Chapter 41

The type of place where a species typically lives is called its _____. a. niche c. community b. habitat d. population

Which cannot be a symbiosis? a. mutualism c. commensalism b. parasitism d. interspecific competition

Lizards that eat flies they catch on the ground and birds that eat flies they catch in the air are engaged in _____ competition. a. exploitative d. interspecific b. interference e. both a and d c. intraspecific f. both \(b\) and \(c\)

______ can lead to resource partitioning. a. Mutualism c. Commensalism b. Parasitism d. Interspecific competition

Match the terms with the most suitable descriptions. _____ mutualism _____ parasitism _____ commensalism _____ predation _____ interspecific competition a. one free-living species feeds on another and usually kills it b. two species interact and both benefit by the interaction c. two species interact and one benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed d. one species feeds on another but usually does not kill it e. two species access a resource

A tick is a(n) _____. a. brood parasite b. ectoparasite c. endoparasite

By a currently favored hypothesis, species richness of a community is greatest between physical disturbances of _____ intensity or frequency. a. low c. high b. intermediate d. variable

Growth of a forest in an abandoned corn field is an example of _____. a. primary succession c. secondary succession b. resource partitioning d. competitive exclusion

Species richness is greatest in communities _____. a. near the equator c. near the poles b. in temperate regions d. that recently formed

If you remove a species from a community, the population size of its main _____is likely to increase. a. parasite b. competitor c. predator

A _____ has another species rear its young. a. mutualist c. brood parasite b. pioneer species d. exotic species

Match the terms with the most suitable descriptions. _____ area effect _____ pioneer species _____ indicator species _____ keystone species _____ exotic species _____ resource partitioning a. greatly affects other species b. first species established in a new habitat c. more species on large islands than small ones at same distance from the source of colonists d. species that is especially sensitive to changes in the environment e. allows competitors to coexist f. often outcompete, displace native species of established community