EOC Review Ecology

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

• host, hostess

• parasite, host

• host, parasite

• prey, predator

Clown fish live among anemones, acting as a lure for the sea anemone's prey. The clown fish get protection and shelter from the anemone. This is an example of which type of symbiosis?

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

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When energy travels from one trophic level of an energy pyramid to the next, some energy is always lost as

• heat

• solid waste

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

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Using the food web image, which of the following statements is correct?

• An increase in rabbits would lead to a decrease in mountain lions.

• A decrease in snakes would lead to a decrease in hawks.

• Rabbits are omnivores. 

• Snakes are primary consumers.

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In the food chain image, to what trophic level does the frog belong?

• Quaternary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

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What is the scientific study of interactions between organisms and their environment?

• Ecology

• Zoology

• Botany

• Geology

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Using the image, how does carbon enter the biotic environment?

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition

• Combustion of fossil fuels

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Which of the following statements is correct?

• Population size of predators increases when their prey is scarce.

• Competition for resources is density-independent when food is plentiful.

• Disease is density-dependent because transmission occurs more easily when a population is large.

• A change in average temperature is a density-dependent factor because fewer organisms can acclimate to variations in temperature.

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A previously rapidly growing population of green tree frogs in the city park has suddenly leveled off, and is presently neither increasing or decreasing in numbers. You can probably infer that the tree frog population has reached its ____________________ _________________________.

• Limiting Factor

• Carrying Capacity

• Population Total

• Nap Time

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• primary succession

• secondary succession

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