Elements of Ecology 9th Edition Smith Test Bank.pdf

,Elementsnof nEcology,n9en(Smith)nChapte
rn1n ThenNaturenof nEcology

1.1 Short n Answern Questions

1) isn activismn withn an statednaimn ofnprotectingn thennaturaln environment,n particularlynf
romn then negativen impactsn of n humann activities.
Answer:n Environmentalismn
Topic:n Sectionn 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

2) isn then scientificn studynofnthen relationshipn betweenn organismsn and n theirn environment.n
Answer:n Ecology
Topic:n Sectionn 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

3) Then living,n orn ,n and n nonliving,n orn
,ncomponentsnof nthenenvironment ninteract n withinn ann ecosystem.
Answer:n biotic;nabioticn Topi
c:n Sectionn 1.2
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

4) A n groupn of n individualsn of n then samen speciesn that n occupiesn an givenn arean isn referred n ton asn a(n)
.
Answer:n populationn T
opic:n Sectionn 1.3
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

5) Alln populationsn of n different nspeciesn livingn and ninteractingnwithinnannecosystemn aren referred ntonc
ollectivelyn asn a(n)n .
Answer:n communityn
Topic:n Sectionn 1.3
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

6) At n then
level,n ann ecologist n might n focusn onnthenfactorsnthatn affect nthen relativen abundancen of n vari
ousn populationsn inn then area.
Answer:n communityn
Topic:n Sectionn 1.4
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

7) Alln sciencen beginsn withn
,n whichn isn then first n stepn inn then processn knownn asn then scientificn method.
Answer:n observationn
Topic:n Sectionn 1.5
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

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,8) Inn an field n experiment,n ann ecologist n measuresn theneffectsnof nnitrogenn onnproductivity,n plottingnd
atan forn nitrogenn onn then x-axisn and n productivityn onn then y-
axis.n Inn thisn experiment,n then dependent n variablen isn .
Answer:n productivityn
Topic:n Sectionn 1.5
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Application/Analysis

9) A(n)n
isn ann abstract,n simplified n representationn of nanrealn system,n allowingn usntonpredict nsomen behaviorn or
n responsen usingn an set n of n explicit n assumptions.

Answer:n modeln Topi
c:n Sectionn1.6
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

10) Then
formsnthenbasicn unit n innecology.n Answer:n indivi
dual
Topic:n Sectionn 1.9
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

1.2 Multiple-ChoicenQuestions

1) Then termn "ecology"n isn defined n asn then studyn of n the
A) environment.
B) relationshipsn betweenn organisms.
C) relationshipsn betweenn organismsn and n theirn environment.
D) impact nof nhumansnonnthenenvironment.n
Answer:n C
Topic:n Sectionn 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

2) Whichn of n then followingn isn an cornerstonen of n then sciencen of n ecology?
A) Environmentalism
B) Darwin'sn theoryn of n naturaln selection
C) Economics
D) Populations
n Answer:n B

Topic:n Sectionn 1.1
Bloom'sn Taxonomy:n Knowledge/Comprehension

3) Moisturen and n concentrationn of n oxygen
A) aren partsn of n ann organism'sn environment.
B) haven non effect n onn then physiologyn of n ann organism.
C) aren biologicaln conditionsn that n impact n ann organism'sn survival.
D) donnot nvaryninnthenenvironment.n
Answer:n A
Topic:n Sectionn 1.2
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