Assginment 7 Flashcards
“The geographical distribution of a species will be controlled by that environmental factor for which the organism has the
narrowest range of tolerance.” This is the statement for
a. Liebig’s law of the minimum
b. Liebig’s law of the maximum
c. Shelford’s law of tolerance
d. Shelford’s law of intolerance
Shleford’s law of tolerance
Transplantation experiments are used to find
a. potential range
b. effective range
c. actual range
d. economic range
potential range
Good climate is a
a. chemical factor
b. demographic factor
c. push factor
d. pull factor
pull factor
“The rate of any biological process is limited by that factor in least amount relative to requirement, so there is a single limiting
factor.” This is the statement for
a. Liebig’s law of the minimum
b. Liebig’s law of the maximum
c. Shelford’s law of tolerance
d. Shelford’s law of intolerance
Liebig’s Law of the minimum
I tried growing vegetables under my teak plantation, but the vegetable plants died out. I should be concerned about
a. autophagy
b. allelophagy
c. autopathy
d. allelopathy
allelopathy
Quick movement over large distances, often across unsuitable terrain” is a description of
a. diffusion
b. secular dispersal
c. jump dispersal
d. drifting
jump dispersal
The movement of individuals away from their place of birth or hatching or seed production into a new habitat or area to
survive and reproduce is called
a. translocation
b. migration
c. dispersal
d. drifting
dispersal
The movement of lions across the Gir landscape is an example of
a. diffusion
b. secular dispersal
c. jump dispersal
d. drifting
diffusion
Which of these is not a physical factor of habitat?
a. soil
b. moisture
c. predators
d. temperature
predators
Scarcity of food is a
a. chemical factor
b. demographic factor
c. push factor
d. pull factor
push factor
