12 Questions
What is the key difference between resources and conditions in an ecological context?
Resources are consumed or used up by organisms while conditions alter but are not consumed.
In ecology, how does a habitat differ from a niche?
Habitat defines the environment of an organism, while niche defines the conditions and resources needed by an organism.
What term describes parts of the total environment that are directly important to an organism, including physical and biotic environments?
Effective Environment
Which term refers to factors that are directly acting on an organism in the niche concept?
Centrum
According to G.E. Hutchinson, what does a niche define in ecology?
The conditions and resources needed by an organism
What concept refers to the total environmental components that are fundamental for an organism?
Effective Environment
What does autecology focus on?
Life history and behavior as adaptations to the environment
Which type of ecology considers 'the picture as a whole'?
Synecology
What type of growth pattern is associated with modular organisms?
Unpredictable
How are species defined in ecology?
As groups of actually or potentially interbreeding individuals that are reproductively isolated from other individuals
What do abiotic factors in the environment refer to?
Non-living factors
What are the two types of environmental factors mentioned in the text?
Resources and Conditions
Test your knowledge on organismal ecology focusing on individual and species relationships with their environment. Explore questions about how species or organisms function in their environment and how the environment influences them. Learn about autecology and the study of individual relationships with the environment.
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