module 9 slides

Question 1

interspecific

Answer 1

two or more species

Question 2

what is ecology

Answer 2

the study of interactions between organisms and their environments

Question 3

what environments are included in ecology

Answer 3

abiotic and biotic

Question 4

biotic environments

Answer 4

other organisms

Question 5

abiotic environmets

Answer 5

no life: rocks, weather, temperature, etc

Question 6

what is the relationship between ecology and evolution

Answer 6

to help us understand how earth works!

-ecology observe interactions between organisism and their environments and evolution explais how those interactions develop over time and continy to change.

Question 7

predation

Answer 7

predator prey relationship

Question 8

competition

Answer 8

can be intraspecific but interspecific drives coevolution because of competition for resources

Question 9

symbiosis

Answer 9

live together in direct contact; benefit ,neutral, harmful

Question 10

what interspecific interactions can cause coevolution

Answer 10

predation, competition, and symbiosis

Question 11

coevoltion

Answer 11

join evolution between 2+ species driven by their interactions

Question 12

deceptive markings

Answer 12

organisms appearance will imitate larger/scarier (more harmful organisms).

Question 13

batesian mimicry

Answer 13

harmless species resembles an unpalatable or harmful species

Question 14

example of batesian mimicry

Answer 14

scarlet king snake imitates the eastern coral snake (venemous). it imitates its appearance

Question 15

competitive exlcusion

Answer 15

populations of two similar species compete for some limiting resource. Whoever uses it better lives

Question 16

ecological niche

Answer 16

the specific set of biotic and abiotic resources that an organism uses in its environment

Question 17

fundamental niche

Answer 17

what the organisms can use

Question 18

realized niche

Answer 18

what the organism actually uses in nature

Question 19

what is a factor that can impact realized niche

Answer 19

predation

Question 20

given enough time what can competition lead to

Answer 20

resource partitioning and species coexistence

Question 21

resource partioninig

Answer 21

the division of environmental resources by coexisting species

Question 22

where do you see resource partitioning

Answer 22

with similar species in same location

Question 23

example of resource partitioning

Answer 23

different heights of the saguaro cactus, animals use it for different resources.

Owls make nest on top, mouse lives in it,

Question 24

character displacement

Answer 24

occupy their own distinct niche, so they eat different things mostly

Question 25

macroevolution is

Answer 25

evolutionary change above the species level

Question 26

examples/charcteristics of macroevolution

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emergence of terrestrial vertebrates through a series of speciation events
-the impact of mass extinction on biodiversity
-origin of key adaptations such as flight

Question 27

factors that chnaged life over time

Answer 27

large scale processes: continental drift, mass extinction, adaptive radiation

Question 28

what does adaptive radiation do

Answer 28

generates new lineages rapidly and simultaneously
-then the new lineages may also diversify and undergo further radiations eventually becoming major branches f phylogeny life

Question 29

what two phenomenon cause adaptive radiation

Answer 29

ecological opportunity and key innovation

Question 30

ecological opporotunity

Answer 30

-invasion of unutilized ecological resources leads to rapid diversification like surviving mass extinction

Question 31

what is key innovation

Answer 31

acquisition of a novel adaptive trait that allows organisms ti exploit previously unavailable ecological resources

Question 32

what is perhaps one of the greatest key innovations of all time

Answer 32

the amniotic egg

Question 33

what did the amniotic egg help with

Answer 33

surviving on land. the amniotic egg is ‘air breathing’ meaning it exchanges gases with the environment

Question 34

what are the possible fates of adaptive radiation

Answer 34

eventual decline or extinction
-start of something big and enduring