[UCSB] EEMB 2 - MIDTERM 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What book did Aristotle write that contributed to ecology? What did he contribute? -
ANS Historia Animalium; he was able to explain 'divine' events with natural processes
What is an ecosystem? - ANS A collection of communities and their physical environment
What 3 'spheres' make up the biosphere? - ANS Lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
We gain _________ but lose ___________ when making experiments to study ecology (rather
than studying ecology out as it is naturally) - ANS We gain accuracy but lose authenticity
What is the purpose of ecology? - ANS To predict, manage, and control the environment
What is Graunt the father of? - ANS Demography (1662)
What kind of growth was Leeuwenhoek interested in? - ANS Population growth (ie, insects)
(1687)
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, What did Malthus believe? Was he right or wrong? - ANS That populations grow
exponentially but food grows linearly, this was wrong (1798)
What did Quetelet believe? - ANS That growth (population, food, etc.) is somehow controlled
by the environment (logistic growth)
What did Verhulst do? - ANS Came up with an equation (describes the logistic growth of
populations) to prove Quetelet's theory of logistic growth
What is Farr's rule? - ANS As population density increases, so do mortality rates
What were Forbes and Cowles the first to study? - ANS Community regulation and succession
(species replacement)
What did Robert Ross study? - ANS Systems analysis (mathematical modeling of the spread of
infectious disease)
What did Tansley, Clements, and Elton study? Through what means? - ANS The "why" of
ecology, through experiments - became more or less the fathers of modern ecology (early
1900's)
What did Rachel Carson Study - ANS Non- Scientist
Showed how humans have an effect on the environment
What causes seasons? - ANS The tilt of Earth's axis
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
What book did Aristotle write that contributed to ecology? What did he contribute? -
ANS Historia Animalium; he was able to explain 'divine' events with natural processes
What is an ecosystem? - ANS A collection of communities and their physical environment
What 3 'spheres' make up the biosphere? - ANS Lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere
We gain _________ but lose ___________ when making experiments to study ecology (rather
than studying ecology out as it is naturally) - ANS We gain accuracy but lose authenticity
What is the purpose of ecology? - ANS To predict, manage, and control the environment
What is Graunt the father of? - ANS Demography (1662)
What kind of growth was Leeuwenhoek interested in? - ANS Population growth (ie, insects)
(1687)
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, What did Malthus believe? Was he right or wrong? - ANS That populations grow
exponentially but food grows linearly, this was wrong (1798)
What did Quetelet believe? - ANS That growth (population, food, etc.) is somehow controlled
by the environment (logistic growth)
What did Verhulst do? - ANS Came up with an equation (describes the logistic growth of
populations) to prove Quetelet's theory of logistic growth
What is Farr's rule? - ANS As population density increases, so do mortality rates
What were Forbes and Cowles the first to study? - ANS Community regulation and succession
(species replacement)
What did Robert Ross study? - ANS Systems analysis (mathematical modeling of the spread of
infectious disease)
What did Tansley, Clements, and Elton study? Through what means? - ANS The "why" of
ecology, through experiments - became more or less the fathers of modern ecology (early
1900's)
What did Rachel Carson Study - ANS Non- Scientist
Showed how humans have an effect on the environment
What causes seasons? - ANS The tilt of Earth's axis
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