Abiotic components Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Age structure - Distribution of individuals across age categories Alfred Russel Wallace - Established biogeography Amenalism - One species is harmed, other is unaffected Antagonistic interactions - One species benefits, other is harmed (e.g., predation, herbivory, parasitism) Any environment is made up of its ________________ and ________________ components. - Biotic and abiotic Aposematism - 'Warning' coloration Are abiotic factors generally density-dependent or -independent? - Densit...

The subject of this course is - environmental science An ecosystem is a location on Earth that includes - interacting living and non-living components Historically, ___ has/have kept the world population out of food deficit - innovation in agricultural practices Solar radiation enters the Earth system, and energy leaves it in the form of heat and reflected light. Therefore, with respect to energy, Earth is: - an open system Which of the following is not an abiotic factor? - bacteria (Yes ...

Bio 182 Final Exam Latest Update Graded A+ abiotic components air, water, and non-living parts of soil age-specific fecundity the average number of female offspring produced by a female in a given age-class altruism behavior that has a fitness cost to the individual exhibiting it and a fitness benefit to the recipient, appears to contradict this pattern (queen bees giving themselves up for the queen to reproduce) asymmetric competition one species suffers a much greater fitness...

NCSU BIO 181 Exam 2What is ecology? - correct answer the study of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment What are the 5 areas of ecological study? - correct answer -Organismal: study of physiological, evolutionary, and behavioral mechanisms used by individual organisms to meet ecological needs -Population: how populations interact with their environment, how and why the # of individuals changes over time, the proportion of males to females, age of individuals, how ...

. The nonliving components of an ecosystem are called: A. Biotic compounds B. Abiotic compounds C. Mineral components D. Environmental components - ANSWER B. Abiotic compounds 8. Which of the following ecological concepts is illustrated in a food web? A. Population equilibrium B. mutualism C. Biogeochemical cycles D. Competition - ANSWER B. mutualism 9. What is a limiting factor? A. A biotic factor that stops the growth of a plant of animal B. A factor that is required for th...

Life 103 Exam 1 CSU Questions and Answers Already Passed Science recognizing patterns in the natural world and understanding the mechanisms that give rise to those patterns The Diversity of Life Patterns How plants and animals work Mechanisms Evolution the change in allele frequencies in a population over time Four Mechanisms of Evolution Selection, Genetic Drift, Mutation, and Migration Selection changes in allele frequencies due to organisms with advantageous alleles rep...

Environment correct answer: the natural world human societies and the human built world what are the two components of the environment correct answer: biotic--living components abiotic--nonliving components environmental science correct answer: study of how the world works different categories of environmental science correct answer: biology, geology, physics, history, engineering, sociology human population is ____________ and will eventually _____________ correct answer:...

Ecology The distribution of organisms and their abundance Ecological levels of research global, landscape, ecosystem, community, population, organismal ex. global ecology Compare in diff continents. (compare its evolution with parasites) ex. ecosystem ecology Compare hemoglobins in different latitudes. (compare O2 carrying capacity) ex. organismal ecology Compare with other O2 carrying pigments. (compare with crab blood, which is blue) ex. organismal ecolo...

APES –EVERYTHING (2023/2024) RATED A Environment the sum of all conditions surrounding us that influence life Environmental Science The field that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature System any set of interacting components that influence one another by exchanging energy or materials Ecosystem particular location on Earth whose interacting components include biotic and abiotic components Environmental Studies Includes subjects environmental policies, economi...

Define biodiversity - ANSWER the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole) Define genetic diversity - ANSWER the total genetic information contained within all individuals of a species, population, or community Why is genetic diversity important? - ANSWER provides the raw materials for adaptive change Define adaptive change - ANSWER change in response to the environment's "natural selection: Define species diversity - ANSWER the diversi...