Chapter 1 Flashcards
An ecologist who studies populations would most likely be interested in
births and deaths of individuals that belong to a particular species in a particular place.
The most significant factor in the increased influence of humans on ecological systems in the last century is the result of
the increased human population
A proximate hypothesis
addresses immediate changes of an organism’s internal systems.
Which source of energy is most likely to be used by fungi?
other dead organisms
The physical setting in which a species lives is its
habitat
Which method of hypothesis testing uses environmental variance to test an otherwise difficult problem?
a natural experiment
When experimental manipulations are conducted to test a hypothesis, the purpose of the control is to
see how the experiment occurs without any manipulations.
Which physical principle is used to monitor the transfer of energy in ecological systems?
the first law of thermodynamics
Which is the largest ecological system in scale?
biosphere
A genotype is
an individuals set of genes
