Practice Test 1

Ecology is _____

_____ is the ultimate measure of success for all individual living organisms

An ecosystem is _____

A biologist that studies the spatial processes that link adjacent communities is likely a _____

Ecological models are used to _____

Which of the following disciplines is NOT generally integrated into ecological studies

The scientific method has four major steps, which are executed in which order

Which of the following statements about hypothesis testing is true

In a simple linear regression model used to predict plant growth from the availability of nitrogen in the soil, which variable should be plotted on the y-axis

An ecologist in your school is developing models to explain the energy flow in a salt marsh on a local set of barrier islands. This type of research is _____