Ecology

Front

What is the most likely cause of the decline of the Florida panther population?

Back

The loss of natural habitat due to human settlement.

Front

Which of the following describes a native population where there has been a decrease in the availability of food?

• An extinct wolf population remains extinct in a local forest.
• A goldfish population that has fewer individuals than the prior year.
• A pigeon population that has the same number of offspring as the past two years.
• A frog population has more adults in a pond than when they were counted last year.

Back

A goldfish population that has fewer individuals than the prior year.

Front

What choice would have the largest negative impact on the red tail hawk population? - Cut down the forest to plant a wheat field. - Change the flow of a nearby river to open up a field to plant corn. - Plant an apple orchard on part of an open field. - Build a barn to park the tractor.

Back

Cut down the forest to plant a wheat field.

Front

Role of bacteria in the food web?

Back

Uses energy from dead organisms or waste material to break down dead organisms and waste material into nutrients.

Front

Example of a relationship similar to gopher tortoises and florida pine snakes sharing a hole.

Back

A Pseudoscorpion is a tiny scorpion with no stinger that moves from place to place by hitching a ride on much larger insects.

Front

What type of relationship exists between mealybugs, ladybugs, and plants?

Back

The ladybugs and mealybugs are an example of predation while the mealybugs and plants are an example of parasitism.

Front

A tree is a .... Options: composer, decomposer, producer

Back

producer

Front

What is a herbivore?

Back

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

Front

What is this called? Options: Food Web, Food Chain, Abiotic Factors

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Food Web

Front

All food chains begin with a ____________.

Back

producers