Chapter 17

A species’ habitat is like its address, and its _____ is like its occupation.

Match the species interaction with a suitable description. 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. mutualism _____ competition _____ predation _____ parasitism _____

Interspecifi c 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. 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 producers _____ herbivores _____ decomposers _____ detritivores _____

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. a. seawater b. rocks and sediments c. the atmosphere carbon _____ water _____ phosphorus _____ nitrogen _____

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. glacial ice d. water in living organisms

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

True or false? Imbalances in both the carbon cycle and nitrogen cycle contribute to increases in grcenhouse gases.