Quiz 4 Species interactions, ecological succesion

Question 1

the __ occurs where communities or ecosystem or ecosystems have been disturbed, removed or destroyed, but retain some soils or bottom sediments

Answer 1

Secondary succession

Question 2

the __ occurs when one species feeds on the body of, or the energy used by another organism (host) if usually by living on or in host

Answer 2

parasitism

Question 3

when a population ___ the carrying capacity, the population ___

Answer 3

Overshoots and diebacks

Question 4

what is the sum of all factors that limit the growth of a population?

Answer 4

environmental resistance

Question 5

a J fishshaped curve is a characteristics of a ___

Answer 5

exponential growth

Question 6

the normal, gradual change in species compositon in a given geographic area is called ___

Answer 6

ecological succession

Question 7

the ___ is the number of individuals in a given geographic area

Answer 7

Population density

Question 8

it is NOT one of the methods how the carnivorse catch their prey

Answer 8

walk up in their prey

Question 9

the ____ happens when populations of two different species interact over a long period of time, changes in the gene pool of one species can lead to changes in the gene pool of the other

Answer 9

Coevolution

Question 10

plants called epiphytes (Air plant) attach themselves to the trunks or branches of trees in tropical and subtropical forests. ephiphytes benefit by having a solid base on which to grow in an elevated location that gives them better access to sunlight, water form the humid air and rain, and nutrients falling from the tree’s upper leaves and limbs.

what type of species interaction is illustratred by epiphytes in tree?

Answer 10

Commensalism

Question 11

Population change equals births plus immigration minus ?

Answer 11

deaths + emmigration

Question 12

what is the maximum population of a given species that a habitat can sustain indefinitely?

Answer 12

Carrying capacity

Question 13

what are the species that reproduce rapidly under favorable environmental conditions?

Answer 13

opprtunities

Question 14

r selected species

Answer 14

Red-tailed hawk

Question 15

Generally, a species with high intrinsic rate of increase will____

Answer 15

Produce many small offspring

Question 16

Populations of species can undergo exponential growth represented by a/an _____ when resources supplies are plentiful as a resource supplies become limited a population undergoes logistic growth, represented by a/an _____ when the size of the population approaches the carrying capacity of its habitat

Answer 16

J-curve and S-shaped curve

Question 17

On land ___ is often the limiting factor

Answer 17

precipitation

Question 18

the ______ occurs when competing species evolve specialized traits that allow them to use shared resources at different times, in different ways, or in different places

Answer 18

Resource partitioning