Final

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

Study of interactions between organisms and their environment

Question 2

Organismal Ecology

Answer 2

Evolutionary adaptations that enable organisms to meet the challenges posed by their abiotic environment.

Question 3

Biotic

Answer 3

All living organisms and relationships among them

Question 4

Abiotic

Answer 4

Non-living environmental components, temperature, light, water, minerals, air.

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

a group of individuals of the same species

Question 6

Community

Answer 6

All organisms that live in a certain area

Question 7

Community Ecology

Answer 7

interactions between species such as predation and competition, affect community

Question 8

Ecosystem

Answer 8

includes all abiotic factors in addition to the community of species in a certain area.

Question 9

Ecosystem Ecology

Answer 9

Questions concerning energy flow and the cycling of chemicals among the various biotic and abiotic.

Question 10

Acclimation

Answer 10

Physiological adjustment that occurs in response to environmental change.

Question 11

Greenhouse affect

Answer 11

Increase in Global temperature

Question 12

Ecosystem Services

Answer 12

Functions performed by an ecosystem that directly / indirectly benefit people.

Question 13

Interspecific Competition

Answer 13

between-species competition

Question 14

Ecological Niche

Answer 14

total use of biotic/ abiotic resources in its environment

Question 15

Niche

Answer 15

all the stuff an organism needs to survive and reproduce; the compilation of selection pressures that dictate an organism’s survival and reproduction

Question 16

Mutualism

Answer 16

(+/-) Relationships among species where each species shapes the evolution of the other

Question 17

Parasitism

Answer 17

(-/-) Relationships where one species benefits and the other is harmed

Question 18

Commensalism

Answer 18

One species benefits and the other is neutrally affected (birds and elephants)

Question 19

Sustainability

Answer 19

Goal of developing, managing, & conserving earth’s resources in ways that meet the need of people todays w/o compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their needs.

Question 20

Causes of declining biodiversity

Answer 20

1) Habitat destruction and fragmentation
2) Invasive species
3) Overexploitation
4) Pollution