Ecology Retake

Question 1

taxis and kenisis

Answer 1

a change in activity in a directional response to a stimulus

Question 2

a population will grow exponentially if

Answer 2

there is no limiting factor

Question 3

inter specific competition

Answer 3

when individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem

Question 4

succession in communities coexist because..?

Answer 4

each existing community changes the environment

Question 5

the number of trophic levels in an ecological pyramid?

Answer 5

minimum of two

maximum of four

Question 6

aposmatic coloration

Answer 6

Conspicuously recognizable markings of an animal that serve to warn potential predators of the nuisance or harm that would come from attacking or eating it

Question 7

what nutrients is replenished in the soil?

Answer 7

nitrogen

Question 8

how primary and secondary succession differers

Answer 8

occurs in essentially lifeless areas—regions in which the soil is incapable of sustaining life. Secondary is where he soil is still intact