Bio 220 topi Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Topic 2 DQ 1 Description: What is the difference between R and K selective? Provide an example of a K specialist species and an R specialist species (find examples outside the textbook). What kind of environment would favor each and why? Topic 2 DQ 2 Description: According to our textbook, a biotic factor is a living element found within an ecosystem, while an abiotic factor is a nonliving element found within an ecosystem. Choose a biome and ecosystem and provide an example of a biotic and...

Week 5 DQ 1 Description: Describe a natural protected area where you live (city or state). 1. Where is this park and what makes people want to visit it? 2. Have you been there or do you plan to in the future? 3. What are some efforts made to protect the area (natural features, animals, plants, etc.)? 4. What are some concerns to protecting the area? Week 5 DQ 2 Description: Plant communities change over time. 1. What is the difference between primary and secondary succession...

Topic 3 Quiz 1. Question: Which term describes the study of how characteristics of a population change in response to altering environmental conditions? 2. Question:Overpopulation can cause: 3. Question:Safe concentration levels of any given substance depend on: 4. Question:The effects of toxic chemicals are minimized by which of the following three mechanisms: 5. Question:Which of the following factors influences the death rate: 6. Question:Routes of exposure are which of the following: ...

Week 2 Assignment:Biome and Ecosystem Essay Description: Pick a biome and ecosystem and create a 500-700 word essay addressing the following: 1. Refer to the infographic provided and chose a biome to describe with an example ecosystem. 2. Provide one example of a keystone species found in the biome/ecosystem. Why is this keystone species? 3. important to the biome/ecosystem? What defines it as a keystone species? 4. Provide an example of an invasive species found in the biome/ecosystem. W...

Week 1 Assignment: Online Scavenger Hunt for Success Description: Complete the "Online Scavenger Hunt for Success Resource." APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected. You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

Topic 2 DQ 2 Description: According to our textbook, a biotic factor is a living element found within an ecosystem, while an abiotic factor is a nonliving element found within an ecosystem. Choose a biome and ecosystem and provide an example of a biotic and abiotic factor found within your biome/ecosystem. Explain the importance of these factors to your specific biome/ecosystem.

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...

Topic1 DQ 1 Description: Research a local environmental law. Provide the following details about the law: 1. What is it designed to protect, when was it implemented, and what some consequences for violating it are? 2. In what ways is it effective? 3. In what ways is it not? 4. How can it be more effective? Topic1 DQ 2 Description: How has society’s view of the environment changed over time? What does the Christian Worldview say about protecting the environment? Use specific...

Week 6DQ 2 Description: Select a type of renewable energy. Compare it to fossil fuels by explaining two pros and two cons for its implementationon a large scale. Maintain an environmental focus (do not just give economic reasons).

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...