Download 1. Predation is a form of species interaction where

1. Predation is a form of species interaction where:
a) Both species are harmed
b) One species benefits, but the other is harmed
c) Both species benefit
d) One species excludes another from a particular area
2. The phenomenon where one species completely excludes another species from access to a resource is called:
a) Amensalism
b) Intraspecific competition
c) Competitive exclusion
d) Species coexistence
3. An example of coevolution would be:
a) Predators killing their prey
b) One species moving out of an area to find new resources
c) A host species becoming more vulnerable to parasitism
d) A pine tree evolving thicker pinecones to reduce consumption by squirrels after the squirrels evolved stronger
jaws to eat the pinecones
4. Which statement is NOT true about trophic levels?
a) Plants are autotrophs and occupy the first trophic level.
b) Detritivores consume waste products or dead bodies.
c) Biomass and energy increase going up the food chain.
d) There are fewer predators than prey in an area
5. Secondary succession would take place on all of the following EXCEPT:
a) The slopes of a newly formed volcanic island
b) Wetlands in Texas following Hurricane Rita
c) Forests growing on an abandoned farm
d) Vegetation regrowing in Yellowstone National Park after a major fire
6. Which biome has extreme temperature differences between winter and summer, may contain prairie dogs, and
has been extensively converted to agriculture?
a) Tropical rainforest
b) Temperate grasslands
c) Temperate rainforest
d) Taiga
7. What does this figure illustrate?
a) A predator–prey cycle
b) Competitive exclusion
c) Resource partitioning
d) Succession
8. Mutualism is a form of species interaction where:
a) Both species are harmed
b) One species benefits, but the other is harmed
c) Both species benefit
d) One species excludes another from a particular area
9. An example of resource partitioning would be:
a) One species eating larger berries, another species eating smaller berries
b) One species moving out of an area to find new resources
c) A host species becoming more vulnerable to parasitism
d) A pine tree evolving thicker pinecones to reduce consumption by squirrels
10. Primary succession would take place on all of the following EXCEPT:
a) The slopes of a newly formed volcanic island
b) Wetlands in Texas, following Hurricane Rita
c) A receding glacier
d) Vegetation regrowing in a drying lake
11. All of the following are ways to control invasive species, EXCEPT:
a) Remove individuals from the area
b) Stress them by noise
c) Trap them
d) Encourage them to hybridize with another species
12. Zebra mussels ________.
a) are native to Canada
b) were introduced into the United States in the early 1900s
c) are presently restricted to the Great Lakes and Hudson River, but they are expected to spread rapidly in the near future
d) are an invasive exotic species that clogs water intake pipes at factories, power plants, and wastewater treatment facilities
e) excrete waste that facilitates algae blooms and subsequent eutrophication of lakes
13. By definition, parasites ________ their host.
a) kill
b) are much smaller than
c) feed on and harm
d) live on the external surface of
e) never kill
14. Orchids require tree limbs for support but do not harm the trees. This demonstrates ________.
a) facilitation
b) commensalism
c) amensalism
d) mutualism
e) allelopathy
15. Grazing animals such as deer are ________.
a) producers
b) primary consumers or herbivores
c) secondary consumers
d) detritivores
e) decomposers