#Question id: 11314
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
What type of organism produces acids that degrade rocks and minerals?
#Question id: 11315
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Carnivores that eat herbivores in a food chain are the _________________.
#Question id: 11330
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Bio geographers have noted that the tropics have more terrestrial species than temperate regions. Which of the following is NOT a plausible explanation for this pattern?
#Question id: 11331
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Based on the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, a community’s species diversity is increased by
#Question id: 11332
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
The most plausible hypothesis to explain why species
richness is higher in tropical than in temperate regions is that
#Question id: 11333
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
Small geographic areas with high concentrations of endemic species and a large number of endangered and threatened species are known as