Env Ch. 4

Physical changes that allow organisms to survive in a given environment.

• Limiting Factors

• Adaptations

• Advantages

• Critical Factors

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The ability of your skin to produce more pigment during the summer season compared to the winter season, is an example of ____.

• Acclimation

• Critical Factor

• Limiting Factor

• Generalists

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Select ALL that are limiting factors.

• Temperature

• pH

• Competition

• Predatition

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The Giant Saguaro Cactus is affected by a temperature below freezing for over 12 hours. This is an example of a ____.

• Generalist

• Specialist

• Critical Factor

• Acclimation

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Looking at the image, what is the area called that does not have any population of butterflies found in it?

• Optimal Range

• Zone of Physiological Stress

• Zone of Intolerance

The development of new species is called ____

• Generalist

• Specialist

• Habitat

• Speciation

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Species that can only survive in a small niche are called _____________.

• Generalists

• Specialists

• Speciation

• Niche

Species that have a large area in which they can survive are called _________.

• Generalists

• Specialists

• Habitat

• Speciation

Which selection produces two, distinct populations?

• Directional selection

• Stabilizing selection

• Disruptive Selection

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Which selection has environmental conditions that favor birds with larger beaks?

• Stabilizing selection

• Directional selection

• Disruptive selection

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