Biology 116 Exam 1 study guide with complete solutions
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2024/2025
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2024/2025
Biology 116 Exam 1 study guide with
complete solutions
What are the 5 types of ecology? - Ans:-organismal, population, community, global, and ecosystem
What is organismal ecology? - Ans:-studies a single organism and how it interacts with its
environment
ex: salmon, study how interact with org...
What is conservation biology? - Ans:✔✔-the effort to study, preserve, and restore threatened genetic
diversity in populations, species diversity in communities, and ecosystem function
What are the abiotic factors that determine the distribution of organisms? - Ans:✔✔-temperature,
moisture regime, salinity, water depth, flow regime in water.
What is a niche? - Ans:✔✔-The range of conditions that a species can tolerate and the range of resources
it can use.
What are the biotic factors that determine the distribution of organisms? - Ans:✔✔-Competition,
parasites, disease, habitat (like the yucca plant for the yucca moths- use them to lay eggs)
What is the Wallace line? - Ans:✔✔-It is a trench in the ocean that separates species with Asian and
Australian affinities, biological demarcation.
Why is temperature a particularly important abiotic factor? - Ans:✔✔-It is important in determining the
range of a species because it has a huge impact on the physiology of organisms, they are limited in their
ability to regulate body temperature
What is the difference between weather and climate? - Ans:✔✔-Climate is the LONG TERM weather
conditions in an area, while weather in the SHORT TERM conditions of temperature, precipitation,
sunlight, and wind.
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