Ecology

A bee receives nectar from a flower and carries the pollen to other flowers:

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

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Mistletoe grows and spreads on trees, taking their nutrients:

• predation

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

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What would happen within a few months after the formation of a volcanic island?

• pioneer species would grow

• no pioneer species would grow

• trees and large plants would grow

• rich, organic soil would be present

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What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

• carnivore

• detrivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

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Which is an example of where primary succession could occur?

• a glacier melts and exposes new rocks

• natural fire burns a prairie

• a corn field is abandoned and left to overgrow

• flood covers a piece of land

Barnacles do not affect whales as they grow, but receive the benefit of a food source. This is

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

• neutralism

Mice might grow in population and destroy the community by eating all of the berry bushes if

• wolves and snakes were removed from the food web

• another predator migrated in to the community

• the snake population grew

• none of these

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What percentage of energy is passed on to the next trophic level?

• 5%

• 10%

• 50%

• 90%

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

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Members of a species in a defined area

• Ecosystem
• community
• biodiversity
• population