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What Is Evolution?
Change in a population’s genetic makeup through successive generations
theory of natural selection: to describe the
mechanism through
which organisms adapt to
their environment
theory of natural selection: to describe the
mechanism through
which organisms adapt to
their environment
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What Role Does Natural Selection Play?
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Types of Natural Selection? Graphs?
1. directional
2. stabalizing
3. diversifying
2. stabalizing
3. diversifying
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What Is Extinction? Spectrum?
5
formula for biodiversity
biodiversity = speciation (new species evolved) - extinction (species dies out)
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What are habitat and ecological niche? What is the difference between fundamental and realized niche?
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What are generalist and specialist species? Graph?
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What is resource partioning?
9
How are forests stratified?
10
What biome experiences permafrost?
artic tundra (polar grasslands)
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What Factors Limit Life at Different Depths of Water?
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What benefits do marine ecosystems provide?
just know a few
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What benefits do freshwater ecosystems provide?
just know some
14
How Do Plant Nutrients Affect Lakes? Types of lakes in terms of nutrients
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What Are Freshwater Inland Wetlands? What benefits do they provide?
also reduces flooding and promotes nutrient and water cycling
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Summary of swamp classification
forested wetland
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Summary of marsh classification
Wet grassland
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Summary of fen classification
“Peatland” (mostly sedges). Water from soils below
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Summary of bog classification
“Peatland” (Sphagnum). Water from precipitation. Nurtrient poor, gets nutrients from rain ("ombrotrophic")