Chapter 9 Self Quiz: Community Ecology

  1. Energy ________ through an ecosystem.
    1. cycles (wrong)
    2. flows (correct)
    3. is created (wrong)
    4. is concentrated (wrong)
    5. increases (wrong)
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  2. Species ________ of an area compares the relative population size of each species.
    1. diversity (wrong)
    2. richness (wrong)
    3. abundance (wrong)
    4. variety (wrong)
    5. evenness (correct)
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  3. Boundaries between 2 different ecosystems are called
    1. keystone habitats (wrong)
    2. trophic zones (wrong)
    3. temperate zones (wrong)
    4. ecozones (wrong)
    5. ecotones (correct)
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  4. A moth obtaining nectar from a flower and carrying pollen for the plant is an example of
    1. competition (wrong)
    2. parasitism (wrong)
    3. predation (wrong)
    4. mutualism (correct)
    5. commensalism (wrong)
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  5. After an existing area is disturbed, a sequence of community changes take place in a process called ecological
    1. termination (wrong)
    2. manifestation (wrong)
    3. expression (wrong)
    4. progression (wrong)
    5. succession (correct)
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