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You have 90 minutes to complete this test. You are required to use HonorLock.  There is no need for a calculator or scratch paper on this exam. 

The zebra mussel was introduced to the US in the late 1980s from its native habitat in eastern Europe, brought accidentally by ships entering the canals of the Great Lakes.  The dense populations are threatening many native species of mollusk with extinction.  This is an example of ________. 

A community is a more inclusive category than an ecosystem.  In other words, a community includes more things than an ecosystem.

Competition between members of two different species is ____________. 

All of the individuals of Tursiops truncatus, the bottlenose dolphin, located in Sarasota Bay comprise a(n) __________. 

The human population is currently following a J-shaped curve.  This means that the population is currently growing ___________. 

A seed-eating finch is an example  of a __________________. 

Environmental changes and organisms are not frequently important factors in the evolution/ adaptation of other organisms. 

Fertilizer runoff can cause algal blooms in lakes.

The maximum population density of a given species that a defined geographical area can sustain over time is known as the ______________.