1. the ecosystem is the basic unit of study in the biological subfield of ecology. how big is
an ecosystem? a) ecosystems are the largest biological environments on earth;
b) ecosystems exist at all scales and levels, from a tiny drop of water all the way up to a
tropical rainforest or an ocean.
2. how is the study of ecology and ecosystems different from the study of traditional
biology and plant communities? a) ecology focuses on the number of different
species in an area and on plant/animal identification; b) ecology focuses on animals while
biology emphasizes plants; c) ecology studies biology at the microscopic level trying to
understand the "inner-workings" of an organism; d) ecology is a "system's approach" to
biology which organizes life into biological systems (ecosystems) and then attempts to
understand how they function in quantifiable terms.
3. in other words, the ecologist is trying to quantify the study of biology and to understand the
basic of ecosystems. a) age and population; b) species and genus; c) location and
distribution; d) function and interactions.
4. which topic would be of least concern to an ecologist studying an ecosystem? a) energy
flow; b) material cycles; c) population dynamics; d) species evolution.
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