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CSET Ecology

Subjects : cset, ecology
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in






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






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






4. 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






5. The movement of gas molecules in the air






6. 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






7. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures






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






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






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






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






12. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring






13. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia






14. A community and its abiotic environment






15. Tides formed when the Moon - Eaerth and Sun are aligned






16. The edge of the continent






17. Cover only 7 percent of the earth's surface but contain more than 50 percent of its biology






18. 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






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






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






21. Water layer that gets little or no light






22. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns






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






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






25. Fancy way of saying underwater zones






26. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter






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






28. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater






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






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






31. The consumption of one animal by another






32. 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






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






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






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






36. A group ofi interacting populations






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin






42. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow






43. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm






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






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






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






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






48. 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






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






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