Lab: Owl Pellets — Unit test Answers

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Which is the best example of parasitism?

A
A pearlfish hides within a sea cucumber, and the sea cucumber is not affected.
B
A sparrow catches and eats a painted lady butterfly.
C
A tapeworm lives inside the intestines of a pig, robbing the pig of nutrients it needs.
D
An ant eats nectar produced by a flower, and the flower is not harmed.
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White-tailed deer eat green plants, acorns, fruits, nuts, and twigs.Which describes the role of a white-tailed deer?

A
autotrophic omnivore
B
heterotrophic omnivore
C
autotrophic herbivore
D
heterotrophic herbivore
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The diagram shows a forest food web.

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A
rabbit
B
fox
C
grasshopper
D
shrew
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The producer in an energy pyramid contains about 1,000 kcal of energy.About how much of this energy is used by the producer or lost as heat to the environment?

A
10 kcal
B
90 kcal
C
100 kcal
D
900 kcal
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parasitismmutualismcommensalismpredation

A
parasitism
B
mutualism
C
commensalism
D
predation
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Which best describes the relationship between population size, carrying capacity, and limiting factors?

A
The size of a population usually stays high due to its carrying capacity and limiting factors.
B
The size of a population usually stays near its limiting factors due to carrying capacity.
C
The size of a population usually stays near its carrying capacity due to limiting factors.
D
The size of a population usually stays low due to its carrying capacity and limiting factors.
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Which describes a relationship in which one organism kills and eats another organism?

A
mutualism
B
predation
C
competition
D
commensalism
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In a given year, which would result in the greatest increase in population size?

A
high birth rate, high death rate, high immigration, high emigration
B
high birth rate, zero death rate, high immigration, zero emigration
C
zero birth rate, low death rate, zero immigration, low emigration
D
zero birth rate, zero death rate, low immigration, high emigration
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Which scenario would result in a positive population growth?Use this formula: population growth = (birth rate + immigration) – (death rate + emigration)

A
30 individuals emigrate, 30 individuals die, 30 individuals are born, 0 individuals immigrate
B
22 individuals emigrate, 10 individuals are born, 12 individuals immigrate, 0 individuals die
C
15 individuals immigrate, 9 individuals emigrate, 6 individuals are born, 0 individuals die
D
18 individuals immigrate, 20 individuals die, 1 individual is born, 0 individuals emigrate
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The tropical pitcher plant is a unique plant that obtains its nutrition by digesting insects. The plant traps insects in its pitcher-shaped leaves and dissolves them as part of the digestion process. Tropical pitcher plants grow in warm, moist places in which the soil is poor in nutrients. Because of their feeding habits, pitcher plants are able to control the insect populations in the areas in which they live.

A
controlling insect populations
B
sharing a habitat with insects
C
having pitcher-shaped leaves
D
being a unique type of plant
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Which two levels of ecological organization include members of only a single species?

A
population and community
B
organism and population
C
community and organism
D
ecosystem and population
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An adult panda bear must eat at least 30 pounds of bamboo in a day. There are 12 adult pandas living in part of a bamboo forest.How many pounds of bamboo, at minimum, must be available each day in order to support the population of pandas?

A
12
B
30
C
348
D
360
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Female chimpanzees that live together often help take care of one another’s young.This best demonstrates which type of relationship between the female chimpanzees living together?

A
cooperation
B
competition
C
predation
D
commensalism
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The picture shows a giraffe eating leaves.

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A
abiotic interacting with abiotic
B
biotic interacting with biotic
C
abiotic interacting with biotic
D
biotic interacting with abiotic

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