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University of Washington, Seattle BIOLOGY 180 RQ28-Consumption 1)What are the key differences between a parasite and a predator? Why are animals that eat seeds referred to as “seed predators?” At some point, categories like herbivore/parasite/predator break down

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5. Can a standing defense also be an inducible defense? (hint think about the mussel shell experiment.)

RQ29-Competition

1. Which of the following is an example of commensalism?
2. What does it mean to say that a species has a wide niche breadth?
3. What’s the difference between a fundamental niche and a realized niche?
4. What is the outcome of competitive exclusion?
5. What is asymmetric about asymmetric competition?
6. Suppose two species begin competing. Over time, evolution results in the resources exploited by each species changing such that it reduces competition. What is the term for this event?
7. Which of the following terms describes a situation where two species interact in a way that causes natural selection to act on each other-- meaning that allele frequencies change in response to the interaction?
8. In most species that undergo metamorphosis, larvae live in different habitats and use different food sources than adults. Which of the following is the most likely hypothesis to explain the adaptive significance of metamorphosis?