ENVS 200 ECOLOGY A+ EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2024

Ecology - The study of distribution of abundance of organisms and their interactions Environmentalism - A social movement through ecology Applied Ecology - The application of ecology to real world problems First Law of Ecology - Everything is connected to everything else Anthropocene - landscape that has been influenced by humans Species Classification - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Sympatric Evolution - Started with one species in one location then the species is separated by behavioural characteristics (feeding habits, habitat preferences, etc,) that cause the genetics of the species to change Allopatric Evolution - Started with one species in one location then the species is separated by a physical barrier (glacier, earthquake, etc,) that cause adaptation within each branch of species Co-Evolution - Evolution where one species affects the evolution of another species (ie: predators affect prey)