BIO1101 - Module 5

Question 1

Module 5 (Quiz) - How did Krebs define ecology?

Answer 1

The scientific study of the interactions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms

Question 2

Module 5 (Quiz) - What is the simplest component of the ecological hierarchy?

Answer 2

The individual / organism

Question 3

Module 5 (Quiz) - What happens to complexity of processes and interactions as we move through the ecological hierarchy?

Answer 3

It becomes more complex

Question 4

Module 5 (Quiz) - What are the two types of explanation recognised in ecology?

Answer 4

i) Proximal

ii) Ultimate

Question 5

Module 5 (Quiz) - What kind of relationship do organisms and the environment have?

Answer 5

Interdependent

Question 6

Module 5 (Quiz) - In some situations humans have managed to dramatically increase productivity by supplementing the factor that is most:

Answer 6

Limiting

Question 7

Module 5 (Quiz) - Producers convert energy from the environment (inorganic sources) into high energy _______ bonds

Answer 7

Carbon

Question 8

Module 5 (Quiz) - What do endotherms expend a large amount of energy to maintain?

Answer 8

Body temperature (internal)

Question 9

Module 5 (Quiz) - Which of the following IS NOT one of the important biological conversions of nitrogen critical to the nitrogen cycle?

a. nitrogen fixation
b. denitrification.
c. nitrogen leaching
d. nitrification

Answer 9

c. Nitrogen leaching

Question 10

Module 5 (Quiz) - The zone including all the water above the bottom of the ocean and the organisms that live there is called the ______ zone?

Answer 10

Pelagic

Question 11

Module 5 (Quiz) - Which of the following IS NOT one of the three major cultural developments that are generally recognised to have had a significant effect on early human ecology and relationships to the environment:

a. aqueducts
b. the use of tools
c. the development of language
d. development of social organisation and cooperation

Answer 11

a. Aqueducts

Question 12

Module 5 (Quiz) - Which of the following IS NOT one of the main types of pollutants which are generally recognised:

a. substances that occur naturally in the environment but which may not be present in high quantities
b. substances that are naturally occurring but are not normally free in environment
c. substances that are not naturally occurring in the environment
d. all of the above

Answer 12

d. All of the above