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Chapter 1: The Web of Life g g g g g
TEST BANK QUESTIONS
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Multiple Choice g
1. What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological indicators of
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environmental conditions?
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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 g
Textbook Reference: Deformity and Decline in Amphibian Populations: A Case Study
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Learning Objective: Not aligned g g g
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 g
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
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environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences.
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Bloom’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
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a. originated in Africa. g g
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 g
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
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environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences.
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Bloom’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
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food, began eating seabirds instead. To save the seabirds, scientists started a program to
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kill off the cats. Twenty-four years later, in 2009, the rabbit population had exploded
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again, and rabbits were ravaging native plant species and devastating the island’s
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ecosystem. This story appears to be an example of
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a. sound, responsible ecological management.
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b. unintended ecological consequences. g g
c. predictable but unavoidable consequences. g g g
d. a series of catastrophes resulting from random chance.
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Answer: d g
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
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environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to unexpected consequences.
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Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
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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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Answer: c g
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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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 g g
b. Snails and turtles g g
c. Turtles and birds g g
d. Snails and clams g g
Answer: a g
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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Learning Objective: Not aligned g g g
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7. Refer to the figure. g g g
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The figure is based on Johnson’s experiment on the effects of trematode parasites on
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tadpoles. 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.
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Answer: a
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Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
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Learning Objective: Not aligned
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Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
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8. Refer to the figure.
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The figure is based on Johnson’s experiment on the effects of trematode parasites on
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tadpoles. Which claim is supported by the figure?
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