Ecology Quiz I
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1.) If an organism is found in a wide variety of places, Ecologically, it is ________________
2.) In solving a mathematical equations, the acronym for the order of operations is:_______________
3.) The second law of thermodynamics deals with the concept of ________________
4.) _________ occurs when males of a species breed with more than one female in a season.
5.) _________ occurs when females mate when more than one male in a season
6.) _________occurs when all members of a species are wiped out.
7.) Monogamy occurs in about 90% of ______ species.
8.) A behavior which all individuals in a species possess is known as:_____________
9.) When genes of members of a species infiltrate other populations of the same species, this is known as (2 words) ____________________
10.) A _____________ genome can combat mutagens found in the environment.
11.) In a Chi Square test, if the observed data varies greatly from the expected data, we cannot reject the ________ hypothesis.
12.) Much of our current knowledge of "game theory" came from the mathematician, ______________________
13.) _________________ wrote "The Origin of Species"
14.) If a plant provides a bird fruit and the bird disperses the plant's seeds, a _______________ is occurring.
15.) What specific event happened on earth ~66 million years ago?______________________
Answers
Cosmopolitan, BEDMAS, Entropy, Polygyny, Polyandry, extinction,
Bird, Innate, Gene Flow, Diploid, Null, John Nash, Charles Darwin, Symbiosis,
Extinction of the Dinosaurs