Chapter 1
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What is a boime? | show 🗑
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show | testable explanation for an observed phenomenon
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show | make predictions about how nature works using a set of explicit assumptions.
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show | community
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A scientist wants to manipulate glucose levels in amphibians to determine freeze tolerance at -5 Celsius. Which arena would suit this question best? | show 🗑
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show | community
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show | concentration of nitrogen
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An ecologist measured the length and weight of different individuals of a species of bird. The most common method of graphically displaying the data is a ______ | show 🗑
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show | b. death rate.
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An integrated set of hypotheses that together explain a broader set of observations is considered a(n) ______ | show 🗑
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show | interdisciplinary
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Broad scale regions dominated by similar types of ecosystems are called ______ | show 🗑
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show | global
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Experiments done at Cedar Creek Long Term Ecological Research site are ideal for examining concepts at what level? | show 🗑
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show | increase as the value of x increases
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Moisture and concentration of oxygen ________. | show 🗑
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Science can best be described as what? | show 🗑
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The basic unit in ecology is the ________ | show 🗑
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show | passes genetic information to successive individuals
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The correct sequence of the scientific method is what? | show 🗑
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The interaction of a biotic community and its abiotic environment is referred to as a(n) ________ | show 🗑
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show | eliminate incorrect ideas
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show | relationships between organisms and their environment
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Which economist influenced Darwin's conception of natural selection? | show 🗑
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Which model would you use to examine the relationship between nitrogen concentration and plant growth? | show 🗑
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Which of the following best represents the flow of the scientific method? | show 🗑
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show | Darwin's theory of natural selection
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Which of the following is an example of a biome? | show 🗑
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show | a. temperature
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show | What is the relationship between resource availability and birthrate?
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What question is most appropriate to an investigation at the landscape level? | show 🗑
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show | individual, population, community, ecosystem, biome, biosphere
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show | It involves and draws from various fields of science such as geology, hydrology, and meteorology.
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_________ is activism with a stated aim of protecting the natural environment, particularly from the negative impacts of human activities. | show 🗑
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_____ is the scientific study of the relationship between organisms and their environment. | show 🗑
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A group of individuals of the same species that occupies a given area is referred to as a(n) ___________ | show 🗑
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show | Model
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All populations of different species living and interacting within an ecosystem are referred to collectively as a(n) __________ | show 🗑
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All science begins with an _______, which is the first step in the process known as the scientific method. | show 🗑
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show | community
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show | productivity
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show | individual
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show | biotic; abiotic
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