NDSU Ecology 364 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
West Nile virus is transmitted primarily by - Answer-mosquitoes
Which quality is a biotic feature of the environment? - Answer-The density of consumers
What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological indicators of environmental ...
NDSU Ecology 364 Exam 1
Questions and Answers
West Nile virus is transmitted primarily by - Answer-mosquitoes
Which quality is a biotic feature of the environment? - Answer-The density of consumers
What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological indicators of
environmental conditions? - Answer-The live in both terrestrial and aquatic
environments
What is false about the study of ecology - Answer-Humans are not a part of its subject
matter
Many species line in the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts, and these different
species interact to varying degrees. This is an example of a(n) - Answer-community
According to the consensus view, which of the following is the primary cause of
amphibian deformities and declines? - Answer-More research is needed, and a
consensus has not yet been reached
What is false about the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)? - Answer-Its cycles typically
do not last as long as those of ENSO and other similar oscillations
On what time scale does El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) occur? - Answer-
Between 2 and 10 years
High productivity in the open ocean would most likely be found in - Answer-upwelling
zones
In equatorial regions, the sun's rays strike Earth's surface at a more ---- angle than they
do toward the poles. This means that the same amount of energy is spread over a(n) ---
-- area in equatorial regions than in polar regions. - Answer-Perpendicular; smaller
Tall people generally have tall parents, and short people tend to have short parents.
Based on this observation, we can infer that height is - Answer-a heritable trait
Carroll's studies showed that the beaks of soapberry bugs - Answer-can evolve
appreciably in less than a century
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