Which of the following does NOT apply to parasitoids?

a. They are insects.
b. They kill animals on which they feed.


c. Their host usually survives.
d. The larvae develop in a host’s body.
e. Some are effective biological control agents.


ANSWER: c

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a. At the top of the peak, the prey population is decreasing. b. At the top of the peak, the prey population is increasing. c. At the top of the peak, the prey population is neither increasing nor decreasing(dNprey/dt =0).

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When the end product of a pathway inhibits catalysis of the first step of that pathway, this phenomenon is called

A. feedback inhibition. B. metabolic channeling. C. reversible covalent modification. D. non-competitive inhibition.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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