Ecology and Investigation Quiz

What is a habitat?

• The role an organism plays in its environment

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• The resources an organism uses

• The interactions between organisms

What does an ecological niche involve?

• Both the habitat and the roles of an organism

• Only the resources an organism uses

• Only the interactions with other organisms

• Only the habitat of an organism

What is the fundamental niche?

• The resources an organism uses

• The potential conditions an organism can live in

• The interactions with other species

• The actual conditions an organism lives in

What is Gause's exclusion principle?

• Two species cannot coexist in the same niche

• Two species can coexist in the same niche

• Species can share resources equally

• Species can change their niche over time

What is pattern seeking in scientific investigation?

• Testing a single variable

• Observing and recording natural events

• Conducting controlled experiments

• Using only quantitative data

What is the main focus of pattern seeking?

• To use only qualitative data

• To control all variables

• To observe patterns between variables

• To prove a hypothesis

What is the role of abiotic factors in an organism's niche?

• They only affect animals

• They are not important

• They only affect plants

• They affect the resources and conditions available

What is a realized niche?

• The actual conditions an organism lives in

• The interactions with other species

• The potential conditions an organism can live in

• The resources an organism uses

What is the importance of understanding ecology in investigations?

• To focus only on laboratory experiments

• To form a hypothesis based on interactions

• To ignore non-living components

• To avoid field data collection

What is the first step in an investigation according to the text?

• Conducting trials

• Writing the discussion report

• Linking hypothesis to biological ideas through research

• Processing data