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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a community?Members of the same species that live togetherAll life including vegetation and bacteria in a given areaAll living and nonliving things in a given areaAll ecosystems that are in some way connected to each other
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a population?All life including vegetation and bacteria in a given areaAll ecosystems that are in some way connected to each otherAll living and nonliving things in a given areaMembers of the same species that live together
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an ecosystem?All life including vegetation and bacteria in a given areaMembers of the same species that live togetherAll living and nonliving things in a given areaAll ecosystems that are in some way connected to each other
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a biosphere?All life including vegetation and bacteria in a given areaMembers of the same species that live togetherAll living and nonliving things in a given areaAll ecosystems that are in some way connected to each other
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In the "What is Ecology" article, there is a case study on the declining population of Red Pandas. Ecologists have found that _____________ factors have played a major role in this decline.BioticAbiotic - 6. Multiple ChoiceThere can be multiple populations of the same species in any given community or ecosystem.TrueFalse
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe video on population growth and regulation called "population regulation" talked about limiting factors in the environment that keep populations from getting too big. The narrator spoke about 4 "density dependent" limiting factors that keep populations in check. His example was with a population of rabbits. Which of the following is NOT a density dependent limiting factor, according to the video?Competition for ResourcesNatural DisastersPredation/Predatory FactorsDisease/Parasites
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe predator and prey population curves are opposites of each other.TrueFalse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHerbivory is NOT a type of predation.TrueFalse
- 10. Multiple ChoiceCommensalism is represented by which of the following symbols:( - / - )( + / - )( + / + )( + / 0 )
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn organism that makes its own food by using sunlight or chemical energy to convert simple inorganic molecules into complex, energy-rich organic moleucles like glucose are called...AutotrophsHeterotrophsPredatorsMutualistic Organisms
- 12. Multiple ChoiceTwo species can't have exactly the same niche in a habitat and stably coexist. What principle is this?Resource PartitioningNiche ConceptCompetitve ExclusionInterspecies Competition
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