BS 162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Theoretical Ecology, Habitat Destruction, Metapopulation
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Question 1
Which is a population?
All the members of a species inhabiting a given location. | ||
All the interacting populations in a given area. | ||
The living community and the physical environment functioning together as an independant and relatively stable system. | ||
All of the above |
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Question 2
Which is not an abiotic factor?
Intensity of light | ||
type of substratum | ||
range of temperatures | ||
living things |
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Question 3
What does the fertility rate have to be in order to keep a population stable (neither increasing or decreasing)?
1 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
4 |
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Question 4
Japan's population is falling due to a low fertility rate.
True
False
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Question 5
When the population remains relatively constant over a number of years this is known as
steady state | ||
abiotic state | ||
biotic state | ||
Both abiotic and biotic states |
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Question 6
Which are the living components of the environment? |
biotic factors | ||
abiotic factors | ||
neutrality factors | ||
non-organic factors |
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Question 7
What is carrying capacity?
The maximum number of organisms the resources of an area can support. | ||
The amount of abiotic factors in an area. | ||
The amount of energy. | ||
The density of a star. |
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Question 8
Which can synthesize their own food?
heterotroph | ||
herbivore | ||
autotroph | ||
carnivore |
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Question 9
Which is an example of a saprophyte?
vulture | ||
bacteria | ||
mouse | ||
frog |
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Question 10
This consumes both plants and animals.
Carnivore | ||
Herbivore | ||
Omnivore | ||
Tachivore |
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Question 11
Global warming might actually cause global freezing.
True
False
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Question 12
There are good odds that a future virus can cause the extinction of the human race.
True
False
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Question 13
A heterotroph can make its own food.
True
False
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Question 14
According to the 1st Law of Thermodynamics, disorder always increases.
True
False
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Question 15
In 5 billion years the Sun will expand and burn up the Earth.
True
False
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Question 16
Einstein stated that World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
True
False
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Question 17
Which is not true of the First Law of Thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created | ||
Energy cannot be destroyed. | ||
Energy can change forms. | ||
All are true. |
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Question 18
According to the Second Law of Thermodynamics, the heat death of the universe is its ultimate fate.
True
False
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Question 19
Which is organic?
CH4 | ||
CO2 | ||
H2O | ||
N2 |
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Question 20
The Sun and the core are the primary energy sources for the Earth.
True
False
mutations symbioses random distributions |
plants and animals sedimentary rock andfossil fuels atmosphere |
holds that something isright when it produces the greatest benefit for the greatest numberof people is not an ethicalstandard cannot be used toestimate the value of natural resources |
mutation and habitatselection mutation and globalclimate change extinction andspeciation |
be prudent and efficientin the use of natural resources consider the environmentthe ultimate servant of mankind maintain the environmentin a pristine, unaltered state |
protect areas againstdevelopment while allowing public access harvest naturalresources maintain the naturalenvironment in a pristine, unaltered state |
energy flow in anecosystem population density natural resourcefluctuations |
an educated guess thatexplains a phenomenon or answers a question an instrument that isused to examine environmental conditions the design of anexperiment that can be used for the process of science |
the importance ofconsidering environmental impacts on all living things the importance ofeconomics in environmental decisions the dual-natured view ofhumans and animals as environmental controls |
the idea that theincrease in human population would lead to famine and war the concept that humanpopulation growth would lead to greater industry and prosperitythrough education instituting fertilizeruse for agriculture |
the study of organismsand their interactions with each other and the environment a subfield ofenvironmentalism the study of the E. colifamily of bacteria |
testing hypotheses builton observation, and revising them based on results intuitive understandingof natural laws and processes the ancient writings ofHeraclitus |
Wood Mammals Water |
average number of viableoffspring produced within a population potential number ofspecies in a given area limitation on the numberof species in an ecosystem |
the drinking water inelementary schools near the river became contaminated the river caught onfire the river stoppedsupporting any plant or animal life |
nitrogen fixation ionic conversation bacterial ionization |
one-third 10% 3% |
a dominant view inscience the same as ahypothesis synonymous with thescientific method |
entropy energy electricity |
a group of similarspecies that inhabit various ecosystems a group of individuals ofa single species inhabiting a particular area (crude birth rate +immigration rate) - (crude death rate - emigration rate) |