Finals Review Qs

1\. What is the biosphere and what role do humans play in it?\ 2. How do biotic and abiotic factors differ in the study of ecology?\ 3. What is the difference between climate and weather?\ 4. What is the greenhouse effect and which gas is most responsible for it?\ 5. How do the hydrologic cycle and...

1\. What is the biosphere and what role do humans play in it?\ 2. How do biotic and abiotic factors differ in the study of ecology?\ 3. What is the difference between climate and weather?\ 4. What is the greenhouse effect and which gas is most responsible for it?\ 5. How do the hydrologic cycle and carbon cycle differ from each other?\ 6. What is the difference between population size and population density?\ 7. How can you determine if a population exhibits logistic or exponential growth from graphical\ population data?\ 8. Explain the concept of carrying capacity and give examples of factors that can increase or decrease it.\ 9. What is the difference between density-dependent and density-independent changes in population size?\ 10. How do predator and prey populations interact in cycles?\ 11. What ways are species dispersed across space?\ 12. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?\ 13. How does the removal of a keystone species disrupt an ecological community?\ 14. What are the four major kinds of species interactions, and can you provide an example of each?\ 15. How do primary and secondary succession differ?\ 16. What is an ecosystem and how does it differ from an ecological community?\ 17. How do nutrients and energy move through the environment and how do they differ from each other?\ 18. Can you place members of a specified ecosystem into an energy pyramid at the appropriate trophic\ level?\ 19. Where on Earth is a specified biome found and how does its productivity compare to other biomes?\ 20. Explain the concept of ecological niche and give an example of a species and its niche.\ 21. What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?\ 22. Describe the process of primary succession and provide an example of a location where it might occur.\ 23. What is the difference between a population and a community?