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| You plant one acorn in a forest and a second acorn in an open field. After twenty years, the oak tree in the forest is tall and thin, while the oak tree in the field is shorter, thicker, and has a broad crown. What is the most likely explanation for this outcome? |
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| The oak tree in the forest had to compete for light with the neighboring trees. |
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| “Food chains are an accurate representations of energy flow through an ecosystem.” This statement is: |
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| false; real ecosystems are much more complex than simplified food chains. |
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| In a commensal relationship: |
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| one species benefits while the other neither benefits nor is harmed. |
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| Organisms play a significant role in: |
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| consists of all of the living and nonliving things functioning together in an area. |
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| froth at the mouth so as to increase the likelihood that the rabies-causing virus is passed on to another host. |
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| Over the last 200 years, the amount of CO2 in the air has: |
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| Both a) and b) are correct. |
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| Uneven heating of the earth's spherical surface by the sun and the tilt of the earth on its axis combine to affect which of the following: |
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| latitudinal variation in climate |
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| The “competitive exclusion principle” states that: |
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| no two species competing for the same resources can stably coexist. |
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| Which of the following biomes has the highest average annual temperature? |
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| The distribution of terrestrial biomes across the globe corresponds MOST to which of the following? |
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| Latitudinal banding of tropics, deserts, temperate and polar climates is best explained by: |
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| atmospheric circulation patterns. |
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| If a food chain consisted of grass to rabbits to foxes, how many pounds of foxes could be expected in a meadow which has 10,000 pounds of grass? |
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| A tropical savanna is characterized by: |
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| grasses and grass-like plants with scattered trees. |
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| Which of the following statements about the relationship between latitude and biome distribution is most accurate? |
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| Elevation has a similar effect to that of latitude on biome distribution. |
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| There is(are) _____ fundamental biome classification(s)which is(are): |
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| 2; terrestrial and aquatic. |
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| Which statement about the 10% rule of energy conversion efficiency is NOT true? |
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| It suggests that 10% of what an organism eats is used in cellular respiration or is lost as feces. |
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| The American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) and the Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) are found on different continents; however, both hunt for small mammals and birds in open country. Therefore, these two species: |
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| The intensity of competition between two species increases as: |
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| the similarity of their requirements and life styles increases. |
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| All of the above are correct. |
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