Removal Recall

Question 1

This is the force used to describe the circulation of wind patterns in a rotating earth.

Answer 1

Coriolis Effect

Question 2

These are the large circular patterns of surface ocean currents.

Answer 2

Gyres

Question 3

This is the duration of time it takes for an object (such as water) to enter and leave a system.

Answer 3

Residence Time

Question 4

The reduction of light intensity as it moves through a medium, such as with increasing water depth.

Answer 4

Attenuation

Question 5

These are rocks in which they prevent the flow and adsorption of water.

Answer 5

Impermeable Rocks

Question 6

These are formed when part of a meandering river becomes disconnected.

Answer 6

Oxbow Lakes

Question 7

The ability to hold positively charged ions in the soil.

Answer 7

Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

Question 8

This is an organic component of soil with low C turnover rates formed by the degradation of organic matter.

Answer 8

Humus

Question 9

This is the mass per unit volume of soil particles once water and air space are removed.

Answer 9

Bulk Density

Question 10

This is a cyclical system in the atmosphere formed by differences in density and temperature of the air at different locations.

Answer 10

Convection Cell

Question 11

This is the range of temperatures in which an animal can maintain its body temperature without increasing heat production.

Answer 11

Thermal Neutral Zone (TNZ)

Question 12

This principle states that organisms prioritize different activities in accordance with the changing abundance of resources.

Answer 12

Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT)

Question 13

The element that contributes to the negatively charged component of clay particles.

Answer 13

Aluminum (Al)

Question 14

This is the prolonged torpor of endothermic vertebrates during summer.

Answer 14

Estivation

Question 15

The ability of a system to draw water from one area to another.

Answer 15

Capillary Action

Question 16

This enzyme is responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide into 3-phosphoglycerate.

Answer 16

RuBisCo: Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

Question 17

The phenomenon in which multiple toxic organisms, not necessarily from the same lineage, converge to a common appearance or behavior.

Answer 17

Mullerian Mimicry

Question 18

These are organisms in which they use other substances other than light to fuel carbon fixation reactions.

Answer 18

Chemolithoautotrophs

Question 19

A mating combination in which multiple females are shared by only one male.

Answer 19

Polygyny

Question 20

This occurs when sexual selection results in the exaggeration of certain features.

Answer 20

Runaway Selectioin

Question 21

This is the combination of an individual’s reproductive output and the reproductive benefits incurred from cooperation and altruistic behavior from helping relatives.

Answer 21

Inclusive Fitness

Question 22

A classification system that differentiates plants according to their varying levels of competitiveness and tolerance to stress and disturbance.

Answer 22

Grime’s C-S-R Triangle Theory (GTT)

Question 23

These are multiple populations that are linked by dispersal behavior between them.

Answer 23

Metapopulations

Question 24

The mathematical condition in which an organism results in aiding a fellow individual of the same species.

Answer 24

Hamilton’s Rule

Question 25

The quantitative model in which population size can be calculated.

Answer 25

Logistic Growth Model (LGM)

Question 26

This constraint prevents species from becoming part of the community because of their inability to arrive at a site.

Answer 26

Dispersal Limitation

Question 27

The umbrella term that describes different kinds of interactions where at least one species benefits.

Answer 27

Symbiosis

Question 28

The phenomenon in which at increasing densities, the biomass per plant decreases.

Answer 28

Self-Thinning

Question 29

These are prey strategies (either spatial or temporal) that prevent prey from being eaten.

Answer 29

Refuge Strategies

Question 30

These are transition zones between two communities or ecosystem types.

Answer 30

Ecotones

Question 31

This hypothesis states that diversity is highest at neither extremely low nor extremely high levels of disturbance.

Answer 31

Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH)

Question 32

The extent to which an organism's niche is occupied resulting from limiting pressures of a different species.

Answer 32

Realized Niche

Question 33

This is a behavioral pattern/strategy in which one species relies or takes advantage of another species to care for their young.

Answer 33

Brood Parasitism

Question 34

This mode of transmission does not rely on the population of individuals per area for transmission events.

Answer 34

Density-Independent Transmission (DIT)

Question 35

A mutualistic symbiosis between fungi and photobiont (either algae, cyanobacteria, or both).

Answer 35

Lichen

Question 36

In terms of specificity, what kind of mutualist do ectomycorrhizae exhibit on plant roots?

Answer 36

Generalist Mutualist

Question 37

The photsynthetic, symbiotic partners of corals.

Answer 37

Zooxanthellae

Question 38

The mutualistic symbiotic partners of deep sea, light emitting organisms such as squid.

Answer 38

Bioluminescent Bacteria

Question 39

The total biomass produced by all heterotrophic organisms in an area.

Answer 39

Secondary Production

Question 40

This step in the nitrogen cycle converts ammonia into nitrates.

Answer 40

Nitrification

Question 41

This is the theoretical maximum in which oil production reaches, after which, production will begin an irreversible decline.

Answer 41

Peak Oil

Question 42

These are organisms which shape their landscape and affect ecosystem dynamics.

Answer 42

Ecosystem Engineers

Question 43

This hypothesis states that diversity is highest at the equator and gradually reduces as it moves to the polar regions of the Earth.

Answer 43

Latitudinal Diversity Gradient Hypothesis (LDGH)

Question 44

The movement of nutrients along the river.

Answer 44

Nutrient Flux

Question 45

These are areas in which nutrients (such as Carbon) is stored indefinitely.

Answer 45

Nutrient Sinks

Question 46

An example of a transitional environment (there are many answers, only choose one).

Answer 46

Estuaries, Mangroves, Wetlands, Brackish Water, etc... (WEMB)

Question 47

These are forests found in cold, subarctic regions.

Answer 47

Taiga/Boreal Forests

Question 48

An example of a wetland ecosystem.

Answer 48

Marshes, Swamps, Bogs, Fens, etc... (SMBF)

Question 49

The name of the nitrogen fixing eukaryote and its endosymbiont.

Answer 49

Legume, Rhizomium, Nitrogen Fixation, Root Nodules (L,R,NF,RN)