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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
warm front
continental slope
subarctic continental climates
population
2. Tides formed when the Moon - Earth and Sun are in right angles of each other
community
neap tides
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
trenches
3. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology
continental shelf
bogs
rainforests
Mediterranean
4. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
coniferous trees
tropical rainforests
continental climates
air pressure
5. When cold air pushes up warm air leading to violent storms
permafrost
species
understory
cold front
6. A community and its abiotic environment
continental shelf
parasitism
pelagic habitat
ecosystem
7. 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
population
temperate deciduous forest
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
ecosystem
8. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn
hot deserts
Mediterranean
cold front
bathyal zone
9. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
warm front
equatorial
continental climates
cold front
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
population bottleneck
euphotic zone
11. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
continental shelf
temperate
abyssal zone
species
12. Small changesin a population's gene pool by random events
genetic drift
abyssal zone
founder effect
canopy
13. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
warm front
tropical rainforests
climate
mid - ocean ridges
14. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in
benthic habitat
climate
mountainous
stationary front
15. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
desert
understory
Hardy - Weinberg principle
humid continental climates
16. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
temperate deciduous forest
humid continental climates
bogs
symbionts
17. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
continental shelf
high tide
polar climates
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
18. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
mild - temperate climates
Hardy - Weinberg principle
hot deserts
permafrost
19. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
polar climates
parasitism
warm front
temperate
20. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
mutualism
antarctic tundra
savanna
mid - ocean ridges
21. An interdependent system of plants - animals - and land determined by rainfall - temperature - and altittude
antarctic tundra
stationary front
biome
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
22. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
subarctic continental climates
canopy
climate
alpine tundra
23. A layer of soil found in the tundra that stays below freezing
biome
symbionts
permafrost
parasitism
24. 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
Hardy - Weinberg principle
climate
genetic drift
community
25. The edge of the continent
high tide
mid - ocean ridges
continental slope
population bottleneck
26. Classiciation order of species
benthic habitat
northern coniferous forest
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
climax community
27. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark
temperate
air pressure
commensalism
canopy
28. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
parasitism
high tide
savanna
low tide
29. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird
arid/dry
forest floor
mutualism
parasitism
30. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
trenches
species
benthic habitat
temperate
31. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
genetic drift
tropical
taiga
commensalism
32. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned
mid - ocean ridges
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
spring tides
seamounts
33. A group ofi interacting populations
canopy
savanna
desert
community
34. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
savanna
biome
pelagic habitat
35. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
parasitism
speciation
mid - ocean ridges
Mediterranean
36. 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
population bottleneck
neap tides
permafrost
37. The movement of gas molecules in the air
abyssal zone
temperate
air pressure
low tide
38. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves
biome
savanna
coniferous trees
forest floor
39. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
Mediterranean
biome
tropical rainforests
40. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
permafrost
temperate
understory
biome
41. 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
neap tides
population bottleneck
cold front
low tide
42. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
rainforests
benthic habitat
polar desert
neap tides
43. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth
continental shelf
high tide
humid continental climates
desert
44. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
benthic habitat
continental shelf
cold front
understory
45. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
seamounts
savanna
climate
genetic drift
46. 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
northern coniferous forest
continental slope
hot deserts
euphotic zone
47. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
humid continental climates
symbionts
arid/dry
euphotic zone
48. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
canopy
biome
speciation
tropical rainforests
49. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population
Mediterranean
coniferous trees
founder effect
polar climates
50. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
taiga
bathyal zone
tropical rainforests
low tide