Introduction To Basic Ecological Concepts

Question 1

It describes nature.

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Science

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It explains the laws that govern nature.

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Science

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What is the main goal of science?

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Discover the laws of nature.

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One of the most famous Greek scientists who discovered the law governing the behavior of the cork and the iron in water.

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Archimedes

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It is the behavior of the cork and iron in water.

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Archimedes principle

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A great English scientist who discovered the laws governing gravitation.

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Isaac Newton

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A German physicist who discovered the relations among voltage, current, and resistance in an electric circuit.

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Georg Simon Ohm

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Aim of science

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To be able to control nature

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Where did ecology come from?

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Oekologie

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A German zoologist who coined the term oekologie.

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Ernst Haeckel

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What Greek word did oekologie come from?

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Oikos

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What does oikos mean?

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Home or a place to live in

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Relationship of animals both to their organic as well as to their inorganic environment.

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Ecology

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Sum of all external forces and conditions acting on an organism or community of organisms.

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Environment

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When did the study of ecology start?

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300 B.C.

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Greek who started ecology

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Theophrastus

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A friend and associate of Aristotle.

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Theophrastus

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He was interested in the interrelationship between organisms and the living environment.

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Theophrastus

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Father of Botany

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Theophrastus

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Father of Zoology

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Aristotle

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Two groups of botanists who became interested in the study of plant communities.

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One from Europe and one from America

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This group concentrated on the composition, structure, and distribution of plant communities.

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European group

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This group was interested in the development of plant communities.

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American group

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It has come out as one of the most popular aspects of biology.

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Ecology

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British economist who gave special to the study of population.

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Thomas Malthus

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When did Thomas Malthus studied about population?

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The nineteenth century

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He was among the first to recognize the conflict between expanding populations and the earth's capability to supply their food needs.

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Thomas Malthus

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Famous mathematicians who developed mathematical foundations for the study of populations.

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R. Pearl A. J. Lotka V. Volterra

Question 29

It is the sunlight separated into different colors by droplets of water.

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Rainbow

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In science, this is known as the spectrum of the sun.

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Rainbow

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How are the colors (ROYGBIV) in the rainbow arranged?

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From the one with the longest wavelength

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Any of these solid/s at very high temprature give off the same spectrum of colors.

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Incandescent solid/s

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The spectrum of life

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biological spectrum (PCTOOOPCEB)

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Examples of cells

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Columnar epithelium Cuboidal Muscle cells

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Examples of tissues

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Epithelium | Smooth muscle

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Examples of organs

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Stomach Large intestines Small intestines Pulmonary arteries

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Examples of organs systems

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Digestive Circulatory Nervous

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It connotes an orderly sequence of how living things are organized.

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Spectrum of life

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Represents a hierarchy of organization

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Biological spectrum

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Life starts with this, which makes up the living substance of a cell.

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Protoplasm

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It is the basic unit of life because all living things are composed of these

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Cell

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A group of cells performing a specific function.

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Tissue

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A group of tissue carrying out a particular function

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Organ

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A group of organ doing a specific function

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Organ system

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The levels of organization from the protoplasm to the organ systems.

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Organism

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A group of organisms of the same kind or species occupying a particular space at a particular time.

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Population

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A group of populations occupying a given area.

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Community

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Basic unit of ecology

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Ecosystem

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Interaction between the organism and its enviroment

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Ecosystem

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The world of life

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Biosphere

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It is that portion of the earth and its environment within which life in any of its form is manifested.

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Biosphere

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It is the largest and most nearly self sufficient system that is capable of capturing, converting, utilizing, and storing energy of the sun to support and sustain life.

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Biosphere

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Huge dumping ground of garbage collected within Metro Manila.

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Smokey Mountain

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Majority of people collecting and selling junk have these

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Malnutrition and high level of lead