Quiz 13

The smallest level of group organization is called:

• organism

• community

  
  

• ecosystem

  
  

• population

  
  

The area where the fresh water meets ocean is called:

• river

• estuary

  
  

• wellands

• coral reefs

  
  

Wetlands:

• are vital habitat for migrating birds

  
  

• go by different names like swamps, bogs, marshes

  
  

• are lands that are covered with water

  
  

• all of the answers are correct

  
  

Most important greenhouse gas is:

• oxygen

  
  

• sulfer dioxide

  
  

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

  
  

Evidence for global climate change is:

• carbon dioxide and global temperature has similar pattern

  
  

• glacier recession

  
  

• all of the answers are correct

  
  

• increasing global sea level

  
  

All of the following might be studied by an ecologist EXCEPT:

• the general nature of digestive enzymes.

  
  

• a population of mosquitoes.

  
  

• how members of the Archaea are adapted to high temperatures.

  
  

• effects of volcanoes on plant communities.

  
  

All of the individuals of Rana catesbeiana (frog species) in a pond in central Massachusetts comprise a(n)

• community

• population

• biosphere

  
  

• ecosystem

The base of all aquatic food chains are the:

• phytoplanktons

• animals

  
  

• archaea

• fungi

  
  

"Permafrost" means:

• no ice

  
  

• ice in the winter

  
  

• none of the answers are correct

  
  

• permanent ice

  
  

Counting all the butterflies in an area is an example for:

• ecosystem

  
  

• community

• population

  
  

• organism