According to the competitive exclusion principle, no two species can occupy the same niche

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


TRUE

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Which of the following scenarios is an example of inductive reasoning?

A. Ben went fishing and caught 12 smallmouth bass with minnows, and only 2 with worms. Ben concludes that most fish prefer eating minnows instead of worms. B. Ben read a magazine article that said most fish prefer to eat minnows instead of worms. Ben concludes that smallmouth bass probably also prefer eating minnows instead of worms.

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In North America, many kinds of birds have closely related eastern and western counterparts (species or subspecies) that sometimes produce hybrid offspring where their ranges overlap

Eastern and western meadowlarks are virtually indistinguishable from each other in appearance, and yet, despite the fact that their ranges overlap throughout much of the Midwest, there are few documented cases of the meadowlark counterparts mating with each other and producing hybrid offspring. Propose mechanisms that would prevent cross-breeding between eastern and western meadowlarks, thus maintaining the counterparts as separate species.

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Phytoplankton blooms can occur when the following are present in abundance except ________.

A. light B. carbon dioxide C. zooplankton D. nitrate E. phosphate

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Which types of commercial agriculture DO NOT rely on inexpensive labor?

A) Mediterranean farming B) grain farming C) horticulture and fruit farming D) all of the above E) both Mediterranean and horticulture and fruit farming

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