JENNY DALE TIZON

B.S PHARMACY

GE 15- 11378

LET’S CHECK #3

ANSWERS:

1. Natural selection drives the evolution of species; they change to adapt or respond to their
environment in ways that will help them survive and pass their genes on to their children.
Communities, on the other hand, don't change their structure, composition, or diversity over
time; they essentially change their structure, composition, and diversity. That’s changes in
processes and patterns inside a community influence the community as a whole, and the
community as a whole change. In this respect, evolution does have a profound impact on the
community and population structures. The rate of evolution manages how quickly new
characteristics can be formed in a population, and each alters in these species' and their
landscape's characteristics contains a direct impact on the community's structure.

2. Any alter in an organism's physical or behavioral structure that produces it more suited to exist in
a certain environment is referred to as adaptation. To survive, organisms respond to changes in
their environment by changing their behavior or changing their physical characteristics.

3. Yes, individuals are supported on the environment's resources such as materials, food, and energy
and other creatures are no different. Their prospects of survival and generation are decided by
the accessibility of characteristic assets they can depend on for food and other operations, which
impacts their structure, composition, and function.

4. Speciation occurs when a group of species separates from its members, resulting in the
development of distinctive highlights. Its output is the emergence of new species, and differences
in speciation rates have an impact on biodiversity patterns and processes.

5. A series of progressive changes in an ecological community is referred to as ecological succession.

In an urban environment, succession can occur; for example, land clearing for site development
can eliminate existing vegetation as well as extract soil and modify drainage patterns. The only
contrast is that, instead of being connected with glaciated and volcanic sites, essential succession
in urban regions is related to brick walls, stones, abandoned roads and sidewalks, and demolition
sites.

6. The essential reason for species to compete is to ensure their life and the survival of their species.
Interspecific competition, in which members of species that are less adapted to their environment
receive fewer resources than another group, typically leads to extinction, is an example of how
competition can benefit or eliminate biological species.
7. Primary succession happens when life emerges where there was already none, such as mudslides,
volcanic flows, and sandbars, in a pristine ecosystem. Secondary succession, on the other hand,
is a sort of response to disturbances such as tsunamis, fires, and floods. That’s when an existing
community is disrupted, a new one emerges. Both procedures take a long time and result in the
formation of a new community.

8. Biomes are the world's largest ecological communities, characterized by predominant vegetation
and recognized by the forms of life that exist inside them. Tropical moist forests are densely
forested and home to a diverse run of animals and plants. They serve as the planet's lungs,
collecting carbon dioxide and generating oxygen to keep the planet's climate stable. Desert is the
driest biome, and the plants and creatures that live there have adapted to extremely warm and
cold. Deserts permit minerals like potassium, nitrates, and gypsum to create due to the arid
conditions. Temperate grasslands, on the other hand, are characterized by a wealth of grasses
and are found where satisfactory rain is accessible to back the establishment of their dominating
vegetation. This biome gives clean water to our ecology, supports common food crop production,
helps in flood prevention, and is important in maintaining soil health.

9. Marine ecosystems are aquatic ecosystems that cover more than two-thirds of the Earth's surface.
On the other hand, an earthly ecosystem is limited to landforms. Gravity contains a greater impact
on land life forms than it does on aquatic ones, and marine ecosystems are more stable and
diverse than terrestrial ecosystems.

10. Coral bleaching occurs when corals become stressed as a result of rising ocean temperatures
brought on by carbon pollution. This exposes corals to infections and slows their growth,
diminishing their capacity to reproduce and, as a result, hurting other oceanic organisms that
depend on them for food and shelter.