Each of the following is an abiotic factor in the environment EXCEPT plant life soil type Rainfall temperature

Which is a biotic factor that affects the size of a population in a specific ecosystem? average temperature of the ecosystem type of soil in the ecosystem number and kinds of predators in the ecosystem concentration of oxygen in the ecosystem

During a long period when there is no rainfall, a mountain lion may temporarily leave its usual hunting territory to drink from a farm pond. This behavior is probably due to its need to find different foods to eat the change in an abiotic factor in its environment its need to find a new habitat the change in a biotic factor in its environment

An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another organism is called Competition Symbiosis Mutualism Predation

A symbiosis in which both species benefit is Commensalism Mutualism Competition Parasitism

The symbiotic relationship between a flower and the insect that feeds on its nectar is an example of mutualism because the flower provides the insect with food, and the insect pollinates the flower parasitism because the insect lives off the nectar from the flower commensalism because the insect does not harm the flower and the flower does not benefit from the relationship predation because the insect feeds on the flower

When individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate, it is called logistic growth growth density exponential growth multiple growth

As resources in a population become less available, population growth declines rapidly increases slowly reaches carrying capacity enters a phase of exponential growth

In a logistic growth curve, exponential growth is the phase in which the population reaches carrying capacity grows quickly and few animals are dying growth begins to slow down growth stops

A biotic or an abiotic resource in the environment that causes population size to decrease is a carrying capacity limiting nutrient limiting factor growth factor

All of the following are limiting factors EXCEPT Immigration Competition Predation Human disturbances

If a population grows larger than the carrying capacity of the environment, the death rate may rise birthrate may rise death rate must fall birthrate must fall

Which of the following is characteristic of parasitism? One organism kills and consumes another. Two organisms live together and neither is harmed Two organisms feed side by side from the same food. One organism lives in or on another and benefits. 

An ecosystem is made up of: living things only Physical environment only living things and the physical environment living things and decaying matter

When a rabbit population in a meadow cannot grow any larger, it has reached the Climax community Carrying capacity Limiting factor Minimum size

A population of rabbits is at its carrying capacity when the population Reproduces becomes extinct stops growing can’t survive

An unusually cold winter causes the squirrel population to decrease An unusually cold winter causes the squirrel population to decrease. This is an example of temperature as a carrying capacity Limiting factor Climax community Pattern in space

Many individuals of the same species living together in a Many individuals of the same species living together in a defined area form a/an  Community Ecosystem Population Biome

Which of the following is characteristic of parasitism? One organism kills and consumes another. Two organisms live together and neither is harmed One organism lives in or on another and benefits. Two organisms nourish each other; both benefit.

Which list of terms is in the correct order, from simplest to most complex? organism, community, population, ecosystem, biome organism, population, community, biome, ecosystem organism, population, community, ecosystem, biome organism, community, ecosystem, population, biome

All the leopard frogs in a pond make up the pond’s leopard frog: Population Niche Habitat Community

Biotic factors in an ecosystem may include: bacteria, soil, and water plants, animals, and bacteria temperature, water, and soil animals, fungi, and temperature

Parasitism Mutualism Commensalism Predation Certain bacteria living in a human's large intestine help to produce vitamin K. This relationship is an example of Parasitism Mutualism Commensalism Predation

An herbivore population may oscillate up and down as its major predator increases and decreases in number. exceed its carrying capacity if its major predator is removed. exceed its carrying capacity when it is introduced to a new community. all of the above are true.

Which of the following IS NOT an example of mutualism? a flowering plant and its pollinator species a host species and its parasite. root fungi (mycorrhizae) and tree species nitrogen-fixing bacteria and their host species