C.1 & C.3 Review

Which of the following is an EXAMPLE of a limiting factor?

• Water
• the color of the sky
• Migration
• Thick fur

Which is an example of mutualism?

• Lion hunts and eats a zebra
• A bird eats harmful parasites off of an ox's skin
• Two wolves fight over territory
• A herd of horses eat grass

Competition between members of different species in a community

• Interspecific 
• Intraspecific
• Conterspecific
• Aspecific

Competition between members of the same species

• Interspecific
• Intraspecific
• Conterspecific
• Aspecific

Which is an example of interspecific competition 

• Trees in the rainforest competing for light
• tadpoles in a pond competing for food
• big horn sheep competing for mates
• Wolves competing for food in the pack

An organisms Niche can be defined as

• The role its plays in the ecosystem
• It's physical and biological requirements 
• the interactions between it and other organisms
• All of these

On a tolerance curve, the zone where the population is thriving and growing is

• The Stress zone
• the zone of intolerance
• the optimal range
• The zone of reproduction

The entire range of conditions an organism could occupy in it's environment

• Fundamental Niche
• Realized Niche
• Comfort zone
• intolerance threshold 

A species whose presence indicates the health of an ecosystem

• keystone species
• Indicator species
• plants
• producers

The idea that no two species within an ecosystem can occupy the exact same niche

• niche overlap
• niche differentiation
• competitive exclusion
• niche decay