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1: Intro to Ecology
Ecology 1,
3 major biological principles gov...,
Phenotype 3
45
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Video (hw) terms
Diffusion 1,
Facilitated diffusion 2,
4 groups of plants 3
22
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2: Adaptations to Aquatic Environments
Adaptation 1,
Abiotic factors 2,
96 of all elements 3
49
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3: Adaptations to Terrestrial Environments
What is special about camels adap...,
Soil nutrients that plant needs 2,
Water potential 3
81
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Ch.2 Practice Quiz
What happens when water cools bel...,
How does the viscosity of water a...,
Sample standard deviation 3
10
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Chapter 4: Adaptations to Variable Environments
Genotype 1,
3 types of genotypes 2,
Phenotype 3
68
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Chapter 20: Movement of Energy in Ecosystems
Terrestrial biomes depend on 1,
Aquatic biomes depend on 2,
Primary producers autotrophs 3
68
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Ch. 3 Quiz
Which soil particle has the highe...,
Which type of soil has the most a...,
What process assists root pressur...
9
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Chapter 21: Movement of Elements in Ecosystems (water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous)
Dead zone 1,
Direct effects of summer algal bl...,
Indirect effects of summer algal ...
82
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Ch. 4 quiz
What is an important distinction ...,
An organism moving through areas ...,
An organism can survive in cold t...
10
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Ch. 20 quiz
The difference b w gross primary ...,
Which process is used to measure ...,
What factors limit net primary pr...
9
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Ch. 21 quiz
Units for ecological efficiencies 1,
Why are ecological efficiencies h...,
Movement of water from oceans to ...
26
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practice quiz
Use the example of the california...,
Explain how increased atmospheric...,
How does size affect heat exchang...
19
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Ch.6: Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes
Convergent evolution 1,
Biome 2,
2 characteristics that determine ...
64
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Ch. 7: Evolution and Adaptation
Traits are a combination of ___ _...,
Deoxyribonucleic acid dna 2,
Nucleotides _ _ __ 3
122
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ch. 7 quiz
The distribution of different org...,
Lamarck believed 2,
Which theory was helpful to darwi...
11
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Chapter 8: Life histories
Life history 1,
On average ___ offspring produced...,
2 variations in life history 3
25
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Chapter 9: reproductive strategies
Sexual reproduction 1,
Asexual reproduction 2,
Vegetative reproduction 3
51
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Chapter 11: population distributions
Fundamental niche 1,
Realized niche 2,
Geographic range 3
58
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evolution practice exam
People embracing the idea of the ...,
Ancient whales as seen from fossi...,
The oldest fossils 3
16
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ch. 9 quiz
The benefits of sexual reproducti...,
The red queen hypothesis states t...,
Given that self fertilization can...
9
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Chapters 12 and 13: population ecology
Population 1,
Population ecology 2,
Demography 3
72
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Ch. 11 Quiz
What is the diff b w population d...,
Realized niche 2,
The american bullfrog is native t...
10
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Ch. 12/13 quiz
What is the difference in approac...,
Sessile organisms 2,
What is not accounted for in a mo...
11
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Ch. 10: Social Behavior
Social behavior 1,
Benefits of living in groups 2,
Costs of living in groups 3
47
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ch. 18: community structure
Ecotone 1,
Interdependent communities 2,
Independent communities 3
76
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ch. 19: community succession
Succession 1,
Seral stage 2,
Pioneer species 3
64
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Ch. 18 Community Ecology (Part 2)
Species diversity is affected by 1,
5 shapes of graphs for the correl...,
The most commonly shaped curve fo...
40
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Ch. 18 pre-quiz
What are the differences b w the ...,
Given that the distributions of m...,
What did robert whittaker s data ...
10
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Ch. 14: predation and herbivory
Introduced species exotic species...,
Invasive species 2,
Mesopredators 3
61
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Ch. 16: Competition
Competition is a 1,
Resource 2,
Resources for animals include 3
51
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ch. 16 pre-quiz
Which is a nonrenewable resource 1,
T f water is a nonrenewable resou...,
How is liebig s law of the minimu...
11
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Ch. 17: Mutualism
Mutualism 1,
Generalisrts 2,
Specialists 3
42
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