Chapter 4 + 5

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

Variety in the earth’s species

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

Set of individuals who can mate and produce fertile offspring

Question 3

Species diversity

Answer 3

number and abundance of species

Question 4

Genetic Diversity

Answer 4

variety of genes in a population

Question 5

Ecological Diversity

Answer 5

Variety of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in an area

Question 6

Functional Diversity

Answer 6

Biological and chemical process such as energy flow and matter recycling needed for the survival of species communities and ecosystems

Question 7

Age of the planent

Answer 7

about 4.5 billion years

Question 8

First billion was?

Answer 8

Chemical evolution

Question 9

Life showed up when?

Answer 9

3.5 billion years ago?

Question 10

Generalist Species

Answer 10

broad niche/wide range of tolerance

Question 11

Specialist Species

Answer 11

narrow niche, small range of tolerance

Question 12

Native/Indigenous

Answer 12

normally lives in an ecosystem

Question 13

Nonnative/ invasive species

Answer 13

does not normally live in an ecosystem

Question 14

Indicator species

Answer 14

gives an early indication/warning of danger to an ecosystem

Question 15

Keystone species

Answer 15

has a large effect on the types and abundance of other species

Question 16

Natural selection = ?

Answer 16

genetic resistance

Question 17

how many mass extinctions has Earth experienced so far?

Answer 17

five

Question 18

Populations evolve through?

Answer 18

Mutations

Question 19

Biodiversity is being ruined by ?

Answer 19

hoomans

Question 20

Each species has a specific…

Answer 20

role

Question 21

(r) selected species characteristics

Answer 21

• growth w/o much environmental resistance
• small
• lots of offspring
• no parental care
• mature quickly
• opportunistic

Question 22

(K) selected species characteristics

Answer 22

• large
• parental care
• few offspring
• mature slowly (years opposed to days/weeks)
• Stable

Question 23

Population Density

Answer 23

thing/area

dense=disease spreads quicker

Question 24

Clumped dispersion

Answer 24

• most common
• mostly found in animal
• they are where resources are

Question 25

Uniform and Random dispersion

Answer 25

mostly found in plants

Question 26

Mutualism (+,+)

Answer 26

both benifit

Question 27

Comensalism (+, 0)

Answer 27

one benefits, the other is not bothered

Question 28

Parasitism (+, 1/2 -)

Answer 28

one benefits, one is harmed but not killed

Question 29

Preditation (+,-)

Answer 29

one benefits, one is killed

Question 30

Competition (-,-)

Answer 30

both are not benefited

Question 31

Resource partitioning

Answer 31

evolving to gain resources around other species

Question 32

Co evolution

Answer 32

two species evolving in spite of eachother

Question 33

primary succession

Answer 33

starts with nothing

Question 34

secondary succession

Answer 34

mostly gone (like a forest fire destroying most of a forest)