EDMENTUM UNIT 5 UNIT MASTERY TEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

What is the measurement of a population per unit area? CORRECT ANSWER population density Overcrowding is an example of CORRECT ANSWER density dependent factor What is a survivorship curve? CORRECT ANSWER It shows the number of individuals living at each age interval plotted versus time. It helps to compare life histories of different populations. You can compare the life histories of birds, frogs, and humans at the same time. It is also known as a mortality table. random population distribution CORRECT ANSWER haphazardly located individuals, with no pattern clustered population distribution CORRECT ANSWER Clustered population is where many people are living in the small area. .. scattered population distribution CORRECT ANSWER A scattered population is a population distribution when a small amount of people are living in a big area. Scattered populations have limited resources and only a little amount of people are supported. Claire, an ecologist, is finding it difficult to identify an interaction in nature because of changing environmental conditions and the complex indirect interactions of multiple species. Which interaction is Claire trying to find in nature? A. interference competition B. apparent competition C. exploitation competition D. predation E. symbiosis CORRECT ANSWER B. apparent competition Commensalism CORRECT ANSWER A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected predation CORRECT ANSWER An interaction in which one organism kills another for food. exploitation competition CORRECT ANSWER organisms compete indirectly through the consumption of a limited resource mutualism CORRECT ANSWER A relationship between two species in which both species benefit