Name: Gen. Ecology Lecture Quiz

I. IDENTIFICATION. Write the correct answer on the space provided.

__________1. Who is the naturalist that coined the term, “population of a population?”

__________2. The type of spacing pattern that usually occurs as a response to uneven distribution of resources in the immediate environment.

__________3. The density of an organism in an environment.

__________4. Sub-field of ecology that deals with the dynamics of species population.

__________5. It is when a network of distinct populations that interact with one another by exchanging individuals.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter that best describe the questions.

1. The process by which seeds develop in order for them to be pollinated by means of wind, animals and humans.a. Dispersal mechanismb. Seed germinationc. Gravityd. All of the above

2. Human effect is …a. How people serve as dispersal agents of speciesb. The effect of being different to animalsc. The cause of all the natural disturbancesd. Way of controlling the environment

3. The following are example of Human effect except:a. Rainforest to subdivisionsb. Agricultural to wastelandc. Pasturing sheep at low grasslandsd. Historic sites to amusement parks

4. The distribution of a certain species in a given area is …a. random spacingb. spacing patternsc. geographic distributiond. range

5. This kind of spacing results to competition for resourcesa. random spacingb. uniform spacingc. clumped spacingd. immigration

III. ESSAY. Explain as brief as you can.

1. Site an example of metapopulation and briefly explain why is possesses metapopulation 2. What would be the cause of immigration in a certain community, in line with metapopulation?3. Explain why species are geographically distributed around the globe? Site an example

IV. BONUS QUESTION: Who among the reporters celebrates her birthday first? (Abellanosa, Lagrama or Serrano?