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CSET Ecology

Subjects : cset, ecology
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees






2. Forest that is cold - dry and inhabited by fir - pine and have animals like moose - deer - bears - hares - wolves and porcupines






3. A community and its abiotic environment






4. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves






5. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in






6. Experience when a natural disaster occurs and wipes out a portion of a population - the gene pool of the survivors is not the same as the original population






7. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe






8. The edge of the continent






9. An interdependent system of plants - animals - and land determined by rainfall - temperature - and altittude






10. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia






11. Hot regions located 30 degrees lattitude north and south of the equator and are hot because of a mixture of hot air press ure and capturing of sun rays which causes more evaporation. Animals in these landscapes sleep below ground or in the shade






12. A layer of soil found in the tundra that stays below freezing






13. A group ofi interacting populations






14. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth






15. The consumption of one animal by another






16. 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






17. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater






18. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology






19. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population






20. Fancy way of saying underwater zones






21. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures






22. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring






23. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas






24. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter






25. When cold air pushes up warm air leading to violent storms






26. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth






27. Classiciation order of species






28. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation






29. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level






30. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters






31. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated






32. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants






33. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin






34. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches






35. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton






36. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year






37. 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






38. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn






39. Climate patterns that have various temperature ranges and are located in the northern hemisphere






40. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season






41. Water layer that gets little or no light






42. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts






43. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time






44. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird






45. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart






46. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow






47. 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






48. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth






49. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return






50. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm