Question 1

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"When individuals of two species interact, the nature of the

interaction can be classified qualitatively as positive or negative."
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True

Question 2
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Which of the following terms best describes the inter- relationship

between nitrogen?fixing bacteria and the clover in whose roots they
live?
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mutualism

Question 3
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"To be certain that two species had coevolved, one would ideally
have to establish that: "
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Answer:

Each species has adaptations that specifically followed

evolutionary change in the other.
Question 4
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Insect-eating warblers reduce interspecific competition by

buildbuilding their nests in different portions of the same trees.
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False

Question 5
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Plant community structure along an environmental gradient can

often be explained by
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Answer:

a trade-off among species with respect to competitive

ability and stress tolerance.
Question 6
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Which of the following characteristics would be a successful

evolution for both a predator or a prey organism?
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Question 7

Camouflage

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Ecological niche is the portion of a fundamental niche in which

species can exploit as a result of interactions with other species
Selected Answer:

False

Question 8
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An animal with bright coloration is likely to be:

Poisonous

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Question 9
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All of the following statements about community interactions are

correct EXCEPT:
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Some predators use mimicry to attract prey

Question 10
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Which of the following is negatively correlated with territory size?

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bird density

Question 11
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A small population size of flowers can pose problems for the plant
as a result of
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lack of pollinator visitation.

Question 12
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"A species of fish is found to require a certain temperature, a

particular oxygen content of the water, a particular depth, and a
rocky substrate on the bottom. These requirements are part of its"
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ecological niche.

Question 13
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Resource partitioning is best described by which of the following

statements?

Slight variation in niche allow closely related species

to coexist.

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Answer:

Question 14
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"Little parental care is required by precocial offspring, which are

able to move about and forage for themselves shortly after bir"
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True

Question 15
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Character displacement has occurred if:

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Two species in the same habitat evolve to be more

different than if they are in different habitats.
Question 16
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"In the past decade, which of the following has NOT been a major
cause of the increase in the world's population? "
increase in birth rate

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Question 17
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Allocation of energy to reproduction reduces the amount of

resources available for growth.
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True

Question 18
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The number of species within a community is usually greatest when

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an intermediate frequency of disturbance occurs.

Question 19
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The individuals that disperse as a response to high population

density are
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mostly the younger members of the population.

Question 20
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Biological communities change because

each stage modifies the environment and adapts for
a later stage.

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Answer:

Question 21
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Morphololgical differences that enhance ecological separation may

arise an evolutionary process known as character displacement.
Selected Answer:

True

Question 22
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"In a food web, community complexity may be measured by the

average number of feeding links per species, also referred to as"
linkage density.

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Question 23
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"When two different species overlap in the same biological niche,

they are "
in competition with one another.

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Question 24
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Environmental resistance is created by a growing population itself.

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False

Question 25
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The traditional concept of succession includes the idea of an

equilibrium state called a climax community. Ecologists now think
there may be no such thing as a climax community because:
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Disturbance is ongoing in ecosystems.

Question 26
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Food webs are typically arranged into trophic levels with

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"primary producers at the bottom, herbivores in the

middle, and carnivores at the top."
Question 27
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Primary succession would occur in an area when:

Volcanic eruptions result in a surface of hardened
lava.

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Answer:

Question 28
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Ecologists use a variety of useful sampling and statistical

techniques for delineating and classifying communities.
Selected Answer:

True

Question 29
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The progressive series of changes that eventually produce a climax

community on what was once a bare rocky island is an example of
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primary succession.

Question 30
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"In succession, which type of environmental change occurs when

the physical environment changes, such as an increase in
temperature or salinity?"
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allogenic

Question 31
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" According to the competitive exclusion principle, two species

cannot continue to occupy the same: "
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Niche

Question 32
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Environmental conditions often vary spatially but do not tend to

change over time in a given place.
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False

Question 33
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"When the trunk or limb of a tree provides the substrate on which

an epiphytic orchid grows, the arrangement benefits the orchid,
which gets nutrients from the air and moisture from aerial roots,
while the tree is unaffected. The relationship is referred to as"
commensalism

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Question 34
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"When apparent competition occurs, the "

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population of the predator species is larger and the

populations of the prey species are smaller.
Question 35
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"Although community composition changes during succession,

diversity rarely changes."
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False

Question 36
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Coprophagy is also known as the reingestion of feces.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 37
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Self-thinning
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occurs at high population densities.

Question 38
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The boundaries between communities are usually sharply defined

and easily discerned.
Selected Answer:

False

Question 39
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characteristics of a community are generally not dependent on the

spatial scale at which the community is examined because

communities are tightly integrated groups of species.
Selected Answer:

False

Question 40
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Which of the following types of species interaction is INCORRECTLY

paired to its effects on the density of the two interacting
populations?
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"Parasitism - one increases, one decreases "

Question 41
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"A variation in characters which can be placed along a range of

values such as tail length, rows of kernels on ears exemplifies
genetic drift."
Selected Answer:

True

Question 42
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An example of cryptic coloration would be:

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Mottled coloring of frogs living on granite rocks

Question 43
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Which of the following is characteristic of parasitism?

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One organism lives in or on another and benefits.

Question 44
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the most common form of interspecific species interactions is

predation.
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False

Question 45
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What is one mechanism through which increased density may

cause infant mortality in mammals?
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high stress environments may reduce lactation

Question 46
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A successful parasite could possess all of the following except:

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Large size

Question 47
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Species interactions within a community rarely involve only two

species.
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True

Question 48
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Adaptive radiation occurs when two species undergo reciprocal

evolutionary change through natural selection.
Selected Answer:

False

Question 49
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The sum total of an organism's interaction with the biotic and

abiotic resources of its environment is called its
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ecological niche.

Question 50
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"In the early stages of plant succession, shade-intolerant species

are often common."
Selected Answer:

True

Question 51
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An insect that has evolved to closely resemble a twig will probably

be able to avoid:
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Predation

Question 52
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"The Shannon-Weaver Index is also reasonably independent of

sample size and is normally distributed, provided that all N are

integers."
Selected Answer:

True

Question 53
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Species diversity is dependent on:

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species abundance & species richness

Question 54
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Changes in community composition and structure over time are

called
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succession.

Question 55
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Evidence shows that some grasses benefit from being grazed.

Which of the following terms would best describe this plantherbivore interaction?
Selected Answer:

Mutualism