Readings Study Guide 9_2 - Practice questions

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SECTION 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 22
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

SECTION 2
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15

SECTION 3
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21

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1. How do predator populations influence the habitat of prey populations ?
   1. Predators use resources that prey need for survival.
   2. Risk of predation can render suitable habitat 'unavailable' to prey populations.
   3. Prey must evolve to be faster runners to avoid predation.
   4. competition.
   5. all of the above
2. Of the following which do you think would be most likely to take a sick or injured animal based on their hunting style:
   1. the brown-tree snake.
   2. shrews
   3. snail kites.
   4. mountain lions.
   5. wolves.
3. What is required for the functional response of predators to take effect ?
   1. increased prey species
   2. increased predator species
   3. alternate prey species
   4. evolution of adaptations that allow predators to run faster
   5. conspecific, antagonistic behavior.
4. In this type of species interaction both species suffer from the association:
   1. mutualism
   2. communism
   3. competition
   4. egalitarianism
   5. predation.
5. A predator is an animal that survives by?
   1. coprophagy
   2. cannibalism
   3. characteristics of the prey population
   4. killing and eating other animals
   5. ecolomological processing of food stuff