Ecology

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The difference between weather and climate is that climate is:
Options:

The average, year-to-year conditions

,

The day-to-day conditions

,

Described in terms of months at a time

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B and C are both correct

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The average, year-to-year conditions

Front

What is the greenhouse effect?

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It is when heat is trapped by gases, then sent back to earth’s surface.

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In the woods, there are ducks and mice competing for grasshoppers as the only food source. Ducks outcompete mice, leading to the mice dying out. This is an example of:

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The competitive exclusion principle

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Barnacles attach to whales to catch plankton. What type of symbiosis is this?

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Commensalism

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In the wild, some alligators get their teeth cleaned by birds. The birds get their food from the alligators' teeth.

What type of symbiosis is this?

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Mutualism

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What type of ecological succession happened after a fire kills all populations in an ecosystem, and new species of grass begin to take root, attracting animals and restoring the ecosystem?

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Secondary succession

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In this photo, what is an abiotic factor?

Options: Deer, Grass, rain

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rain

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What is this picture describing? Options: It is describing natural selection, It is describing direct competition between flamingos and ducks, It is describing abiotic factors of the tundra, It is describing the niche of each bird.

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It is describing the niche of each bird.

Front

What Biome is covered in permafrost (frozen subsoils)?

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Tundra

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What Biome is also known as the grasslands?

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Tropical Savanna