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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm
stationary front
population
equatorial
population bottleneck
2. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
understory
predation
climate
stationary front
3. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in
humid continental climates
parasitism
mountainous
Hardy - Weinberg principle
4. Tides formed when the Moon - Earth and Sun are in right angles of each other
savanna
hot deserts
neap tides
continental climates
5. 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
arctic tundra
ecosystem
rainforests
trenches
6. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth
desert
mountainous
climax community
tropical rainforests
7. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
commensalism
antarctic tundra
tropical rainforests
arctic tundra
8. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
ecosystem
temperate
climate
benthic habitat
9. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level
abyssal zone
mild - temperate climates
desert
savanna
10. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
tropical
speciation
northern coniferous forest
taiga
11. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
temperate deciduous forest
low tide
species
benthic habitat
12. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
low tide
neap tides
subarctic continental climates
euphotic zone
13. A community and its abiotic environment
ecosystem
bathyal zone
species
desert
14. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
warm front
subarctic continental climates
climax community
humid continental climates
15. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population
low tide
founder effect
polar desert
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
16. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
air pressure
stationary front
warm front
cold front
17. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return
parasitism
continental slope
ecosystem
climax community
18. 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
climax community
coniferous trees
population bottleneck
climate
19. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
coniferous trees
community
predation
understory
20. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
continental climates
genetic drift
tropical rainforests
savanna
21. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
warm front
Mediterranean
bathyal zone
high tide
22. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn
founder effect
Mediterranean
coniferous trees
abyssal zone
23. Water layer that gets little or no light
forest floor
bathyal zone
neap tides
abyssal zone
24. 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
population bottleneck
warm front
hot deserts
arctic tundra
25. The edge of the continent
continental climates
tropical
cold front
continental slope
26. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
mild - temperate climates
pelagic habitat
continental slope
subarctic continental climates
27. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
seamounts
high tide
species
warm front
28. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
forest floor
climate
mid - ocean ridges
29. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
polar climates
benthic habitat
forest floor
tropical
30. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
canopy
temperate
community
arid/dry
31. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
ecosystem
biome
climate
bogs
32. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
population
tropical rainforests
community
low tide
33. The movement of gas molecules in the air
air pressure
taiga
coniferous trees
mid - ocean ridges
34. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned
population
bogs
euphotic zone
spring tides
35. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
Mediterranean
hot deserts
arid/dry
tropical rainforests
36. An interdependent system of plants - animals - and land determined by rainfall - temperature - and altittude
abyssal zone
biome
warm front
tropical
37. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology
coniferous trees
mild - temperate climates
savanna
rainforests
38. 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
founder effect
rainforests
climax community
temperate deciduous forest
39. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
continental climates
mutualism
equatorial
tropical
40. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
polar climates
benthic habitat
low tide
forest floor
41. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
trenches
climate
savanna
continental shelf
42. 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
parasitism
polar desert
canopy
permafrost
43. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
mutualism
mild - temperate climates
population
founder effect
44. When neither cold air nor warm air advances and clouds form on both sides of the front
symbionts
speciation
climate
stationary front
45. When cold air pushes up warm air leading to violent storms
speciation
equatorial
mild - temperate climates
cold front
46. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird
mutualism
abyssal zone
spring tides
humid continental climates
47. The consumption of one animal by another
predation
coniferous trees
mountainous
ecosystem
48. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark
bogs
tropical
commensalism
air pressure
49. A group ofi interacting populations
mutualism
equatorial
community
stationary front
50. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow
northern coniferous forest
continental slope
canopy
continental climates