Ecosystem Ecology
What is an ecosystem? - correct answer a system
formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical
environment
How does an ecosystem differ from a community? - correct answer
community is made up of all the individual animal species living in an area
An ecosystem is all the individual species plus all abiotic factors with which they
interact
What do ecosystem ecologists study? - correct answer
How nutrients and energy move among and between organisms and the
surrounding physical environment.
How is their perspective different from population or
community ecologists? - correct answer comm.
ecologist- study multiple populations in an area
pop. ecologist- how a population interacts with their environment
What is the law of conservation of energy? - correct answer
energy can't be created or destroyed, just tranferred
What is the law of conservation of mass? - correct answer
mass can not be created/destroyed
What is a primary difference between energy and mass? - correct answer
Mass - anything that has weight and occupies space
Energy -ability to do work or to put matter into motion.
