Select the best answer for each question. Which of the following factors is not used to define a biome?

Select the best answer for each question. Sea otters feed on sea urchins and help maintain their marine ecosystems by preventing sea urchins from overfeeding on kelp. Sea otters are an example of a(n)

Select the best answer for each question. Because frogs absorb both oxygen and toxins through their skin, they are very sensitive to air and water quality. This makes them an excellent

Select the best answer for each question. Which line represents a species that has the greatest variation within that population?

Select the best answer for each question. Which of the following is not an example of secondary succession?

Select the best answer for each question. Which would you expect to be a characteristic of pioneer species?

Select the best answer for each question. A small measured area in a forest has 10 individuals present. Each of these individuals is a different species. Which is true about the biodiversity index of this area?

Select the best answer for each question. An organism has been introduced into a thriving ecosystem and it reproduces quickly because a predator does not recognize it as prey. The organism is most likely a(n):

Select the best answer for each question. Which would you expect to find along a line transect?

Select the best answer for each question. The climatogram shown below would represent which biome?

Select the best answer for each question. Which biome would be described as cold, has conifer trees, animals that hibernate, and moderate rainfall?

An indicator species

Can the type and amount of vegetation within a biome affect the overall climate of the biome?

The variation of DNA within a population is what type of biodiversity?

The climatogram below would be representative of which biome? The graph shows monthly precipitation remaining very low throughout the year while average monthly temperature is warm and gradually increases over the months.

Which biome consists of areas that experience 4 distinct seasons, has many trees, and has fairly consistent rainfall?

Which type of area would have the highest albedo?

The two methods of calculating biodiversity take into account the same factors.

Plants in an area are able to warm and cool their environment.

Using a number of line transects in an area yields _____ information about the biodiversity than using just one line transect.

What type of species has a large impact on their habitats, affecting many other species?

The weather in a particular region over a long period of time is known as ...

The measure of the reflectivity of a surface is known as its ...

Give the name of an organism that is usually the very first to inhabit an area undergoing primary succession.

Primary succession occurs in areas where there is no ...

A method of sampling the species in an area using a physical rope spread down on the ground is known as ...