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Biology 150 - Chapter 12 LEARN Quiz

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Biology 150 (Organismal and Evolutionary Ecology), Chapter 12 (Ecosystem Ecology) LEARN Quiz
Laurel McLaughlin
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Frage 1

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Why don’t ecosystems eventually run out of energy?
Antworten
  • because there are secondary producers
  • because photosynthesis is exergonic
  • because they are open systems
  • because they are closed systems

Frage 2

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Which of the following is most likely to be associated with dynamic equilibrium in an ecosystem?
Antworten
  • a positive feedback loop
  • a negative feedback loop
  • homeorhesis
  • pulsing states

Frage 3

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A coyote eats a rabbit, and burns off much of the calories it gains in maintaining body temperature. In this instance, what can we say about entropy and energy?
Image:
coyote (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • entropy has decreased, available useful energy has increased
  • entropy has decreased, available useful energy has decreased
  • entropy has increased, available useful energy has increased
  • entropy has increased, available useful energy has decreased

Frage 4

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Light is often more limiting in aquatic ecosystems than in terrestrial ecosystems.
Image:
light_aquatic (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 5

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The effects of temperature and precipitation on Net Primary Productivity (NPP) are independent.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 6

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Ecosystem X houses species with extremely large niches. What can we say is likely regarding the resistance and resilience of this ecosystem?
Antworten
  • high resistance and high resilience
  • low resistance, intermediate resilience
  • high resilience, intermediate resistance
  • low resistance and low resilience

Frage 7

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You estimate kilograms of corn plants (including stalks, shoots, leaves, etc) produced per square meter per year in a field outside of Waterloo. This is best characterized as an estimate of:
Image:
corn_stocks (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • net primary productivity
  • gross primary productivity
  • standing crop biomass
  • biomass accumulation ratio

Frage 8

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Ecosystem “A” retains most of its food web structure and species composition through a period marked by heavy pollution. Nearby Ecosystem ‘B’ however loses 50% of its species diversity and feeding links. Ecosystem ‘A’ is:
Image:
food_web (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • more resistant that Ecosystem 'B'
  • more resilient than Ecosystem 'B'
  • in a positive feedback loop
  • both A and B

Frage 9

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Warm nutrient rich conditions favour growth of an algal bloom in a lake. In fall, the decomposing algae releases yet more nutrients into the lake which leads to an even worse algal bloom the following spring. This is an example of:
Image:
lake_algal_bloom (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • negative feedback
  • a trophic cascade
  • homeostasis
  • positive feedback

Frage 10

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Energy is recycled in detrital food chains.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 11

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Which of the following ecosystems would you likely observe the highest trophic efficiency in?
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Frage 12

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Which of the following is likely to have the highest concentrations of a biomagnifying contaminant?
Antworten
  • primary producer
  • primary consumer
  • secondary consumer
  • tertiary consumer
  • all are equal

Frage 13

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High level carnivores are often part of only one type of food chain – either grazing or detrital.
Image:
top_carnivore (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 14

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Neither energy nor biomass pyramids can be inverted/upside down (ie. larger at the top than the bottom).
Image:
pyramid (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 15

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Grazing and detrital food chains are independent are not connected.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 16

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You are studying a three-level food chain (primary producers, herbivores, carnivores). 5000 calories of plant energy are produced. How many of these calories will be convertes into carnivore tissue?
Image:
three-level-food-chain (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • 5 calories
  • 50 calories
  • 500 calories
  • 5000 calories

Frage 17

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A snail that feeds on dead leaves is best characterized as:
Image:
snail_leaves (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • a saprophage; part of the detrital food chain
  • a biophage; part of the grazing food chain
  • a biophage; part of the detrital food chain
  • a saprophage; part of the grazing food chain

Frage 18

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What variable(s) affect(s) the rate of decomposition? Select all that apply, if more than one.
Image:
decomposition (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • amount of lignin
  • temperature
  • moisture
  • oxygen availability

Frage 19

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What are the eventual end products of decomposition?
Image:
decomposition (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • inorganic nutrients
  • secondary productivity
  • organic matter
  • detritus

Frage 20

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Where would we expect nutrient concentrations in streams to be highest?
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Frage 21

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What human activities have been implicated in dropped water tables?
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Frage 22

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Fertilizing a grassland with nitrogen is MOST likely to result in:
Image:
fertilizing_grassland (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • increase in productivity, increase in species richness
  • increase in productivity, no change in species richness
  • increase in productivity, transition to N-fixing species
  • increase in productivity, decrease in species richness

Frage 23

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Increasing temperatures are causing permafrost and tundra to melt. This causes faster decomposition rates and carbon release, and is an example of:
Image:
melting_ice (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • positive feedback
  • negative feedback
  • neutral feedback
  • none of the above

Frage 24

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Which of the following is/are potential direct or indirect cause(s) of climate warming? (Select all that apply)
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Frage 25

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Which of the countries below uses the most oil per capita?
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Frage 26

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Climate warming is thought to be related to which of the following ecological observations? (Select all that apply, if more than one)
Image:
climate-warming (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • changes in species' ranges
  • changes in allele frequencies within species
  • changes in timing of seasonal life history events, such as flowering
  • changes in extinction rates

Frage 27

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Globally, we know that climate-induced increases in terrestrial NPP will compensate up for climate-induced decreases in marine NPP.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 28

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Nutrient run-off into marine coastal environments can cause:
Antworten
  • formation of toxic algal blooms
  • formation of anoxic zones
  • short-term increases in primary productivity
  • all of the above

Frage 29

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What factor(s) is/are affecting the health of coral reef ecosystems?
Image:
dead-coral-reef (image/jpg)
Antworten
  • increasing temperatures
  • ocean acidification
  • pollution
  • all of the above

Frage 30

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Which is NOT a leading factor in explaining why climate change is increasing terrestrial NPP?
Antworten
  • higher CO2
  • increased sunlight
  • increased temperatures
  • increased precipitation in tropics

Frage 31

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Why is marine NPP thought to be decreasing (leading explanation)?
Antworten
  • less sunlight
  • changes in water density
  • slower decomposition
  • less nutrients from terrestrial runoff
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