Multiple Choice
1
Ecology is the study of
2
Which of the following would be considered an abiotic component of an ecosystem?
3
Which of the following is an example of an artificial ecosystem?
4
A population
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Which of the following is correctly organized from most to least inclusive?
6
A community is composed of
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Which of the following is
not
true of hypotheses?
8
The Mediterranean coast and coastal California have similar climates and support similar vegetation. This relationship between climate and plant life was pointed out by
9
______ developed the concept of evolution by natural selection.
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Which of the following is directly concerned with the study of the flow of nutrients and energy through an ecosystem?
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Upon discovering a food source, a bee will return to the hive and communicate information concerning the distance to and direction of the food source by performing movements (round dance or waggle dance). A scientist studying these dances is directly concerned with ______ ecology.
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On an
x-y
graph
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The text gives an example of a study of the relationship between productivity and available nitrogen. In this study
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The difference between a field study and a field experiment is that
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Models
Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.
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