Biology Exploring Study Set 1

Which of the following is classified as an endoparasite?

What conclusion can be drawn regarding a community in which many species are involved in a food web?

Which factor has the most effect on species' richness on an island?

What is a cleanser wrasse in the mouth of a potato cod an example of?

Which of the following population interactions is advantageous to both populations?

How is the grasshopper mouse able to consume the Eleodes longicollis beetle?

Which pair of organisms is a good example of commensalism?

Which trophic level would be best represented by a rabbit?

Suppose there are two forests. In the first forest, 39 of the 50 trees represent the dominant species. In the second forest, there are 2 of each of the 10 different species. What conclusion can be drawn regarding these two forests?

In the experiment involving bluegill sunfish and their choice of diet, what did the sunfish prefer when equal numbers of small, medium, and large Daphnia were present?

Which relationship is most likely represented between oxpeckers eating ectoparasites causing no harm to the host, and the host itself?

How do pancake tortoises protect themselves from predators?

The Monarch butterfly has an undesirable taste, and the Viceroy butterfly has a selective advantage because it looks like the Monarch. What process is this situation an example of?

Which type of interaction is advantageous for one species, but has no effect on the other?

Which sentence best summarizes the relationship between species richness and recovery from natural disturbances?

Which relationship is most likely represented between animal pollinators and their flowering plants?

What is an ecotone?

What does the intermediate disturbance hypothesis suggest?

Which hypothesis states that new species are prevented from entering a community by the existing species?

Which of the following refers to a panda bear that consumes a diet primarily of eucalyptus leaves?