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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
understory
savanna
mid - ocean ridges
neap tides
2. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
community
low tide
warm front
ecosystem
3. 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
polar desert
equatorial
continental climates
speciation
4. The consumption of one animal by another
predation
climax community
cold front
antarctic tundra
5. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
polar climates
taiga
parasitism
continental shelf
6. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn
Mediterranean
spring tides
mountainous
arctic tundra
7. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark
coniferous trees
commensalism
predation
polar climates
8. The movement of gas molecules in the air
benthic habitat
parasitism
air pressure
cold front
9. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
equatorial
euphotic zone
climate
understory
10. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology
alpine tundra
rainforests
canopy
stationary front
11. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned
forest floor
mild - temperate climates
neap tides
spring tides
12. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
bathyal zone
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
population
humid continental climates
13. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
tropical
mild - temperate climates
alpine tundra
warm front
14. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land
benthic habitat
founder effect
Mediterranean
trenches
15. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
parasitism
antarctic tundra
abyssal zone
polar desert
16. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
coniferous trees
climate
parasitism
seamounts
17. 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
temperate deciduous forest
understory
trenches
arid/dry
18. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
commensalism
high tide
parasitism
mutualism
19. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
Hardy - Weinberg principle
seamounts
mutualism
hot deserts
20. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level
temperate
population
trenches
abyssal zone
21. Water layer that gets little or no light
founder effect
understory
commensalism
bathyal zone
22. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves
continental slope
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
forest floor
predation
23. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
temperate deciduous forest
canopy
bogs
arid/dry
24. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
continental shelf
antarctic tundra
pelagic habitat
community
25. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
mild - temperate climates
northern coniferous forest
subarctic continental climates
high tide
26. 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
bogs
rainforests
population bottleneck
desert
27. A group ofi interacting populations
parasitism
community
population bottleneck
alpine tundra
28. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
continental slope
pelagic habitat
founder effect
genetic drift
29. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in
climate
mountainous
continental shelf
climax community
30. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
Mediterranean
understory
predation
polar climates
31. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow
population
arid/dry
canopy
benthic habitat
32. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
speciation
Mediterranean
pelagic habitat
mild - temperate climates
33. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
tropical
benthic habitat
trenches
polar climates
34. Climate patterns that have various temperature ranges and are located in the northern hemisphere
Hardy - Weinberg principle
coniferous trees
continental climates
mountainous
35. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
pelagic habitat
stationary front
Hardy - Weinberg principle
tropical rainforests
36. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird
climax community
mutualism
humid continental climates
founder effect
37. Tides formed when the Moon - Earth and Sun are in right angles of each other
neap tides
desert
continental shelf
mountainous
38. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
subarctic continental climates
climate
founder effect
parasitism
39. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
symbionts
continental shelf
community
mutualism
40. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
forest floor
mountainous
benthic habitat
polar climates
41. Small changesin a population's gene pool by random events
genetic drift
commensalism
stationary front
speciation
42. Concept that allele frequencies remain constant from generation to generation as long as 1. random mating has occurred so that there is no dominant gene - 2. iommigration and emigration does not take palce - 3. no mutations - 4. large population pres
arid/dry
tropical rainforests
warm front
Hardy - Weinberg principle
43. When cold air pushes up warm air leading to violent storms
climate
mountainous
cold front
tropical rainforests
44. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
continental slope
seamounts
polar climates
humid continental climates
45. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return
understory
parasitism
equatorial
predation
46. 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
subarctic continental climates
population bottleneck
arctic tundra
coniferous trees
47. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
species
mountainous
air pressure
founder effect
48. 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
neap tides
savanna
warm front
predation
49. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
northern coniferous forest
alpine tundra
cold front
mild - temperate climates
50. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
arid/dry
temperate
bathyal zone
antarctic tundra