Chapter 45

The type of physical environment in which a species typically lives is its ______________. a. niche b. habitat c. community d. population

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

A tick is \(a(n)\) ____________. a. parasitoid b. ectoparasite c. endoparasite

________________ can lead to resource partitioning. a. Mutualism b. Parasitism c. Commensalism 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 that it lives on or in e. two species access a resource

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

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

Species richness is greatest in communities ____________. a. near the equator b. in temperate regions c. near the poles 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

___________ steal parental care. a. Mutualists b. Commensalists c. Brood parasites d. Predators

The oldest established land communities are ____________. a. in the Arctic b. in temperate zones c. in the tropics d. on volcanic islands

Biological control of pest species ____________. a. has no side effects b. involves mutualists c. uses natural enemies d. requires use of chemicals