Intro

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the relationships between organisms and their environment

Question 2

Who coined the definition of ecology?

Answer 2

Ernst Haeckel

Question 3

Environmentalism

Answer 3

Associated with public education programs, advocacy, and legislation focused on protecting the natural world from negative impacts of human activities

Question 4

What determines where an organism can live?

Answer 4

Ambient temperature, rainfall, gas concentration, light, etc.

Question 5

What determines were an animal does live?

Answer 5

Biotic factors; number of predators/parasites, food abundance, travel barriers, mates, etc.

Question 6

What does “eco” Reflect?

Answer 6

Reflects the environment

Question 7

What does system reflect?

Answer 7

The collection of related parts that function as a unit

Question 8

An ecosystem consist of what two components?

Answer 8

Biotic and abiotic

Question 9

What influences abiotic factors?

Answer 9

Biotics

Question 10

Population

Answer 10

All members of a species in a given area

Question 11

Population ecology

Answer 11

Studies the dynamics of species populations in an environment

Question 12

Community

Answer 12

All populations interacting within an ecosystem

Question 13

Community ecology

Answer 13

Studies assemblages or associations of population of two or more species

Question 14

Landscape

Answer 14

An area of land consisting of a patchwork of communities and ecosystems

Question 15

Landscape ecology

Answer 15

Studies the relationships between ecosystems; concerned with the movements of resources and individuals to and from different areas

Question 16

Rain shadows

Answer 16

A dry area on the Leeward side of a mountain

Question 17

Biosphere

Answer 17

The highest level of ecological organization; the Sandler surrounding earth surface that supports life

Question 18

Emergent properties

Answer 18

Outcomes that cannot initially be predicted just by looking at the initial inputs

Question 19

All science, including Ecology investigates natural processes using what?

Answer 19

Scientific method

Question 20

Observations ultimately drive the creation of what?

Answer 20

Hypotheses

Question 21

Model

Answer 21

An abstract, simplified representation of real systems; attempts to simplify the causative agent down to the key parts that most influence the system

Question 22

What are some things that you can measure for a model?

Answer 22

• habitat
• animals living in the habitat
• look for patterns in the data