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Ecology exam questions for chapters 8-12

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show The flower has several other pollinators with differing traits.  
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A food web is a better representation of a community than a food chain because most interactions among organisms are what?   show
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show when a commensal species expands another's niche space.  
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A remora feeds on the scraps that escape from a shark's mouth while feeding. It has no clear positive or negative impact on the shark. This is an example of what?   show
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show a realized niche  
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show resource competition  
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An ecological niche is typically ________ dimension/s.   show
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An invasive bullfrog consumes a Taricha newt and dies immediately. What can you say about the toxin?   show
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As predators feed on prey, prey abundances decrease over time. This is predicted to result in a(n) what?   show
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show population of the prey species decreases  
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show slows down  
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Hummingbirds are attracted to red flowers with long tubes. What might you predict would happen to flowers if hummingbirds become the predominant species on a remote island?   show
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In an area with high soil nutrient availability, mycorrhizal fungi are what?   show
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In comparison to desert habitats, urban landscapes on average have a ______ number of bird species?   show
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In most plant-pollinator interactions, plants species are pollinated by _______   show
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show are low in nutrients  
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show from a population with no garter snakes  
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show Species B uses more resources per individual  
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The carrying capacity for species 1 is 1000 and for its competitor, species 2, it is 500. What is the maximum abundance of species 1 if 250 of species 2 coexists with it?   show
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show Grinnell  
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The globeflower can host _______   show
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The length of a butterfly tongue perfectly matches the nectar tube of a flower it pollinates. This is an example of what?   show
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show tetrodotoxin  
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show adaptive radiation  
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show highly resistant garter snake population  
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show realized niche  
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show most species negatively, but a few positively  
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show population growth of species 1 in presence of species 2  
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show A parasitoid typically always kill its host  
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What might happen over time if two bird species competed for the same seed resource and one preferred larger seeds while the other species preferred smaller ones?   show
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show natural selection favors individual plants that produce the largest seeds  
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show competition  
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show commensalism  
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show 750  
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show d. + -  
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_____ occurs when two species undergo reciprocal evolutionary change through natural selection   show
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The ____ niche is the portion of a fundamental niche in which species can exploit as a result of interactions with other species.   show
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show diffuse coevolution  
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The range of physical and chemical conditions under which each species can persist (survive and reproduce) and the array of essential resources it utilizes are referred to as its ecological _____   show
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show mycorrhizal  
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show mutualism  
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show neutral  
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show predation  
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When one species reduces or adversely affects the population of another, but the affected species has no influence in return, the relationship is referred to as a ______   show
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When the interaction is detrimental to the population of both species (-,-) it is referred to as _______   show
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show True  
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T/F: An organism's realized niche is always smaller than its fundamental niche.   show
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show False  
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show False  
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T/F: Parasitoidism is a form of mutualism.   show
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show True  
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show True  
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T/F: The interaction between two species usually influences all individuals within the respective populations equally.   show
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T/F: The relationship between nectar-producing flowers and nectar-feeding birds is a mutually beneficial interaction.   show
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show True  
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