Ecology 3

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

• eastern red cedar

• western meadowlark

• turkey tail bracket fungi

• ornate box turtle

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Which of the following is the best example of a primary consumer?

• Blue spruce

• white tail deer

• mountain lion

• snapping turtle

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On average, what percent of the total energy consumed at a trophic level is available to organisms in the next trophic level?

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

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This is several interconnected food chains.

• energy pyramid

• ecosystem interchange

• food web

• trophic cascade

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What is needed to define a population?

• number of organisms

• number of organisms and location

• number of organisms, location, and time

• number of organisms, location, time and volume

Several different interacting populations makeup a _____________.

• ecosystem

• community

• biome

• biosphere

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Aquatic ecosystems are ____________ than terrestrial ecosystems.

• less complex

• more complex

• simpler

• less diverse

These may be physical, conceptual or mathematical.

• ecological models

• ecosystem cultures

• bioinformatic equations

• population trials

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Which of the following is an example of a specialist with a narrow niche and uses unique resources.

• cockroach

• raccoon

• coyote

• monarch butterfly

This is a period of dormancy in response to decreasing sunlight and temperatures.

• estivation

• migration

• procrastination

• hibernation

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