Ecology, Concepts And Applications
5th Canadian Edition by Manuel C. Molles
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 23)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
,Chapter 01 - Introduction to Ecology
Chapter 01
Introduction to Ecology
True / False Questions
1. Most organisms are indiscriminate towards which isotope of an element they use.
FALSE
Organisms that carry out specific processes may preferentially use one isotope versus another.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Ecologists design their studies based on their research questions, the temporal and spatial scale of their studies,
and available research tools.
Topic: 01-03 Ecology of Warblers across Spatial Scales: Direct Observation and Stable Isotopes
2. Techniques such as reverse-transcription PCR (rt-PCR) can be used to identify DNA in the
environment.
FALSE
The PCR has become the workhorse of molecular biology, spawning new techniques, such as
reverse-transcription PCR (rt-PCR) to identify RNA in the environment.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: 01-02 Ecologists design their studies based on their research questions, the temporal and spatial scale of their studies,
and available research tools.
Topic: 01-06 Tools of Molecular Ecology
1-1
, Chapter 01 - Introduction to Ecology
3. Natural history is the knowledge of the history of a biome.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Ecologists study environmental relationships ranging from those of individual organisms to factors influencing
global-scale processes.
Topic: 01-01 Overview of Ecology
4. MacArthur observed that warblers utilize resources differently between seasons.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Ecologists design their studies based on their research questions, the temporal and spatial scale of their studies,
and available research tools.
Topic: 01-03 Ecology of Warblers across Spatial Scales: Direct Observation and Stable Isotopes
5. Ecologists study environmental systems at the ecosystem level.
FALSE
Ecologists examine relationships over a large range of temporal and spatial scales using a
wide variety of approaches.
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-02 Ecologists design their studies based on their research questions, the temporal and spatial scale of their studies,
and available research tools.
Topic: 01-07 The Scope of Ecology
6. The word ecology comes from the Greek word for world.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Blooms: Remember
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: 01-01 Ecologists study environmental relationships ranging from those of individual organisms to factors influencing
global-scale processes.
Topic: 01-01 Overview of Ecology
1-2