Option C: Ecology and Conservation Flashcards
8.Use of one animal and one plant species to illustrate limits of tolerance and zones of stress.
9.Define ecological niche.
10.Analyze data that illustrates the distinction between fundamental and realized niches.
11.Outline the competitive exclusion principle.
12.Outline interspecific interactions//14. Outline local examples of interspecific interactions.
13.Outline the symbiotic relationship between zooxanthellae and reef-building coral reef species.
14.Outline how community structure can be strongly affected by keystone species using an example (ex. sea star (Pisaster), sea otter).
25.Compare pyramids of energy from different ecosystems.
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20.Define food web and outline how they model the possible food chains in a community.
22.Outline the use of food conversion ratios to create more sustainable dietary choices.
23.Outline the impact of climate on ecosystem type.
24.Analyze a climograph showing the relationship between temperature, rainfall and ecosystem type.
26.Construct a Germehl diagram to show the inter-relationships between nutrient stores and flows between taiga, desert and tropical rainforests.
27.Analyze data showing primary succession.
28.Outline the dependence of biomass accumulation on respiration rates.
29.Outline secondary succession with respect to how disturbance influences the structure and rate of change.
30.Investigate the effect on an environmental disturbance on an ecosystem.
31.Outline what a mesocosm is and how it can be used to study open and closed ecosystems.
32.Outline with one example of how humans interfere with nutrient cycling.
63.Outline how the introduction of an alien species can become invasive and reduce the number of endemic species through competition exclusion using the cane toad in Australia and one local example.
64.Evaluate the eradication programmes and biological control as measures to reduce the impact of alien species.
65.Explain biomagnification.
66.Analyze data illustrating the causes and consequences of biomagnification.
67.Discuss the trade-off between control of the malarial parasite and DDT pollution.
68.Outline the impact of macro and microplastic debris accumulation in marine environments using the case study of Laysan albatrosses and one other named species.
69.Define indicator species and outline how it can be used to calculate the value of a biotic index.
70.Contrast in situ and ex situ conservation.
71.Outline a case study of captive breeding as a method of restoring endangered species populations.
72.Outline the components of biodiversity.
73.Analyze the biodiversity of two local communities using the Simpson’s reciprocal index of diversity.
74.Outline how biogeographical factors affect species diversity.
75.Analyze the impact of biogeographical factors of island size and edge effects on diversity.
76.Outline the sampling techniques used to estimate population size including the Lincoln index.
77.Analyze the effect of population size, age and reproductive status on sustainable fishing practices.
78.Evaluate methods used to estimate the size of commercial stock of marine resources.
79.Explain the exponential growth pattern that occurs in an ideal, unlimted environment.
80.Outline the factors that influence population size/ Explain carrying capacity.
81.Model a population growth curve using a simple organism.
82.Contrast top-down and bottom-up limiting factors using the example of free-living algae growing in coral reef communities.
7.Use a transect to correlate the distribution of plant or animal species with an abiotic variable.
