Bio 220 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Factors that limit population size - correct answer disease, war, famine, migration, high infant mortality, cultural factors (late marriage) etc. Carrying Capacity - correct answer number of organisms in a given species that can be supported indefinitely Malthus - correct answer Wrote "An Essay on the Principle of Population" 1798 -predicts population (exponential growth) will outgrow food supply (steady growth)--environmental degradation Demography - correct answer -The scient...

Name the 4 Protista that affect humans and HOW they affect us - 1. Giardia- contaminated cold water 2. African Sleeping Sickness- transmitted by Tsetse fly 3. Malaria- transmitted by mosquitos 4. Red Tide- Bloom of dinoflagellates that release neurotoxins What is the life cycle of a trematode? (liver fluke) - 1. Eggs passed through human feces 2. snail eat human feces with eggs 3. Cercariae leave snail and burrow into fish 4. Human eat undercooked fish 5. Metacercaria move to liver a...

1. Question:Which is the correct order for the scientific method? 2. Question:Which worldview includes both living and nonliving components, stating that both have a right to exist? 3. Question:What is needed to have a sustainable ecosystem? 4. Question:Which of the following best describes environmental stewardship? 5. Question:Which of the following terms measures resource and waste impacts? 6. Question:Which of the following is a nonrenewable resource? 7. Question:A source of pollution...

1. Question:Which of the following is not a biome? 2. Question:Non-native species are introduces by: 3. Question:Which of the following terms includes all the others? 4. Question:When 2 species require the same limited resources and can reduce the overall health of one or both species is an example of 5. Question:What is the difference between R Vs K selection? 6. Question:Which of the following is not a characteristic of a living organism? 7. Question:Which of the following best describes...

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Bio 2200 Midterm 2 Latest Update Graded A+ Regular logistic growth Goes up exponentially then plateaus Niche The range of abiotic and biotic conditions an organism can tolerate/handle Fundamental niche the range of abiotic conditions under which a species can persist Realized niche the range of abiotic and biotic conditions under which the species can persist fundamental/realized niche of american chestnut -Fundamental niche: Is climatic and soil conditions throughout eastern ...

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A source of pollution dealing with widespread sources is an example of: - Nonpoint sources What is needed to have a sustainable ecosystem? - Biotic and abiotic factors Which is the correct order for the scientific method? - Observe, ask a question, create a hypothesis, conduct the experiment and collect the data, interpret the results, and report the results.

Ecology - correct answer Study of organisms and how they interact with their organic and inorganic environment; strives to understand distribution and abundance of organisms. Examples of what ecology is and isn't - correct answer Is: -Succession -Climate Change -Darwin's Finches -Natural Selection -Thermodynamics -Optimal Foraging -Fitness Isn't: -"Tree hugging" Yes and No: -Saving the whales -Going green -Wildfire -Jurassic Period -DNA History of ecology - cor...

A patient is exhibiting abdominal pain and is having issues associated with urine output. An ultrasound and MRI indicate a kidney is "floating" free in the abdomen (yet still attached to the ureter). What could the issue be due to? - correct answer Damaged fibrous connective tissue (it holds the kidneys in place near abdominal wall) What is the functional unit of a kidney? - correct answer nephron Where does blood filtration happen in the kidneys? - correct answer Glomerulus how...