Our Effects Quiz

A  the intensity of a solar radiation

B  global patterns of oceanic circulation

C  the dominant herbivorous organisms of a region

D  global patterns of atmospheric circulation

A  The population may shoot past its carrying capacity too quickly and then crash

B  The population will slowly decline until it reaches its carrying capacity and fluctuate at about that number

C  The level of resources in the habitat will increase equally

D  The carrying capacity will increase

E  Both a) and d) are possible

A  100

B  2,000

C  10

D  10,000

E  100

A  photosynthesis by plants and phytoplankton removes substantial amounts of atmospheric nitrogen

B  The nitrogen cycle is NOT important biologically: the atmosphere is composed of 78% nitrogen, so nitrogen is freely available to all living organisms regardless of where it is in its cycle

C  nitrogen is a major constituent of phospholipids, ATP, and other energy-storing molecules

D  nitrogen is a component of amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

E  nitrogen forms the framewok for organic molecules essential to all organisms

A  sugars

B  substrates

C  enzymes

D  work

A  on an island that has just risen out of the ocean

B  in a forest that had burned to bare ground

C  on the surface of recently cooled lava

D  on bare ground exposed by the retreat of a glacier

A  All cells must have chloroplasts in order to survive

B  Photosynthesis captures energy that other organisms access when they eat either plants or organisms that eat plants

C  All other organisms require carbon dioxide for life processes

D  The sugars made during photosynthesis are building blocks of DNA

A  C-shaped population curve

B  oscillating cycle

C  J-shaped population curve

D  S-shaped population curve

A  estuaries

B  temperate forests

C  deserts

D  tropical forests

A  Prey species, such as mussels, would decline, but most species within the community would be unaffected.

B  The communities would be statistically indistinguishable from one another.

C  Sea star prey, such as mussels, might increase in abundance and crowd out other community members

D  Other predators will simply replace P.ochraceus and take advantage of prey that P.ochraceus consumed

A  CO2 reacts so quickly with other compounds that it should not be occurring

B  there is no known mechanism for its occurrence

C  it has occurred relatively rapidly

D  it has occurred relatively slowly

A  provided by carbon dioxide

B  extracted from DNA

C  provided by enzymes

D  oxidized to make sugars

A  drive their prey to extinction

B  restrict the distribution of their prey

C  cause the abundance of their prey to rise

D  quickly alter the behavior of their prey

A  Goats eat grass; the goats are milked and eaten by humans

B  Seeds are eaten by a tufted titmouse, the titmouse is eaten by a hawk, the hawk eggs are eaten by snakes, and the snakes are eaten by owls.

C  Seeds and grasses are eaten by various insects and small herbivores, the insects are eaten by a meadowlark, the small herbivores are eaten by a hawk, the meadowlark and the hawk eggs are eaten by snakes, and the snakes are eaten by owls.

D  Seeds are eaten by sparrow, the sparrow is eaten by a hawk, and the hawk’s eggs are eaten by a snake.

A  density-independent

B  exponential growth

C  logiistic growth

D  density-dependent