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_________ is the study of how organisms interact with their environment and each other. -
ANSWERS✔✔ Ecology
True or false: Ecology focuses on studying relationships at the cell and molecular level. If false, make it a
true statement. - ANSWERS✔✔ False, ecology focuses on studying relationships at the organismal level
and above.
Complete the following table, which compares hypothesis-driven science with discovery science.
1. Hypothesis-driven science
2. Discovery Science - ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Based on a making observations of the natural world that leads to
questions and experiments to answer those questions.
2. Based on making observations about the natural world.
Briefly explain how ecology differs from environmentalism. - ANSWERS✔✔ Ecology is the scientific study
of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment, while environmentalism is a
political and social movement dedicated to maintaining environmental quality.
List two goods or services provided by ecosystems that have market value - ANSWERS✔✔ Filtering of
runoff and raw materials for everyday goods are two goods and services that have market values.
List two goods or services provided by ecosystems that have nonmarket value. - ANSWERS✔✔ The
intrinsic value of the natural world and the ability to sustain and define cultures are two nonmarket
values.
Which of these levels includes the other? - ANSWERS✔✔ Population; ecosystem
Ecosystems include populations.
, What level of ecology is represented by the following image? - ANSWERS✔✔ This is illustrating
population ecology.
Place the following levels of ecology in order from largest to smallest: ecosystem, organism, population,
biosphere, and community. - ANSWERS✔✔ Biosphere, ecosystem, community, population, and organism
Which of the following would be found in an ecosystem?
A) A deer
B) A boulder
C) A swarm of bees
D) A stream
E) All of the above - ANSWERS✔✔ E) All of the above
On what two processes do the dynamics of ecosystems depend? - ANSWERS✔✔ Ecosystems depend on
the flow of energy and nutrient recycling.
Energy and chemicals move through ecosystems in different ways. Energy moves through an ecosystem
in _________ direction, while nutrients are constantly ______ through the ecosystem. - ANSWERS✔✔
one; cycled
As a consumer, you release CO2 gas into the atmosphere as a result of breaking down sugars for energy.
What would then happen to that CO2? - ANSWERS✔✔ The CO2 released would be used by producers to
make sugar during photosynthesis.
True or false: An ecosystem consists of all the organisms found within an area. If false, make it a true
statement. - ANSWERS✔✔ False, an ecosystem consists of all the organisms in an area and the nonliving
factors that influence the organisms.
Description and example of;
1. Biotic Factor
2. Abiotic Factor - ANSWERS✔✔ 1. Description: The living components of an ecosystem. Example: A
population of black bears living within a national park
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