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Chapter 5 APES

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which point on the graph represents carrying capacity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
Which letter shows the the exponential growth of a population?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
3.
A species described as r-strategist would definitely NOT have which of the following characteristics?
a)
clumped population pattern
b)
much parenting
c)
many offspring
d)
random population pattern
4.
The maximum population size for a species based on the environmental factors is called
a)
ecological footprint
b)
carrying capacity 
c)
population growth
d)
environmental capacity
5.
__________ growth shows growth of a population under environmental constraints (carrying capacity-K) that sets a maximum population size 
a)
logistic
b)
exponential
c)
niche
d)
uniform
6.
________ grow slowly over time, cares for its young over a long period of time and is usually near the carrying capacity of its ecosystem.
a)
K-strategists
b)
R-strategists
c)
Uniform strategists
d)
environmentalists
7.
These types of organisms which multiply rapidly in numbers 
a)
R-strategists
b)
K-strategists
c)
predators
d)
mutualists
8.
J-Shaped curves
a)
show a decline after an increase
b)
display populations that have reached carrying capacity
c)
represent exponential growth
d)
does not depend on the numbe rof resources
9.
Which of the following is TRUE of predator/prey relationships?
a)
The amount of prey does not affect the number of predators.
b)
Herbivores are limited by the number of prey in an ecosystem.
c)
Humans are not considered predators.
d)
The number of predators is determined by available prey.
10.

Predator population lags behind prey population because:

a)

Increase in predators leads to decrease in prey

b)

Increase in predators leads to increase in prey

c)

Increase in predators leads to decrease in producers

11.

When Christopher Columbus came to the Americas, he randomly chose 3 chickens from Spain to bring along. These 3 chickens were the only chickens to breed in the Americas for hundreds of years.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Genetic bottleneck

c)

Founder effect

12.

In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan is estimated to have killed over 500 water buffalo in the Philippines. Water buffalo are used in the Philippines to plow crops. Many of the water buffalo that perished were concentrated near farms. These animals are more muscular than buffalo allowed to roam free.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Genetic bottleneck

c)

Founder Effect

13.

The reduced genetic diversity that results when a population is descended from a small number of colonizing ancestor that interbreed.

a)

Natural selection

b)

Genetic bottleneck

c)

Founder effect

14.
Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.
a)
mutualism
b)
commensalism
c)
competition
d)
parasitism
15.
A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.
a)
mutualism
b)
parasitism
c)
commensalism
d)
competition
16.
Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.
a)
commensalism
b)
mutualism
c)
neutralism
d)
competition
17.
Two male Giraffes are fighting over the last green leaf of a tree that is dying.  
a)
Competition
b)
Mutualsim
c)
Predation
d)
Commensalism
18.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
19.

Which type of population distribution can enhance protection from predators?

a)

random distribution

b)

uniform distribution

c)

clumped distribution

d)

both a and c

e)

none of the above are correct

20.

An ecosystem's carrying capacity for a population is determined by all of the following factors EXCEPT

a)

space

b)

energy

c)

water

d)

food

e)

climatic events, such as tornados

21.

Which of these outcomes is likely in a natural situation when two closely related species compete for resources in the same habitat?

a)

population size and distribution of each species may be reduced

b)

interbreeding between the two species will occur

c)

one of the species will always become extinct

d)

both species will become extinct

e)

distribution and size of both populations will increase

22.

If you find a brightly colored insect resting on a lead, it is most likely to be

a)

poisonous or distasteful

b)

prey for birds

c)

camouflaged

d)

a parasite

e)

a young insect

23.
The picture shows what type of succession?
a)
primary
b)
secondary
c)
tertiary
d)
quadanary
24.
Succession type?
a)
primary succession
b)
secondary succession
c)
tertiary succession
d)
variable succession
25.
Represents the biotic potential of the species
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E

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