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biology lab quiz 4
ecology & animal behavior
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| biotic | living |
| abiotic | non-living |
| primary producer | plants |
| secondary consumer | predators |
| decomposers | bacteria and fungi |
| make a food chain including a primary producer, primary, secondary, tertiary, and a quaternary consumer | plant, insect, mouse, snake, eagle |
| primary consumer | herbivores |
| which is more complex, a food web or a food chain | food web |
| the difference in number of species within a community is known as | species diversity |
| if a keystone predator is removed | the food chain will crumble |
| a raptor is a ____ with a hooked ____ and ______ | bird; beak; talons |
| how many pellets does a barn owl produce per day? | 1-2 |
| classification system (dear king philip came over for good soup) | domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| a population consists of animals in the ____ species | same |
| what type of behaviors are instinctive? | innate |
| the proximate cause is the __________ mechanism | triggering |
| the ________ cause is the evolutionary advantage that is gained by engaging in the behavior | ultimate |
| what term is used to describe a parent successfully passing genes to the next generation? | parental fitness |
| r-selected species | having a lot of offspring and hoping some survive |
| k-selected species | having few offspring but providing care to ensure the highest level of survival |
| a ____________ is a small scale environment within a larger ecosystem | microhabitat |
| the _____ is the relationship of the organism with its environment and ecosystem | niche |
| animals with a marsupium have a _____ | pouch |