Population Ecology-ish
What is the study of factors that cause populations to increase or decrease?
Population ecology
Tapeworms in the human gut are an example of what?
A Parasite
After a forested area is clear-cut, what type of succession occurs?
Secondary Succession
The infant mortality rate and the child mortality rate are defined as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births for children under ____ and ____ of age, respectively.
1 year; 5 years
After the breakup of Nirvana in 1994, Dave Grohl went on to found what alliteratively named Seattle band?
Foo Fighters
Following the exponential growth stage of Paramecium in Gause’s experiment, a population graph would begin to display a(n) __-shaped curve as the population approaches __________. (Need both answers)
S; carrying capacity
The roots of many plants are infected with a specialized fungus. The plant supplies carbon to the fungus, and the fungus supplies nutrients to the plant. How can this relationship be classified?
When all vegetation is removed from a site by human activity or by natural forces such as volcanic activity, __________ species are the first to colonize the site.
Pioneer
A country has a total fertility rate equal to replacement level fertility, and emigration equal to immigration. What can be said about that population?
It is stable
In 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash that took place in a tunnel in which European capital city?
Paris
A population of rabbits, introduced to an island, has rapid growth for a few years and then slows. What is a likely reason for this pattern?
The carrying capacity has been reached.
A brightly colored insect that is poisonous to predators is using what type of defenses?
morphological and chemical defenses.
The Mauna Loa volcano of Hawaii frequently releases lava that kills many surrounding plants. After the lava hardens, plant life returns to the mountainside. This is known as what?
Primary Succession
The crude birth rate and death rate of a population is expressed as what?
A Ratio (an AP technicality)
Bill Pullman played the role of President Thomas J. Whitmore, a former fighter pilot and Gulf War veteran, who delivered a highly-acclaimed fictional speech in what 1990s action movie?
Independence Day
Which pattern describes a type I survivorship curve?
high survival throughout the lifespan until individuals die in old age
A species that plays a major role in determining the structure of its ecological community is what?
A keystone species
Two species of buttercup can be found in the same field in South Dakota. One species flowers in early spring, and the other species flowers in late summer. Both are pollinated by the same insect species. The different flowering times are an example of what?
resource partitioning.
Phase 2 of demographic transition is characterized by what population factors?
High birth rates and low death rates.
Aunt Viv's husband, Uncle Phil, runs for Superior Court Judge against his former law school mentor in an episode of what 1990s sitcom?
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Ecologist Paul Ehrlich likened species in a community to rivets holding together an airplane: airplanes can lose some of their rivets with no ill effects, but may suffer catastrophic failures if one too many are lost. We could extend this analogy to state that some rivets are so crucial that they must be retained for the integrity of the airplane. These “crucial” rivets represent what?
A keystone species
Some species mimic the coloring of similar species that are toxic. The mimic species is doing what?
adopting the appearance of the toxic species as a morphological defense
The first plant community that forms on bare rock often includes organisms such as?
Lichens and Mosses
In general, what is the relationship between life expectancy, child mortality, and affluence?
Life expectancy is directly proportional to affluence, while child mortality is inversely proportional to affluence.
The most successful pinball machine of all time has sold over 20,000 units since its early 1990s release. Like many pinball machines, its theme was based off a pop cultural phenomenon and contains objectives such as "The Mansion," "Graveyard," and "THING."
The Addams Family