Chapter 8 test review and concept review
What example would be least likely to be considered a symbiotic interaction?
a kit fox hunts and feeds on a kangaroo rat
A territory is
an area defended by one or more individuals
What property of a population may be described as even, clumped, or random
dispersion
The carrying capacity of an environment for a particular time is determined by the ________
distribution of the population
What can occur of a population has plenty of food and space, and has no competition or predators
exponential growth
Bacteria in your intestines are an example of mutualism if they
help you break down your food
Which of the following species has the highest reproductive potential? rabbit, elephant, human, or a horse
horse
What two species represent a relationship that has coevolved?
house cats and their prey
A bird that feeds at night and a bird that feeds during the day from the same flower is an example of ________
indirect commensalism
In which type of interaction between species doe sone species benefit by harming another species but not killing it?
predation
What is not an example of exponential growth?
reindeer of the Probilof Islands after eating most of the lichens
If over a long period of time each pair of adults in a population had only two offspring and the offspring lived to reproduce, the population would _______
shrink
The number of wild horses per square kilometer in a prairie is the horses population's ________
size
Members of a species may compete with one another for
social dominance
The "co" in coevolution means
together
Two species can be indirect competitors
use the same food source at different times
Predators ______ kill their prey
usually
What is an example of a parasite
worm in your intestine
Competition for food cannot occur _______
between animals from two different ecosystems
A robin that does not affect the tree in which it nests is an example of
commensalism