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CSET Ecology

Subjects : cset, ecology
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  • 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. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned






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






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






4. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land






5. When neither cold air nor warm air advances and clouds form on both sides of the front






6. 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






7. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees






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






17. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters






18. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas






19. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth






20. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds






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






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






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






24. Classiciation order of species






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. The edge of the continent






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






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






31. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation






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






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






34. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii






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






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






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






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






39. A community and its abiotic environment






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






41. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin






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






43. The movement of gas molecules in the air






44. 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






45. The consumption of one animal by another






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






47. Tides formed when the Moon - Earth and Sun are in right angles of each other






48. Fancy way of saying underwater zones






49. Water layer that gets little or no light






50. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater