SCI 225 questions well answered 2024

SCI 225Biodiversity - correct answer more species near the equator, fewer by the poles biological species concept - correct answer members of the same species are able to reproduce fertile offspring in nature Community - correct answer collection of populations of different species in a particular location species richness - correct answer the number of different species in a community species evenness - correct answer relative abundance of each species in a community limitations of biological species concept - correct answer cannot be applied to fossils or asexual organisms, emphasizes absence of gene flow long term climate change - correct answer 1 million years 3 basic rock types - correct answer igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic climate - correct answer determined by temp and precipitation, also influenced by mountains, proximity to water, latitude What do rocks tell us about climate? - correct answer regional, long term climate change change are ice cores short term or long term climate change? - correct answer short term, less that 1 million years Ice cores tell us about... - correct answer past global climate patterns