Test Bank For Elements of Ecology 9th Edition By Thomas M. Smith

ISBN: 9780321934178

Elements of Ecology, 9e (Smith)

Chapter 1   The Nature of Ecology

  Short Answer Questions

1) ________ is activism with a stated aim of protecting the natural environment, particularly from the negative impacts of human activities.

Answer:  Environmentalism

Topic:  Section 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension

2) ________ is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

Answer:  Ecology

Topic:  Section 1.1

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension

3) The living, or ________, and nonliving, or ________, components of the environment interact within an ecosystem.

Answer:  biotic; abiotic

Topic:  Section 1.2

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension

4) A group of individuals of the same species that occupies a given area is referred to as a(n) ________.

Answer:  population

Topic:  Section 1.3

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension

5) All populations of different species living and interacting within an ecosystem are referred to collectively as a(n) ________.

Answer:  community

Topic:  Section 1.3

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension

6) At the ________ level, an ecologist might focus on the factors that affect the relative abundance of various populations in the area.

Answer:  community

Topic:  Section 1.4

Bloom’s Taxonomy:  Knowledge/Comprehension