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CSET Ecology
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1. Caused by high pressure systems and cold ocean currents. Animals living in this climate have thick fur and a lot of fat to get them through the cold temperatures
high tide
euphotic zone
temperate
polar desert
2. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population
arid/dry
high tide
founder effect
speciation
3. Climate patterns that have various temperature ranges and are located in the northern hemisphere
humid continental climates
permafrost
arid/dry
continental climates
4. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
polar climates
understory
symbionts
coniferous trees
5. The movement of gas molecules in the air
air pressure
canopy
population
permafrost
6. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
desert
seamounts
low tide
symbionts
7. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
understory
benthic habitat
tropical rainforests
temperate deciduous forest
8. Forest that is cold - dry and inhabited by fir - pine and have animals like moose - deer - bears - hares - wolves and porcupines
northern coniferous forest
desert
founder effect
seamounts
9. Found on the edge of the North Pole - in parts of Greenland - Alaska - Canada - Europe and Russia. Covered in snow seven to eight months of the year. Animals include caribou - polar bears - arctic weasels - fox - hares and wolf
understory
arctic tundra
northern coniferous forest
spring tides
10. A combination of populations that do not chanage the environment any further and leave the community stable over time unless the climax community is disturbed
taiga
climax community
bathyal zone
cold front
11. An interdependent system of plants - animals - and land determined by rainfall - temperature - and altittude
antarctic tundra
climate
biome
subarctic continental climates
12. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
coniferous trees
mutualism
speciation
warm front
13. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
coniferous trees
alpine tundra
high tide
commensalism
14. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned
spring tides
forest floor
continental climates
neap tides
15. A layer of soil found in the tundra that stays below freezing
equatorial
alpine tundra
stationary front
permafrost
16. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
polar climates
spring tides
hot deserts
neap tides
17. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
air pressure
mid - ocean ridges
mountainous
coniferous trees
18. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
bogs
warm front
biome
population bottleneck
19. Water layer that gets little or no light
mutualism
climax community
polar desert
bathyal zone
20. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth
cold front
stationary front
desert
continental shelf
21. Forest that has cold winters - warm sumers and moderate rainfall. Trees like maple - beech - oaks and willows and animals include fox - deer - woodchuck and squirrel
symbionts
arid/dry
bathyal zone
temperate deciduous forest
22. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
continental slope
permafrost
polar desert
mid - ocean ridges
23. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in
hot deserts
mountainous
community
coniferous trees
24. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark
forest floor
high tide
bogs
commensalism
25. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level
predation
abyssal zone
commensalism
arctic tundra
26. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
tropical
predation
humid continental climates
speciation
27. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
species
northern coniferous forest
temperate
mutualism
28. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
canopy
commensalism
mid - ocean ridges
climate
29. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
mild - temperate climates
desert
continental slope
warm front
30. Small changesin a population's gene pool by random events
population
temperate
coniferous trees
genetic drift
31. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land
stationary front
founder effect
trenches
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
32. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves
forest floor
climate
temperate deciduous forest
mid - ocean ridges
33. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
speciation
desert
stationary front
air pressure
34. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
ecosystem
humid continental climates
arctic tundra
abyssal zone
35. Grasslands scattered with shrubs and trees found in tropical lattitudes 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Summers last six to eight months and are really wet and winters are hot and dry
forest floor
continental slope
savanna
predation
36. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology
low tide
rainforests
predation
bogs
37. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
coniferous trees
neap tides
taiga
symbionts
38. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
population
equatorial
speciation
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
39. A community and its abiotic environment
bathyal zone
low tide
ecosystem
tropical rainforests
40. Classiciation order of species
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
permafrost
population bottleneck
climate
41. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm
arctic tundra
pelagic habitat
coniferous trees
equatorial
42. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
antarctic tundra
coniferous trees
climax community
arctic tundra
43. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
taiga
speciation
mid - ocean ridges
arid/dry
44. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
arid/dry
low tide
founder effect
species
45. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
predation
abyssal zone
euphotic zone
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
46. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
rainforests
temperate deciduous forest
Mediterranean
species
47. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
continental shelf
speciation
population
pelagic habitat
48. The edge of the continent
continental climates
Mediterranean
climax community
continental slope
49. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
Mediterranean
alpine tundra
symbionts
trenches
50. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
Hardy - Weinberg principle
warm front
pelagic habitat
mountainous