ECCB 205 TAMU Exam 1 questions with
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What is ecology? - correct answer ✔✔The abundance and distribution of
organisms in relation to other organisms and environmental conditions
-is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment
Ecological systems and their hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔-Systems within a
system
Each Level [of complexity] finds its explanations for mechanism in the levels
below, and its significance in the levels above.
Niche - correct answer ✔✔The range of abiotic and biotic conditions an organism
can tolerate
-Place or physical setting where an organism lives (ex: decomposer, predator,
parasite, producer)
Habitat - correct answer ✔✔the place, or physical and biological setting, where an
organism lives
emergent properties - correct answer ✔✔Organisms can achieve more than what
the sum of the individual cells could achieve. This includes Cells, Tissues, Organs,
Organ systems. As you increase in hierarchy, you new properties emerge.
Genotype - correct answer ✔✔-Actual composition of DNA
, -23 pairs of chromosomes
-XX Females
-XY Males
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔-Outward expression of a genotype
A
AB
B
O
ABO blood group - correct answer ✔✔-1 Gene
-3 Allies
-Diploid Individual
Allele - correct answer ✔✔One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that
arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
Allele frequency - correct answer ✔✔-Measure of a relative frequency
DNA - correct answer ✔✔-Double Helix
Gene - correct answer ✔✔-Basic unit of physical and functional heredity
verified answers already passed
What is ecology? - correct answer ✔✔The abundance and distribution of
organisms in relation to other organisms and environmental conditions
-is the scientific study of interactions among organisms and their environment
Ecological systems and their hierarchy - correct answer ✔✔-Systems within a
system
Each Level [of complexity] finds its explanations for mechanism in the levels
below, and its significance in the levels above.
Niche - correct answer ✔✔The range of abiotic and biotic conditions an organism
can tolerate
-Place or physical setting where an organism lives (ex: decomposer, predator,
parasite, producer)
Habitat - correct answer ✔✔the place, or physical and biological setting, where an
organism lives
emergent properties - correct answer ✔✔Organisms can achieve more than what
the sum of the individual cells could achieve. This includes Cells, Tissues, Organs,
Organ systems. As you increase in hierarchy, you new properties emerge.
Genotype - correct answer ✔✔-Actual composition of DNA
, -23 pairs of chromosomes
-XX Females
-XY Males
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔-Outward expression of a genotype
A
AB
B
O
ABO blood group - correct answer ✔✔-1 Gene
-3 Allies
-Diploid Individual
Allele - correct answer ✔✔One of two or more alternative forms of a gene that
arise by mutation and are found at the same place on a chromosome
Allele frequency - correct answer ✔✔-Measure of a relative frequency
DNA - correct answer ✔✔-Double Helix
Gene - correct answer ✔✔-Basic unit of physical and functional heredity
