Ecology 2
... • Food is placed into a Petri dish, and bacteria is introduced to the food. • The first 2 hours is the “lag phase”, followed with exponential growth. • During the 2nd hour, bacteria begin to reproduce because there is plenty of food available. • The bacteria will grow exponentially until there is no ...
... • Food is placed into a Petri dish, and bacteria is introduced to the food. • The first 2 hours is the “lag phase”, followed with exponential growth. • During the 2nd hour, bacteria begin to reproduce because there is plenty of food available. • The bacteria will grow exponentially until there is no ...
Biodiversity
... Population Growth • Three factors that affect population size: (1) number of births (2) number of deaths (3) number of individuals that enter or leave the population • Immigration- movement of individuals into an area • Emigration- movement of individuals out of an area ...
... Population Growth • Three factors that affect population size: (1) number of births (2) number of deaths (3) number of individuals that enter or leave the population • Immigration- movement of individuals into an area • Emigration- movement of individuals out of an area ...
Realized niche
... Interspecific or intraspecific? • Two red squirrels race up a tree to find a hidden pile of nuts. • A hyena chases off a vulture to feast on an antelope carcass. • Shrubs and grasses on the forest floor compete for sunlight. • Brown bears hunting for fish on a river’s edge fight over space. • Male ...
... Interspecific or intraspecific? • Two red squirrels race up a tree to find a hidden pile of nuts. • A hyena chases off a vulture to feast on an antelope carcass. • Shrubs and grasses on the forest floor compete for sunlight. • Brown bears hunting for fish on a river’s edge fight over space. • Male ...
What is Ecology?
... is limited by a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly ◦ Fertilizers are used for this reason, usually contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium ◦ Aquatic systems nutrient rich or poor? ...
... is limited by a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly ◦ Fertilizers are used for this reason, usually contain nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium ◦ Aquatic systems nutrient rich or poor? ...
Ecology Goals
... 2. Distinguish between exponential and logistic models of population growth, explaining the effects of existing population size and carrying capacity on growth rate. 3. Differentiate between density-dependent and density-independent factors that limit population growth. 4. Describe the interrelation ...
... 2. Distinguish between exponential and logistic models of population growth, explaining the effects of existing population size and carrying capacity on growth rate. 3. Differentiate between density-dependent and density-independent factors that limit population growth. 4. Describe the interrelation ...
Unit IV Biodiversity
... Unfortunately, this usually requires a large natural area and in today’s reality of an exponentially increasing human population, large natural areas are diminishing rapidly. Moreover, as you have seen from the mouse study, even large areas that are preserved but have pathways bisecting them, put a ...
... Unfortunately, this usually requires a large natural area and in today’s reality of an exponentially increasing human population, large natural areas are diminishing rapidly. Moreover, as you have seen from the mouse study, even large areas that are preserved but have pathways bisecting them, put a ...
Sample Final November 2007 File - Moodle
... ____ 17. Which of the following are considered benefits of multicellularity? a. Reduced mass-specific metabolic rate c. Improved ability to escape predation b. Differentiation into specialized tissues d. All of the above ____ 18. Liverworts and hornworts share most of their life cycle characteristic ...
... ____ 17. Which of the following are considered benefits of multicellularity? a. Reduced mass-specific metabolic rate c. Improved ability to escape predation b. Differentiation into specialized tissues d. All of the above ____ 18. Liverworts and hornworts share most of their life cycle characteristic ...
D.1 EVR Species Potentially Impacted by the Pipeline
... along the proposed alignment in Ironbark woodland, therefore has the potential to impact this species. To minimise potential impacts on this species, the proposed alignment should minimise the amount of vegetation to be cleared. Therefore, from KP 0-9.3, Alignment 3 is the preferred option (dependin ...
... along the proposed alignment in Ironbark woodland, therefore has the potential to impact this species. To minimise potential impacts on this species, the proposed alignment should minimise the amount of vegetation to be cleared. Therefore, from KP 0-9.3, Alignment 3 is the preferred option (dependin ...
5.2 Describe species as reproductively distinct groups of organisms
... 6.3 Use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers, and explain the transfer of energy through trophic levels. Describe how relationships among organisms (predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and mutualism) add to the complexity of biological communitie ...
... 6.3 Use a food web to identify and distinguish producers, consumers, and decomposers, and explain the transfer of energy through trophic levels. Describe how relationships among organisms (predation, parasitism, competition, commensalism, and mutualism) add to the complexity of biological communitie ...
Biodiversity battleships WORD 840 KB
... What effects does this patchiness have on the flora and fauna in the remaining areas? (Reduced gene pool, makes it more susceptible to predation.) What can we do to offset this effect? (Plant native corridors – native planting in gardens so that birds and seeds can move from one place to another eas ...
... What effects does this patchiness have on the flora and fauna in the remaining areas? (Reduced gene pool, makes it more susceptible to predation.) What can we do to offset this effect? (Plant native corridors – native planting in gardens so that birds and seeds can move from one place to another eas ...
Chapter 52 - Hinsdale South High School
... offspring In other organisms, extra investment on the part of the parent greatly increases the offspring’s chances of survival. ...
... offspring In other organisms, extra investment on the part of the parent greatly increases the offspring’s chances of survival. ...
