Ecology Quiz 1/13

A fundamental concept of ecology is that living organisms

Which of the following does NOT describe a characteristic of living organisms.

Identify the characteristic of life that is indicated in the following statement: a caterpillar hibernates in a cocoon and emerges as a butterfly.

Sequence the following with increasing complexity of levels of ecological organization.

*Start with the lowest level at the top*

The chart below shows three ecological terms used to describe levels of organization on Earth.

Which diagram best represents the relationship of these ecological terms?

As it grows from a seed to a mature plant, a plant will grow taller and thicker. Which are abiotic factors most responsible for the increase in the mass of the plant?

Information relating to an ecosystem is contained in the diagram shown below.

Which information belongs in areas X and Y?

In a pine forest, there are different species of birds

known as warblers that are able to coexist on the

same pine trees. The Cape May warblers feed on

insects located on the tips of the highest pine

branches. The yellow-rumped warblers feed on

insects on lower branches of the same trees.

The different feeding locations for these two species of warblers indicate that they have different

The diagram below represents a process that occurs in nature.

If the oak and hickory trees were burned in a forest fire, leaving bare soil, which group of plants would most likely be the first to grow back?

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology

The lichens an be classified as

The diagram represents the changes in an area over time.

The series of changes in the area over hundreds of years is known as

Base your answer to the following question on the graph below and on your knowledge of biology.

The graph shows the masses of different types of plants found in an area of the Adirondack

Mountains after a forest fire occurred.

Based on the information provided in the graph, the process that is occurring is

Which statement best describes a situation where competition occurs in an ecosystem?

Remora sharks are endowed with an adhesive disk on the dorsal surface of their heads. They use this adhesive disk to “hitch a ride” on larger animals, usually whales, which tend to be sloppy eaters. When food floats away from the whale’s mouth, the remora can unhitch itself and collect the scraps of food floating by.

The horsehair worm starts life as an egg laid in a puddle. The puddle dries out and a grasshopper or similar insect comes along and eats the egg, which promptly hatches and burrows through the gut of the insect into its body cavity. Here, surrounded by the nutritious blood of the insect it grows until it reaches adulthood. At that point it starts producing chemicals which take over the brain of the insect and cause the insect to seek out water, which it jumps into. The worm then exits the hopper and lives in the puddle, mating and laying more eggs. The grasshopper, if it doesn't drown, may survive the ordeal.

The Acacia Tree is partially protected by large thorns, but it gets extra protection from Acacia Ants. The plant does 3 things to lure in the ants. First, the large thorns are hollow and provide a place for the ants to live. Second, the plants have swollen glands, which produce a sugary solution the ants drink. The third thing the plant does is to produce Beltian bodies, small structures which the ants bite off and eat; the Beltian bodies are rich in protein and supplement the sugars provided. In return for the room and board the ants chase off herbivores, kill and eat herbivorous insects, and destroy any plants that try to compete with the acacia.

Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of biology.

An observable trend in the wolf and moose data between 1980 and 1995 is