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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
pelagic habitat
polar climates
ecosystem
air pressure
2. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
bogs
polar climates
benthic habitat
euphotic zone
3. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn
community
Mediterranean
tropical
forest floor
4. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level
temperate deciduous forest
tropical rainforests
symbionts
abyssal zone
5. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
founder effect
subarctic continental climates
mid - ocean ridges
Hardy - Weinberg principle
6. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land
temperate
air pressure
trenches
mutualism
7. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
euphotic zone
neap tides
climate
arctic tundra
8. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
equatorial
taiga
understory
continental climates
9. A group ofi interacting populations
speciation
climate
polar desert
community
10. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves
temperate
polar climates
forest floor
Hardy - Weinberg principle
11. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
mild - temperate climates
warm front
tropical rainforests
neap tides
12. Classiciation order of species
antarctic tundra
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
high tide
coniferous trees
13. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
bogs
predation
mutualism
hot deserts
14. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
predation
continental shelf
pelagic habitat
tropical rainforests
15. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
mild - temperate climates
tropical
euphotic zone
pelagic habitat
16. Climate patterns that have various temperature ranges and are located in the northern hemisphere
continental slope
continental climates
spring tides
mountainous
17. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm
equatorial
predation
population bottleneck
northern coniferous forest
18. 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
species
alpine tundra
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
Hardy - Weinberg principle
19. When neither cold air nor warm air advances and clouds form on both sides of the front
community
tropical rainforests
temperate deciduous forest
stationary front
20. 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
desert
temperate
pelagic habitat
arctic tundra
21. The consumption of one animal by another
arid/dry
low tide
predation
savanna
22. A community and its abiotic environment
tropical rainforests
temperate
mild - temperate climates
ecosystem
23. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology
understory
climax community
rainforests
seamounts
24. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return
Hardy - Weinberg principle
mountainous
polar climates
parasitism
25. 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
savanna
cold front
seamounts
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
species
savanna
mountainous
neap tides
27. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
low tide
bogs
pelagic habitat
mountainous
28. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
stationary front
species
desert
commensalism
29. The movement of gas molecules in the air
Hardy - Weinberg principle
ecosystem
air pressure
population
30. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population
temperate
founder effect
pelagic habitat
warm front
31. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
species
temperate deciduous forest
warm front
bogs
32. Small changesin a population's gene pool by random events
taiga
air pressure
community
genetic drift
33. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
trenches
arid/dry
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
species
34. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
canopy
speciation
polar climates
understory
35. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
genetic drift
Mediterranean
coniferous trees
climate
36. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
understory
population bottleneck
symbionts
population
37. 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
ecosystem
population bottleneck
bogs
abyssal zone
38. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth
spring tides
forest floor
genetic drift
desert
39. 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
genetic drift
polar desert
arctic tundra
biome
40. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned
northern coniferous forest
spring tides
euphotic zone
desert
41. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
subarctic continental climates
population
commensalism
benthic habitat
42. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
symbionts
warm front
population
alpine tundra
43. Water layer that gets little or no light
air pressure
bathyal zone
tropical rainforests
parasitism
44. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
understory
continental climates
warm front
bathyal zone
45. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
air pressure
hot deserts
high tide
canopy
46. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
bathyal zone
arctic tundra
subarctic continental climates
warm front
47. A layer of soil found in the tundra that stays below freezing
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
permafrost
population bottleneck
community
48. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
temperate
population bottleneck
polar climates
equatorial
49. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
arid/dry
tropical
humid continental climates
warm front
50. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
tropical rainforests
low tide
pelagic habitat
Mediterranean