Ecology Midterm Exam Review

A(n) ____________ consists of different species interacting with each other and their environment. 

• Habitat
• Population
• Community
• Ecosystem

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Which of the following is an example of a population?

• Bass in a lake
• An ocean
• A patch of woods
• Predator and Prey in a grassland

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Which of the following levels of organization is the most inclusive?

• Community
• Biosphere
• Population
• Ecosystem

The biosphere - 

• Is the portion of earth in which living organisms exist
• Includes none of the hydrosphere
• Includes all of the lithosphere
• Includes some of the mantle

Which of the following is NOT one of the three interconnected factors upon which life on earth depends?

• Matter cycling
• Entropy
• The one-way flow of energy from the sun
• gravity

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Most of the solar energy that passes through the atmosphere is - 

• Captured by green plants
• reflected back into space
• degraded into infrared radiation
• used to generate wind

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The presence in the atmosphere of natural greenhouse gases is vital to continued life on earth.

• True
• False

According to the _______, there is a range for physical conditions and concentrations of substances beyond which no members of a particular species can survive.

• Limiting factors principle
• Law of tolerance
• Law of conservation of mass
• First law of thermodynamics

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Which of the following is a limiting factor for an aquatic life zone?

• Depth of water
• Number of species
• Size of population
• Dissolved oxygen content

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Which of the following is NOT a component of biodiversity?

• Chemical diversity
• Genetic diversity
• Ecological diversity
• Species diversity

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