CHAPTER 5 Advanced ecology

Higher Level
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1. Competition between members of the same species is called

__________ -______________________ competition. (10)
2. In ________________________________ competition one organism
gets all the resources, while in ________________________________
competition the resources are shared. (2(5))
3. Give one example of a predator and its prey.
(a) Predator ______________________________
Prey ______________________________ (5)
(b) State one way in which the organism named is adapted for
predation.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ (5)
4. Exoparasites, such as ____________________________, live on the
__________________________of their host. (2(5))
5. Lichens are a symbiotic union of a ________________________ and an
________________________. (2(5))

6. Humans benet from symbiotic bacteria in their intestines by gaining

______________________. (10)
7. Label the predator and the prey on the graph shown below. (2(5))

8. The increase in human population is due mainly to a reduction in the

_________________ rate. (10)
9. State whether the following factors increase or decrease birth or death
rates:
(a) contraception ______________________________
(b) famine ________________________________ (2(5))
10. State two methods of disease control that have contributed to
increasing human population numbers.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. __________________________________________________ (2(5)