BIO215 Unit 4 - Ecology Review - Spring 2021

Population Ecology studies the interaction of all the species populating an ecosystem.

What community ecosystem member feeds on the carcasses of dead animals?

The sum of water consumed is _______ to the sum of water in biomass, water in waste and water from respiration.

A bear that eats a whole deer is getting what percentage of the energy that deer used to grow?

A mammal changing its fur color to suit its environment is an example of

A species that displays a pattern of developing/reaching sexual maturity slowly is ­­________

What is a species that is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future?

What does line A (bottom line) represent?

What is the number of individuals of a species per unit area volume of the habitat?

What does line C (top line) represent?

Competitive Exclusion in community ecology involves all of these EXCEPT:

What is the sum of all the planet's ecosystems?

A worm is an example of a…

Agriculture, mining, & housing/city development primarily describes this mechanism of biodiversity loss.

What is an abiotic factor that you would find in abundance in the rainforest?

Integrated Pest Management uses a combination of all of these EXCEPT:

What is all the organisms that inhabit a particular geographic area?

This is NOT one of the mechanisms that induces biodiversity loss?

What population growth trend occurs in a safe, unlimited resource environment?

Studying the rise and fall of puffin numbers on a small island is called what?

Which human activity/activities greatly contributes to greenhouse gas increase?

Which is FALSE about the greenhouse effect?

This is NOT an example of how climate change is affecting aquatic ecosystems?

Significant increase in greenhouse gases (above baseline) is attributed to one of these.

If a person is a vegan, that makes them a ______.

Type I organisms typically have one of these aspects.

Which of the following is a density-independent limiting factor?

If you want to have a high level of biodiversity with ample ecosystem energy you need lots of:

Sweating when it gets hot is an example of a(n) ________ reaction.

What are living components of an environment?

What community ecosystem member obtains energy by eating living plants or animals?

Biomes can be described by which abiotic factors?

Which of the following is not considered a component of biodiversity?

Which level of organization includes only the interaction of biotic factors?

What is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and their environments?

Low death rates in the 1st 50% of a species life span is typical of which survivorship?

Two of the four primary abiotic factors that affects the distribution of life?

Bringing dogs to an island that never had dogs is what mechanism?

A keystone species...

The chloroplast containing sea slug shown here most likely needs these abiotic factors

Why might a predator occupying the aquatic sunny zone have issues with mercury pollution at the dark bottom of seas?

The sum of the energy consumed is _______ to the energy sum of biomass energy, heat energy and waste enegery.