BIO 182 EXAM 1- STHULTZ QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
ecology - ANSWER study of interactions among organisms and their enviroment
Biotic interactions - ANSWER Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - ANSWER Between organisms and the nonliving enviroment
Enviromental science - ANSWER Application of ecology to real world problems
Physiological ecology - ANSWER Investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to their
enviroment
Behavioral ecology - ANSWER Investigates how individual behavior contributes to survival and
reproductive success
Populations ecology - ANSWER Focus on groups of interbreeding individuals, called populations
What is the goal of population ecololgy - ANSWER Understand factors affecting populations growth,
density and size
3 types of interactions between species - ANSWER Predation, competition, and parasitism
Community ecology - ANSWER Studies how populations of species interact and form functional
communities
What does community ecology focus on - ANSWER Why some areas are species rich while others are
species-poor
, Succession - ANSWER How species composition and community structure change over time, particulary
after disturbance
Ecosystems ecology - ANSWER Studies the flow of energy and cycling of chemical elements among
organisms within a community and between organisms and the enviroment
What are levels in food chains called - ANSWER Trophic levels
Food chains interconnect and form what - ANSWER Food webs
An oranisms's habitat is what - ANSWER The specific enviroment it lives in and includes the biotic and
abiotic factors of its surroundings
Biosphere - ANSWER The global habitat or the sum of all the planet's life and where it lives
The distribution of life on the planet varies on what - ANSWER Global and local scale
What are physical features of the enviroment - ANSWER Temp
Wind
Availability of water and light
Salinity
pH
Biome - ANSWER Major aquatic or terrestrial life zone
What is a biome characterized by - ANSWER The physical enviroment in aquatic biomes or the vegetation
type in terrestrial biomes
Aquatic biomes occupy what percent of earths surface - ANSWER 75
AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
ecology - ANSWER study of interactions among organisms and their enviroment
Biotic interactions - ANSWER Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - ANSWER Between organisms and the nonliving enviroment
Enviromental science - ANSWER Application of ecology to real world problems
Physiological ecology - ANSWER Investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to their
enviroment
Behavioral ecology - ANSWER Investigates how individual behavior contributes to survival and
reproductive success
Populations ecology - ANSWER Focus on groups of interbreeding individuals, called populations
What is the goal of population ecololgy - ANSWER Understand factors affecting populations growth,
density and size
3 types of interactions between species - ANSWER Predation, competition, and parasitism
Community ecology - ANSWER Studies how populations of species interact and form functional
communities
What does community ecology focus on - ANSWER Why some areas are species rich while others are
species-poor
, Succession - ANSWER How species composition and community structure change over time, particulary
after disturbance
Ecosystems ecology - ANSWER Studies the flow of energy and cycling of chemical elements among
organisms within a community and between organisms and the enviroment
What are levels in food chains called - ANSWER Trophic levels
Food chains interconnect and form what - ANSWER Food webs
An oranisms's habitat is what - ANSWER The specific enviroment it lives in and includes the biotic and
abiotic factors of its surroundings
Biosphere - ANSWER The global habitat or the sum of all the planet's life and where it lives
The distribution of life on the planet varies on what - ANSWER Global and local scale
What are physical features of the enviroment - ANSWER Temp
Wind
Availability of water and light
Salinity
pH
Biome - ANSWER Major aquatic or terrestrial life zone
What is a biome characterized by - ANSWER The physical enviroment in aquatic biomes or the vegetation
type in terrestrial biomes
Aquatic biomes occupy what percent of earths surface - ANSWER 75
