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Biomes
The Organism & Its Environment
Adaptation & Natural Selection
Population Dynamics
Species Interactions
100
Which of the following Plants would MOST likely have succulent leaves? fern, flower, evergreen tree, deciduous tree, shrub.
What is a shrub?
100
Which element: topography, natural disasters, human factors, chance, environment PRIMARILY determines the set of species that can persist in a given area.
What is the environment?
100
A niche arises when a species experiences: a. reproduction b. natural selection c. limits d. dispersal e. stress
What is b. natural selection?
100
Interactions within populations are called: a. metapopulations dynamics b. resource dynamics c. dynamis of variability d. limitation of dynamics e. population dynamics
What is e. population dynamics?
100
Which of the following factors is NOT abiotic: a. environmental temperature b. chemical surroundings c. access to light d. food supply e. air flow
What is d. food supply?
200
In which biome are succulent leaves MOST common? tropical rainforest, boreal forest, tropical seasonal forest, savanna, desert
What is the desert?
200
In order for a species to "persist" in a given region, it must fundamentally be able to: survive natural disasters, increase its population size, decrease its mortality rate, increase its life expectancy, successfully reproduce.
What is successfully reproduce?
200
The term 'niche' is MOST synonymous with the phrase: a. selected niche b. fixed niche c. realized niche d. fundamental niche e. ecological niche
What is e. ecological niche?
200
'Lasiurus cinereus,' a mammal native to Hawaii, is a type of: a. rodent b. wildcat c. armadillo d. wolf e. bat
What is e. bat?
200
All organismal competition is: a. detrimental b. interspecific c. intraspecific d. abiotic e. biotic
What is e. biotic?
300
The 'chaparral' is located in: Asia, North America, South America, Australia, Africa.
What is North America?
300
In the context of a population, "dispersion" is a measure of: size, area, density, quantity, or volume.
What is density?
300
Which of the following elements determines a species' fundamental niche? a. environmental factors b. behavior c. biological factors d. genetics e. phisology
What is a. envioronmental factors?
300
Metapopulations are populations of: a. communitites b. populations c. individuals d. organisms e. ecosystems
What is b. populations?
300
Which of the following categories is NOT an example of a resource? a. nutrients b. food c. water d. light e. parasites
What is e. parasites?
400
In boreal forest regions, temperatures can remain continuously below freezing for up to 8, 4, 6, 3, or 2 months.
What is 6 months?
400
The BEST evidence for a species' adaptation to its environment is found in its: mortality rate, position on the food chain, birth rate, lifespan, or physical characteristics.
What is physical characteristics?
400
Differing alleles will result in the production of different: a. genes b. DNA c. Alleles d. cells e. proteins
What is e. proteins?
400
Continuous reproduction leads to: a. geometric growth b. linear growth c. negative growth d. logistic growth e. exponential growth
What is e. exponential growth?
400
By definition, dominant organisms: a. overuse limited resources b. grow to be the largest in the population c. lead social intraspecific interactions d. reproduce the most offspring e. recruit the most mates
What is a. overuse limited resources?
500
Which of the following: conifers, flowering plants, ferns, mosses, or liverworts; play an important role in the ecosystem of the tundra.
What is mosses?
500
The set of characteristics that a species develops in one environment: ensures its success in that environment, inevitably benefits it in all environments, precludes it from being successful in any other environment, may limit its success in another environment, or is the result of random chance.
What is may limit its success in another environment?
500
In which book did Charles Darwin most famously discuss natural selection? a. The Voyage of the Beagle b. The Origin of Species c. Variations Among Plants and Animals d. Methods of Evolution e. The Descent of Man
What is b. The Origin of Species?
500
India's current world population ranking is: a. 4th b. 2nd c. 1st d. 3rd e. 5th
What is b. 2nd?
500
Intraspecific competition correlates positively with: a. behavioral stability b. life expectancy c. growth d. reproductive succes e. disease
What is e. disease?