Ecology Ch 3

Front 1

Explain, referring to a variety of specific organisms, how the amount of water in different organism's habitats may define either the conditions for those organisms, or their resource level, or both.

Back 1

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Front 2

Discuss whether you think the following statement is correct: 'A layperson might describe Antarctica as an extreme environment, but an ecologist should never do so.'

Back 2

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Front 3

In what ways to ecctotherms and endotherms differ, and in what ways are they similar?

Back 3

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Front 4

Drawing examples from a variety of both animals and plants, contrast the responses of tolerators and avoiders to seasonal variations in environmental conditions and resources.

Back 4

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Front 5

Describe how plants' requirements to increase the rate of photosynthesis and to decrease the rate of water loss interact. Describe, too, the strategies used by different types of plants to balance these requirements.

Back 5

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Front 6

Describe and account for hte differencces in both root and shoot architecture exhibited by different plants.

Back 6

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Front 7

Account for the fact that the tissues of plants and animals have such contrasting C:N ratios. Waht are the consequences of these differences?

Back 7

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Front 8

Describe the various ways in which animals use color to defend themselves against attacks by predators.

Back 8

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Front 9

Explain, with exmples, what exploitation and interference instraspecific competition have in common and how they differ.

Back 9

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Front 10

What is meant when an ecological niche is described as an n-dimensional hypervolume?

Back 10

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