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Bio 150 Waterloo University Questionand answers already passed (13 pgs)
Biomes - correct answer ✔broad scale regions in which the landscape is
dominated by similar ecosystems
Biosphere - correct answer ✔the highest level of ecological organization,
includes atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere.
Landscape - correct answer ✔an area of land or water composed as a
patchwork of ecosystems
Ecosystem - correct answer ✔a unique combination of physical conditions
and an assorted community
Community - correct answer ✔all populations of species in occupying a
given area
Population - correct answer ✔All members of one species in a given area
Autecology - correct answer ✔study of the response of individual organisms
to their environment. Includes structural and physiological ecology
Behavioral ecology - correct answer ✔study of behaviour of a species,
usually in it's natural habitay
Population ecology - correct answer ✔the study of population size and how it
changes over time
, evolutionary ecology - correct answer ✔the study of changes in population
genetics and evolutionary processes, particularly natural selection
community ecology - correct answer ✔studies community patterns and
processes that contribute to them
Ecosystem ecology - correct answer ✔studies ecosystem structure and
function, stressing the flow of energy and nutrients
Landscape ecology - correct answer ✔studies factors influencing the spatial
extent and arrangement of interacting ecosystems, and the impact of these
interactions including dispersal, nutrient exchange, and the spread of
disturbances
Global ecology - correct answer ✔studies how the exchange of energy and
matter between the hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere influences
global conditions
Independent variable - correct answer ✔The assumed cause that affects the
dependent variable. (x-axis)
Dependent variable - correct answer ✔experimental variable that responds
to the dependent variable (y-axis)
Confounding factor - correct answer ✔a factor that varies with another factor
and it's effects can be confused with it
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