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CSET Ecology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
warm front
polar desert
climax community
symbionts
2. The movement of gas molecules in the air
tropical rainforests
commensalism
air pressure
hot deserts
3. A pattern of weather conditions determined by temperature - air pressure - precipitation
coniferous trees
predation
climate
biome
4. Tide caused when the Moon is on directly overhead on the other side of the Earth
neap tides
low tide
benthic habitat
continental slope
5. When neither cold air nor warm air advances and clouds form on both sides of the front
temperate
high tide
stationary front
permafrost
6. Climate patterns that have warm summers and cold winters
cold front
Mediterranean
commensalism
humid continental climates
7. Animals that live togehter in intimate personal associatoin
symbionts
trenches
polar desert
continental slope
8. One organism benefits from association and the other organism is not affected - like the sharpsucker on the underside of a shark
stationary front
speciation
commensalism
coniferous trees
9. Popualation that colonizes a new habitat does not reflect the original gene pool of the original population
species
speciation
founder effect
mild - temperate climates
10. Underwater mountain changes that form when plates move apart
mid - ocean ridges
temperate
high tide
arctic tundra
11. 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
arctic tundra
founder effect
humid continental climates
hot deserts
12. Layer of the rainforest made up of shorter trees - bushes and ferns
savanna
understory
ecosystem
mutualism
13. Creation of a new species when the gene pool for a group of organisms is isolated
taiga
hot deserts
savanna
speciation
14. Climate pattern found close to the equator and receive more sunlight than other areas
neap tides
bogs
northern coniferous forest
tropical
15. The ocean floor and includes coral reefs to continental shelves - underwater mountain ranges - and deep ocean trenches
biome
temperate
bathyal zone
benthic habitat
16. Layer of rainforest where bacteria and fungi break up dead leaves
forest floor
community
bogs
high tide
17. 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
antarctic tundra
forest floor
savanna
population bottleneck
18. 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
high tide
neap tides
climate
climax community
19. Leafy green top of the rainforest where all kinds of vines and plants grow
cold front
alpine tundra
canopy
genetic drift
20. Found on mountain tops above the tree line with heavy snowfalls and high winds
predation
bathyal zone
alpine tundra
air pressure
21. When a parasite takes from the host and gives nothing in return
Hardy - Weinberg principle
subarctic continental climates
species
parasitism
22. The surface water that gets enough sunlight to support plants and animals called plankton
euphotic zone
equatorial
seamounts
understory
23. A belt of coniferous forests that stretches across most of North America - Asia and Europe
warm front
high tide
taiga
genetic drift
24. A community and its abiotic environment
alpine tundra
ecosystem
arctic tundra
spring tides
25. Climate pattern with consistently cold temperatures
antarctic tundra
polar climates
Mediterranean
high tide
26. Climate pattern where it is cooler than the climate that the mountain is situated in
mountainous
subarctic continental climates
climax community
bathyal zone
27. A symbiotic relationship where both organisms derive some benefit - like the rhino and the bird
mutualism
arid/dry
northern coniferous forest
commensalism
28. Water layer that gets little or no light
bathyal zone
mountainous
continental slope
Mediterranean
29. Located in the tropics where it remains warm and wet all year round and 2-9 inches of rain fall every year
tropical rainforests
speciation
community
northern coniferous forest
30. Climate pattern where it is cool in the winter - warm during the summer and has four distinct season
equatorial
temperate
climate
polar desert
31. A group of similar organisms that can produce viable - fertile offspring
mutualism
stationary front
equatorial
species
32. When warm air replaces cold air leading to steady preciptiation
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
warm front
stationary front
spring tides
33. Climate pattern located further north in Canada and Russia
trenches
subarctic continental climates
rainforests
mountainous
34. 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
tropical rainforests
temperate deciduous forest
understory
air pressure
35. Climate pattern where it is hot and dry in the summer - col in the winter - four distinct seasons and wet in autumn
symbionts
mid - ocean ridges
arid/dry
Mediterranean
36. Classiciation order of species
mild - temperate climates
Mediterranean
stationary front
Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
37. Climate patterns in which the winters are not so cold and summers are hot; can be found near mediterranean seas
mild - temperate climates
tropical
tropical rainforests
spring tides
38. The edge of a continent that edges out underwater
seamounts
forest floor
mountainous
continental shelf
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
arctic tundra
warm front
savanna
tropical rainforests
40. 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
pelagic habitat
mid - ocean ridges
speciation
Hardy - Weinberg principle
41. Swampy areas of the taiga that are covered with dead plant matter
bogs
founder effect
biome
polar desert
42. Forest that is cold - dry and inhabited by fir - pine and have animals like moose - deer - bears - hares - wolves and porcupines
low tide
abyssal zone
northern coniferous forest
antarctic tundra
43. An interdependent system of plants - animals - and land determined by rainfall - temperature - and altittude
rainforests
spring tides
parasitism
biome
44. Underwater volcanic cones that eventually get large enough to form volcanic islands like Hawaii
predation
seamounts
mountainous
equatorial
45. Found in Antarctica - tip of South America. Have soil that can hold lichens - mosses - ferns and other small tundra plants
population
antarctic tundra
population bottleneck
euphotic zone
46. A group of members of the same species found in the given environment at a given time
air pressure
temperate
arid/dry
population
47. Fancy way of saying underwater zones
pelagic habitat
Mediterranean
parasitism
tropical rainforests
48. Trees that make seed - bearing cones like pine and fir trees
trenches
coniferous trees
mutualism
desert
49. Areas of ocean floor caused by converging tectonic plates and are deeper than those found on dry land
alpine tundra
coniferous trees
trenches
antarctic tundra
50. Climate pattern that is near the equator and always sunny and warm
temperate
equatorial
Mediterranean
subarctic continental climates