Ecology and Population Dynamics: Key Concepts and
Definitions Questions With Complete Solutions
Birds often have what type of survivorship curve? Correct
Answers Type II.
Boreal forest is also called what? Correct Answers Taiga.
Can two species share the exact same realized niche long-term?
Correct Answers No, competitive exclusion prevents it.
Chaparral is known for what? Correct Answers Dense shrubs,
hot dry summers, mild wet winters, periodic fires.
Current extinction rate is about how much higher than
background? Correct Answers About 1000x higher.
Energy is recycled in ecosystems: true or false? Correct
Answers False. Energy flows one-way.
Examples of damaging fishing practices? Correct Answers
Trawling, driftnets, longlining.
Examples of exploitation? Correct Answers Predation,
herbivory, parasitism.
Examples of greenhouse gases? Correct Answers CO₂,
methane, water vapor.
Examples of limiting factors? Correct Answers Food, water,
nesting sites, shelter, space.
, Four ways individuals can help conservation? Correct Answers
Learn, teach others, vote/be politically active, make better
economic choices.
Global fisheries are predicted to crash by what year? Correct
Answers 2048.
Grasslands have what climate pattern? Correct Answers Cold
winters, warm summers, moderate rainfall.
Herbivore = what trophic role? Correct Answers Primary
consumer.
How much producer biomass supports 1 kg tertiary consumer?
Correct Answers 1000 kg.
Humans have what type of survivorship curve? Correct
Answers Type I.
If 10,000 kg grass supports zebras and lions, how much lion
biomass? Correct Answers 100 kg if lions are secondary
consumers; 10,000 → 1,000 → 100.
If a population is at carrying capacity, what is dN/dt? Correct
Answers 0.
If Earth had no tilt, what would happen? Correct Answers
There would be no seasons.
Definitions Questions With Complete Solutions
Birds often have what type of survivorship curve? Correct
Answers Type II.
Boreal forest is also called what? Correct Answers Taiga.
Can two species share the exact same realized niche long-term?
Correct Answers No, competitive exclusion prevents it.
Chaparral is known for what? Correct Answers Dense shrubs,
hot dry summers, mild wet winters, periodic fires.
Current extinction rate is about how much higher than
background? Correct Answers About 1000x higher.
Energy is recycled in ecosystems: true or false? Correct
Answers False. Energy flows one-way.
Examples of damaging fishing practices? Correct Answers
Trawling, driftnets, longlining.
Examples of exploitation? Correct Answers Predation,
herbivory, parasitism.
Examples of greenhouse gases? Correct Answers CO₂,
methane, water vapor.
Examples of limiting factors? Correct Answers Food, water,
nesting sites, shelter, space.
, Four ways individuals can help conservation? Correct Answers
Learn, teach others, vote/be politically active, make better
economic choices.
Global fisheries are predicted to crash by what year? Correct
Answers 2048.
Grasslands have what climate pattern? Correct Answers Cold
winters, warm summers, moderate rainfall.
Herbivore = what trophic role? Correct Answers Primary
consumer.
How much producer biomass supports 1 kg tertiary consumer?
Correct Answers 1000 kg.
Humans have what type of survivorship curve? Correct
Answers Type I.
If 10,000 kg grass supports zebras and lions, how much lion
biomass? Correct Answers 100 kg if lions are secondary
consumers; 10,000 → 1,000 → 100.
If a population is at carrying capacity, what is dN/dt? Correct
Answers 0.
If Earth had no tilt, what would happen? Correct Answers
There would be no seasons.
