According to the reading, mold growing in your shower is considered a small ecosystem. Ecosystems consist of biotic and abiotic factors. In this example, what are the water and dead skin cells respectively?
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Community, population
Biotic factors, Abiotic factors
Abiotic factors, Biotic factors
Individual, community
All of the above
Abiotic factors, Biotic factors
True/false - Ecology has moved more towards a qualitative science.
False.
Ecology has moved more towards a quantitative science in recent years as technology and computing power have advanced, allowing for more sophisticated data collection and analysis.
Match the term and the example. (One answer per line)
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Population Ecosystem Organism Community
Bees and flowers living together
The forest
A single bee flying
All of the bees in a forest
Bees and flowers living together
The forest
A single bee flying
All of the bees in a forest
Population: All of the bees in a forest
Ecosystem: The forest
Organism: A single bee flying
Community: Bees and flowers living together
When does ecological succession start?
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Before a distrubance
After a distubance
Spring Time
Winter Time
True/False - Ecological succession is a predictable reaction of an ecosystem.
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True
False
What are the species called that start an ecosystem during succession?
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Forerunners
Pioneer Species
Primary Species
Aliens
Match the description with the term
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Primary Succession Secondary Succession
Starts with bare rock
Starts after a fire
Relatively Shorter
Starts after a volcano
Starts with bare rock
Starts after a fire
Relatively Shorter
Starts after a volcano
After a disturbance.
False - Ecological succession can be influenced by many factors and is not always predictable.
Pioneer Species.
Primary Succession: Starts with bare rock, Starts after a volcano
Secondary Succession: Starts after a fire, Relatively shorter.
According to the video, "eco" is a term for what?
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According to the video, the number of species in an ecosystem is called the species __________.
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What does it mean when there are more species in a particular ecosystem?
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The ecosystem is overpopulated
The ecosystem is more stable
The ecosystem is at its carrying capacity
All of the above
According to the video, what happens when a whale falls to the bottom of the sea?
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Lots of interesting things
It will create a temporary ecosystem
An particularly succesion of communities depending on the decomposition stage of the whale
All of the Above
What does it mean when you see a concentrated cluster in a complicated food web?
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Energy is being run through a larger organism
Energy is being run through the smaller organism
High concentration of producers
High concentration of consumers
In the video, the narrator compares energy webs to the internet. What would the system be described as if Google would go down?
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Handicapped System
Perturb System
Ecological Cascade
Disturbed System
According to the video, "eco" is a term for ecology/environment
Species richness
The ecosystem is more stable.
An particularly succession of communities depending on the decomposition stage of the whale.
High concentration of consumers.
Perturb system.
Watch the below video to answer the following questions. Turn on those CC!
The most inclusion taxon is the _____ and the most exclusive taxon is the ______.
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1 point
Species, Genus
Genus Species
Domain, Species
Kingdom, Domain
Which domain has species that do not have nuclei and do not live in extreme environments?
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1 point
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
DNA
Which domain has species that do not have nuclei and do live in extreme environments?
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1 point
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya
DNA
The domain Eukarya contains which of the following kingdoms?
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1 point
Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals, Bacteria
Protista, Fungi, Plants, Animals
Bacteria and Fungi
Archea and Bacteria
Which kingdom had microscopic species that are either unicellular or multicellular, heterotopic or autotrophic, cell wall or no cell, but do contain a nucleus?
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1 point
Plants
Bacteria
Protist
Animals
You find a species that is multicellular, has a nucleus, cell wall, and is autotropic. What kingdom would this be in?
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1 point
Fungi
Plant
Animal
Archae