Biomes and environmental - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is an animal's niche? How many dimensions can a niche have? Can animals share a niche? - Answer-An animal's niche is the functional role of an organism considered in the environment in which it lives, its "job." A niche is multidimensional. No two organisms can occupy the same niche at the same time in the same place. What is a specialist vs a generalist? - Answer-A specialist fits into their environment tightly and there is no room for dealing with changes or for colonizing differ...

Desertification is defined as: - converting other lands to desert regions A biome is: - a distinctive collection of organisms adapted to regional environmental conditions Biomes are usually identified based upon _____, although sometimes geographic or climatic considerations are also used. - vegetation Desert, grasslands, rain forests, and freshwater are different types of: - biomes The ____ biome is the largest on Earth. - saltwater

What is a biome? - ANSWER-a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat. What is a Biome composed of? - ANSWER-Plants and animals with similar life history and environmental conditions. What phrase is often used to describe a Biome/ - ANSWER-Major life zone How are Biomes usually named? - ANSWER-For their dominant Vegetation type What are the 3 major advancements over traditional ecological thought? - ANSWER-1. shifts the focus from simple pattern desc...

Animal Diversity, 8e (Hickman) Chapter 1 Science of Zoology and Evolution of Animal Diversity 1) A characteristic of science is that A) it is not explained by natural laws. B) its hypotheses are testable. C) its conclusions are final. D) it is not falsifiable. E) it seeks to define the vitalistic forces of life. Answer: B Section: 01.01 Topic: Principles of Science Learning Objective: 01.01 Explain that science consists in testing, possibly rejecting, and improving our simplest and be...

Cell Theory - All organisms are made of cells, and all cells come from pre-existing cells. Conclusion: If you trace a cell's lineage back far enough, you will discover that all cells are descended from a common ancestral cell Evolution - The heritable change in a population over time or a change in gene frequency in a population over a number of generations Proximate process - what happens in short term, measured in fractions of lifetimes Ultimate process - longer timeframe (lifeti...

Adaptation- - correct answer The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to an environment. Aerobic- - correct answer A process that requires oxygen. Allele -An alternative form of a gene. An example would be genes that encode eye color—some encode blue eyes (one allele), while others encode brown, green, or hazel eye colors (other alleles). - correct answer amino acids - - correct answer A small organic molecule with the stru...

GY 101 Chapter 18 Verified Exam Questions 2024. Desertification is defined as: - CORRECT ANSWER converting other lands to desert regions A biome is: - CORRECT ANSWER a distinctive collection of organisms adapted to regional environmental conditions Biomes are usually identified based upon _____, although sometimes geographic or climatic considerations are also used. - CORRECT ANSWER vegetation Desert, grasslands, rain forests, and freshwater are different types of: - CORRECT ANSWER...

1. Additions: precip, organic matter, nutrients 2. Transformation: organic matter to humus. Primary (unaltered rock) to secondary minerals (chemically altered, original rock not apparent) by chemical change, dissolution and reprecipitation and biological change. 3. Translocation: Eluviation, Illuviation. 4. Losses: erosion: Leaching. - Soil formation process 1. Cation exchange capacity (CEC): the ability of soil colloids to exchange cations between the surface and the soil solution. This ...

ENWC 201 Final Exam Questions and Answers 2024 What is an animal's niche? How many dimensions can a niche have? Can animals share a niche? - CORRECT ANSWER-An animal's niche is the functional role of an organism considered in the environment in which it lives, its "job." A niche is multidimensional. No two organisms can occupy the same niche at the same time in the same place. What is a specialist vs a generalist? - CORRECT ANSWER-A specialist fits into their environment tightly...

What is an animal's niche? How many dimensions can a niche have? Can animals share a niche? - correct answer An animal's niche is the functional role of an organism considered in the environment in which it lives, its "job." A niche is multidimensional. No two organisms can occupy the same niche at the same time in the same place. What is a specialist vs a generalist? - correct answer A specialist fits into their environment tightly and there is no room for dealing with changes or for col...