HOMEWORK DUE: Monday October 17#8--Weekly Homework October 11, 2016-October 14, 2016

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A small specialized habitat within a larger habitat:

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Provide an example of an aquatic biome and describe the organisms found in the biome. ________________________________________________________________________

What is a synonym for the term equilibrium?

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What does the term invasive species mean?

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2 Choose the best answer:

The number of different species in an area:

A. Biome

B. Biodiversity

C. Sustainability

D. Microhabitat

Which biome is likely to have the greatest variety of plants and animals?

A. Taiga

B. Desert

C. Deciduous Forest

D. Tropical Rain Forest

As species disappear from a prairie ecosystem, their disappearance results in decreased -

A sustainability of the prairie ecosystem

B numbers of species in nearby ecosystems.

C likelihood of prairie wildfires breaking out.

D numbers of offspring in remaining species.

Which of the following biomes can support the largest number of herbivores?

A. Tundra

B. Grasslands

C. Desert

D. Aquatic

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Look at these 2 microhabitats and describe what type of organisms you will find in each microhabitat.

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Would this ecosystem be able to survive if a natural disaster killed all of the frogs? Please explain and include which organisms would be impacted the most.

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Which statement best describes how biodiversity contributes to the sustainability of this ecosystem?

A. If the prickly pear cactus dies out the wood rat will survive by eating the brittlebrush.

B. If the population of the grasshopper mouse decrease, then the population of western diamondback rattlesnakes will decrease.

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Based on the model, which consumers would receive the greatest amount of energy captured

by the producers in their food chains?

A. Wedge-tailed eagles

B. Chuditch

C. Ring-tailed opossums

D. Eucalyptus trees

C. If the Elf owl dies out, then the mantid will die out.

D. If the population of saguaro cactus increases, then the Gila woodpecker population will increase.

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