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Chapter 1: The Web of Life
TEST BANK QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological
indicators of environmental conditions?
a. They live in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
b. It is difficult for pollutants to pass through their skin.
c. They are declining in number.
d. They can tolerate high levels of pollution.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Deformity and Decline in Amphibian Populations: A Case
Study
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. The ecological study of the effect of Ribeiroia and pesticides on frog
populations suggests that all of these statements about the study of
ecology are true except that
a. it describes how organisms affect the environment.
b. it describes how the environment affects organisms.
c. it studies how biotic and abiotic factors affect each other.
d. humans are not part of its subject matter.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. West Nile virus can be considered an example of an unintended
consequence of ecological interactions because it
a. originated in Africa.
b. is transmitted by mosquitoes.
c. emerged due to human impacts on the environment.
d. is increasing rapidly due to a rise in trematode populations.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
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4. In 1878, seal hunters introduced rabbits to Macquarie Island, between
Australia and Antarctica. The rabbit population soared and the Myxoma
virus was then introduced to kill off rabbits. It worked, but the islands’
cats, which had depended on the rabbits for food, began eating seabirds
instead. To save the seabirds, scientists started a program to kill off the
cats. Twenty-four years later, in 2009, the rabbit population had exploded
again, and rabbits were ravaging native plant species and devastating the
island’s ecosystem. This story appears to be an example of
a. sound, responsible ecological management.
b. unintended ecological consequences.
c. predictable but unavoidable consequences.
d. a series of catastrophes resulting from random chance.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. What evidence led Ruth and Sessions to conclude that parasites could be
the cause of some of the deformities in the frogs found in the ponds of
Northern California?
a. None of the deformed frogs found in the ponds were infected with the
parasites.
b. They directly observed the parasites causing the deformities.
c. Glass beads placed near the location of limb development in tadpoles
mimicked the effect of parasites and caused deformities.
d. Deformities in the frogs occurred in nature but not in the laboratory.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. In addition to the frogs themselves, which organisms act as hosts for the
flatworm that has been linked to deformities in frogs?
a. Birds and snails
b. Snails and turtles
c. Turtles and birds
d. Snails and clams
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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All Chapters Included
,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Ecology 5th Edition Bowman
Test Bank to accompany Ecology, Fifth Edition Bowman • Hacker
Chapter 1: The Web of Life
TEST BANK QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. What is one reason that amphibians are especially good biological
indicators of environmental conditions?
a. They live in both terrestrial and aquatic environments.
b. It is difficult for pollutants to pass through their skin.
c. They are declining in number.
d. They can tolerate high levels of pollution.
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: Deformity and Decline in Amphibian Populations: A Case
Study
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
2. The ecological study of the effect of Ribeiroia and pesticides on frog
populations suggests that all of these statements about the study of
ecology are true except that
a. it describes how organisms affect the environment.
b. it describes how the environment affects organisms.
c. it studies how biotic and abiotic factors affect each other.
d. humans are not part of its subject matter.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
3. West Nile virus can be considered an example of an unintended
consequence of ecological interactions because it
a. originated in Africa.
b. is transmitted by mosquitoes.
c. emerged due to human impacts on the environment.
d. is increasing rapidly due to a rise in trematode populations.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 3. Applying
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,DOWNLOAD THE Test Bank for Ecology 5th Edition Bowman
4. In 1878, seal hunters introduced rabbits to Macquarie Island, between
Australia and Antarctica. The rabbit population soared and the Myxoma
virus was then introduced to kill off rabbits. It worked, but the islands’
cats, which had depended on the rabbits for food, began eating seabirds
instead. To save the seabirds, scientists started a program to kill off the
cats. Twenty-four years later, in 2009, the rabbit population had exploded
again, and rabbits were ravaging native plant species and devastating the
island’s ecosystem. This story appears to be an example of
a. sound, responsible ecological management.
b. unintended ecological consequences.
c. predictable but unavoidable consequences.
d. a series of catastrophes resulting from random chance.
Answer: d
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: 1.1.1 Explain how interactions between organisms and
their environment can affect other organisms and potentially lead to
unexpected consequences. Bloom’s Level: 4. Analyzing
5. What evidence led Ruth and Sessions to conclude that parasites could be
the cause of some of the deformities in the frogs found in the ponds of
Northern California?
a. None of the deformed frogs found in the ponds were infected with the
parasites.
b. They directly observed the parasites causing the deformities.
c. Glass beads placed near the location of limb development in tadpoles
mimicked the effect of parasites and caused deformities.
d. Deformities in the frogs occurred in nature but not in the laboratory.
Answer: c
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 2. Understanding
6. In addition to the frogs themselves, which organisms act as hosts for the
flatworm that has been linked to deformities in frogs?
a. Birds and snails
b. Snails and turtles
c. Turtles and birds
d. Snails and clams
Answer: a
Textbook Reference: 1.1 Events in the natural world are interconnected.
Learning Objective: Not aligned
Bloom’s Level: 1. Remembering
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, 7. Refer to the figure.
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