Test Bank for Ecology: Concepts and Applications, 9th Edition by (Sher & Molles Jr., 2021) | All Chapters 1–23 Covered

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Test Bank for Ecology: Concepts and Applications, 9th Edition
Authors: Anna Sher & Manuel C. Molles Jr.
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Ecology: Historical Foundations and Developing Frontiers
Chapter 2. Life on Land
Chapter 3. Life in Water
Chapter 4. Population Genetics and Natural Selection
Chapter 5. Temperature Relations
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Chapter 6. Water Relations
Chapter 7. Energy and Nutrient Relations
Chapter 8. Social Relations
Chapter 9. Population Distribution and Abundance
Chapter 10. Population Dynamics
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Chapter 11. Population Growth
Chapter 12. Life Histories




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Chapter 13. Species Interactions and Competition




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Chapter 14. Exploitative Interactions: Predation, Herbivory, Parasitism, and Disease
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Chapter 15. Mutualism
Chapter 16. Species Abundance and Diversity
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Chapter 17. Species Interactions and Community Structure
Chapter 18. Primary and Secondary Production
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Chapter 19. Nutrient Cycling and Retention
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Chapter 20. Succession and Stability
Chapter 21. Landscape Ecology
Chapter 22. Geographic Ecology
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Chapter 23. Global Ecology
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Student name:
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TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Norris and colleagues found that warblers using different habitats did not have different
carbon isotopes in the tissues.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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2) Field studies and laboratory studies are mutually exclusive.
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⊚ true
⊚ false

3) Temperate and tropical rain forest trees extract nutrients from epiphytic mats.
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⊚ false

4) Stable isotope analysis uses variation in element masses to better understand ecological
phenomena.
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⊚ true
⊚ false

5) Margaret Davis' studies on lake pollen sediments indicate that the forests of eastern North
America did not change with the changing climate.
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⊚ true
⊚ false

6) Ecology can be defined as the study of the impact of human activity on the environment.
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⊚ false
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7) Ecology is a modern science of which ancient man had no knowledge.
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⊚ false
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8) Even though ecologists would like to study isolated levels of the environment, that would be
difficult since all levels are interconnected.
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9) Critical habitat protection for endangered species brings together the studies of adaptations of
species, community through geographic levels of ecology, and global ecology.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
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answers the question.
10) Which of the following levels of organization is/are correctly ordered?
A) Population, ecosystem, landscape, individual
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B) Individual, population, community, ecosystem
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C) Biosphere, landscape, individual, community
D) Ecosystem, landscape, region, population
E) None of the choices are correct.

11) Robert MacArthur's observations on the Warblers of North America indicate that they
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A) are fiercely competitive.
B) cannot coexist.
C) reduce competition by feeding during different times of the day.
D) reduce competition by feeding in different zones.
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E) both are fiercely competitive and cannot coexist.

12) What is ecology?
A) The study of relationships between organisms and the environment
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B) The study of animal and plant population interactions
C) The study of the abiotic portion of the environment
D) The study of the biosphere
E) The study of environmental change
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13) Nalini Nadkarni's study of tropical and temperate rain forests determined that
A) rain forests have nutrient rich soils.
B) the herbaceous layer determines the nutrient balance.
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C) epiphyte mats contain a significant source of nutrients.
D) as one moves up the canopy, species richness decreases.
E) None of the choices are correct.
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