Ecology
Disease and limited resource availability are examples of this ecological process.
What is density-dependent regulation?
This is evidence for evolution, along with an example.
What is homologous/analogous structures, convergent evolution, fossils & transition fossils, or others?
"Specimens were separated based on they're initial weight."
What is 'their not they're'?
What is 'a URL is not a proper citation'?
(Also acceptable: it's Home Depot???)
This household fruit comes from a 'treelike' plant, and is 'upside-down' as it is grown. If you have any questions about it, just ask my friend, Big Mike.
What is a banana?
This type of survivorship curve is characteristic of insects, fish, and plants.
What is a type III survivorship curve?
This process was discovered by Charles Darwin, and explains how populations change across generations based on environmental stressors.
What is natural selection?
"Twelve thousand and eighty two specimens were gathered over the testing period."
What is "numbers above ten should be written numerically"?
Karban, R., & Karban, C. C. (2024). Floristic changes following the chestnut blight may be delayed for decades. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306748
What is 'missing volume, issue, and/or page numbers'?
This is a more 'untamed' name for Queen Anne's Lace.
What is 'wild carrot'?
These are the two types of species, based on their number of offspring and degree of parental care.
What are r- and K-selected species?
If the frequency of alleles not changing in a population, we say the population is currently in this.
What is Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?
"Rats were placed into separate cages, upon which 5 mL of (R)-4-(1-Hydroxy-2-(methylamino)ethyl)benzene-1,2-diol is added."
What is "tense agreement"?
The American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project at ESF. ESF. Breda, K. (2024). https://www.esf.edu/chestnut/
What is 'the authors should be first'?
When grated, this expensive and difficult-to-grow root has a strong flavor that fades quickly. Because of this, it's often replaced with another member of the Brassicaceae family in restaurants, and this replacement is usually dyed green.
What is wasabi?
This is any of the three types of adaptations that arise due to predation and an example of that adaptation.
What is mechanical, chemical, or behavioral?
This phenomenon explains how one species can evolve into several differently specialized species over many generations due to resource diversity and availability.
What is adaptive radiation?
Plots of land were chosen based on three factors: biodiversity; proximity to the river; and altitude.
What is the wrong way to use a semicolon?
Newhouse, A. E., Oakes, A. D., Pilkey, H. C., Roden, H. E., Horton, T. R., & Powell, W. A. (2025, May 5). Transgenic American chestnuts do not inhibit germination of native seeds or colonization of mycorrhizal fungi. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/plant-science/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.01046/full
What is 'this is an article, not a website'?
This common kitchen vegetable takes three years to establish itself before it can be harvested! There's definitely a point to it, though.
What is asparagus?
This refers to a relationship between two species where one benefits and the other is unaffected.
What is commensalism?
This is how speciation can occur without geographic separation -- especially in plants.
What is auto- or allopolyploidy?
Our paper will cover three main areas of research, including the trends of salinity in pond, river, and estuary waters; the biodiversity therein; and the reach of these effects along the Pacific coastline.
What is the improper use of first-person pronouns?
Anagnostakis, S. L. (2000, December 1) Revitalization of the Majestic Chestnut: Chestnut Blight Disease. Revitalization of the majestic chestnut: Chestnut blight disease. https://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/apsnetfeatures/Pages/ChestnutBlightDisease.aspx
What is 'missing the period after the date'?
This spooky forest dweller is a mycoheterotoph, parasitically receiving all of its nutrients from a fungus. Because of this, it lacks any chloroplasts or green pigment, instead appearing a pale white.
What is a ghost pipe?