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#Question id: 12760


Which of the examples below provides appropriate abiotic and biotic factors that might determine the distribution of the species in question?

#XL - R Botany
  1.  The amount of nitrate and phosphate in the soil and wild flower abundance and diversity
  2.  The number of frost-free days and competition between species of introduced grasses and native alpine grasses
  3.  Increased predation and decreased food availability and a prairie dog population after a prairie fire
  4. Available sunlight and increased salinity in the top few meters of the ocean and the abundance and diversity of phytoplankton communities
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#Question id: 11190

#XL - T Zoology

For a neuron with an initial membrane potential at -70 mV, an increase in the movement of potassium ions out of that neuron's cytoplasm would result in the ________.

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#Question id: 11265

#XL - R Botany

Approximately how many kg of carnivore production can be supported by a field plot containing 2000 kg of plant material?

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#Question id: 11270

#XL - R Botany

Consumption efficiency is the proportion of production at one trophic level that is eaten by, or ingested, by the next trophic level which of the following is correct statement?

A. Consumption efficiencies of herbivore is higher in ocean than grassland

B. In aquatic ecosystems, production efficiencies of herbivore are greater than carnivores

C. Assimilation efficiencies for carnivores are typically higher than those of herbivores

D. Assimilation efficiency depends on the quality of food eaten and the physiological efficiency of the consumer

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#Question id: 11277

#XL - R Botany

If a species is a keystone predator, then its removal from a community should

(A) Increase population size of the predator’s preferred prey

(B) decrease species diversity in the prey community

(C) decrease productivity of the predator’s preferred prey

(D) increase species diversity in the prey community

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#Question id: 11278

#XL - R Botany

Which of the following is true with respect to oligotrophic lakes and eutrophic lakes?

A) Oligotrophic lakes are less subject to oxygen depletion.

B) Rates of photosynthesis are lower in eutrophic lakes.

C) Eutrophic lake water contains higher concentrations of nutrients.

D)Sediments in oligotrophic lakes contain larger amounts of decomposable organic matter.

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#Question id: 11279

#XL - R Botany

Ecosystem A: Actual link 10, number of species 15  

Ecosystem B: Actual link 10, number of species 20   

Connectance of ecosystem A and B