Ecology Unit 1

17 flashcards · Other · by Sarah Ray

1. Who was the first person to use the word 'ecology'?

   Ernst Haeckel

2. Who recorded the first observations of seed germination?

   Theophrastus

3. What is Tinbergen's question of phylogeny?

   What is the trait's evolutionary history?

4. What is Tinbergen's question of ontogeny?

   How does the trait develop in individuals?

5. What is Tinbergen's question of mechanism?

   What is the structure of the trait?

6. What is Tinbergen's question of adaptive significance?

   How have trait variations influenced fitness?

7. What is the meaning of delisting?

   When a species has recovered enough to be taken off the list of endangered species

8. What is observation?

   The collection of data in unmanipulated settings

9. What is modeling?

   The creation and analysis of representations of data or ideas

10. What is experimentation?

    Research that involves the manipulation of variables of interest

11. What is CITIES?

    An international treaty prohibiting the trade and trafficking of endangered species

12. What are the levels of ecological organization?

    Individual, Population, Community, Ecosystem, Landscape, Biosphere

13. What are quantitative models?

    Models that describe systems by using math and sometimes complex equations.

14. What are conceptual models?

    models that describe systems in pictures or diagrams

15. The Greek word oikos means?

    home

16. What are the three general categories of ecological research?

    observation, experimentation, modeling

17. What is ESA?

    The Endangered Species Act that protects endangered species in the US