RC Natural Science: Ecology and Parasitism Problem Set

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1) As used in line 39, “complements” most nearly means
- A) commends.
- B) accompanies.
- C) praises.
- D) disregards.
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2) The author indicates that the metabolic theory of ecology
- A) seems unreliable when comparing metabolic rates across different temperatures.
- B) may be used to make assumptions about future changes in ecosystems.
- C) is inefficient when used to predict global temperature change.
- D) should be essential to understand how specie metabolism affects temperature.
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3) Which choice provides the best evidence to the previous question?
- A) Lines 10-13 (“Life\(\ldots\)of life.”)
- B) Lines 38-42 (“Their\(\ldots\)framework.”)
- C) Lines 58-63 (“Evolution\(\ldots\)alone.”)
- D) Lines 87-92 (“Kirk\(\ldots\)change.”)
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4) Which statement best describes the author’s structure of each paragraph within the passage?
- A) The author introduces a broad idea, gives a supporting example of a species and concludes by explaining an ecosystem is affected.
- B) The author explains a conflicting theory then disproves the theory by providing examples from experiments.
- C) The author discusses a problem in the ecosystem, provides data from experiments and concludes with possible solutions to the problem.
- D) The author poses a theory, provides a counter argument and disproves it by examining the counter argument’s logic.
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5) The scientist who ascribes to the multiple stressor framework would most likely agree that
- A) intermediate range temperatures are important to predict a species’ response to temperature.
- B) Kirk’s experiment demonstrates superiority of the multiple stressor framework theory.
- C) an ecological systemic change can only be measured at extreme temperatures.
- D) ecological system changes are dominated by organisms’ metabolic rates.
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6) Which choice provides the best evidence to the previous question?
- A) Lines 35-38 (“Kirk’s findings\(\ldots\)temperatures.”)
- B) Lines 38-42 (“Their approach\(\ldots\)temperatures.”)
- C) Lines 76-81 (“This theory\(\ldots\)outcomes.”)
- D) Lines 82-87 (“Building on\(\ldots\)scope.”)
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7) What function does the example “E. coli to elephants” in line 11 serve?
- A) It examines the effects of metabolism in different species.
- B) It exemplifies how, when individual species are affected, this will also change their entire ecosystem.
- C) It provides a rebuttal to a counterargument made in the paragraph.
- D) It explains the reason why the described experiment is necessary.
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8) As used in line 77, “paradigms” most nearly means?
- A) models.
- B) opposites.
- C) ideas.
- D) antitheses.
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9) Which choice is supported by the data in figure 1?
- A) The parasite growth rate increases exponentially and reaches its peak at 15°.
- B) The host’s cost of infection is lowest in the 8° to 11° temperature range and highest between 25° and 30°.
- C) The host’s metabolism rate increases directly with the increase of temperature.
- D) The cost of infection in the host is highest at 10° and lowest at the two extremes, 0° and 30°.
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10) Do the data from figure 2 provide support for the author’s claim that there exists “Kirk and colleagues’ findings of a high cost of infection at intermediate temperatures – but only a small cost of infection at bookend ranges – might not have been predicted by the multiple stressor framework alone” (lines 43-48)?
- A) Yes, because the darker shading that represents the high cost of infection appears in the mid-range temperatures.
- B) Yes, because the graph shows an exponential increase in parasite growth rates as temperatures rise.
- C) No, because the graph shows exponential decay of cost of infection as temperatures increase.
- D) No, because the cost of infection does not change with temperature changes.
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RC Natural Science: Ecology and Parasitism Problem Set

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