A(n) ___ is a population adapted to its local environment.

______ diversity is a measure of local species richness and is the average number of species within a small local sample of a region.

You have just been hired by the Swanee Parks and Recreation Department to assess retention pond water quality changes in a local park before and after a new pollinator garden is planted.  Design an experiment using your new knowledge of sampling techniques that will provide this assessment.  Demonstrate your understanding of the scientific method through your experimental design. Hint: Remember the key points of organic vs. non-organic apple experimental design laboratory and the variables tested in the freshwater ecology lab. Select either freshwater or soil quality changes: Null hypothesis: Alternate hypothesis (es): Experimental design:

The mark and recapture method was used to estimate a certain population of fish. Twenty fish were captured and marked. They were released, and then a second sample of the population was collected. In the second sample, 100 fish were captured and of those fish, 5 were marked. What is the size of the population?

During a class on evolution one of your fellow students remarks, “The giraffe stretched its neck while reaching for higher leaves; its offspring inherited longer necks as a result.” How would you correct your fellow student’s misconception? 

Shivering and warming up flight muscles are both examples of __________.

In what year of the war did the British burn Washington D.C.?

A person is heterozygous for an autosomal dominant condition.  If this person has children with someone who is homozygous dominant, which statement is correct?

Compare and contrast ectotherms and endotherms. Include a definition and an example animal of each category as well as similarities an differences between them.

When conditions favor intermediate phenotypes and extreme phenotypes are disadvantaged as in human birth weights ____ selection occurs.