A Community Ecologist Might Study

question 64

Multiple Choice

A community ecologist might study:

• A)the behavior of a species in its natural environment.
• B)all the members of a single species that live together in a single geographic area.
• C)the rates of increase or decrease in the population size of individual species in different environments.
• D)the interactions among species living in a single area.

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Definitions:

Mental Category

A cognitive process that involves grouping or classifying objects, events, or ideas based on shared properties or characteristics.

Multitasking

The ability to perform more than one task or activity over a short period of time.

Mental Set

A cognitive bias that involves approaching a problem in a particular way, often one that has been successful in the past, which may block or delay the identification of alternative solutions.

Patterns

Regular and predictable forms, orders, or arrangements that can be observed in various contexts, such as behavior, nature, or mathematics.