Last Biology Test - Ecology

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27. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : predators

Biotic

Abiotic

28. The narrow band around the Earth within which life exists

Gause

Biome

Biosphere

Biotic potential

29. Precipitation and transpiration would be important processes within this cycle

Water

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Carbon

30. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : pH of the water

Biotic

Abiotic

31. A large biogeographical region such as the tropical rain forest or tundra

Biosphere

Biome

Tropic

Community

32. Leech attached to the body of a fish would represent what type of symbiotic relationship?

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

33. The branch of biology dealing with the interrelationships between organisms and their environments

Biology

Ecology

Mutualism

Demographics

Biotic Potential

34. A type of symbiosis in which both species in the relationship benefit

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

35. The US president most responsible for forming the first wildlife refuges and national parks

Ernest Haeckel

Theodore Roosevelt

Thoreau

Herbert Hoover

36. A level of organization that involves the interaction of the living and nonliving components within a community.

Population

Community

Ecosystem

Species

37. A pesticide widely used during the 1950’s, now banned, became more concentrated as it moved through the food chain due to biological magnification

EPA

DOT

DDT

SP

DAT

38. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : food supply

Biotic

Abiotic

39. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : oxygen level of the water

Biotic

Abiotic

40. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : temperature

Biotic

Abiotic

41. An organisms functional role within an ecosystem

Gause

Niche

Mimicry

Stability

42. Transition of the species composition of an ecosystem after a disturbance (such as clear-cutting a forest).

Ecological succession

Stability

Mimicry

Biotic potential

43. The way individuals are spaced or spread out within a habitat

Demographics

Biotic potential

Density

Dispersion

44. Approximate current human population level on Earth

24 million

6 billion

6 million

600 million

45. An interbreeding group of individuals of a species within a fixed geographical area

Population

Species

Geographic group

Community

46. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : water

Biotic

Abiotic

47. Environmentalist who formed the Sierra Club; instrumental in getting the first national parks protected

Rachel Carson

John Muir

Ernest Haeckel

Thoreau

48. Clumped, uniform, and random describe three categories of what variable?

Demographics

Dispersion

Density

49. The feeding relationships (food chains) found within the community

Density

Dispersion

Trophic structures

Biotic potential

50. The sustainable population size (k) for a particular species within and area.

Growth rate

Carrying capacity

Biotic potential

Nutrient cycles

51. Idea that only one organism can occupy a particular niche

Survivorship curve

Competitive exclusion principle

Predator-prey relationship

52. Author or Silent Spring; opponent of the use of DDT as a pesticide

John Muir

Theodore Roosevelt

Rachel Carson

Ernest Haeckel

53. The scientist who coined the term ecology

Ernest Haeckel

John Muir

Thoreau

Theodore Roosevelt

54. A type of mimicry in which both the mimic and the original model species present some harm

Batesian

Mullerian

55. Involves numerous specialized types of bacteria to convert the nutrient to usable forms

Water

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Carbon

56. A type of symbiosis in which one species within a relationship benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

57. Most closely linked with global warming

Water

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Carbon

58. All of the populations within a particular area

Species

Population

Community

Ecosystem

59. Event occurring during 1860-1900 that resulted in the rapid increase in the burning of fossil fuels

Ecologist

The Age of Development

Industry Era

Industrial Revolution

60. Author of Walden; “back to nature” philosophy

Thoreau

Ernest Haeckel

Rachel Carson

John Muir

61. A variable calculated by measuring the number of individuals of a species within a particular area

Biotic potential

Dispersion

Demographics

Density

62. The statistics used to describe a population

Demography

Demographics

Ecological succession

Dispersion

63. Spanish moss hanging from an oak tree would most likely represent what type of symbiotic relationship?

Mutualism

Commensalism

Parasitism

64. The ability of a community to resist change and to return to its original species composition after being disturbed

Ecological succession

Stability

Growth rate

Dispersion

65. Exclusively a geological cycle; no atmospheric stage

Water

Nitrogen

Phosphate

Carbon

66. The biologist who came up with the “competitive exclusion principle” ; the concept that no two species can occupy the same niche.

