ENSC Final Exam 2 with Questions Solved
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Which of the following is analogous to a mutualistic relationship? - ✔✔A basketball player is
paid by a company to wear its particular brand of shoes.
Kudzu vine, chestnut blight, fire ants, and Japanese beetles are all examples of... -
✔✔invasive species.
Biomes characterize regions with similar types of... - ✔✔vegetation and climatic conditions.
Energy is... - ✔✔lost in the form of heat as energy is passed up a food chain.
Dung beetles feeding on the wastes of cattle, grazing on hay in a field, represent... - ✔✔a
decomposer feeding on the wastes of consumer eating a producer.
Hydrothermal vent communities are unusual because... - ✔✔a producer exists without
sunlight.
Examine the food web described by this figure. What would happen if the population of
zooplankton decreased suddenly by 80% and stayed low for several years? - ✔✔The arctic
cod population would decrease.
Why are there so few ecosystems with more than four levels of consumers? - ✔✔Because
biomass decreased by about 90% at each level moving up.
Many polluted ecosystems will recover if we stop polluting them. This illustrates... - ✔✔the
natural resilience of ecosystems.
, Which of the following human traits are typical of K-strategists? - ✔✔Parental care for a long
duration.
The Neolithic Revolution is most clearly seen in human culture today in our use of... -
✔✔modern agriculture to raise food crops.
The total fertility rate was most significantly increased by the... - ✔✔Medical Revolution.
The greatest human population increases over the next few decades is expected to occur in... -
✔✔Africa.
Citizens of the poorest countries may resent restrictions on carbon emissions imposed by
wealthy countries because developed countries... - ✔✔have a greater impact on the
environment.
Which of the following most illustrates environmental stewardship? - ✔✔Riding you bike to
work instead of driving.
In developing countries, pressure to increase agricultrual productivity has resulted in... -
✔✔conversion of forests into agricultural fields.
Which of the following will reduce global population growth in the world? - ✔✔None of the
above.
Which of the following will slow the rate of global population increases? - ✔✔Delaying the
age of first reproduction.
If a country experiences 6 births, 4 deaths, and 1 new immigrant every minute of a year, how
will its population change in one year? - ✔✔The population will increase by about 1.5 million
people.
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