Basic Ecology
Q: A group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
A: What is a species?
Q: A measure of how varied an ecosystem is
A: What is biodiversity?
Q: A frame of known area used for sampling plants
A: What is a quadrat?
Q: Test used to find relationship between ranked variables
A: What is Spearman’s rank correlation?
Q: The largest taxonomic group
A: What is a domain?
Q: The non-living factors affecting population size
A: What are abiotic factors?
Q: The number of different species in an area
A: What is species richness?
Q: Sampling method using a straight line where only organisms touching it are counted
A: What is a line transect?
Q: Test used to show linear relationship between variables
A: What is Pearson’s linear correlation?
Q: System using two names (genus + species)
A: What is the binomial system?
Q: The role of an organism in its ecosystem (what it eats, where it lives)
A: What is a niche?
Q: A comparison of population sizes of different species
A: What is species evenness?
Q: Quadrats taken at intervals along a line
A: What is a belt transect?
Q: A value close to +1 or -1 indicates this
A: What is a strong linear correlation?
Q: Domain of organisms with no nucleus
A: What is bacteria?
Q: All populations of different species in one area
A: What is a community?
Q: Areas with high biodiversity but under threat
A: What are biodiversity hotspots?
Q: Method used to estimate population size using marking animals
A: What is mark-release-recapture?
Q: If calculated value is less than critical value
A: What is accept the null hypothesis (no correlation)?
Q: Domain containing organisms with nucleus and organelles
A: What is eukarya?
Q: A species found only in one specific geographical location
A: What is endemism?
Q: A statistical measure showing probability two individuals are same species
A: What is Simpson’s Index of Diversity (D)?
Q: Method used to avoid bias in sampling
A: What is random sampling?
Q: Formula used to estimate population size
A: What is the Lincoln Index?
Q: Microorganisms that produce methane
A: What are methanogens?