Final Exam Ecology Terms – 2010
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Define the following terms. Use full sentences. Sentences that
contain fewer the 5 words are automatically wrong.
1. Biomes
2. River Continuum Concept
3. Epilimnion
4. Thermocline
5. Biologic Population
6. Biological Species Concept
7. Disruptive selection
8. Conservation of Energy
9. Law of Entropy
10. Principle of Allocation
11. Trophic Levels
12. Type I Survivorship
13. Logistic (sigmoidal) Population
14. r -species
15. Principle of Competitive Exclusion
16. Niches
17. Exploitation
18. Community
19. Species diversity
20. Keystone Species
21. Biomass
22. Primary Succession
23. Secondary Succession
24. Ecotones
25. Equilibrium Model of Island Biogeography
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Final Exam Ecology Terms – 2010
Use E-Z Stat to calculate the amount of biomass produced ¼ meter of the Dobb’s lawn.
26. Mean = ____ grams
27. SD = _____
28. Determine the amount of biomass per meter squared. (4 x mean = _____ (B) grams.
29. The period of time it to produce the biomass was 17 days . B/17 = ____ grams biomass
per square meter per day.
30. If the Reinhardt University grounds crew mows 1, 000,000 meters of grass and there
are 200 growing day per season.
How many kilo grams of much grass is produced on
the lawns in front of the Dobb’s during the mowing ? ______________ kilograms. A
kilogram is equal to .454 pounds. How many pounds of grass are harvested?
__________pounds or ______tons of grass (2000 pounds = 1 ton).
The widest part of the ginkgo blade is summarized in E-Z ginkgo. Use E-Z Stat to
calculate
31. Mean _____
32. SD _____
33. Illustrate the data set with a bar graph.
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