Ecology Quiz 188 (20 MCQs)

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1. Biodiversity is the ..... of life and very important to the sustainability of the .....
2. The relationship between organisms where they help each other
3. This biome has 4 seasons with hot summers, cold winters, and the leaves change colors in the fall.
4. The specific role or way of life of a species within its environment
5. Which statement about producers is true?
6. When the wolf population declined to zero, it caused a negative effect on all other populations in the food chain
7. A diagram that shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another
8. What are two ways in which the environment can influence population size?
9. The place where an organism lives out its life.
10. A sharks powerful jaws
11. The role or function or job of a species in a community.
12. Which one of the following keystone examples is a keystone predator found in the tidal pools of northwestern North America and was the species that launched Robert Paine's keystone species concept?
13. Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?
14. In ecology, how is a "community" different from a "population?"
15. When two different species require the same resources we may observe .....
16. If the grass in the front yard of an abandoned house is not cut for several years, the yard may become overgrown with taller grasses, bushes, and shrubs. This is an example of the process of
17. Renewable resources are:
18. The study of organism interactions is what scientific study?
19. Which organisms produce methane in anaerobic environments such as waterlogged soils?
20. Solar, wind and water energy are all .....