Misc/Older Labs
Biological, morphological, genetic
Name 2 species that compete for the same food source
What is one benefit to being a generalist?
- More options, more adaptable in changing environments, less picky
Name one way a disturbance can help an ecosystem!
- Nutrient availability/redistribution, etc.
- Opening up light gaps
- Seed dispersal, etc.
Protists and fungi are:
Prokaryotic or eukaryotic?
Eukaryotic!
What type of competition is within a single species?
IntrAspecific competition
Give an example of a specialist (that isn't a snail kite)
- Pandas (bamboo)
- Monarch butterflies (milkweed)
- Kirtland's warbler (jack pines)
How are disturbances caused by humans different than those that naturally occur in an ecosystem?
Larger scale, faster, more disruptive, often different than what that ecosystem is used to
A lichen is a combination of: ______ and _______
Fungus and algae
- Becoming a specialist (adapting to eat something that nothing else eats)
- Spatial/temporal changes
Which is better suited to colonizing a new environment: a specialist or generalist?
Generalist! More options
What happened to the peppered moth?
Industrial revolution covered everything in soot and killed the light-colored lichen on the trees, moth was able to rapidly adapt and become darker to blend in better