population ecology, chapter 4

which level of ecological organization is the simplest?

• biosphere

• ecosystem

• community

• population

• individual

which of the following is an example of a population?

• all trees in a forest

• all of the water oaks in the world

• all of the water oaks in a park

• the one tree in your yard

which of the following is an example of a community

• the large mouth bass in a pond

• all of the fish in a pond

• all of the fish in a pond plus the water and other minerals

• all of the large mouth bass in the US

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A bird's nest and the area it lives would be the bird's

• home

• house

• habitat

• biotic factor

a habitat provides an organism's ___________.

• resources

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• family

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The mark and recapture lab was a way to estimate the ________ of the noodles.

• population

• population size

• population density

• population distribution

How is population size determined

• population density

• population dispersion

• population sampling

• population size

individual organisms are arranged within a space in no particular pattern

• random distribution

• uniform distribution

• clumped distribution

• unknown distribution

individual organisms are evenly spaced throughout an area

• random distribution

• uniform distribution

• clumped distribution

• unknown distbution

individual organisms arrange themselves according to the availability of the resources they need to survive

• random distribution

• uniform distribution

• clumped distribution

• unknown distribution

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