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A keystone species in a biological community:
1. is the primary producer.
2. has no significant impact on the community.
3. plays a crucial role in maintaining community structure.
4. is a rare species that must be preserved immediately.

Subtopic:  Introduction to Ecology |
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The process of reciprocal evolutionary change that occurs between species or groups of species as they interact with one another is called as:
1. Character displacement
2. Coevolution
3. Competition
4. Resource partitioning
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Commensalism, Protocooperation & Mutualism |
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Assertion(A): The logistic growth model is considered a more realistic one for a population growing under natural conditions.
Reason (R): Resources for growth for most animal populations are finite and become limiting sooner or later.
 

1.

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).

2.

Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).

3.

(A) is True; (R) is False

4.

Both (A) and (R) are False

Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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Where N = Population density at time t, r = Intrinsic rate of natural increase and K = Carrying capacity, what happens when K becomes equal to N?
1. the population grows in an exponential or geometric fashion
2. the population grows in an arithmetic fashion
3. the population stops growing in size
4. the population declines in size
Subtopic:  Population: Logistic Growth Model |
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Amensalism is a biological interaction where:
1. an organism inflicts harm to another organism without any costs or benefits received by itself.
2. two species interact but do not affect each other.
3. one organism benefits and the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed.
4. species derive a mutual benefit.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Amensalism |
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Predators:
I: act as ‘conduits’ for energy transfer across trophic levels
II: keep prey populations under control
III: help in maintaining species diversity in a community
1. Only I and II are correct
2. Only I and III are correct
3. Only II and III are correct
4. I, II and III are correct
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Consider the given two statements:

Assertion (A):

Predators in nature are ‘prudent’.

Reason (R):

Prey species have evolved various defenses to lessen the impact of predation
 

1.

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).

2.

Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).

3.

(A) is True; (R) is False

4.

Both (A) and (R) are False

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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How many of the given statements are true?
I: For plants, herbivores are the predators.
II: Nearly 75 percent of all insects are known to be phytophagous.
III: Thorns in plants are the most common morphological means of defense against herbivory.
IV: Cardiac glycosides produced by certain plants can be very detrimental to the health of herbivores.
1. 1
2. 2
3.  3
4. 4
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Predation |
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Consider the given two statements:

Assertion(A):

The Abingdon tortoise in Galapagos Islands became extinct within a decade of introduction of 
goats on the island.

Reason (R):

Introduction of goats also introduced a new parasite that killed Abingdon tortoise.
 

1.

Both (A) and (R) are True and (R) correctly explains (A).

2.

Both (A) and (R) are True but (R) does not correctly explain (A).

3.

(A) is True; (R) is False

4.

Both (A) and (R) are False

Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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‘Resource Partitioning’ enables:
1. superior species to exclude the inferior species from the habitat.
2. co-existence of competing species.
3. reproductive isolation and speciation.
4. competing species to grow exponentially.
Subtopic:  Population Interactions: Competition |
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