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Student name:
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
ST
1) Norris and colleagues found that warblers using different habitats did not have different
carbon isotopes in the tissues.
⊚ true
⊚ false
U
2) Field studies and laboratory studies are mutually exclusive.
VI
⊚ true
⊚ false
A
3) Temperate and tropical rain forest trees extract nutrients from epiphytic mats.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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4) Stable isotope analysis uses variation in element masses to better understand ecological
phenomena.
AP
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Margaret Davis' studies on lake pollen sediments indicate that the forests of eastern North
America did not change with the changing climate.
PR
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Ecology can be defined as the study of the impact of human activity on the environment.
OV
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Ecology is a modern science of which ancient man had no knowledge.
⊚ true
ED
⊚ false
8) Even though ecologists would like to study isolated levels of the environment, that would be
difficult since all levels are interconnected.
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⊚ true
⊚ false
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