BIOL 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Oxymoron, Know Thyself, Omnivore
29 Nov 2017
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Oxymoron: a gure of speech with contradictory terms. Tautology: unnecessary repetition of meaning using dissimilar words. Traditional knowledge: body of information collected over a long period of time that facilitates or describes human interaction with the environment. Built by consensus, often cloaked in legend or fairy tale, based upon observation. Faith knowledge: body of information generated relatively quickly by authority to explain human interaction with the environment. Niche: an ecological role and space that an organism lls in an ecosystem. Predator, prey, producer, consumer, decomposer, carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, pescivore When there are environmental (or ecological) changes, species can adapt their niche in order to survive. (i. e. polar bear, galapagos finches) Or when a species is separated geographically into regions with di erent environmental conditions, they will adapt their niche in order to survive. (i. e. yamana and shelknam) Human are di erent because they occupy a diversity of niches.
