1

Most
extinc
tion is
_____
___.

the
result
of
catast
rophe

gradu
al

the
result
of
slow
climat
e
chang
e

probl
emati
c for
gener
alists

not
often
a
probl
em
for
ende
mics
Diff:
2
O
5.3
Evoluti
on
results
in

2
ende
mism
and
climat
e
chang
e

extinc
tion
and
specia
tion

breedi
ng
and
ecoto
urism
Diff:
2
O
5.3
Evoluti
on
results
in
biodive
rsity

A
popul
ation
is a
_____
___.

group
of
indivi
duals
of
intera
cting
specie
s that
live in

3
5.4
Levels
of
ecologi
cal
organiz
ation

Ende
mic
specie
s
_____
___.

are
gener
alist
organi
sms

cause
diseas
e

are
invasi
ve
specie
s that
cause
extinc
tion

have
high
rates
of
mutat
ions
that
lead
to
large
numb

4
The
functi
onal
role of
a
specie
s in its
comm
unity
is its
_____
___.

habita
t

place
in the
food
chain

selecti
on

niche

evolut
ion
Diff:
1

5.4
Levels
of
ecologi
cal
organiz
ation

High
popul
ation
densit

5
decre
ase
comp
etition

decre
ase
the
use of
resour
ces

increa
se the
incide
nce of
diseas
e
trans
missi
on
Diff:
2

5.6
Concep
ts of
populat
ion
ecology

Popul
ation
distri
butio
n
descri
bes
_____
___.

place
ment
of a
specie
s
aroun
6
5.6
Concep
ts of
populat
ion
ecology

Age
pyra
mids,
used
to
show
the
age
struct
ure of
a
popul
ation,
gener
ally
_____
___.

have
no
inhere
nt
value
for
predic
ting
growt
h

canno
t
predic
t
possib
le
specie
s
declin
es in
numb

7
linear
growt
h

expon
ential
growt
h

pyra
midal
growt
h

emigr
ation

immi
gratio
n
Diff:
1

5.5
Charac
teristic
s that
predict
populat
ion
growth

8
The
carryi
ng
capaci
ty is
the
_____
___.

maxi
mum
popul
ation
size
that a
given
envir
onme
nt can
sustai
n

greate
st
numb
er of
differ
ent
niches
possib
le in a
given
area

potent
ial
growt
h in
the
numb
er of
specie
s in a
given
area

9
cause
decre
ases
in the
numb
er of
specie
s in
an
ecosy
stem

includ
e the
effects
of
rainfa
ll on
an
entire
comm
unity

inclu
de the
effect
s of
diseas
e and
preda
tors
on a
single
specie
s
withi
na
comm
unity
Diff:
2

5.6
Concep
ts of
populat
ion
ecology

10
5.6
Concep
ts of
populat
ion
ecology

Heav
y
rains
and
mudsl
ides
cause
a river
to
chang
e
cours
e,
isolati
ng
two
group
s of
lizard
s from
one
anoth
er.
Over
a long
perio
d of
time,
_____
___.

one
group
will
proba
bly
beco
me an
ende
mic
specie

11
a
moth,
broug
ht to
the
Unite
d
States
for
silk
produ
ction,
escapi
ng
into
the
wild
and
beco
ming
establi
shed

an
orchi
d
ende
mic to
an
area
where
loggi
ng is
occur
ring

a
health
y
plant,
such
as a
pine
tree,
that
compl
etely
domi
nates
12
The
destru
ction
of
ecosy
stems
is not
a
probl
em
_____
___.

becau
se
restor
ation
ecolo
gy
can
restor
e
ecosy
stems

becau
se
huma
ns can
find
and
make
their
own
resour
ces

becau
se
zoos
and
garde
ns
contai
n

13
an
invasi
ve
specie
s

an
extinc
tion
for
the
origin
al
popul
ation

a
chang
e in
age
struct
ure of
the
origin
al
popul
ation
Diff:
3

5.1 The
process
of
natural
selectio
n

One
exam
ple of
artific
ial
selecti
on is
_____
___.

14
ng a
lion
and a
tiger
to get
a
sterile
anima
l
called
a liger

gypsy
moths
as an
invasi
ve
specie
s

pet
dogs
that
have
gone
wild,
are
matin
g
with
coyote
s, and
live in
packs

huma
ns
placin
ga
gene
for
huma
n
insuli
n into
a
flower

15
stabili
zing
selecti
on

direct
ional
select
ion

disru
ptive
selecti
on

allopa
tric
specia
tion

symp
atric
specia
tion
Diff:
2

5.1 The
process
of
natural
selectio
n

16
Whic
h of
the
follow
ing
would
repres
ent a
clump
ed
popul
ation
disper
sion
patter
n?

a
forest
of
pine
trees

oaks
plante
d on
city
streets

a pod
of 40
migra
ting
gray
whale
s

eagles
nestin
g in
the
Grand
Canyo
n

17
dande
lions

large
mam
mals
such
as
gorill
as

large
reptile
s such
as
alligat
ors
Diff:
2

5.5
Charac
teristic
s that
predict
populat
ion
growth

An
exam
ple of
a
densit
y-
indep
enden
t
factor
would
be
_____
___.

blight
(a
mold

18
5.6
Concep
ts of
populat
ion
ecology

Whic
h of
the
follow
ing
pairs
contai
ns,
first,
an r-
select
ed
organi
sm
and,
secon
d, a
K-
select
ed
organi
sm?

eleph
ant;
whale

eleph
ant;
pine
tree

pine
tree;
dande
lion

19
a
gener
alist,
able
to be
flexib
le

a
specia
list,
able
to
specia
lize
on
whate
ver is
availa
ble at
the
time

an
ende
mic,
able
to be
flexibl
e

densit
y
indep
enden
t and
resour
ce
neutr
al

an
organi
sm
with a
Type

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