Who coined the term Ecology?

1. Robert Ricklefs
2. Paul Ehrlich
3. Charles Darwin
4. Jens Roland
5. Ernst Haeckel

Which of the following are placed in order of increasing ecological complexity?

1. Community, ecosystem, population
2. Population, community, individual
3. Ecosystem, individual, population
4. Individual, Community, Population
5. Population, community, ecosystem

The survival of owverwintering eggs of the btterfly Parnassius smintheus is most dependent upon what property of water?

1. High specific heat
2. Cohesion
3. Density
4. pH
5. Surface tension

Which of the following is an abiotic component of an ecosystem?

1. Mutualism
2. Competition
3. Heat
4. Predation
5. All of the above

Breadly similar communities across the globe based on climate and dominant plant species are called ____?

1. Lianas
2. Ecotones
3. Biomes
4. Ecosystems
5. Horizons

When compared with silty soils, coarse sandy soils hold _____ water.

1. More
2. Less
3. Toxic
4. Potable
5. The same amount of

A plant that is growing under optimal conditions will allocate most of its growth (carbon) to which of the following structures?

1. Root hairs
2. Roots
3. Stems
4. Spodsosols
5. Leaves

Global patterns of subtropical desert...

1. result where warm air rises from the surface
2. are prevalent along the equator
3. result where cool air descends to the surface
4. result where cool air rises from the surface
5. none of the above

A plant grown under low water conditions would be expected to have which of the following adaptations?

1. A greater leaf area than for the same plant grown under normal moisture.
2. A greater number of stomata/leaf than for the same plant grown under normal moisture.
3. Longer stems than plants grown under normal moisture
4. A greater number of flowers/plant than for the same plant grown under normal moisture.
5. Greater pubescence (trichomes/leaf) than for the same plant grown under normal moisture.

The similar growth forms and ecologies of species occurring in similar climates is due to...

1. Invasive species
2. Photorespiration
3. Dispersal
4. Convergent evolution
5. Disruptive selection

All other things being equal, the metabolic rate of an ectotherm ___ with decreasing ambient temperature within its range of tolerance.

1. will increase
2. will decrease
3. will stay constant
4. will decrease then stay constant
5. will decrease then increase

The metabolic rate per unit of body mass is lowest in a _____.

1. Large ectotherm
2. small ectotherm
3. large endotherm
4. small endotherm
5. large poikilotherm

Carboxylation in photosynthesis of C4 plants is catalyzed by the enzyme:

1. Chlorophyll A
2. Rubisco
3. Cytochrom oxidase I
4. PEP carboxylase
5. Phosphoglucoisomerase

Photorespiration

1. Occurs when plants close their stomata
2. Occurs when CO2 concentrations are low
3. Occurs when Rubisco catalyzes the incorporation of O2
4. All of the above
5. None of the above

Where would you be most likely to find a C4 plant?

1. Freshwater
2. Temperate rainforest
3. Tropical rainforest
4. Pine forest understory
5. Temperate grassland/savanna

A plant can decrease water potential and obtain water by:

1. Pumping H+ ions into the soil
2. Increasing the solute concentration in its roots
3. Closing its stomata
4. All of the above
5. None of the above

In the figure above for a C3 plant, at point E, what is the limiting factor for CO2 uptake?

1. NH3+
2. O2
3. Light
4. Water
5. Rubisco