Final Exam Flashcards
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2 important kinds of resources that LEAVES collect from their surrounding environment
Sunlight and Oxygen Co2
2 important kinds of resources that ROOTS collect from their surrounding environment
Water and Phosphates Nitrates Sulfates
Why does more water escape from the leaf undersurface than leafs top surface?
That is were sonata is located
For each of the two gases, Oxygen O2, and Carbon Dioxide Co2, explain how they are useful to the tree?
Oxygen help with cellular respiration
Carbon dioxide help to produce glucose
For each to the two substances water and mineral nutrients explain how they are useful to the tree?
Water is needed for all chemical processes
Mineral nutrients help with producing RNA, DNA, Protein, and cellular membrane
Explain why light colored leaves are a rewarding plant feature dry climates
light colored leaves reflect the sunlight which protects the plant from drying
List 2 reasons why spines on a cactus are a rewarding feature in the desert
Protects the cactus
Shades the stem
Breaks up drying wind
Why is it rewarding feature for the Elephant Ear and understory plant, to have such large leaves
Blacks sunlight from competition to maximize sunlight absorption
Observe the large shallow roots of the Ombudsman tree, explain how this feature could help the plant either cope with an environmental stress or exploit an environmental opportunity in its native environment
It absorbs the nutrients from the top of the soil and stops water that flow past and is able to absorb it
Observe the green stem on the Palo Verde tree, explain how this feature could help the plant cope with an environmental stress, in its native environment
It doesn’t need level for photosynthesis so it drops them in times of drought and uses its stems for photosynthesis
List one way the Barnacles deal with wave shock
Glue themselves to the rock
List one adaption the sea anemone has to prevent dehydration
closes up
What do limpets eat
Algae
List one way hermit crabs respond to temperature extremes
Moves to shaded area
List one way that a shore crab avoids being eaten by other organisms
Uses pincers
Recall the appearance of the Bat Ray. What is countershading?
Black on top. White on the bottom. Countershading is used to blend in with the ocean floor and the reflection of the sun
How is countershading useful to the Bat Ray
It protection them form being seen by predators
What is one adaptation of the Giant Pacific Octopus and how is it useful to this animal?
It can compress its body so that it can hide in small spaces away from predators
Name one species of fish that was almost over fished to extinction in the 1980s
Giant sea bass
What is a marine protected area
fishing is prohibited in these areas
List 3 ways that humans use kelp
toothpaste, ice cream, breathing 70% of oxygen.
What is a wetland
are of land regularly flooded with water for a large period
Brackish water
A mix of two different sources of water. sat and fresh
Gopher Snake description
flattens head, coil like a snake, shit its tail like a snake, produces hissing sound, strikes repeatedly
