Assginment 2 Flashcards
Hierarchy emerges almost inevitably through a wide variety of evolutionary processes, for the
simple reason that hierarchical structures are ___ (Fill in the blank)
a. perfect
b. imperfect
c. stable
d. unstable
stable
The mitochondrion is a / an
a. Sub-cellular organelle
b. Cell
c. Tissue
d. Organ
sub - cellular organelle
The hierarchical system was given by
a. Simon
b. Watson
c. Hutchinson
d. Humboldt
Simon
There is more biodiversity in areas with
a. less competition, less predation
b. less competition, more predation
c. more competition, more predation
d. more competition, less predation
more competition, more predation
“groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations, which are reproductively
isolated from other such groups” is a definition of
a. cells
b. species
c. ecosystems
d. biomes
species
“the diversity that exists within an ecosystem” is
a. alpha (α) biodiversity
b. beta (β) biodiversity
c. gamma (γ) biodiversity
d. delta (δ) biodiversity
alpha (α) biodiversity
“the diversity that exists among different geographies” is
a. alpha (α) biodiversity
b. beta (β) biodiversity
c. gamma (γ) biodiversity
d. delta (δ) biodiversity
gamma (γ) biodiversity
The emergent principle can be stated as
a. Whole = sum of parts
b. Whole < sum of parts
c. Whole > sum of parts
d. None of these
Whole > sum of parts
The laboratory approach to Ecology uses
a. equations
b. models
c. observations
d. experiments
experiments
For more biodiversity, the level of disturbance should be
a. less
b. intermediate
c. more
d. none of these
intermediate