Our Effects Quiz

A  global patterns of oceanic circulation

B  global patterns of atmospheric circulation

C  the dominant herbivorous organisms of a region

D  the intensity of a solar radiation

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

B  The level of resources in the habitat will increase equally

C  The carrying capacity will increase

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

E  Both a) and d) are possible

A  10,000

B  100

C  10

D  100

E  2,000

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

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

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

D  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

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

A  enzymes

B  substrates

C  sugars

D  work

A  in a forest that had burned to bare ground

B  on the surface of recently cooled lava

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

D  on bare ground exposed by the retreat of a glacier

A  The sugars made during photosynthesis are building blocks of DNA

B  All cells must have chloroplasts in order to survive

C  All other organisms require carbon dioxide for life processes

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

A  oscillating cycle

B  J-shaped population curve

C  S-shaped population curve

D  C-shaped population curve

A  tropical forests

B  estuaries

C  temperate forests

D  deserts

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

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

C  The communities would be statistically indistinguishable from one another.

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  it has occurred relatively rapidly

C  it has occurred relatively slowly

D  there is no known mechanism for its occurrence

A  provided by carbon dioxide

B  provided by enzymes

C  extracted from DNA

D  oxidized to make sugars

A  quickly alter the behavior of their prey

B  drive their prey to extinction

C  restrict the distribution of their prey

D  cause the abundance of their prey to rise

A  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.

B  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.

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

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

A  density-dependent

B  density-independent

C  logiistic growth

D  exponential growth