Chapter 3
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Define Ecology
The study of all processes tied to the distribution and abundance of life and the ties between living things and their habitats.
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species is the order of what system?
Taxonomy
What is the old definition of species and is it valid?
It’s not valid, and it’s all members that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
What is a homo?
A genus
What are Homo sapiens?
A species
What are Homo sapiens sapiens?
A subspecies
What is the genus, species, and subspecies of domesticated dogs, cats, and tigers respectively?
Canis lupus familiaris, Felis catus, and Panthera Tigris Tigris.
How is species determined today?
DNA
How were Canis lupus familiaris domesticated?
Self-domesticated
What is a population, and give an example of one?
Individuals of a species living in a given area. An example is gray wolves living in the Yellowstone National Park.
What is a biota or a biotic community, and how is the community’s constitution determined?
All the living organism in a natural area and the constitution is determined by abiotic factors.
How does the plant community affect the animal community?
It limits or controls by its presence or absence.
What is the difference between an ecosystem and an ecotone?
An ecosystem is a complex of biotic communities and the abiotic environment affecting them within an area, while an Ecotone is a transitional region between ecosystems.
Give an example of an Ecotone and of an Ecosystem, respectively.
An example of the former is a deciduous forest, an example of the latter is a grassland-forest ecotone.
What is a landscape?
A cluster of interacting ecosystems
Give an example of animals interacting out of their usual ecosystems?
Jaguars and bears go into aquatic ecosystems to fish.
What is, a large area of Earth’s surface with the same climate and similar vegetation called?
Biome
Name five major biomes on earth?
Aquatic, desert, forest, grasslands and tundra
What is the Tundra Biome like?
It has low temperatures and precipitation
Say two adjectives to describe the Chaparral biome
Hot and dry
A rolling grassland with scattered shrubs and isolated trees perfectly describes what biome?
Savanna
Dry large rolling terrains of grasses, flowers, and herbs describes?
Grassland
Inner Mongolia is largely grasslands and thus lacks what resource?
Trees
How the people of Inner Mongolia live?
As nomadic shepherds who live in tents.