Week 1

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

The study of the interactions between organisms and their environment.

Question 2

Ecology (textbook?)

Answer 2

the scientific study of how organisms affect - and are affected by - other organisms and their environment.

Question 3

experimental group

Answer 3

has the factor being tested

Question 4

control group

Answer 4

lacks the factor being tested

Question 5

population

Answer 5

A group of individuals of a single species that live in a particular area and interact with one another.

Question 6

community

Answer 6

An association of interacting populations of different species that live in the same area.

Question 7

biotic

Answer 7

living

Question 8

abiotic

Answer 8

physical (non-living)

Question 9

ecosystem

Answer 9

A community of organisms plus the physical environment in which they live.

Question 10

landscapes

Answer 10

Areas that vary substantially from one place to another, typically including multiple ecosystems.

Question 11

biosphere

Answer 11

Consists of all living organisms on Earth plus the environments in which they live.

Question 12

treatments

Answer 12

Thew different levels of the factor being tested

Question 13

latent heat flux

Answer 13

Heat loss due to evaporation

Question 14

conduction

Answer 14

Energy transferred through the exchange of kinetic energy by molecules in direct contact with one another

Question 15

convection

Answer 15

Energy transferred through the exchange of kinetic energy by the movement of currents of air and water

Question 16

sensible heat flux

Answer 16

Energy transfer from the warm air immediately above Earth’s surface to the cooler atmosphere by conduction and convection.

Question 17

climate

Answer 17

long term average weather conditions, including mean value, variability and extremes.

Question 18

weather

Answer 18

Current conditions of temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind, and cloud cover (short term)

Question 19

albedo

Answer 19

whiteness