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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow
tropical rainforests
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
canopy
forest floor
2. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
forest floor
stationary front
taiga
understory
3. 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
trenches
arctic tundra
continental slope
coniferous trees
4. When cold air pushes up warm air leading to violent storms
cold front
founder effect
canopy
arctic tundra
5. Small changesin a population's gene pool by random events
climax community
symbionts
genetic drift
high tide
6. Arid regions that are the dryest place on earth
desert
biome
seamounts
commensalism
7. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
equatorial
benthic habitat
desert
mutualism
8. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return
neap tides
bogs
parasitism
benthic habitat
9. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
symbionts
desert
continental slope
alpine tundra
10. The movement of gas molecules in the air
commensalism
air pressure
tropical rainforests
alpine tundra
11. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
symbionts
continental shelf
tropical rainforests
euphotic zone
12. 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
polar desert
climax community
temperate deciduous forest
desert
13. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
mild - temperate climates
speciation
mountainous
parasitism
14. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
polar climates
bogs
bathyal zone
continental shelf
15. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
mutualism
genetic drift
temperate
forest floor
16. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
understory
stationary front
parasitism
alpine tundra
17. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
bogs
population
population bottleneck
benthic habitat
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
neap tides
bathyal zone
mountainous
Hardy - Weinberg principle
19. A community and its abiotic environment
symbionts
polar climates
ecosystem
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
20. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land
trenches
mid - ocean ridges
spring tides
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
21. The edge of the continent
temperate
understory
continental slope
antarctic tundra
22. Water layer that gets no light at all at 6000 degrees below sea level
climate
predation
abyssal zone
polar climates
23. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
climate
tropical rainforests
warm front
trenches
24. Climate patterns that have various temperature ranges and are located in the northern hemisphere
tropical rainforests
climax community
trenches
continental climates
25. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm
neap tides
continental climates
equatorial
hot deserts
26. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
mild - temperate climates
temperate deciduous forest
euphotic zone
low tide
27. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
bogs
antarctic tundra
understory
mild - temperate climates
28. 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
commensalism
benthic habitat
temperate deciduous forest
climax community
29. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
genetic drift
benthic habitat
subarctic continental climates
ecosystem
30. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
bogs
trenches
antarctic tundra
population bottleneck
31. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird
mutualism
taiga
genetic drift
coniferous trees
32. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
antarctic tundra
species
polar climates
warm front
33. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
tropical
speciation
continental climates
mild - temperate climates
34. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
canopy
mid - ocean ridges
air pressure
tropical rainforests
35. 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
coniferous trees
savanna
founder effect
community
36. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
mutualism
canopy
equatorial
coniferous trees
37. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
bathyal zone
warm front
euphotic zone
climax community
38. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
rainforests
polar climates
understory
temperate
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
cold front
polar desert
stationary front
mid - ocean ridges
40. Climate patterns that receive less than 25 cm of rain per year including deserts
mild - temperate climates
antarctic tundra
arid/dry
Hardy - Weinberg principle
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
savanna
mild - temperate climates
population bottleneck
humid continental climates
42. Classiciation order of species
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
community
benthic habitat
Mediterranean
43. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
high tide
subarctic continental climates
pelagic habitat
canopy
44. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
humid continental climates
species
polar climates
bathyal zone
45. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
antarctic tundra
polar desert
mutualism
neap tides
46. Forest that is cold - dry and inhabited by fir - pine and have animals like moose - deer - bears - hares - wolves and porcupines
parasitism
northern coniferous forest
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
air pressure
47. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
mid - ocean ridges
continental shelf
species
polar desert
48. Tide caused when the Moon is directly overhead a part of the earth
high tide
alpine tundra
genetic drift
benthic habitat
49. 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
hot deserts
continental shelf
polar climates
commensalism
50. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
genetic drift
temperate deciduous forest
seamounts
continental climates