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The immediate effects of a natural disturbance include ____________.
a. maintaining the status quo and releasing resources b. changing the conditions and releasing resources c. maintaining the status quo and uptake of resources d. changing conditions and uptakes of resources |
b. changing conditions and releasing resources
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You observe uniform dispersion in a species you are studying intensely. You predict that as you extend your work, you will find ______.
a. intraspecific competition and even spread, scarce resources b. interspecific predation and evenly spread, scarce resources c. intraspecific competition and evenly spread, abundant resources d. commensalism and clumped resources |
a. intraspecific competition and even spread, scarce resources
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The biotic potential of a population ______________.
a. is the maximum reproductive rate of a population b. is the current rate of growth of a population c. is an expression of how many offspring survive to reproduce d. can be determined only by studying an age structure diagram |
a. is the maximum reproductive rate of a population
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Environmental resistance is enhanced by _____________.
a. the ability to compete for resources b. the ability to resist disease and parasites c. a specialized niche d. high reproductive rate |
c. a specialized niche
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A population will increase if _______________.
a. birth rate decreases b. death rate decreases c. the biotic potential increases d. the environmental resistance increases |
c. the biotic potential increases
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