Intro into Ecology (W5-L2)

Question 1

What is Ecology?

Answer 1

The study of changes in the distribution and abundance of organisms

Question 2

What is mass extinction?

Answer 2

When 75% or more of all the species on the earth are lost in a relatively short amount of time (under 1,000 years)

6 so far; Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic-Jurassic, Cretaceous, Anthropocene

Question 3

What does COPHID stand for?

Answer 3

Climate Crisis, Over-harvest, Pollution, Habitat Loss, Invasive Species, Disease

Question 4

What is the difference between geometric and exponential distribution?

Answer 4

Geometric distribution are discrete points, whereas exponential distribution is. a continuous line