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1: Intro to Ecology
Ecology,
3 major biological principles gov...,
Phenotype
45
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Video (hw) terms
Diffusion,
Facilitated diffusion,
4 groups of plants
22
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2: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
Adaptation,
Abiotic factors,
96 of all elements
49
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3: Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments
What is special about camels adap...,
Soil nutrients that plant needs,
Water potential
81
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Ch.2 Practice Quiz
What happens when water cools bel...,
How does the viscosity of water a...,
Sample standard deviation
10
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Chapter 4: Adaptations to Variable Environments
Genotype,
3 types of genotypes,
Phenotype
68
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Chapter 20: Movement of Energy in Ecosystems
Terrestrial biomes depend on,
Aquatic biomes depend on,
Primary producers
68
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Ch. 3 Quiz
Which soil particle has the highe...,
Which type of soil has the most a...,
What process assists root pressur...
9
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Chapter 21: Movement of Elements in Ecosystems (water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous)
Dead zone,
Direct effects of summer algal bl...,
Indirect effects of summer algal ...
82
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Ch. 4 quiz
What is an important distinction ...,
An organism moving through areas ...,
An organism can survive in cold t...
10
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Ch. 20 quiz
The difference b w gross primary ...,
Which process is used to measure ...,
Does silicon limit net
9
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Ch. 21 quiz
Units for ecological efficiencies,
Why are ecological efficiencies h...,
Movement of water from oceans to ...
26
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practice quiz
Use the example of the california...,
Explain how increased atmospheric...,
How does size affect heat exchang...
19
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Ch.6: Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes
Convergent evolution,
Biome,
2 characteristics that determine ...
64
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Ch. 7: Evolution and Adaptation
Traits are a combination of ____ ...,
Deoxyribonucleic acid dna,
Nucleotides __ ___ ___
122
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ch. 7 quiz
The distribution of different org...,
Lamarck believed,
Which theory was helpful to darwi...
11
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Chapter 8: Life histories
Life history,
On average ___ offspring produced...,
2 variations in life history
25
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Chapter 9: reproductive strategies
Sexual reproduction,
Asexual reproduction,
Vegetative reproduction
51
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Chapter 11: population distributions
Fundamental niche,
Realized niche,
Geographic range
58
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evolution practice exam
People embracing the idea of the ...,
Ancient whales as seen from fossi...,
The oldest fossils
16
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ch. 9 quiz
The benefits of sexual reproducti...,
The red queen hypothesis states that,
Given that self fertilization can...
9
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Chapters 12 and 13: population ecology
Population,
Population ecology,
Demography
72
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Ch. 11 Quiz
What is the diff b w population d...,
Realized niche,
The american bullfrog is native t...
10
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Ch. 12/13 quiz
What is the difference in approac...,
Sessile organisms,
What is not accounted for in a mo...
11
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Ch. 10: Social Behavior
Social behavior,
Benefits of living in groups,
Costs of living in groups
47
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ch. 18: community structure
Ecotone,
Interdependent communities,
Independent communities
76
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ch. 19: community succession
Succession,
Seral stage,
Pioneer species
64
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Ch. 18 Community Ecology (Part 2)
Species diversity is affected by,
5 shapes of graphs for the correl...,
The most commonly shaped curve fo...
40
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Ch. 18 pre-quiz
What are the differences b w the ...,
Given that the distributions of m...,
What did robert whittaker s data ...
10
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Ch. 14: predation and herbivory
Introduced species exotic species...,
Invasive species,
Mesopredators
61
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Ch. 16: Competition
Competition is a,
Resource,
Resources for animals include
51
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ch. 16 pre-quiz
Which is a nonrenewable resource,
T f water is a nonrenewable resource,
How is liebig s law of the minimu...
11
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Ch. 17: Mutualism
Mutualism,
Generalisrts,
Specialists
42
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