Which of the Following Examples Best Describes an Ecological Community

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following examples best describes an ecological community?

• A)The intraspecific competition of members of a brook trout population inhabiting a stream during a given year.
• B)The interactions of all the plant and animal species inhabiting a 2 hectare forest.
• C)The material cycling and energy transformations between the biotic and abiotic components of an open meadow.
• D)The various species of barnacles competing for resources in an intertidal zone.
• E)The interactions of the various plant and animal species of park, excepting the decomposers.

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