chapter 5 concept review

When the environment changes too quickly for an organism to adapt, what will occur?

• evolution

• speciation

• genetic drift

• extinction

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In the history of the world, how many mass extinction have occurred?

• 5

• 7

• 10

• 13

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A deer browsing (snacking) on a shrub is an example of

• predation

• parasitism

• herbivory

• symbiosis

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In Madagascar, several species of lemur eat bamboo, but each species specializes in one part of the bamboo - one species eats mature bamboo stalks, one species eats bamboo shoots, and one species eats leaves, This is an example of

• speciation

• resource partitioning

• competition

• exclusion

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In the western United States, at the southern edge of their range, moose are sometimes so severely infested with ticks that they die. The tick / moose relationship is best described as

• predatory

• parasitic

• symbiotic

• mutualistic

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On a newly formed volcanic island, what type of succession should occur?

• old field

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

What type of vegetation would you expect to find on an abandoned farm that has remained undisturbed for 150 years?

• short grass

• shrubs

• tall, mature oak trees

• young pine trees

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In order for evolution to occur in a population, individuals with a trait that is "naturally selected for" must

• live a long time

• reproduce

• co-evolve

• leave the area

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A main difference between primary and secondary succession, is that primary succession requires soil formation

• true

• false

A beehive depends on pollen from flowers to survive. Flowers depend on bees to pollinate them. Humans tend bee hives, offering the bees a place to live in exchange for some of their honey. The relationship among these three sets of organisms is

• parasitic

• commensalist

• mutualistic

• predatory

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