ASU Bio 182 Exam 3 Study Guide Questions
And Answers Graded A
Understanding the concept of carrying capacity - answer-The point at which an
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environment can sustain a population. If it goes past this point the population will crash
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because there won't be enough resources for everyone.
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Types of population growth - answer-1. Exponential growth
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2. Logistic growth
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Competition between species - answer-Species compete for a limited resource in the
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same place at the same time (timing).
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No Competition:If two plants live side by side but flower at different times of the year,
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they are not competing because of the time difference
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Competition: Barnacles drop from a European cargo ship and take over a rocky shore in
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Maine.
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fundamental niche - answer-The niche species could potentially occupy.
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realized niche - answer-The niche species actually occupies.
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niche partitionining - answer-Process which drives competing species into using
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different resources to survive.
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Keystone species definition - answer-A species that influences the survival of many
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other species in an ecosystem
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effect of invasive species - answer-Other species are killed
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nitrogen cycle - answer-The transfer of nitrogen from the atmosphere to the soil, to
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living organisms, and back to the atmosphere
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Teleconnection concept - answer- b b b
Climate change as a broad topic - answer-
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