Ecology Questions
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True or false: Life on Earth requires a continual input of energy from an external source.
Climate change has the potential to increase human exposure to certain diseases, such as those carried by mosquitoes. This is because warming temperatures allow for an expanded range for these insects, which serve as vectors for diseases like _____ , Zika virus, chikungunya, and dengue fever.
The type of symbiosis that occurs when one species benefits and the other is neither benefited nor harmed is called _____.
Predation occurs when an animal called the _____ feeds on an organism called the _____ .
Resource partitioning serves to decrease _____ between two species that typically occupy the same niche by splitting up a shared resource like food, essentially increasing niche specialization.
Three different finches live on an island and have different beak sizes that allow them to feed on seeds of different sizes. The different beak sizes are an example of
Which of the following is a sedimentary biogeochemical cycle?
According to the competitive exclusion principle, no two species can indefinitely occupy the same _____ at the same time.
If two species reduce competition between them for a resource by dividing up the resource, for example the area of feeding, this is called ______.
The place where a species lives within a community is called its
The list of species in a community provides a description of the species composition or species
A community is a collection of different ______.
Ecological succession involves changes in the makeup of a(n) ______ over time.
Species richness is descriptive of a(n) ______.
Changes in the species makeup of a community over time is called ecological:
Predator is to prey as _____ is to host.
how many species are estimated to be on earth?
the 2 key factors that determine changes in population size (in populations not experiencing immigration or emigration)
Pioneer species break down rocks, forming the beginning of Choose... mosses soil lichens .
The role of an organism in its habitat is its