(A) Deserts
(B) Grasslands
(C) Boreal forests
(D) Open oceans
(E) Estuaries
- All of the following are factors that increase population size EXCEPT
(A) ability to adapt
(B) specialized niche
(C) few competitors
(D) generalized niche
(E) high birth rate
- A specialist faces competition for resources and has ability to
adapt to environmental changes. A generalist faces competition for
resources and has ability to adapt to environmental changes.
(A) less, greater, greater, less
(B) greater, less, less, greater
(C) less, less, greater, greater
(D) greater, greater, less, less
(E) None of the above
- Whether a land area supports a deciduous forest or grassland depends
primarily on (A) changes in temperature
(B) latitude north or south of the equator
(C) consistency of rainfall from year to year and the effect that it has on
fires
(D) changes in length of the growing season
(E) None of the above
- The main difference between primary and secondary succession is that (A)
primary succession occurs in the year before secondary succession
(B) primary succession occurs on barren, rocky areas and secondary
succession does not
(C) secondary succession ends in a climax species and primary succession
ends in a pioneer species
(D) secondary succession occurs on barren, rocky areas and primary
succession does not
