Chapter 17

A species' habitat is like its address, and its ________ is like its occupation.

Match the species interaction with a suitable description. ______ mutualism ______ competition _______ predation _______ parasitism a. A snake eats a mouse. b. A bee pollinates a flower while sipping its nectar. c. An owl and a wood duck both need a tree cavity to nest. d. A mosquito sucks your blood.

Interspecific competition favors individuals of both species who are most ______ the competing species in their resource needs. a. similar to b. different from

The establishment of a biological community on a newly formed volcanic island is an example of _______. a. primary succession b. secondary succession c. competitive exclusion d. bioaccumulation

Match the terms with suitable descriptions. ______ producers ______ herbivores ______ decomposers ______ detritivores a. feed on plants b. feed on small bits of organic matter c. degrade organic wastes and remains to inorganic forms d. capture sunlight energy

A chemical that bioaccumulates in a prairie food web would be found at highest concentrations in the tissues of ______. a. grasses b. grasshoppers c. grasshopper-eating sparrows d. sparrow-eating hawks

In an energy pyramid diagram of a prairie food web, which of these organisms would be in the lowest (and largest) tier? a. grasses b. grasshoppers c. grasshopper-eating sparrows d. sparrow-eating hawks

Match each substance with its largest environmental reservoir. One reservoir choice will be used more than once. ______ carbon ______ water ______ phosphorus ______ nitrogen a. seawater b. rocks and sediments c. the atmosphere

Earth's largest reservoir of fresh water is ______. a. lakes b. groundwater c. glacial ice d. water in living organisms

_______ convert nitrogen gas to a form producers can take up. a. Fungi b. Bacteria c. Carnivores d. Herbivores

Land plants take in ______ for photosynthesis from the air. a. carbon dioxide b. phosphate ions c. ammonium ions d. bicarbonate ions

Aquatic producers get carbon for photosynthesis from ______ a. decaying organic matter b. phosphate ions c. ammonium ions d. bicarbonate ions

Greenhouse gases ________ a. trap heat in the atmosphere b. are released by burning of fossil fuels c. may cause global climate change if they accumulate d. all of the above