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___The ozone layer is important in keeping the earth warm. ___Overexploitation i

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Question

___The ozone layer is important in keeping the earth warm. ___Overexploitation is the over harvesting of plant or animal species. ___The main cause of add rain is car and truck exhaust. ___Courtship rituals are thought to have come about through intrasexual selection. ___The waggle dance of a bee indicates to other bees the location of food. ___ Detrivores convert organic matter of all trophic levels to inorganic compounds that are usable by primary producers ___Carrying capacity is the minimum population size that a particular environment can support. ___Prevailing winds on the windward side of a mountain, air is forced up, cooled, condensed and precipitation is dropped leaving the leeward side of the mountain dry. ___Conservation biology is focused on counter acting the loss of biodiversity. ___Greenhouse gases include CO_2 and CH_4. Cowbirds and cuckoos lay their eggs in the nest of other species of birds. The cowbird/cuckoo are: A) brood parasite B. ectoparasite c. endoparasite d. outofthisworldbird Selection that causes a shift of the phenotype in one direction or the other in a population is an example of: a. Disruptive selection b. Stabilizing selection c. Directional selection d. Equivalent selection A deer species herd that has geographically separated ova many generations hive antlers of different proportional sizes. Which of the following effects accounts for this situation? a. disruptive selection b. directional selection c. stabilizing selection d. non-equivalent selection

Explanation / Answer

77. false: ozone layer protects the earth from harmful UV rays of the sun.

78. true

79: true, also industrial effluents.

80. false: courtship ritual is to demonstrate sexual desire and for exhibiting the power.

81. true

82. false: detritivores convert organic dead matter to organic residue

83: false: carrying capacity is the maximum population count an environment can sustain.

84: true