Bio 201: Final Exam Study Guide UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Type I survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - High survivorship throughout life cycle
Type II survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - Constant proportion of individuals dying
over time
Type III survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - Very high mortality at young ages
Semelparity - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms die after first reproduction
Iteroparity - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms live to reproduce repeatedly
R-strategists - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms focusing on rapid reproduction and high
offspring numbers
K-strategists - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms investing heavily in fewer offspring
Source populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Consistently export individuals to other
populations
Sink populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Consistently import individuals but cannot
sustain through reproduction
Metapopulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Geographically separate populations
interconnected by individual dispersal
, Population - CORRECT ANSWER - Group of individuals of the same species
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - Coexisting species in a defined area
Intra-specific competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Competition for resources within the
same species
Inter-specific competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Competition for resources between
different species
Limiting resource - CORRECT ANSWER - Environmental factor restricting population
growth, reproduction, or survival
Interference competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Direct hindrance of resource access
between individuals
Exploitation competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Indirect resource depletion between
individuals
Predation - CORRECT ANSWER - One species hunts, kills, and consumes another for
food
Carnivory - CORRECT ANSWER - Feeding on other animals for nutrients
Cannibalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Eating individuals of the same species
Herbivory - CORRECT ANSWER - Feeding on plants or plant parts for nutrients
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Type I survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - High survivorship throughout life cycle
Type II survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - Constant proportion of individuals dying
over time
Type III survivorship - CORRECT ANSWER - Very high mortality at young ages
Semelparity - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms die after first reproduction
Iteroparity - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms live to reproduce repeatedly
R-strategists - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms focusing on rapid reproduction and high
offspring numbers
K-strategists - CORRECT ANSWER - Organisms investing heavily in fewer offspring
Source populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Consistently export individuals to other
populations
Sink populations - CORRECT ANSWER - Consistently import individuals but cannot
sustain through reproduction
Metapopulation - CORRECT ANSWER - Geographically separate populations
interconnected by individual dispersal
, Population - CORRECT ANSWER - Group of individuals of the same species
Community - CORRECT ANSWER - Coexisting species in a defined area
Intra-specific competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Competition for resources within the
same species
Inter-specific competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Competition for resources between
different species
Limiting resource - CORRECT ANSWER - Environmental factor restricting population
growth, reproduction, or survival
Interference competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Direct hindrance of resource access
between individuals
Exploitation competition - CORRECT ANSWER - Indirect resource depletion between
individuals
Predation - CORRECT ANSWER - One species hunts, kills, and consumes another for
food
Carnivory - CORRECT ANSWER - Feeding on other animals for nutrients
Cannibalism - CORRECT ANSWER - Eating individuals of the same species
Herbivory - CORRECT ANSWER - Feeding on plants or plant parts for nutrients
