Foundations of Ecology Review

A habitat is a_________

• different plants and animals along with things that are inorganic

• just different inorganic things together

• just different organic things together

• none of the above

Disturbance is a temporary change that has long term effects

• true

• false

Resistance, seems

• unchanged

• changed

• none of the above

• all of the above

An Equilibrium is_______

• the middle of the earth

• not real

• a stable state that has sustainable population size

• none of the above

Resilience is the ability of an ecosystems to maintain its normal patterns

• true

• false

Natural Selection is________

• Natural Selection

• how plants and animals change over time to survive changing conditions

• unimportant

• this is boring

Organismal Ecology - focuses mainly on how the adaptations of non-living things

• true

• false

Population Ecology is?

• the study of these and other questions about what factors affect population.

• a class i'm trying to get out of

• how the adaptations of living things change.

• the study of the change of plants

Community Ecology is expanding and rich subfield of ecology.

• true

• false

• third option

Ecosystem Ecology - study of just the non living parts of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem

• true

• false