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Page 4
1 out of 1 points
Small fish oſten follow large turtles in the open ocean, taking advantage of the turtle as a place
to hide. This interacon would best be classified as:
Correct
Answer:
d.
commensalism.
Queson 14
1 out of 1 points
Omnivores:
Correct
Answer:
c.
are never found in the first trophic level.
Queson 15
1 out of 1 points
The main reason vertebrates are thought to have evolved an elaborate immune system is to
help defend our body against _____
Correct Answer:
c.
parasites
Queson 16
1 out of 1 points
The monarch buerfly uses ___________________ as a defense for reducing predaon.
Correct Answer:
b.
warning coloraon
Queson 17
0 out of 1 points
Much of eastern NC was used to grow tobacco in past generaons. Some of these old tobacco
fields are no longer being used for farming and are now covered with weeds and small trees.
This is an example of _____ .


Page 5
Correct Answer:
c.
secondary succession
Queson 18
1 out of 1 points
The phenomenon in which species that live together in the same environment tend to diverge
in those characteriscs that overlap is known as:
Correct
Answer:
d.
character displacement.
Queson 19
1 out of 1 points
“Ecological succession” refers to:
Correct
Answer:
d.
a series of predictable changes in the composion or structure of an
ecological community.
Queson 20
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following is an example of mutualism?
Correct
Answer:
c.
A remora fish removes algae and parasites from a shark’s skin and receives
protecon in return.
Queson 21
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following statements about an organism’s niche is INCORRECT?
Correct Answer:
e.
It may be occupied by two species, as long as they are not competors.
Queson 22
1 out of 1 points


Page 6
The largest reservoir of phosphorus in most ecosystems is:
Correct Answer:
e.
in rocks and sediments.
Queson 23
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following statements about the relaonship between latude and biome
distribuon is most accurate?
Correct
Answer:
b.
Elevaon has a similar effect to that of latude on biome distribuon.
Queson 24
1 out of 1 points
What is(are) the main reason(s) the tropics are warmer than the poles?
Correct
Answer:
a.
The sun’s rays hit the earth directly at the equator but hit the poles at an angle;
this concentrates the solar energy over a smaller area at the equator than at the
poles.
Queson 25
1 out of 1 points
Research on barnacle distribuon in the interdal zone reveals that species A would readily
colonize the lower interdal areas if species B was absent. This indicates that:
Correct Answer:
a.
species B can outcompete species A.
Queson 26
1 out of 1 points
Wind circulaon paerns are driven by:
Correct
Answer:
e.
the uneven heang of earth’s surface.


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