BIOL 2060 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Exponential Growth, Deep Sea, The Leaves

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Consult the graded questions in each reading. Consult the glosseries at the end of chapters. Consult the appendices at the end of chapters. A an educated guess that follows from an observation. B a proposed explanation for an observed pattern. C any idea that can be tested in an experiment. B earth"s axial rotation as it orbits the sun. C uneven heating of the earth"s surface. D all of the choices are correct. A larger islands tend to have more species. B all islands have about the same number of species. C smaller islands tend to have more species. D island size seems unrelated to number of species. E none of the above (6) what determines diversity: local diversity the number of species found in a specific homogeneous site, logarithmic curve, determined by, a) # of species in the region (gamma diversity)