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#Question id: 12150


You are studying population dynamics in three species of small aquatic invertebrates called water fleas. Among these species, which is most likely to exhibit regular population cycles? 

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
  1. The species with little storage of food reserves as oil droplets
  2. The species with moderate storage of food reserves as oil droplets
  3. The species with large storage of food reserves as oil droplets
  4. Any of the above
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#Question id: 11417

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following figure to answer the question below


Which of the following name of biome 5, 6, 4 and 3 respectively?

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#Question id: 11418

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

Use the following diagram of five islands formed at around the same time near a particular mainland, as well as MacArthur and Wilson's island equilibrium model principles


Which island would likely have the lowest extinction rate?

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#Question id: 11419

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

There are more species in tropical areas than in places more distant from the equator. This is probably a result of

a) more predators and parasites

b) more dispersed annual solar radiation compared to the poles

c) more frequent ecological disturbances over a longer time span

d) a longer time frame without disturbances for evolution and speciation

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#Question id: 11420

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

We can represent the relationship of species richness to area with the equation


Where S = number of species, and c and z are both constants

Which of the following is not a logical explanation to relationship of species richness to area?

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#Question id: 11421

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The strength of the island biogeography model was that it generated several falsifiable predictions

A) The number of species should increase with increasing island size.

B) The number of species should decrease with increasing distance of the island from the mainland

C) The number of species on an island might remain the same, but the composition of the species should not be change

Which of the following above statement are correct?

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#Question id: 11422

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The values of temperature and precipitation used to define climate zones correspond to the conditions of moisture and cold stress that are particularly important determinants of plant form. Which of following is correct combination of Biome?