Measuring Biodiversity
An ecosystem has:
4 foxes, 15 magpies, 2 snails, 18 butterflies, 7 piglets, and 10 rabbits. What is the species richness?
6
What is the name of the relationship between predator and prey?
Predation
Do crocodiles belong in the kingdom Animalia or Plantae?
Animalia
A potato is an example of an Autotroph or a Heterotroph?
Autotroph
The speed at which populations grow is called the ____________
Population Growth Rate
The ________ is the "relative population of each species"
Richness
What is the name of Symbiosis where both organisms benefit?
Mutualism
Is an elephant an example of an r-strategist or a K-strategist?
K-strategist
Plants are at what Trophic Level
Producers
What is another name of the first species in an ecosystem during primary succession
Pioneer Species
What is the name of the plastic square that ecologists use for sampling specimens in the field
Quadrat
What is the name of the principal where one species wins out over another species that live in the same niche due to limited resources?
Competitive Exclusion
What is the classification system that allows you to figure out the height, main vegetation, and openness of a forest.
Specht's Classification System
There are 3 kinds of Keystone Species: Mutualists, Carnivores, and ________
Engineers
The number of organisms of one species that an environment can support indefinitely is also called the ____________
Carrying Capacity
There are four kinds of Sampling Strategies. This includes Random, Systematic, Opportunistic, and ___________
Stratified
What is an example of a Density-Independent limiting factor?
Judges discretion
A ________ is a diagram that represents how closely related different species are due to physical characteristics, and whether or not different species had common ancestors and how long ago/far away those common ancestors were
Cladogram
What is the first step in the water cycle?
Evaporation/Transpiration
Exponential Growth is one mode of population growth, what is the other
Logistic Growth
An ecosystems consists of: 4 ants, 13 dogs, 15 cats, and 8 ducks. What is the SDI of this ecosystem? You have 4 minutes to solve
0.72
The law of _________ states that for each abiotic factor, a species population has a tolerance range within which it can survive
Law of Tolerance
Name one part of a Cladogram
Root, Node, Clade, Taxon, Outgroup, Branch
In the Nitrogen Cycle, Nitrogen Fixation is done by what type of bacteria
Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria
One evening 55 mice in an area were captured, marked and released. The following evening 70 mice were captured in the same area, of which 35 were marked. Infer a mouse population for that area? You have 2 minutes
110