Chapter 1: Introduction to Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of relationships between organisms and the environment

Question 2

Ecological organization (smallest to largest)

Answer 2

1) Autoecology
2) population ecology
3) community ecology
4) landscape ecology
5) ecosystem
6) macroecology
7) global ecology

Question 3

Physiological ecology

Answer 3

Focussed on an organism adapted to its environment. How change effects them

Question 4

Behavioural ecology

Answer 4

Focus on individual behaviour and how that effects interactions

Question 5

Both physiological and behavioural ecology branch into _______

Answer 5

Autoecology

Question 6

Autoecology

Answer 6

Looking at an individual lion or maple tree

How one specific animal interacts with the environment

Question 7

Population ecology

Answer 7

Particular species, focussing in entire population

Question 8

Population

Answer 8

Create a boundary, look at density, growth and interactions

Question 9

Community ecology

Answer 9

Looks at predation, parasitism, mutualism, and competition

Different species, not just one

Boundary needed

Question 10

Ecosystem ecology

Answer 10

Looks at biological, chemical, and physical processes and interactions in one location

Question 11

Landscape ecology

Answer 11

Enchanted of material, energy, and organism with other communities and ecosystems

Boundary needed “as far as the eye can see”

Question 12

Macroecology

Answer 12

Number of landscapes and communities

Question 13

Global ecology

Answer 13

Largest scale, things like carbon cycle

Question 14

Ecotones

Answer 14

Transitions from one ecosystem to another

Question 15

Scientific method order

Answer 15

Observation, question, hypothesis, experiment, conclusions