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Which step of the scientific method involves forming a concrete idea that might help to explain the pattern or process that was seen in the natural world?

__________ is a group of individuals of same species living in same geographic area.

The change within an insect species to favor both short and long insects rather than intermediate size insects is an example of ____________.

Classic albinism results from a recessive allele.  Which of the following is correct about the expected offspring from a normally pigmented male whose father and wife both have albinism?

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?

This is an optional bonus question worth 2 points. List the steps in the scientific method.

Define artificial selection and genetically modified organisms. Are these processes evolution? Defend your position.

Round (R) seed shape is dominant to wrinkled (r) seed shape in pea plants. If an Rr plant is crossed with an rr plant, what is the frequency of phenotypes in the next  generation?

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

Select any three (3) of the ecologists highlighted in Quiz 3 from class this semester.  For each, (1) Name the scientist. (2) In one or two sentences describe why they are relevant to ecology today.