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Biology Chapter 17
Mrs. Stewart
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History
9th Grade
12/09/2013

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Term

Climate is not a factor in determining the ecosystem

types found in the United States

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

False

Term

 

Permafrost is a characteristic of the taiga

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

 

Tropical rain forest have the most fertile soil on Earth

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

A change in the number of predators or prey in food web can alter the entire ecosystem in which they live

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

True

Term

 

An organism's niche is the sum of all its interactions in its environment, including interactions with other organisms.

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

True

Term

Mutualism is a symbiotic relationship in which only

one party benefits

 

True

or

False

 

 

Definition

 

 

 

False

Term

 

A biome in which pine forests predominate

is the temperate deciduous forest

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

Coevolution is the back-and-forth evolutionary adjustments between the interacting members of an ecosystem

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

 

True

Term

A long-term relationship in which both participating species benefit is known as parasitism

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

Caribou are typical large mammal inhabitants of the tundra

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

True

Term

An organism's niche includes its habitat

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

True

Term

The total niche an organism is potentially able to occupy within an econsystem is its realized niche

 

True

or

False

Definition

 

 

False

Term

The process by which species evolve in response to other living members of their ecosystem is called

 

coevolution

or

ecology

Definition

 

 

coevolution

Term

Over millions of years, plants and their pollinators have

 

coevolved

or

become competitive

Definition

 

 

coevolved

Term

Herds of grazing animals are most likely to be found in a

 

savanna

or

taiga

Definition

 

 

savana

Term

The relationship between plants and the bees that pollinate them is an example of

 

commensalism

or

mutualism

Definition

 

 

mutualism

Term

Refer to the first graphic in the study guide. 

The relationship shown in diagram 3 is:

 

commensalism

or

mutualism

Definition

 

 

 

commensalism

Term

Refer to the first graphic in the study guide.

The relationship shown in diagram 4 is:

 

competition

or

parasitism

Definition

 

 

parasitism

Term

Refer to the first graphic in the study guide.

the relationship shown in diagram 2 is:

 

competition

or

parasitism

Definition

 

 

competition

Term

Refer to the first graphic in the study guide.

The relationship shown in diagram 1 is

 

commensalism

or

mutualism

Definition

 

 

 

mutualism

Term

The greatest diversity of life in the ocean is found in

 

shallow ocean waters

or

tidal areas

Definition

 

 

shallow ocean waters

Term

Organisms with light-producing body parts would most likely found in

 

open ocean surfaces

or

deep ocean waters

Definition

 

 

deep ocean waters

Term

Plankton are

 

found in the deep-water zone of most lakes and oceans

or

the base of most aquatic food webs

Definition

 

 

 

the base of most aquatic food webs

Term

Generally, the closer an ecosystem is to the equator,

 

the greater the diversity

or

the warmer its temperature

or

All of the above

Definition

 

 

 

all of the above

Term

An organism's niche includes:

what it eats

or

where it eats

or

when it eats

or

all of the above

Definition

 

 

 

all of the above

Term

Which of the following biomes is characterized by evergreen trees and mammals such as moose, bears and lynx?

 

taiga

or

tundra

Definition

 

 

taiga

Term

The biome that makes up most of the central part of the United States is:

 

temperate grassland

or

deciduous forest

Definition

 

 

temperate grassland

Term

Refer to the second graphic on the study guide.

An ecosystem located along latitude A would:

 

probably be more diverse than an ecosystem at latitude B

or

probably have less rainfall than an ecosystem at latitude B

Definition

 

 

probably be more diverse than an

ecosystem at latitude B

Term

A tick feeding on a human is an example of:

 

parasitism

or

predation

Definition

 

 

parasitism

Term

Which of the following animals would most likely be found in a temperate deciduous forest?

 

caribou

or 

deer

Definition

 

 

 

deer

Term

Major ecosystems that occur over wide areas of

land are called:

 

communities

or

biomes

Definition

 

 

biomes

Term

Parasites...

 

coevolve with their hosts

or

rarely kill their host

or

all of the above

Definition

 

 

all of the above

Term

When two species compete, the niche that each species ultimately occupies is its...

 

realized niche

or

fundamental niche

Definition

 

 

realized niche

Term

Tropical ecosystems are more diverse than temperate zone ecosystems because:

the growing season in tropical ecosystems never stops

or

a greater amount of food is produced in tropical ecosystems

or

all of the above

Definition

 

 

all of the above

Term

Refer to the third graphic in study guide.

The relationship that corresponds to description 2 is known as:

 

commensalism

or

mutualism

Definition

 

 

 

commensalism

Term

Refer to the third graphic in the study guide.

The table represents three types of:

 

competition

or

symbiosis

Definition

 

 

symbiosis

Term

The relationship between a clown fish (Nemo) and a sea anemone is known as:

 

mutualism

or

commensalism

Definition

 

 

commensalism

Term

Almost all of the Earth's surface water is contained in:

 

ocean ecosystems

or 

freshwater biomes

Definition

 

 

ocean ecosystems

Term

Characteristics that enable plants to protect themselves from herbivores include:

 

chemical defenses

or

sticky hairs and tough leaves

or

all of the above

Definition

 

 

 

all of the above

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