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WMAN 313 exam 1 questions andanswers 100% correct
Which term refers to a community of organisms plus the physical environment in which they live? -
correct answer ✔✔Ecosystem
Which statement about ecology is true? - correct answer ✔✔Ecology involves the scientific study of
interactions between organisms and their environment
&
Ecology involves the scientific study of interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of
organisms.
Which quality is a biotic feature of the environment? - correct answer ✔✔The density of consumers
A group of individuals of a single species of swamp sparrows lives in the Quabbin Reservoir in
Massachusetts, and these individuals interact with one another. This is an example of a(n) - correct
answer ✔✔Population
Suppose you were examining whether a synthetic chemical reduced the growth rate of mice. Which
measure would you take to ensure that the experiment was a controlled experiment? - correct answer
✔✔Excluding one group of mice from exposure to the chemical, but otherwise treating all the mice in
the same manner
Heat loss due to the exchange of kinetic energy by molecules in direct contact with one another is
referred to as - correct answer ✔✔Conduction
Greenhouse gases - correct answer ✔✔-Water vapor (H2O)
-Carbon dioxide (CO2)
-Methane (CH4)
-Nitrous oxide (N2O)
, What is measured by the lapse rate? - correct answer ✔✔The decline in temperature as one moves up in
altitude (temperature and height)
In which aquatic ecosystems are oxygen concentrations in the water usually highest? - correct answer
✔✔Rapidly running rivers
Which statement best explains why atmospheric pressure declines with altitude? - correct answer
✔✔Atmospheric pressure decreases with altitude, so the rising air expands and cools.
If climate change causes a boreal forest to be a little warmer and a little wetter, it will most likely become
- correct answer ✔✔Temperate deciduous forest.
As compared with terrestrial ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems - correct answer ✔✔are more likely to
be characterized by the animals they contain as well as the plants
Which feature is characteristic of a Mediterranean-type climate? - correct answer ✔✔Regular fire
disturbances
As one moves from the alpine to the subalpine to the montane zone of a mountain, the mean
temperature - correct answer ✔✔Consistently goes up
The coldest part of a large lake is usually in the _______ zone. - correct answer ✔✔Benthic
The energy associated with dissolved solutes is called - correct answer ✔✔Osmotic potential
Which statement best supports the speculation that large dinosaurs may have had some degree of
endothermy? - correct answer ✔✔Because their surface area-to-volume ratio probably would not have
allowed for enough heat exchange with their environment, they would have needed to generate some
internal energy.
The zone of turbulent air flow close to the surface of an object is referred to as a _______ layer. - correct
answer ✔✔Boundary
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