Unit 16 Review Flashcards
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What is it when 2 males fight over territory
Competition
What is it when a plant grows on another plant, pulling nutrients from the plant
Parasitism
If an elephant dies what would the population of decomposers look like
It will start out as exponential and change to logistic when all of the food is used up
There are 2 plants, one is short and grows quickly and the other is tall and grows slowly, which is the pioneer species
The one that is short and grows quickly
What is primary succession
When a habitat is recovering from a disaster like the eruption of a volcano
What is secondary succession
When a habitat is recovering from a normal change like loss of food or water
What biome would be closest to the poles and which would be closest to the equator
Rainforest, tundra
Which would be closer to the equator: scrublands or coniferous forests
Scrubland
Which of the biomes has the greatest diversity of life
The rainforest
Which of the biomes has low amounts of presupposition
The desert
In which of the biomes would you find the most evergreens
The coniferous forest
In which of the biomes would you find the most epiphytes
Rainforest
Which of the biomes is dominated by grass
Grasslands
In which of the biomes would you find shrubs
Scrubland
In which of the biomes would you find permafrost
Tundra
List the levels of the rainforest
Floor, understory, canopy, emergent layer
What do camels store in in their humps
Fat
What are the 2 types coniferous forests
Temperate coniferous forest and boreal forest (colder)
Why is the relationship between predator and prey not considered symbolic
Because it is to short
If a grassland is not temperate what is it called
Savanna
Describe the zones of a lake
Littoral zone (near shore)
Limnetic zone (top layer)
Profundal zone (bottom layer)
Benthic zone (floor)
What is aerenchyma
A tissue that funnels oxygen into the roots of underwater plants. If a plant dose not have this then it needs to get oxygen from the water
If an aquatic ecosystem’s salinity varies by location but not depth what kind of an ecosystem is it
An estuary
List the zones of the ocean in increasing depth
Epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadalpelagic
