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Group of populations in an area.

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biosphere

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The higher the diversity of an ecosystem

• the less species there are

• the more stable the ecosystem

• the less stable the ecosystem

• the less energy the ecosystem receives from the sun

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What causes coral bleaching?

• oil spills

• warmer water temperatures

• overfishing

• red tide

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Aquatic ecosystem that serves as a nursery for many species and suffers from pollution from city harbors like the Chesapeake Bay

• estuaries

• coral reefs

• open ocean

• wetlands

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an area's climate changes and it gets LESS rainfall. what can happen?

• more hurricanes

• more forest fires

• floods

• more diseases

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All living things in a given area, living and non-living.

• Ecosystem

• Biotic

• Community

• Species

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Which of the following events would likely occur after a glacier retreat where bare rock was exposed?

• Secondary Succession

• ecological tolerance

• primary succession

• intraspecific competition 

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Study of the interactions between organisms and their environment... 

• niche
• community 
• ecology
• ecosystem

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The graph to the right shows the interaction of the wolf and moose populations on Isle Pekie. If the moose population continues to increase, the wolves' food supply will increase. What will most likely happen to the wolf population as a result?

• It will decrease.

• It will increase.

• It will remain the same.

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If a glacier melts and exposes bare rock, which type of ecological succession will occur in this area?

• primary succession

• secondary succession

• pond succession

• icy succession

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