Which of the following is not a biotic component of an ecosystem?

Select one or more:

a. mineral nutrients
b. animals
c. bateria
d. plants

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In the tropical rain forests of South America, a species of frog lives its life cycle in the
tops of trees specifically in small ponds of water caught in large leaves. The frogs,
and the animals they interact with, constitute a/an
, and the rain forest
itself with all its biotic and abiotic components constitutes a/an
.
Select one or more:
a. habitat; community
b. ecosystem; community
c. community; ecosystem
d. ecosystem; niche

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A study of the dietary requirements of African elephants in a savanna environment, and
the role the elephants play in that environment, would be an example of a topic studied
in
Select one or more:
a. plant biology
b. pedology
c. biogeography
d. ecology

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A study of the spatial distribution of savanna biomes and the environmental factors that
control that distribution would be an example of a topic studied in
Select one or more:
a. biogeography
b. ecology

c. pedology
d. plant biology

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Which of the following is incorrect?
Select one or more:
a. symbiotic relationships mutually beneficial relationship
b. community specific location of an organism
c. niche function of a life-form within a given environment
d. ecosystem a self-regulating association of living plants and animals and their

nonliving environment
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There are fig trees in the tropical rain forest that are pollinated by only one species of
wasp. The wasps, in turn, are entirely dependent upon the one species of fig tree they
pollinate for their food supply. This type of relationship between the fig trees and wasps
is an example of a/n
relationship.
Select one or more:
a. opportunistic
b. parasitic
c. symbiotic

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Given the way in which humans are altering the environment, destroying species, using
resources, and generating wastes, our relationship with planet earth is akin to that of
a
relationship.
Select one or more:
a. mutualistic
b. parasitic
c. symbiotic

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The openings in the surfaces of leaves are known as
control the size of the openings are called
Select one or more:
a. chlorophyll; stomata
b. guard cells; stomata
c. stomata; guard cells
d. stomata; chlorophyll

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Photosynthesis involves
Select one or more:
a. the release of carbon dioxide in a process using sunlight.
b. a process known as respiration.

, and the cells which

c. the union of carbon dioxide and water under the influence of sunlight, and the
release of oxygen.
d. important reactions within the stems and roots of plants.

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Light, temperature, water, and climate are examples of
Select one or more:
a. factors unrelated to photosynthesis.
b. abiotic ecosystem components
c. biotic ecoystem components.

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The different spatial distribution of mallard ducks and snail kites illustrates the operation
of
Select one or more:
a. management through logging.
b. competitive exclusions
c. symbiosis.
d. limiting factors

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Bears eat both plants and animals; therefore, they are
Select one or more:
a. omnivores
b. specialists
c. herbivores
d. carnivores

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In nature, approximately
of the calories in plant matter survive from the
primary to the secondary trophic (feeding, nutrition) level.
Select one or more:
a. 30%
b. 90%
c. 50%
d. 10%

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Which of the following would be true if 100 people could be fed from the grain produced
on an acre of land?
Select one or more:
a. 50 people could be fed if the grain were first fed to the cows which were then
fed to the people.

b. There is no difference in the number of people that could be fed under each
condition.
c. 90 people could be fed if the grain were first fed to the cows which were then
fed to the people.
d. 10 people could be fed if the grain were first fed to the cows which were then

fed to the people.

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In a food chain, toxic chemicals tend to accumulate and concentrate most in the
Select one or more:
a. autotrophs.
b. primary producers.
c. top carnivore.
d. primary consumers.

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The fact that the majority of people are
in the food chain means that they
can obtain the
dose of pollutants from the food they eat.
Select one or more:
a. primary consumers; smallest
b. top carnivores; largest
c. primary consumers; largest
d. top carnivores; smallest

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The landscape devasted by the eruption of Mount Saint Helens
Select one or more:
a. has formed a pioneer community as succession begins.
b. will never recover.
c. is now a climax community.

d. is recovering through secondary succession.

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The practice of repeatedly planting huge acreages of land in a single crop, such as
wheat, is an example of
, and it makes an area
susceptible to
disease.
Select one or more:
a. multiple cropping; more
b. monoculture; less
c. multiple cropping; more
d. monoculture; more

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Which of the following does not usually occur with ecological succession?
Select one or more:
a. the establishment of less complex ecosystems
b. an increase in biodiversity
c. and increase in stability
d. modification of the physical environment
e. none of the above occur

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If a lava flow completely destroys pre-existing plant communities, what type of
succession will occur first?
Select one or more:
a. primary
b. secondary
c. tertiary
d. any of the above.

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In the final stage of eutrophication
Select one or more:
a. nutrient concentration increases to a maximum.
b. respiration exceed production
c. production exceeds respiration
d. both a and b
e. both a and c

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