BIO 182 Exam 1- Sthultz question and
answers graded A+
ecology - correct answer ✔✔study of interactions among organisms and their environment
Biotic interactions - correct answer ✔✔Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - correct answer ✔✔Between organisms and the nonliving environment
Environmental science - correct answer ✔✔Application of ecology to real world problems
Physiological ecology - correct answer ✔✔Investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to
their enviroment
Behavioral ecology - correct answer ✔✔Investigates how individual behavior contributes to survival and
reproductive success
Populations ecology - correct answer ✔✔Focus on groups of interbreeding individuals, called
populations
What is the goal of population ecololgy - correct answer ✔✔Understand factors affecting populations
growth, density and size
3 types of interactions between species - correct answer ✔✔Predation, competition, and parasitism
Community ecology - correct answer ✔✔Studies how populations of species interact and form
functional communities
, What does community ecology focus on - correct answer ✔✔Why some areas are species rich while
others are species-poor
Succession - correct answer ✔✔How species composition and community structure change over time,
particulary after disturbance
Ecosystems ecology - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Trophic levels
Food chains interconnect and form what - correct answer ✔✔Food webs
An oranisms's habitat is what - correct answer ✔✔The specific enviroment it lives in and includes the
biotic and abiotic factors of its surroundings
Biosphere - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Global and local scale
What are physical features of the enviroment - correct answer ✔✔Temp
Wind
Availability of water and light
Salinity
pH
Biome - correct answer ✔✔Major aquatic or terrestrial life zone
What is a biome characterized by - correct answer ✔✔The physical enviroment in aquatic biomes or the
vegetation type in terrestrial biomes
answers graded A+
ecology - correct answer ✔✔study of interactions among organisms and their environment
Biotic interactions - correct answer ✔✔Interactions among living things
Abiotic Interactions - correct answer ✔✔Between organisms and the nonliving environment
Environmental science - correct answer ✔✔Application of ecology to real world problems
Physiological ecology - correct answer ✔✔Investigates how organisms are physiologically adapted to
their enviroment
Behavioral ecology - correct answer ✔✔Investigates how individual behavior contributes to survival and
reproductive success
Populations ecology - correct answer ✔✔Focus on groups of interbreeding individuals, called
populations
What is the goal of population ecololgy - correct answer ✔✔Understand factors affecting populations
growth, density and size
3 types of interactions between species - correct answer ✔✔Predation, competition, and parasitism
Community ecology - correct answer ✔✔Studies how populations of species interact and form
functional communities
, What does community ecology focus on - correct answer ✔✔Why some areas are species rich while
others are species-poor
Succession - correct answer ✔✔How species composition and community structure change over time,
particulary after disturbance
Ecosystems ecology - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Trophic levels
Food chains interconnect and form what - correct answer ✔✔Food webs
An oranisms's habitat is what - correct answer ✔✔The specific enviroment it lives in and includes the
biotic and abiotic factors of its surroundings
Biosphere - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Global and local scale
What are physical features of the enviroment - correct answer ✔✔Temp
Wind
Availability of water and light
Salinity
pH
Biome - correct answer ✔✔Major aquatic or terrestrial life zone
What is a biome characterized by - correct answer ✔✔The physical enviroment in aquatic biomes or the
vegetation type in terrestrial biomes
