Based on Your Understanding of Ecological Pyramids, Is the Annual

question 70

Multiple Choice

Based on your understanding of ecological pyramids, is the annual productivity of a typical urban (city) backyard large enough to support a house cat restricted to the backyard or will the cat require food supplements in order for it to survive?

• A) The producer productivity is large enough for just the one cat to survive.
• B) The cat must be fed additional food or it will starve.
• C) The cat will be able to survive if there is at least one fruit tree in the backyard.
• D) The cat will be able to survive if the backyard consists only of grass.
• E) The producer productivity can support the cat, along with several offspring.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a conditioned response after a period of lessened response.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic reaction to a stimulus that occurs naturally, without prior learning or conditioning.

Generalization

A cognitive process in psychology where an individual applies learned behavior or responses to similar stimuli beyond the original conditions.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus.