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#Question id: 9150


For mountain ranges that are subjected to prevailing winds, why is the climate drier on the leeward (downwind) side?

#Unit 9. Diversity of Life Forms
  1. Deserts create dry conditions on the leeward side of mountain ranges.
  2. The sun illuminates the leeward side of mountain ranges at a more direct angle, converting to heat energy, which evaporates most of the water present.

  3. Pushed by the prevailing winds on the windward side, air is forced to rise, cool, condense, and drop its precipitation, leaving drier air to descend the leeward side.

  4. Air masses pushed by the prevailing winds are stopped by mountain ranges and the moisture is used up in the stagnant air masses on the leeward side.

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#Question id: 10644

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

There is a species with following feature Good colonizer, reach sexual maturity rapidly, Short-lived, low investment in care for the young

Which of the following above feature showing growth pattern and survival ship curve

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#Question id: 10645

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The logistic equation above is used to describe the rate of change of a population, N, with time, t, where r is the intrinsic rate of increase and K is the carrying capacity. dn/dt is isoclines when 

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#Question id: 10646

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Four sampling unit of Area occupy by species having following number is 00, 20, 10, 20. What is abundance of that species?

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#Question id: 10647

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the graph to answer the following question


In the figure, which of the following survivorship curves implies that an animal may lay many eggs, of which a regular number die each year on a logarithmic scale?

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#Question id: 10648

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Which statements about K are correct?

I) K varies among populations.

II) K varies in space.

III) K varies in time.

IV) K is constant for any given species.

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#Question id: 10649

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

According to the logistic growth equation


A) the number of individuals added per unit time is greatest when N is one fourth of K

B) the per capita growth rate (r) increases as N approaches K

C) population growth is zero when N equals K

D) the population grows exponentially when N approaches K