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biology test ch.15
Chapter 15 biology test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How could a predator increase the population size of another species in its habitat? | By killings its competitors |
| What would happen to the transfer of energy and the recycling of nutrients if decomposers were removed from the cycle? | The inorganic nutrients wouldn’t be available to plants |
| An herbicide(weed killer) was sprayed in a yard to kill the weeds, but also killed some grasses and flowers. How would the change in these small producers most likely affect the yard's ecosystem? | Decrease in biodiversity threatens the overall health of the ecosystem |
| What would most likely happen to a population of deer if pollution kills vegetation? | The population will decrease without vegetation |
| What would most likely decrease the carrying capacity of grasshoppers in an ecosystem with this food chain? | increase in snakes |
| Describe a result of an increase in the snake population | less grasshoppers |
| A disease drastically reduced the population of toads. Soon, the mice population, also declines. What could be the reason? | Snakes started eating mice more |
| What would happen if the predaceous insect population significallly decreased? | Toads, herb insects, and birds would also decrease because snakes would target them more. |
| What letter represents a producer a b c d | D |
| How many acorns must be produced to support 2,000 squirrels in this ecosystem? | 20,000 |
| How mnay snakes are represented by the 2? | 200 |
| True or False? 10% of the energy from acorns are transferred to squirrels? | True |
| Energy and biomass both decrease in each trophic level? True or False? | True |
| The apex predator represents the most biomass? True or False | False |
| Name a top consumer: | Hawks and owls |
| What organsims has the greatest amount of energy? | Plants producer |
| What would incease the carrying capacity of rabbits? | less foxes,hawks,owls |