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Exploring the Scientific Method in Ecology and Economics

Discover the principles of the scientific method and its applications in ecology and economics. Learn about theories, populations, natural resources, ecosystems, and environmental policies.

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Exploring the Scientific Method in Ecology and Economics

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  1. Scientific Method Economics Chemistry Ecology 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 100 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 200 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 300 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 400 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt 500 pt Double Jeopardy

  2. This part of the scientific method is well-tested and explains a wide range of observations.

  3. What is a theory?

  4. In Paine’s study on the starfish Pisaster, the starfish controlled a population of these animals.

  5. What are blue mussels?

  6. These are the six steps in the scientific method.

  7. What is • Observation • Question • Hypothesis • Testing • Results • Conclusion/discussion?

  8. In the mangrove study, the group whose roots have a nylon stocking to prevent sponge settlement is this group.

  9. What is the control group?

  10. In a butterfly study where habitats are fragmented, this allowed their movementbetween these isolated habitat patches.

  11. What is a corridor?

  12. Nuts, fruit, fish, and timber are a particular type of resource.

  13. What is renewable?

  14. These are the four categories of natural ecosystems on earth.

  15. What is hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere and biosphere?

  16. The first wave of the U.S. Environmental Policy promoted this activity.

  17. What is settlement, and the extraction and use of the West’s abundant natural resources?

  18. A neoclassical approach to economics would be to do this.

  19. What is a cost-benefit analysis?

  20. Dolphin safe tuna or the use of recycled products is an example of this.

  21. What is ecolabeling?

  22. A chemical substance that resists the dramatic changes in pH.

  23. What is a buffer?

  24. The atomic mass or wt. of Nitrogen.

  25. What is 14?

  26. This forms when CO2, NO2 and SO2 are added to water.

  27. What is an acid?

  28. The chemical formula for photosynthesis.

  29. What is 6CO2 + 6H20 + the sun’s energy C6H12O6 + 6O2 ?

  30. Nitrogen fixing bacteria in the soil convert N2 in the atmosphere to this.

  31. What is nitrate?

  32. A role a species plays in the community.

  33. What is a niche?

  34. An organisms ability to reproduce and pass on its genes to its offspring.

  35. What is fitness?

  36. Genetic variation can come about by one of these two methods.

  37. What is sexual reproduction or mutation?

  38. A form of competition between members of different species.

  39. What is interspecific competition?

  40. The final stage in ecological succession.

  41. What is a climax stage?

  42. The demise of Rapa Nui’s population was ultimately do to this ecological disaster.

  43. What is they cut down the trees?

  44. A form of environmental ethics where the overall benefit is to people over the environment.

  45. What is anthropocentrism?

  46. A biome whose soil is permanently frozen, has short grasses and mosses, and few large grazing animals.

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