Exam 9: Environment and Adaptation

What is the number of organisms that an environment can support at any one time called?

Palynology is the study of ________.

A distinct geographic area containing a specific group of interdependent living species is called ________.

A major source of information about paleoclimate has been long cylindrical plugs (cores) of material removed by hollow drills from ocean sediments or from ________.

How are optimization models used in the field of evolutionary ecology?

The hilly-flanks theory of the origin of agriculture focused on ________.

The herding and feeding of animals in captivity is called ________.

During the last Ice Age, sea levels dropped ________.

A commodity actually used by an organism is called ________.

Archaeologists believe that the ancient people who lived ________ contributed to the ecological disaster that made their environment unliveable.

The long-term patterns of past temperatures and precipitation are called ________.

The study of how landforms change over time is called ________.

In the study of evolutionary ecology, ________ are used to explain aspects of behavior related to the use of resources.

A region where two ecozones overlap is called ________.

Modern humans began to domesticate plants and animals ________.

Large-scale alteration and management of landscapes, such as building dams or cutting down forests is called ________.

What evidence did archaeologists find that the people at Çatalhöyük, Turkey, were sedentary and had food surpluses?

Biotic and abiotic elements of the environment that operate within a system are called ________.

The oasis theory of the origin of agriculture theorized that ________.

There are many theories for the origins of agriculture. Compare and contrast two of these theories using evidence used by the theorists in your response.