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Ecology 2Questions (Slides 33-40)
BEGIN WITH ECOLOGY 1
1. Give 2 examples of communities. How is each different?
2. What is a limiting factor? List 3.
3. What is succession?
4. What is primary succession? What is a pioneer species? Give an example.
5. What is the first stage of development in succession? What are some
organisms that are abundant in this stage?
6. What is a climax community?
7. List the order of succession in a community.
8. What is secondary succession?
9. From Slide 2- ecology 2 power point What is carrying capacity? What
“limits” carrying capacity?
10. What are some density dependent and density independent factors that limit
population growth?
11. How does predation limit population size? Give an example.
12. How does competition limit population size?
13. How does crowding and stress affect a population?
14. Explain biodiversity. How do we measure it?
15. Where is most biodiversity found?
16. List three reasons why biodiversity is important. What will a loss of
biodiversity result in?
17. Why is biodiversity important for people, list 2 reasons.
18. How does extinction affect the loss of biodiversity?
19. What is overexploitation, how does this affect biodiversity?
20. Differentiate between an endangered and a threatened species. Give
examples.
21. Give an example of an overexploited species.
22. What are 3 threats to biodiversity.
23. What are some impacts of deforestation?
24. How can we save our rainforests?
25. What are invasive species? Give an example. How do these species affect the
ecosystem?
26. What are some factors that allow the invasive species to grow in its new
environment? List 3
27. How does air pollution degrade habitats?
28. How do rising temperatures affect ecosystems?
29. How does acid rain affect communities? What are the sources of acid rain?
30. How does acid rain affect plants? Animals?
31. What are some solutions to help combat pollution?
32. How is the ozone layer being destroyed? What are the affects?
33. How is our water becoming polluted?
34. What are some actions we can take to prevent water pollution?
35. How is our land becoming polluted?
36. What is biomagnification? Give an example. What organisms have been hurt?
37. How can we solve the problem of biomagnification?
38. What is conservation biology?
39. What is bioremediation?
40. What are some things you can do to help save the environment? (list5)