Ecology 23-24

The diagram demonstrates which of the following?

• Ecology

• Succession

• Community

• Biomes

Autotrophs can do which of the following

• Hibernate

• make their own food

• produce carbon dioxide

• emigrate to another area

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The definition of a biotic factor

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• energy in an ecosystem

• living parts of an ecosystem

• all parts of an ecosystem

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Competition between biotic resources can demonstrated by fighting over limited amount of

• air to breathe

• water to drink

• mates for breeding

• space for nesting

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Which statement represents a characteristic of an ecosystem that is not likely to sustain itself?

• There are interactions between biotic and abiotic factors

• There are more consumers than producers

• Energy is transferred from plants to animals

• The sun provides the needed energy

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Which two organisms could have a predator-prey relationship?

• Wolf and tree

• Racoon and deer

• Snake and spider

• Fox and rabbit

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Consumers that eat only plants are classified as?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers

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Snakes were introduced into St. Lucia because of

• vanishing grasses

• extinction of sparrows

• overpopulation of rats

• increase in eagles

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After the reintroduction of foxes, the population of some scavengers like Turkey Vultures increased. This was most likely due to

• a reduction in predator populations

• a decrease in the number of grasses

• an increase in the number of dead rabbits

• an increase in the water supply

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Deer ticks feed on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They can be best described as?

• predator

• scavenger

• parasite

• host