Thoreau

Gause

Ernest Heackel

Theodore Roosevelt

67. The maximum, inherent capacity for a certain species to reproduce; the maximum growth rate (r)

Biotic potential

Dispersion

Growth rate

Carrying capacity

68. Consumers would be at what level of the nutrient cycle?

Top

Middle

Bottom

69. This fund was created by the federal government to deal with the thousands of toxic waste dumps that existed by the 1970’s in the United States

Silent Spring

Hippy movement

Superfund

EPA

70. The producers within an ecosystem would be located at what position on a food chain?

Top

Middle

Bottom

Last Biology Test - Ecology

1. What does “EPA” stand for?

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Biome located the farthest north

3. Biome that would have the least water (most arid)

4. Highest diversity of life on Earth

5. Permafrost exists over most of this biome

6. Also called prairie

7. The oak-hickory forests

8. A grassland with scattered trees

9. Greatest amount of rainfall.

10. Rich, deep topsoil; rich in humus

11. Also called the Taiga

12. Firs and spruce are the dominant trees

13. Animals such as lions, giraffes, and zebra.

14. Only simple plants such as lichens and mosses often found

15. Dense canopy of trees with numerous tiers to the canopy

16. Density dependant factors (DSP)

17. Density independant factors (CNd)

18. The exploitation of natural resources and frontier mentality was before ______

19. Early _____'s saw the idea of natural theology

20. The mid 1850's saw writers like ________, _________, and __________. (TEW)

21. Natural forest reserves in the united states happened in _____

22. The term "ecology" was coined in the _______'s.

23. Theodore roosevelt est. national forest service & national park service ("utilitarian conservation")in ________

24. John Muir has his effect in _____

25. Rachel carson published "silent spring" in ______

26. Environmental awareness in schools grew in the _______'s.

27. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : predators

28. The narrow band around the Earth within which life exists

29. Precipitation and transpiration would be important processes within this cycle

30. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : pH of the water

31. A large biogeographical region such as the tropical rain forest or tundra

32. Leech attached to the body of a fish would represent what type of symbiotic relationship?

33. The branch of biology dealing with the interrelationships between organisms and their environments

34. A type of symbiosis in which both species in the relationship benefit

35. The US president most responsible for forming the first wildlife refuges and national parks

36. A level of organization that involves the interaction of the living and nonliving components within a community.

37. A pesticide widely used during the 1950’s, now banned, became more concentrated as it moved through the food chain due to biological magnification

38. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : food supply

39. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : oxygen level of the water

40. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : temperature

41. An organisms functional role within an ecosystem

42. Transition of the species composition of an ecosystem after a disturbance (such as clear-cutting a forest).

43. The way individuals are spaced or spread out within a habitat

44. Approximate current human population level on Earth

45. An interbreeding group of individuals of a species within a fixed geographical area

46. Biotic (living) or abiotic (physical or chemical)? : water

47. Environmentalist who formed the Sierra Club; instrumental in getting the first national parks protected

48. Clumped, uniform, and random describe three categories of what variable?

49. The feeding relationships (food chains) found within the community

50. The sustainable population size (k) for a particular species within and area.

51. Idea that only one organism can occupy a particular niche

52. Author or Silent Spring; opponent of the use of DDT as a pesticide

53. The scientist who coined the term ecology

54. A type of mimicry in which both the mimic and the original model species present some harm

55. Involves numerous specialized types of bacteria to convert the nutrient to usable forms

56. A type of symbiosis in which one species within a relationship benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed.

57. Most closely linked with global warming

58. All of the populations within a particular area

59. Event occurring during 1860-1900 that resulted in the rapid increase in the burning of fossil fuels

60. Author of Walden; “back to nature” philosophy

61. A variable calculated by measuring the number of individuals of a species within a particular area

62. The statistics used to describe a population

63. Spanish moss hanging from an oak tree would most likely represent what type of symbiotic relationship?

64. The ability of a community to resist change and to return to its original species composition after being disturbed

65. Exclusively a geological cycle; no atmospheric stage

66. The biologist who came up with the “competitive exclusion principle” ; the concept that no two species can occupy the same niche.

67. The maximum, inherent capacity for a certain species to reproduce; the maximum growth rate (r)

68. Consumers would be at what level of the nutrient cycle?

69. This fund was created by the federal government to deal with the thousands of toxic waste dumps that existed by the 1970’s in the United States

70. The producers within an ecosystem would be located at what position on a food chain?

20. The mid 1850's saw writers like ____, _, and ______. (TEW)

23. Theodore roosevelt est. national forest service & national park service ("utilitarian conservation")
in ________