Megafauna - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Holocene correct answers -extreme temperature rise -climactic stability -sea level rise -highly productive environments -megafauna extinction -11.7kya-present broad spectrum revolution correct answers -new technologies (bow and arrow, traps, use of dogs) -intensification of resources extracted per area -increase carrying capacity and population -increased sedentism -new social organization -50% more animal species Mesolithic Europe correct answers -10,000-4,000 BC -NW and SE Eur...

Definition of Life - Answer-HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Answer-Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Answer-An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Answer-material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Answer-measurable, observable, repeatable Answer/Conclusion (strength) - Answer-restrained to strength of Experimental Design Hypothesis - Answer-IF (...

Antiquarianism Correct Answer Of or relating to antiquarians or to the study or collecting of antiquities. Speculation Correct Answer The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. Rampant at the beginning of archaeology. Etruscan Painting Correct Answer Difficult to analyse due to state of preservation, found in tombs. Painted underground tomb -around 650BC Etruscan Statuary Correct Answer Masterful, found on temples! Pompeii Correct Answer Site of one of the first exc...

T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator correct answer: True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator correct answer: - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation correct answer: The formation of two species from one ancestral species What factors lead to speciation correct answer: - natural selection - sexual selection - genetic d...

ENWC201 Test 2 Questions With Complete Solutions Before man -had many more species -animals of incredible size -land bridge Pre-European Era -the Clovis: used stone tools -caused the Pleistocene Overkill Pleistocene Overkill -Clovis people began to harvest animals -killed off megafauna, k specialists with few offspring -predators and scavengers starved Native American Agriculture -settled in permanent homes -early explorers brought tools, technology, disease -going through succession-...

Biology 105 NCSU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Definition of Life - Correct Answer ️️ -HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Correct Answer ️️ -Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Correct Answer ️️ -An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Correct Answer ️️ -material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Correct Answer ️️ -measura...

NRES 101 Midterm 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 T/F: Species diversity increases as you approach the equator - ANSWER True What are possible reasons why more species occur near the equator - ANSWER - More time without geological disruptions (e.g., glaciers) - More niches - Climatic stability - Greater biological productivity What is speciation - ANSWER The formation of 2 species from 1 ancestral species What factors lead to speciation - ANSWER - natural selection - sexual selec...

NRES 101 Quizzes Question and answers rated A+ 2023/2024Have early humans been implicated in the death of the megafauna (e.g. mammoths)? A. True B. False - correct answer A. True Which is NOT a leading reason for the current extinction of species? A. Invasive Species B. Habitat Loss C. Pollution D. Hunting - correct an

Biology 105 NCSU Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Definition of Life - Correct Answer ️️ -HOMEOSTASIS (maintaining a stable environment within a cell) Metabolism - Correct Answer ️️ -Making and spending energy to do everything else (to maintain homeostasis) What is Science? - Correct Answer ️️ -An approach to find an answer to a question Scientific Questions Must Be... - Correct Answer ️️ -material, falsifiable Approach to collect data - Correct Answer ️️ -measura...

NRES 101 Written Exam Guide 2024. Have early humans been implicated in the death of the megafauna (e.g. mammoths)? A. True B. False - correct answer A. True Which is NOT a leading reason for the current extinction of species? A. Invasive Species B. Habitat Loss C. Pollution D. Hunting - correct answer C. Pollution Which of these are responsible for the environmental degradation of the Illinois River. A. The introduction of Common Carp B. The connection of the Illinois River to the...