RC Natural Science: Ecology and Parasitism Problem Set

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1) As used in line 39, “complements” most nearly means

A) commends.
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B) accompanies.
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C) praises.
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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.
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B) may be used to make assumptions about future changes in ecosystems.
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C) is inefficient when used to predict global temperature change.
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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.”)
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B) Lines 38-42 (“Their\(\ldots\)framework.”)
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C) Lines 58-63 (“Evolution\(\ldots\)alone.”)
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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.
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B) The author explains a conflicting theory then disproves the theory by providing examples from experiments.
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C) The author discusses a problem in the ecosystem, provides data from experiments and concludes with possible solutions to the problem.
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D) The author poses a theory, provides a counter argument and disproves it by examining the counter argument’s logic.
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Question 5 of 10

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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.
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B) Kirk’s experiment demonstrates superiority of the multiple stressor framework theory.
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C) an ecological systemic change can only be measured at extreme temperatures.
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D) ecological system changes are dominated by organisms’ metabolic rates.
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Question 6 of 10

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6) Which choice provides the best evidence to the previous question?

A) Lines 35-38 (“Kirk’s findings\(\ldots\)temperatures.”)
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B) Lines 38-42 (“Their approach\(\ldots\)temperatures.”)
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C) Lines 76-81 (“This theory\(\ldots\)outcomes.”)
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D) Lines 82-87 (“Building on\(\ldots\)scope.”)
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Question 7 of 10

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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.
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B) It exemplifies how, when individual species are affected, this will also change their entire ecosystem.
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C) It provides a rebuttal to a counterargument made in the paragraph.
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D) It explains the reason why the described experiment is necessary.
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Question 8 of 10

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8) As used in line 77, “paradigms” most nearly means?

A) models.
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B) opposites.
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C) ideas.
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D) antitheses.
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Question 9 of 10

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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°.
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B) The host’s cost of infection is lowest in the 8° to 11° temperature range and highest between 25° and 30°.
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C) The host’s metabolism rate increases directly with the increase of temperature.
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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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Question 10 of 10

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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.
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B) Yes, because the graph shows an exponential increase in parasite growth rates as temperatures rise.
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C) No, because the graph shows exponential decay of cost of infection as temperatures increase.
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D) No, because the cost of infection does not change with temperature changes.
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