SCI 1101 Sample Questions for Test 2

(PPP Lectures)

1 A group of individuals of the same species occupying a given area defines a(n) a. community b. ecosystem c. population d. biosphere e. habitat

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What distribution pattern is the most common in the natural world? a. random b. uniform c. clumped d. stratified or layered e. bimodal

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A(n) ______ is the type of place where individuals of a species typically live. a. Biome b. Habitat c. niche d. ecosystem

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Which density-dependent factor controls the size of a population? a. wind velocity b. light intensity c. nutrient supply d. rainfall e. wave action in an intertidal zone

5. Which factor(s) do not shape community structure. a. Climate and topography b. Available foods and resources c. Adaptations of species in community d. Species interactions e. All of these shape community structure

6 15. Matching: The following may be used once, more than once, or not at all. (The

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autotroph b. trophic level c. density-independent control d. parasitism e. nitrogen fixation ab. ecological succession ac.. logistic growth, population ad. commensalism ae. population distribution bc. Mutualism bd. None of these

6. Ecological interaction between two (or more) species in which one benefits directly and the other is affected little, if at all. 7. Pattern of dispersion of individuals of a population. 8. Conversion of nitrogen gas to forms that plants can take up from soil. 9. Processes by which a community develops in sequence, from pioneer species to an end array of species that remain in equilibrium over some region. 10. An organism that makes its own food using an environmental energy source and carbon from carbon dioxide. 11. Factor that impacts a population's birth rate or death rate regardless of density (e.g., a severe storm or flood). 12. Symbiotic interaction in which a species that feeds on its tissues (a parasite) benefits and the other (its host) is harmed. 13. Growth pattern in which the size of a small population increases slowly, then rapidly, and finally levels off once the carrying capacity is reached. 14. An array of species and their physical environment. 15. All organisms the same number of transfer steps away from the energy input into an ecosystem. 16-20. (Video

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16. The Galpagos Hawk hunts _______ __________, but can only do so when its quarry is vulnerable, during the breeding season. A. finches b. marine iguanas c. other hawks d. none of these 17. In the ____________about 125,000 lowland gorillas were discovered in 2008-almost tripling the population. a. Congo b. Nile Valley c. Velt of South Africa d. Island of Madagascar

18-20. a. density dependent independent ab. ecosystem

b. habitat c. community d. distribution e. density ac. sodium ad. nitrogen ae. succession bc. None of these

18. Uniform_______________ is rare in nature; when it does occur, it is usually the result of fierce competition for limited resources. 19. Logistic growth deals with _____________ controls. 20. Ecological ____________ is the predictable developmental sequence of species in a community.