Ecology

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What is ecology the study of?

  • Social interactions among humans
  • Physical structure of living organisms
  • Relationships among living organisms and their physical environment (correct)
  • Chemical processes within living organisms

At what levels does ecology consider organisms?

  • Individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere (correct)
  • Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
  • Producers, consumers, and decomposers
  • Cellular, tissue, organ, and system

With which sciences does ecology overlap?

  • Astronomy and geology
  • Biogeography, evolutionary biology, genetics, ethology, and natural history (correct)
  • Physics and chemistry
  • Anthropology and sociology

What does ecology encompass in the study of organisms?

<p>Life processes, interactions, and adaptations; movement of materials and energy through living communities; successional development of ecosystems; cooperation, competition, and predation within and between species; and patterns of biodiversity and its effect on ecosystem processes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some practical applications of ecology?

<p>Conservation biology, wetland management, natural resource management (agroecology, agriculture, forestry) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which level of organization does ecology NOT consider?

<p>Cellular (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a practical application of ecology?

<p>Astronomy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does ecology study in the context of the environment?

<p>Abundance, biomass, and distribution of organisms (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which science is NOT closely related to ecology?

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What does ecology encompass in the study of living communities?

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