BIOL 1011 UNE Midterm Review -
Week 3 2026/2027
Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms
to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Community - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A community is the set of all populations that inhabit a
certain area.
Communities can have different sizes and boundaries.
Ecosystem - correct answer<✔✔💖💖An ecosystem is a higher level of organization: community +
its physical environment
Organismal Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖The branch of ecology concerned with the
morphological, physiological, and behavioral ways in which individual organisms meet the challenges
posed by their biotic and abiotic environments.
Includes physiological and behavioral ecology
Physiological Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Investigates how organisms are physiologically
adapted to their environment and how the environment impacts the distribution of species
Behavioral Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖The behavior of individual organisms contributes to
their survival and reproductive success, which in turn eventually affects the pop. density of species
Population Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖analyzes factors that affect population size and how
and why it changes through time
Week 3 2026/2027
Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms
to one another and to their physical surroundings.
Community - correct answer<✔✔💖💖A community is the set of all populations that inhabit a
certain area.
Communities can have different sizes and boundaries.
Ecosystem - correct answer<✔✔💖💖An ecosystem is a higher level of organization: community +
its physical environment
Organismal Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖The branch of ecology concerned with the
morphological, physiological, and behavioral ways in which individual organisms meet the challenges
posed by their biotic and abiotic environments.
Includes physiological and behavioral ecology
Physiological Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖Investigates how organisms are physiologically
adapted to their environment and how the environment impacts the distribution of species
Behavioral Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖The behavior of individual organisms contributes to
their survival and reproductive success, which in turn eventually affects the pop. density of species
Population Ecology - correct answer<✔✔💖💖analyzes factors that affect population size and how
and why it changes through time
