Intro

Question 1

ecology

Answer 1

the quantitative study of the interactions among organisms and the interactions of organisms with the environment

Question 2

environment (habitat)

Answer 2

surroundings of an organism, either abiotic or biotic

Question 3

what does it mean to be quantitative

Answer 3

ecology is a data driven science
emphasis is placed on testing hypotheses and theories
relies heavily on statistics and mathematical models

Question 4

ecologist

Answer 4

make observations and ask questions
use experiments to test hypotheses
develop theories and make generalizations

Question 5

scales of ecological study

Answer 5

individual, population, community, landscape, biome, biosphere

Question 6

tyrone hayes

Answer 6

discovered atrazine emasculates frogs and advocated for stricter regulations

Question 7

atrazine

Answer 7

widely used herbicide in US and AUS

Question 8

weeds

Answer 8

one of the most daunting challenges in agriculture

threaten food supplies and costly for growers

Question 9

why study ecology

Answer 9

management and conservation of wildlife
new management strategies for agriculture
predict likely outcomes of climate change
human health (disease ecology)

Question 10

disease ecology

Answer 10

study the interactions between pathogens or parasites and their human or non human hosts

Question 11

benefits of disease ecology

Answer 11

predicting threats from zoonotic diseases
controlling spread of disease
mitigating impacts on human population

Question 12

zoonotic disease

Answer 12

spreads from animals to humans