An Introduction to Ecology: Distribution and Adaptations of Organisms
Campbell Chapter 46

1. Name and describe the levels in the organizational hierarchy of ecology.

2. Distinguish between abiotic and biotic factors in the environment. Name some examples of each.

3. Define the terms "biosphere" and "biome."

4. Water is most dense at 4^oC. This property has important implications mixing of lake waters and the vertical stratification. Explain.

5. State the costs and benefits of an organism being a regulator or a conformer.

6. Describe the principal of allocation.

7. What is meant by environmental grain?

8. Briefly describe behavioral, physiological, and morphological responses to environmental change. Also note the role of evolutionary change.

9. Identify the general climate and vegetation in each of the following biomes:
tropical forest, savanna, desert, chaparral, temperate grassland (prairie), temperate deciduous forest, taiga (coniferous forest), tundra

10. Be familiar with the definition of the terms wetland, estuary, and the marine zones.