Ecology Review Packet
... 3. Water can enter the atmosphere by evaporating from the leaves of plants in the process of ___________________. 4. Circle the letter of each process involved in the water ...
... 3. Water can enter the atmosphere by evaporating from the leaves of plants in the process of ___________________. 4. Circle the letter of each process involved in the water ...
國立臺南大學 生態科學與技術學系 生態學期末考題 (A 卷)
... 22. Suppose an anemone contains one female and three male clownfish. Which male is most likely to change into a female if the female dies? (A) The male most closely related to the original female (B) The smallest male (C) The decision is based upon a series of fights A| 5 (D) The breeding male (E) ...
... 22. Suppose an anemone contains one female and three male clownfish. Which male is most likely to change into a female if the female dies? (A) The male most closely related to the original female (B) The smallest male (C) The decision is based upon a series of fights A| 5 (D) The breeding male (E) ...
Ecological Adaptations and Animal Adaptations
... from 2-5 weeks during which they mate and lay the eggs (only on Milkweed) that become the next generation. Last Generation (in reproductive diapause) are the ones that migrate to Mexico. Enormous Task: weigh less than a gram & have to fly 2,000-3,000 miles! Then this generation of butterflies become ...
... from 2-5 weeks during which they mate and lay the eggs (only on Milkweed) that become the next generation. Last Generation (in reproductive diapause) are the ones that migrate to Mexico. Enormous Task: weigh less than a gram & have to fly 2,000-3,000 miles! Then this generation of butterflies become ...
Ecology Test Review
... Parasitism: one species benefits and the other is harmed (mosquito carrying the malaria parasite and humans) 13. What are 2 ways that populations can increase and decrease? Explain them. 1. Exponentially: rapid increase or decrease in population due to an abundance of resources or lack of resources ...
... Parasitism: one species benefits and the other is harmed (mosquito carrying the malaria parasite and humans) 13. What are 2 ways that populations can increase and decrease? Explain them. 1. Exponentially: rapid increase or decrease in population due to an abundance of resources or lack of resources ...
Indian River Lagoon — Threats to the System
... The most serious threats to the health of the IRL include reduced water quality due to manmade hydrologic changes, non-point source pollution, loss and fragmentation of habitats, overuse/overharvest of resources, and the threat of invasive exotic species. ...
... The most serious threats to the health of the IRL include reduced water quality due to manmade hydrologic changes, non-point source pollution, loss and fragmentation of habitats, overuse/overharvest of resources, and the threat of invasive exotic species. ...
PRACTICE ECOLOGY QUESTIONS 1 Choose terms from the list
... by (i) - (iii). evaporation (b) At which three points in the cycle are humans most likely to interfere? ...
... by (i) - (iii). evaporation (b) At which three points in the cycle are humans most likely to interfere? ...
Competition
... Fecundity is the reproductive capacity of individual females of a species. Birth rate or natality is used to measure fecundity. Death rate or mortality is the number of individuals of a species which die per unit time. Immigration occurs when individuals join a population from neighbouring o ...
... Fecundity is the reproductive capacity of individual females of a species. Birth rate or natality is used to measure fecundity. Death rate or mortality is the number of individuals of a species which die per unit time. Immigration occurs when individuals join a population from neighbouring o ...
chsurveyppt
... Sec. 22.1 Terms Ecosystem—All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area Habitat—The place where an organism lives and that provides all the needs of that organism. Biotic Factors —The living parts of an ecosystem Abiotic Factors —the nonliving parts of an ecosystem ...
... Sec. 22.1 Terms Ecosystem—All the living and nonliving things that interact in a particular area Habitat—The place where an organism lives and that provides all the needs of that organism. Biotic Factors —The living parts of an ecosystem Abiotic Factors —the nonliving parts of an ecosystem ...
Environmental Science Chapter One – Everything is Connected
... Energy Pyramid – A diagram shaped like a triangle that shows the loss of energy at each level of the food chain. Habitat – The environment where an organism lives is its habitat. Niche – An organisms way of life and its relationships with its abiotic and biotic environments. ...
... Energy Pyramid – A diagram shaped like a triangle that shows the loss of energy at each level of the food chain. Habitat – The environment where an organism lives is its habitat. Niche – An organisms way of life and its relationships with its abiotic and biotic environments. ...
Top 58 Ecology Facts 1. A food chain is a series of events in which
... 30. Extinction is the disappearance of all members of a species from Earth. 31. Habitat destruction is the loss of the natural habitat. 32. A heterotroph is an organism that cannot make its own food. Humans are heterotrophs. Heterotrophs have mouths. 33. Immigration is moving into a population. 34. ...
... 30. Extinction is the disappearance of all members of a species from Earth. 31. Habitat destruction is the loss of the natural habitat. 32. A heterotroph is an organism that cannot make its own food. Humans are heterotrophs. Heterotrophs have mouths. 33. Immigration is moving into a population. 34. ...
BIO.9
... volcanic islands or lava flows, land that has been under glaciers will undergo primary succession. Areas that have had life stripped off by agriculture or by forest fires will undergo secondary succession, as there is intact soil, often containing the seeds of plants to speed the process. Pioneer s ...
... volcanic islands or lava flows, land that has been under glaciers will undergo primary succession. Areas that have had life stripped off by agriculture or by forest fires will undergo secondary succession, as there is intact soil, often containing the seeds of plants to speed the process. Pioneer s ...