Evolution and Ecology

In the years immediately following a massive tornado, a forest will experience

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• tertiary succession

• new growth

Sometimes cats get so infested with fleas that they get infections. What is the relationship between the cat and the flea?

• predation

• mutualism

• parasitism

• commensalism

The remora fish attached to the shark. This earns the remora fish a free ride through the ocean and any leftover food from the shark. The shark, in return, gets nothing. What is the relationship between the shark and the remora fish?

• mutualism

• parasitism

• predation

• commensalism

In evolutionary terms, what best describes a successful individual?

• one who possesses traits that are different from the rest of the population

• one who produces many offspring

• one who is well adapted to their environment and produces high quality offspring who survive to pass on genes

• one who produces few high quality offspring

A dog provides a human with companionship and a human provides their dog with food, shelter and love. The relationship between this dog and human is best described as

• mutualism

• predation

• competition

• parasitism

In all food webs, the ultimate source of energy is the

• water

• plants

• sun

• sugar

In a food web that consists of grass, grasshoppers, frogs, snakes and hawks, which organism has the MOST amount of energy

• hawk

• grass

• frog

• snake

In a food web that consists of grass, bears and lions, which species is the herbivore?

• grass

• lion

• bear

• sun

A cow eating grass is an example of

• herbivory

• predation

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

All food pyramids begin with...

• primary consumers

• primary producers

• tertiary consumers

• secondary producers