Final! Ecology

Question 1

Ecology

Answer 1

biology of interactions - how living things interact.

Question 2

Levels of Ecology

Answer 2

1. population Ecology
2. Community Ecology
3. Ecosystem Ecology

Question 3

what do the 3 levels of ecology study.

Answer 3

1. population ecology - is the most basic, deals with 1 specie
2. community deals with all species in one place.
3. everything in one place, (including living & non-living things. (humitity, rocks)

Question 4

Population

Answer 4

a group of species that live in one place and have potential to interact and mate.

Question 5

Population Ecology

Answer 5

1. deals with groups of individuals of a certain area
2. study how and why the Number of individuals in a population change over time.
3. is measured by Density & Dispersion

Question 6

Density

Answer 6

the number of individuals per unit area or volume.

Question 7

Dispersion

Answer 7

is the pattern spacing among individuals.

Question 8

3 types of Dispersion

Answer 8

1. clumped dispersion
2. uniform dispersion
3. random dispersion