Ecology Final

1.

2 points

Which cycle is part of the carbon cycle?

Oxygen

Phosphorous

Nitrogen

Hydrologic (Water)

2.

2 points

All things living an nonliving in an area in which an organism lives.

habitat

population

community

biodiversity

3.

2 points

Can you ask and test something that the answer is already known through the scientific method

If the question is worded differently then yes

If the answer is already known, a different question that builds on the previous evidence can be posed. When applying the scientific method to scientific research, determining a good question can be very difficult and affects the final outcome of the investigation

No

Only for a science class to teach the scientific method

4.

2 points

_______ are organisms that get their energy from abiotic resources.

producers

phototrophs

heterotrophs

consumers

5.

2 points

# of individuals/area(squared units)=population density

is an incomplete question

the formula for calculation the measurement of the number of individuals living in a defined space

is the inverse formula for calculating the space a population occupies

is a way to calculate population dispersion

6.

2 points

Symbiosis is a close ecological relation between

2 or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact with one another.

ecological equivalents

The change of systems inside a niche

predator-prey

7.

2 points

Certain bacteria convert nitrogen gasses to ammonia through

Denitrogenation

Nitrogen Fixation

Ammonia Conversion Cycle

Fast flowing Cyclic Nitrogen

8.

2 points

Another name for consumers is

chemosynthesis

eaters

hetrotrophs

autotrophs

9.

2 points

Competition, predation, symbiosis, mutualism, commensalism, parasitism are all examples of what?

niche development

parts of the biome

Community interactions

environmental struggles

10.

2 points

_____ _____ is a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships.

Food Pyramid

Food chain

Food Web

11.

2 points

Type ___ have the following traits low birth rate with an even lower infant mortality with most living to old age.

2

1

3

12.

2 points

Nonliving things in an ecosystems

rocks and soil

Dead things

Abiotic factors

decay

13.

2 points

Primary succession

the change of an environment from living to nonliving

is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and usually lacking soil, such as a lava flow or area left from retreated glacier, is deposited.

the emigration of all living species over time

14.

2 points

What is the calculation from question 8 called

Shell-life

Half-life

Remaining Natural Elements

Isotope remainder

15.

2 points

Consumers are organisms that get their energy by

osmosis

absorbing light and converting it with other nutrients such as water and nitrogen

eating other living things

none of these

16.

2 points

Clumped dispersion

individuals may live close together in groups in order to facilitate mating, gain protection, or access food.

Individuals are spread randomly within an area

Territoriality are intrapecies competition for limited resources lead to individuals living at specific distances from one another

17.

2 points

Trace fossils

are fossil of feces

a fossil of a footprint, trail, burrow, or other trace of an animal rather than of the animal itself.

are fossil of parts of the organism

are None of these

18.

2 points

The movement of individuals into a population from another

exponential growth

emigration

immigragtion

19.

2 points

The movement of individuals into a from a population

exponential growth

immigration

emigration

20.

2 points

Solve for 45 deer living in an area of 200 square miles.

4.44 deer/square mile

.225 deer/square mile

2.2444 deer/square mile

15 deer/square mile

21.

2 points

Another name for the correct answer to number 17 is ___.

multilifers

eaters

chemosynthesis

autotrophs

22.

2 points

Type ___ have the following traits high birth rate with a high infant mortality with few living to old age.

1

2

3

23.

2 points

When similar creatures live in similar niches that are close together they are called

ecological equivalents

ecological partners

cousins

evolutionary equivalents

24.

2 points

Type ___ have the following traits high birth rate with equal # of deaths through out the life expectancy.

3

1

2

25.

2 points

___________is what cells do to break up sugars into a form that the cell can use as energy. This happens in all forms of life.

Feeding

Cellular Respirtation

Nutrition

Molecular Isotope Production of ADP

26.

2 points

______ is the study of the interactions among living things, and between living things and their surroundings.

Ecocardiogram

Ecology

Economics

Biology

27.

2 points

What is an important factor of replication?

Proving the theory correct

Are the findings the same when the test is repeated.

Keeping it all the same.

nothing

28.

2 points

The first species in an area

teritiary consumers

pioneer species

primary consumers

primary species

29.

2 points

Community

is the place something lives in

is the abiotic factors of life

is an assemblage or associations of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area and in a particular time.

is the same for all creatures

30.

2 points

What means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems?

biodiversity

abiotic

keystone species

biotic

31.

2 points

Ecological niche

composed of all biotic, abiotic, chemical, and biological things a creature needs to survive

grouping like a pride of lions

a large sample of like things

a small sample of like things

32.

2 points

Which of the following is not a trophic level?

Producer

Primary Consumer

Tertiary Consumer

Secondary Consumer

33.

2 points

What is missing from this list of organization levels?
Organism
Population
Community
Biome

Ecosystem

Nothing is missing all parts are present

preditor/prey

Food cycle

34.

2 points

What is the sequence of biotic changes that regenerate a damaged community or create a community in a previously uninhabited area?

density-dependent limiting factors

succession

carrying capacity

density-independent limiting factors

35.

2 points

_________ ___________ estimates the time during which an organism lived by comparing the placement of fossils of the organism with the placement of fossils in other rock layers

Relative dating

Natural Cast

absolute dating

radiometric dating

36.

2 points

The part of the Earth where life exists is called

biosphere

atmosphere

biota

geosphere

37.

2 points

The long-term pattern of weather conditions

climate

microclimate

weather patterns

38.

2 points

An area is desolated due to fire or flood, then small grass grows and thrives, followed by shrubs some years later, followed by small frail trees years after that, and finally if unharmed for 70-100 years it may have hard woods like oak or hickory

Secondary Succession

pioneer species

devolution

Primary succession

39.

2 points

Competitive Exclusion states

neither will flourish in the niche due to competition resulting in both leaving and the niche will become exclusive for the other organisms that weren't competing.

force the other to evolve into a better species

one species is better suited for survival than a competitor so the weaker will be pushed out or die off

both will destroy the niche forcing both to leave

40.

2 points

Calculate the percent of carbon-14 that will be left from a creature that has been dead for 22920 years.

1.52534%

6.25%

22.86215498431291111%

11.5%

41.

2 points

All living things that are in an ecosystem

biotic factors

creatures

abiotic factors

organisms

42.

2 points

What type of species has an unusually large effect on its ecosystem? Such as elephants in a grassland trampling down shrubs so the grassy plant life thrives.

dominant species

large species

Keystone species

Unilateral Impact Species

43.

2 points

The continuous flow of water through out the environment is

hydrologic cycle

Fluid Flow

biogeochemichal cycle

44.

2 points

Types of consumers include all of the following except

herbivores

decomposers

omnipotence

carnivores

45.

2 points

What percent of air is nitrogen?

78

22 22 22

15

93

46.

2 points

Survivorship curve

calculates for the amount of immigration and emigration in a population

is a generalized diagram showing the # of surviving members over time from a measured set of births

show how many animals are born versus die in a year

show the rate of competitive exclusion

47.

2 points

Which has the correct three types of populations dispersion?

Worldwide, random, uniform

Clumped, Uniform, Worldwide

Clumped, Random, Worldwide

Clumped, Uniform, Random

48.

2 points

Which is not a step of the scientific method?

Test

Repeat

Clarification Statement

Hypothesize