Bio 152 Exam 3 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
abiotic - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-living
biotic - CORRECT ANSWER - living
organismal ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how an organism's structure,
physiology, and behavior meet environmental challenges.
population ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of individuals that belong to the
same species and live in the same area.
- focuses on factors affecting how many individuals of a species live in an area.
community ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - All the different populations that live
together in an area
- examines how interactions among species affect community structure and organization.
Ecosystem ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - how organisms in an area interact with each
other and their environment, including biotic and abiotic factors.
- emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among the various biotic and abiotic components
of an ecosystem.
landscape ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of interconnected ecosystems
across geographic region.
global ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the broadest field of ecology that looks at how
ecosystems are connect across long distances.
,Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of how organisms in an area interact with
each other and their environment, including abiotic factors.
climate - CORRECT ANSWER - the long-term prevailing weather condition in a
particular place over many years
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - distance north or south of the Equator, measured in
degrees
Coriolis effect (deflection) - CORRECT ANSWER - the phenomenon generated by the
rotation of the earth that the speed of rotation differs at different latitudes.
atmospheric cells - CORRECT ANSWER - air warmed by the intense tropical heat would
rise and flow northward to the poles, it would then cool and return southward to the equator
Hadley Cell - CORRECT ANSWER - an atmospheric cell ranging from the equator to 30
degrees north or 30 degrees south that drive a specific pattern of climate in that region.
Seasonality - CORRECT ANSWER - differential heating caused by the earths tilt that is
reflected in seasons.
microclimates - CORRECT ANSWER - local atmospheric zone in which the climate
differs from the surrounding area
gyres (currents) - CORRECT ANSWER - patterns of water movement in large bodies of
water
climate change - CORRECT ANSWER - Change in the statistical properties of the climate
system when considered over periods of decades
, no-analog communities - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of species that have not
evolved in an environment in which they interact that are forced to interact due to changes in
their range distributions.
Phenology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena,
especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life.
phenotypic mismatch - CORRECT ANSWER - the phenomenon in which an organisms's
phenotype is maladapted to the environment it lives in.
- refers to evolved traits that were once advantageous but became maladaptive due to changes in
the environment.
ex: peppered moths
phenological mismatch - CORRECT ANSWER - results when the timing of regularly
repeated phases in a species life cycles are no longer advantageous, but maladaptive.
phenological synchronization - CORRECT ANSWER - When the timing of regularly
repeated phases in multiple species overlap
biome - CORRECT ANSWER - a region of distinctive plant and anima groups well-
adapted to the physical environment of its distributional area.
climograph - CORRECT ANSWER - a graph showing the temperature and precipitation
regime of an area
tension zone - CORRECT ANSWER - an ecotone in Wisconsin identified in the late 1950s
based where the highest number of plant species reach their range boundaries. Historically, most
of the state's prairie acreage was south of this zone.
net primary productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - gross primary productivity, or organic
carbon generated by autotrophs, minus plant respiration; measured in units of mass per area per
time.
Questions and CORRECT Answers
abiotic - CORRECT ANSWER - Non-living
biotic - CORRECT ANSWER - living
organismal ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - studies how an organism's structure,
physiology, and behavior meet environmental challenges.
population ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of individuals that belong to the
same species and live in the same area.
- focuses on factors affecting how many individuals of a species live in an area.
community ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - All the different populations that live
together in an area
- examines how interactions among species affect community structure and organization.
Ecosystem ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - how organisms in an area interact with each
other and their environment, including biotic and abiotic factors.
- emphasizes energy flow and chemical cycling among the various biotic and abiotic components
of an ecosystem.
landscape ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of interconnected ecosystems
across geographic region.
global ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the broadest field of ecology that looks at how
ecosystems are connect across long distances.
,Ecology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of how organisms in an area interact with
each other and their environment, including abiotic factors.
climate - CORRECT ANSWER - the long-term prevailing weather condition in a
particular place over many years
Latitude - CORRECT ANSWER - distance north or south of the Equator, measured in
degrees
Coriolis effect (deflection) - CORRECT ANSWER - the phenomenon generated by the
rotation of the earth that the speed of rotation differs at different latitudes.
atmospheric cells - CORRECT ANSWER - air warmed by the intense tropical heat would
rise and flow northward to the poles, it would then cool and return southward to the equator
Hadley Cell - CORRECT ANSWER - an atmospheric cell ranging from the equator to 30
degrees north or 30 degrees south that drive a specific pattern of climate in that region.
Seasonality - CORRECT ANSWER - differential heating caused by the earths tilt that is
reflected in seasons.
microclimates - CORRECT ANSWER - local atmospheric zone in which the climate
differs from the surrounding area
gyres (currents) - CORRECT ANSWER - patterns of water movement in large bodies of
water
climate change - CORRECT ANSWER - Change in the statistical properties of the climate
system when considered over periods of decades
, no-analog communities - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of species that have not
evolved in an environment in which they interact that are forced to interact due to changes in
their range distributions.
Phenology - CORRECT ANSWER - the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena,
especially in relation to climate and plant and animal life.
phenotypic mismatch - CORRECT ANSWER - the phenomenon in which an organisms's
phenotype is maladapted to the environment it lives in.
- refers to evolved traits that were once advantageous but became maladaptive due to changes in
the environment.
ex: peppered moths
phenological mismatch - CORRECT ANSWER - results when the timing of regularly
repeated phases in a species life cycles are no longer advantageous, but maladaptive.
phenological synchronization - CORRECT ANSWER - When the timing of regularly
repeated phases in multiple species overlap
biome - CORRECT ANSWER - a region of distinctive plant and anima groups well-
adapted to the physical environment of its distributional area.
climograph - CORRECT ANSWER - a graph showing the temperature and precipitation
regime of an area
tension zone - CORRECT ANSWER - an ecotone in Wisconsin identified in the late 1950s
based where the highest number of plant species reach their range boundaries. Historically, most
of the state's prairie acreage was south of this zone.
net primary productivity - CORRECT ANSWER - gross primary productivity, or organic
carbon generated by autotrophs, minus plant respiration; measured in units of mass per area per
time.
