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What does “oikos” means?

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house

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What does “reductionism” mean?

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breaking complex things into parts that can be understood separately

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Who wrote “silent spring”?

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Rachel Carson

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What was silent spring about?

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pesticides

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How did silent spring change the science of ecology?

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by raising awareness of human impacts in natural systems

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How did silent spring change the science of ecology?

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by raising awareness of human impacts in natural systems

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What best describe ecology?

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the study of living systems

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Which level of organization in ecology is the most inclusive?

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Landscape

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Explain why ecologists publish papers in a wide variety of scientific journals

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Ecology is interdisciplinary

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What major unexpected ecological change was caused by the construction of the Aswan High Dam?

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collapse of the Mediterranean sardine fishery

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What are the two measurable environmental factors that influence terrestrial ecosystems the most?

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Temperature and precipitation

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Which is a biotic ecological factor?

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disease

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What is quantified on the y-axis of a one-dimensional niche’ diagram?

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population density

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If a transplanted organism dies, what does this suggest about that organism’s niche’?

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Best definition of “climate”

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prevailing weather conditions

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Why is it warmer at the equator than the north pole?

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because of the angle of solar incidence

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Why is it warmer in the summer than the winter?

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because of the angle of solar incidence

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why is it dryer on the leeward side of an island?

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because rising air causes rain to fall on the windward side

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How does Coriolis’ acceleration, influence weather patterns?

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Why are most of the Earth’s deserts at 30 degrees north latitude?

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Which biome is South Carolina associated with?

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Which biome has the highest evapotranspiration rates?

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Tropical forest

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Which biome is the hottest?

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Which biome is the driest?

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desert

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Which biome is heavily influenced by coastal atmospheric moisture?
chaparral
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Explains the absence of trees on the tundra
permafrost
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A plant term primarily associated with temperate broadleaf forests
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Least likely to be found in the southern hemisphere
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A terrestrial biome that is not influenced by latitude
alpine
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Dominated by "softwood" trees
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How much of our planet is covered in water?
71%
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How deep is most of the Earth's water?
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How does water depth limit aquatic ecosystems?
by influencing light availability
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Which organisms is most likely to be benthic?
a clam
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Describes a babbling brook
lotic
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What is the temperature of nearly all of the Earth's ocean water?
4 degree C
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Why does the temperature of the oceans remain so stable?
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What conditions are required for coral reefs to develop ?
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Associated with hydrothermal vent communities
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How deep is the hadal zone?
40
What is the approximate age of the Earth (and the rest of the solar system)?
4.6 billion years
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What Eon of the geologic time scale are we in today?
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Which type of organism appeared first on Earth?
bacteria
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When did the most recent mass extinction event take place?
66 million years ago
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Which animal is extinct?
the wooly mammoth
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What organism on the Galapagos Islands did Charles Darwin use to model the process of Natural Selection?
finches
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What concept that was missing from Charles Darwin's logic has been brought into modern evolutionary theory?
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Which of the five Kingdoms was the last one to appear on Earth?
plants
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What word did Charles Darwin never use in hid scientific Publications?
49
What was the name of the ship that carried Charles Darwin around the world?
the Beagle
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Under what conditions does genetic drift become more likely?
in a small populations
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Which is NOT a condition of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
stable environmental conditions
52
The phenotype of star-bellied sneetches is controlled by a single 2-allele gene. Star-bellies are dominant, and plain-bellies are recessive. What is the genotype of a sneetch with no star?
ss
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If 75% of the sneetches in a population have star-belies, what is the approximate frequency of the recessive allele?
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If 75% of the sneethces in a population have star-bellies, what is the approximate frequency of the dominant allele?
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What proportion of the sneethces on beaches are heterozygous for the star-belly gene?
0.50
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Associated with microevolution
gene frequencies
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Theoretical outcome for a population in Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
unpredictable evolutionary change
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All alleles at all gene loci in all individual of a population
a gene pool
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NOT required to define a genetic population
all individuals must be the same age
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Which is a vital rate that influences evolutionary fitness?
reproduction rate
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What type of selection is demonstrated by bees that die in the act of protecting the hive?
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What type of selection is demonstrated by colorful male betta fish (siamese fighting fish) that can be bought at a pet store.
sexual selection
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What type of selection is demonstrated by corn plants with large aggregate fruits (ears)?
artificial selection
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What famous evolutionary case study illustrated natural selection in moth populations?
industrial melanism
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Explains why sickle cell disease is common in sub-Saharan Africa
adaptive heterozygosity
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Unlikely to exhibit sexual selection
a tree
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Explain why human birth weights generally fall between 6 to 9 lbs
stabilizing selection
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Explain why moths in southeastern Great Britain are generally darker in color
darker moths are more likely to survive and reproduce there
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Promotes rare traits and suppresses common ones

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