Problem 1
Explain, referring to a variety of specific organisms, how the amount of water in different organisms' habitats may define either the conditions for those organisms, or their resource level, or both.
Problem 2
Discuss whether you think the following statement is correct: 'A layperson might describe Antarctica as an extreme environment, but an ecologist should never do so'.
Problem 3
In what ways do ectotherms and endotherms differ, and in what ways are they similar?
Problem 5
Describe how plants' requirements to increase the rate of photosynthesis and to decrease the rate of water loss interact. Describe, too, thestrategies used by different types of plants to balance these requirements.
Problem 6
Describe and account for the differences in both root and shoot architecture exhibited by different plants.
Problem 8
Describe the various ways in which animals use color to defend themselves against attacks by predators.
Problem 9
Explain, with examples, what exploitation and interference intraspecific competition have in common and how they differ.
Problem 10
What is meant when an ecological niche is described as an \(n\) -dimensional hypervolume?
