Ecology Study Guide
1. Learned means having much knowledge and well – informed. Innate means already known or originating in.
2. Habituation – a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations
a. Estivation – animals trying to escape things happening in their environment
b. Imprinting – learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage that is rapid
c. Hibernation – refers to a season of heterothermy that is characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate ; Ex: Bears, Bats
d. Classical Conditioning – a process of behavior modification in which a subject learns to respond in a desired manner such that a neutral stimulus
3. Biotic means a living component of a community. Abiotic means non – living organisms in a community. Biotic: Bears, Insects, Trees ; Abiotic: Water, Rocks, Soil
4. Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal ; Piedmont
5. Organism, Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere
a. Organism: any contiguous living system (such as animal, fungus, micro-organism, or plant)
b. Species: often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring
c. Population: a study of populations of organisms, especially the regulation of population size, life history traits such as clutch size, and extinction
d. Community: an assemblage or associations of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area
e. Ecosystem: a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes)
f. Biosphere: the global sum of all ecosystems
6. Both organisms benefit ; The oxpeckers get food and the beasts get pest control
7. One organism benefits, the other is unharmed ; As cattle, horses, and other livestock graze on the field, they cause movements that stir up various insects
8. One organism benefits, the other is harmed ; Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans
9. A
2. Habituation – a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations
a. Estivation – animals trying to escape things happening in their environment
b. Imprinting – learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage that is rapid
c. Hibernation – refers to a season of heterothermy that is characterized by low body temperature, slow breathing and heart rate, and low metabolic rate ; Ex: Bears, Bats
d. Classical Conditioning – a process of behavior modification in which a subject learns to respond in a desired manner such that a neutral stimulus
3. Biotic means a living component of a community. Abiotic means non – living organisms in a community. Biotic: Bears, Insects, Trees ; Abiotic: Water, Rocks, Soil
4. Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal ; Piedmont
5. Organism, Species, Population, Community, Ecosystem, and Biosphere
a. Organism: any contiguous living system (such as animal, fungus, micro-organism, or plant)
b. Species: often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring
c. Population: a study of populations of organisms, especially the regulation of population size, life history traits such as clutch size, and extinction
d. Community: an assemblage or associations of populations of two or more different species occupying the same geographical area
e. Ecosystem: a community of living organisms (plants, animals and microbes)
f. Biosphere: the global sum of all ecosystems
6. Both organisms benefit ; The oxpeckers get food and the beasts get pest control
7. One organism benefits, the other is unharmed ; As cattle, horses, and other livestock graze on the field, they cause movements that stir up various insects
8. One organism benefits, the other is harmed ; Tapeworms are segmented flatworms that attach themselves to the insides of the intestines of animals such as cows, pigs, and humans
9. A