemical energy
Pregunta 25
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A cow eats only grass making it a(n)
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Herbivore
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Carnivore
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Omnivore
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Scavenger
Pregunta 26
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A vulture eats a dead animal which makes it a(n)
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Herbivore
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Carnivore
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Omnivore
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Scavenger
Pregunta 27
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A bear eats both meat and berries, making it a(n)
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Herbivore
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Carnivore
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Omnivore
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Scavenger
Pregunta 28
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A shark has a diet that consists of only fish
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Herbivore
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Carnivore
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Omnivore
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Scavenger
Pregunta 29
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A butterfly migrates to a new area by flying
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Active Dispersal
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Passive Dispersal
Pregunta 30
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A river moves seeds to an new location
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Active Dispersal
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Passive Dispersal
Pregunta 31
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A monkey moves the seed of a mango tree to a new location
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Active Dispersal
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Passive Dispersal
Pregunta 32
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The difference between the ecosystem and its community of organisms is the:
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Decomposers of the ecosystem
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Food web of the ecosystem
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Physical environment of the ecosystem
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Producers of the ecosystem
Pregunta 33
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Which of these is a community relationship?
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River turtles and snails eat tape grass
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Turtle eggs are buried on the river bank
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Tape grass clogs the water current in a river
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Snails are concealed among rocks in a river
Pregunta 34
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Which organisms lose heat energy in respiration?
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All of the above
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Bacteria and fungi
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Grasses and clover
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Insects, mice and rabbits
Pregunta 35
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An herbivore is also called a:
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Decomposer
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Green plant
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First-order consumer
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Second-order consumer
Pregunta 36
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The food relationships diagrammed do not include the ecosystem’s;
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Consumers
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Decomposers
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Predators
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Producers
Pregunta 37
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If the snake population declines, one result probably will be:
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Competition between spiders and salamanders
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Decrease in centipede density
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Emigration of the salamanders
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Increase in salamander density
Pregunta 38
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A pyramid of biomass means that the mass of:
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Consumers is greater than producers
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Decomposers is greater than consumers
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Decomposers is greater than producers
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Producers is greater than consumers
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