Biology (Raven), 10th Edition

Chapter 55: Ecology of Individuals and Populations

Pre-Test

1
What type of individual adaptations arose from natural selection?
A)physiological
B)morphological
C)behavioral
D)environmental
E)All choices are correct.
2
What might be the resource distribution resulting from competition?
A)random distribution
B)uniform distribution
C)clumped distribution
D)metapopulation
E)No choice is correct.
3
Which of the following shows the probability of survival and reproduction through a cohort's life span?
A)survivorship curves
B)population curves
C)sex ratio
D)life history
E)No choice is correct.
4
What is the proper term for the life history adaptation seen in annual plants and most insects that commit all their reproductive resources on a single event and then die?
A)semelparity
B)iteroparity
C)delayed reproduction
D)biotic potential
E)No choices is correct.
5
What sort of curve results from graphing the biotic potential for any population?
A)linear
B)negative
C)logarithmic
D)positive
E)exponential
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