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Complete Test Bank Ecology 5th Edition Bowman Questions & Answers with rationales (Chapter 1-25)
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Chapter 1: The Web of Life ci ci ci ci ci
TEST BANK QUESTIONS
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Multiple Choice ci
1. What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological indicators of
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environmental conditions? ci
a. They live in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
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b. It is difficult for pollutants to pass through their skin.
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c. They are declining in number.
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d. They can tolerate high levels of pollution.
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Answer: a ci
Textbook Reference: Deformity and Decline in Amphibian Populations: A Case Study
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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2. The ecological study of the effect of Ribeiroia and pesticides on frog populations
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suggests that all of these statements about the study of ecology are true except that
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a. it describes how organisms affect the environment.
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b. it describes how the environment affects organisms.
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c. it studies how biotic and abiotic factors affect each other.
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d. humans are not part of its subject matter.
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Answer: d ci
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and their environ
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ment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences. Bloom’
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s Level: 3. Applying
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3. West Nile virus can be considered an example of an unintended consequence of
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ecological interactions because it ci ci ci
a. originated in Africa. ci ci
b. is transmitted by mosquitoes.
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c. emerged due to human impacts on the environment.
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d. is increasing rapidly due to a rise in trematode populations.
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Answer: c ci
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and their environ
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ment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences. Bloom’
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s Level: 3. Applying
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4. In 1878, seal hunters introduced rabbits to Macquarie Island, between Australia and
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Antarctica. The rabbit population soared and the Myxoma virus was then introduced to
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kill off rabbits. It worked, but the islands’ cats, which had depended on the rabbits for f
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ood, began eating seabirds instead. To save the seabirds, scientists started a program to k
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ill off the cats. Twenty-
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four years later, in 2009, the rabbit population had exploded again, and rabbits were rav
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aging native plant species and devastating the island’s ecosystem. This story appears to
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be an example of
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a. sound, responsible ecological management. ci ci ci
b. unintended ecological consequences. ci ci
c. predictable but unavoidable consequences. ci ci ci
d. a series of catastrophes resulting from random chance.
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Answer: d ci
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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ment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences. Bloom’
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5. What evidence led Ruth and Sessions to conclude that parasites could be the cause of
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some of the deformities in the frogs found in the ponds of Northern California?
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a. None of the deformed frogs found in the ponds were infected with the parasites.
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b. They directly observed the parasites causing the deformities.
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c. Glass beads placed near the location of limb development in tadpoles mimicked the
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effect of parasites and caused deformities.
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d. Deformities in the frogs occurred in nature but not in the laboratory. ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci ci
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6. In addition to the frogs themselves, which organisms act as hosts for the flatworm that
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has been linked to deformities in frogs?
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a. Birds and snails ci ci
b. Snails and turtles ci ci
c. Turtles and birds ci ci
d. Snails and clams ci ci
Answer: a ci
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7. Refer to the figure. ci ci ci
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The figure is based on Johnson’s experiment on the effects of trematode parasites on tadpo
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les. Which statement best describes the control group in the experiment?
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a. Tadpoles were grown in the absence of trematode parasites.
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b. Tadpoles were allowed to grow in nets in their natural environment.
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c. Tadpoles were grown in the presence of only one trematode parasite.
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d. Tadpoles were grown in a tank in which the concentration of trematode parasites was
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similar to the parasite concentration of ponds in which deformed frogs were found. Ans
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wer: a ci
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8. Refer to the figure. ci ci ci
The figure is based on Johnson’s experiment on the effects of trematode parasites on tadpo
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les. Which claim is supported by the figure?
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