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Elements Of Ecology
By Robert Leo Smith , Thomas M. Smith
9th edition
,Table of contents:
Chapter 1: the nature of ecology
Chapter 2: climate
Chapter 3: the aquatic environment
Chapter 4: the terrestrial environment
Chapter 5: adaptation and natural selection
Chapter 6: plant adaptations to the environment
Chapter 7: animal adaptations to the environment
Chapter 8: properties of populations
Chapter 9: population growth
Chapter 10: life history
Chapter 11: intraspecific population regulation
Chapter 12: species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection
Chapter 13: interspecific competition
Chapter 14: predation
Chapter 15: parasitism and mutualism
Chapter 16: community structure
Chapter 17: factors influencing the structure of communities
Chapter 18: community dynamics
Chapter 19: landscape dynamics
Chapter 20: ecosystem energetics
Chapter 21: decomposition and nutrient cycling
Chapter 22: biogeochemical cycles
Chapter 23: terrestrial ecosystems
,Chapter 24: aquatic ecosystems
Chapter 25: coastal and wetland ecosystems
Chapter 26: large-scale patterns of biological diversity
Chapter 27: global climate change
, Elements Of Ecology, 9e (Smith)
Chapter 1 The Nature Of Ecology
1.1 Short Answer Questions
1) is activism with a stated aim of protecting the natural environment, particularly
from the negative impacts of human activities.
Answer: environmentalism
topic: section 1.1
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
2) is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.
Answer: ecology
Topic: section 1.1
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
3) The living, or , and nonliving, or , components of the environment interact
within an ecosystem.
Answer: biotic; abiotic
topic: section 1.2
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
4) A group of individuals of the same species that occupies a given area is referred to as a(n)
.
Answer: population
topic: section 1.3
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
5) All populations of different species living and interacting within an ecosystem are referred to
collectively as a(n) .
Answer: community
topic: section 1.3
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
6) At the level, an ecologist might focus on the factors that affect the relative
abundance of various populations in the area.
Answer: community
topic: section 1.4
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
7) All science begins with , which is the first step in the process known as the scientific
method.
Answer: observation
topic: section 1.5
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
Elements Of Ecology
By Robert Leo Smith , Thomas M. Smith
9th edition
,Table of contents:
Chapter 1: the nature of ecology
Chapter 2: climate
Chapter 3: the aquatic environment
Chapter 4: the terrestrial environment
Chapter 5: adaptation and natural selection
Chapter 6: plant adaptations to the environment
Chapter 7: animal adaptations to the environment
Chapter 8: properties of populations
Chapter 9: population growth
Chapter 10: life history
Chapter 11: intraspecific population regulation
Chapter 12: species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection
Chapter 13: interspecific competition
Chapter 14: predation
Chapter 15: parasitism and mutualism
Chapter 16: community structure
Chapter 17: factors influencing the structure of communities
Chapter 18: community dynamics
Chapter 19: landscape dynamics
Chapter 20: ecosystem energetics
Chapter 21: decomposition and nutrient cycling
Chapter 22: biogeochemical cycles
Chapter 23: terrestrial ecosystems
,Chapter 24: aquatic ecosystems
Chapter 25: coastal and wetland ecosystems
Chapter 26: large-scale patterns of biological diversity
Chapter 27: global climate change
, Elements Of Ecology, 9e (Smith)
Chapter 1 The Nature Of Ecology
1.1 Short Answer Questions
1) is activism with a stated aim of protecting the natural environment, particularly
from the negative impacts of human activities.
Answer: environmentalism
topic: section 1.1
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
2) is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.
Answer: ecology
Topic: section 1.1
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
3) The living, or , and nonliving, or , components of the environment interact
within an ecosystem.
Answer: biotic; abiotic
topic: section 1.2
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
4) A group of individuals of the same species that occupies a given area is referred to as a(n)
.
Answer: population
topic: section 1.3
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
5) All populations of different species living and interacting within an ecosystem are referred to
collectively as a(n) .
Answer: community
topic: section 1.3
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
6) At the level, an ecologist might focus on the factors that affect the relative
abundance of various populations in the area.
Answer: community
topic: section 1.4
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
7) All science begins with , which is the first step in the process known as the scientific
method.
Answer: observation
topic: section 1.5
Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge/comprehension
