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11. resource partitioning can often be seen in similar species that occupy the same geographic area. these species avoid competition by living in diffrent portions of the habitat or by utilizing diffrent food or other resources are called____ speciesa. sympatric
b. allopatric
c. competitive
d. fundamental
e. exploitative
14. if a certain insect uses a specific plant secondary substance as a signal to feed, instead of a warning to stay away this is an example of
a. failure of natural selection
b. modification of the environment
c.coevolutionary adaption
d. reproductive stategy
e. survival of the fittest
15. animals defend themselves against predators by all of the following except
a. warning coloration
b. cryptic coloration
c. chemical defenses such as oisons and stings
d. parasitism
e. aposematic coloration
16. insects that feed on milkweed plants are genrally brightly colored. such coloration is called
a.batesian mimicry
b. apoptosis
c. cryptic coloration
d. warning coloration
e. mullerian mimicry
17. chemical defenses are found in all of the following except
a. marine animals
b. insects
c. plants
d. snakes, spiders, and fishes
e. batesian mimies
18. all of the following are types of symbiosis except
a. commensalism
b. camouflage
c. predation
d. parasitism
e. mutualism
19. if in a relationship the organism growing on the host benefits, and the host is unharmed, the relationship is called
a.parasitism
b. mutualism
c. commensalism
d. tolerance
e. predation
20. insects that lay egss on living hosts are called
a. ectoparasites
b. endoparasites
c. brood parasites
d. parasitoids
e. predators
21. two or more unrelated but protected species resemble one another, having bright colors , thus achieving a kind of group defense . this phenomenon of similar coloration is called
a. batesian mimicry
b. mullerian mimicry
c. aposematic coloration
d. warning coloration
e. mutualistic coloration
26. lakes become eutrophic by
a. accumulation of organic matter
b. loss of organic matter.
c. circulation of water in the lake
d. free exchange of water with outside sources
e. an increase in the number of organisms
27. primary succession can occur n all of the following except
a. bare surface
b. rock
c. area sterilized by a lava flow
d. fire- ravaged soil
e. lifeless substrate
31. a ____ cycle is a cyclic path that involves both biological and chemical processes of an ecosystem
a. biogeochemical
b. complete
c. hydrological
d. complementary
32. a ____ is a permeable underground layer of rock, sand, gravel saturated with groundwater.
a. natural springb. aquifer
c hot spring
d. submergence
34. the balance between photosynthesis and ____ is altered by the combustion of fossil fuels
a. respiration
b. sunlight
c. growth
d. decomposition
38. secondary consumers such as ____ and the parasites of animals , feed on the herbivores
a. decomposers
b. carnivores
c. herbivores
d. bacteria
45. all of the following undergo biochemical cycles except
a. carbon
b. energy
c. nitrogen
d. sulfer
e. water
Explanation / Answer
11-b 15-d 16-b 17-e 18-b 19-c 20-d 21-b 26-a 27-d 32-b 34-a 38-b 45-b
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