WK 6 Flashcards

1
Q

number of different species

A

(species richness)

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2
Q

combined with the abundance
of individuals within each of those species

A

(species
evenness)

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3
Q

the variety of genetic make-up
w/in a single species

A

GENETIC DIVERSITY

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4
Q

–the variety of species in
different habitats on the Earth

A

Species Diversity

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5
Q

PREDICTOR OF NEATIVE EFFECT IN THE COMMUNITY

A

KEYSTONE SPECIES

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6
Q

HELPDETERMINE TYPE AND NUMBER OF OTHER SPECIES IN A COMMUNITY THEREBY HELPING TO SUSTAIN IT

A

KEYSTONE SPECIES

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7
Q

MOST IMPORATANT FACTOR IN A BIOME

A

TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATE

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8
Q

BIOMES TEND TO CONVERGEAROUND ?? ON THE GLOBE

A

LATITUDE

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9
Q

LARGE TERRESTRIAL REGIONS CHARACTERIZED BY SIMILAR CLIMATE, SOILS PLANT AND ANIMAL

A

BIOMES

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10
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CONTAINS MANY ECOSYSTEM WHOSE COMMUNITY HAVE ADAPTED TO DIFFERENCES IN CLIMATE SOIL AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL; FACTIORS

A

BIOMES

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11
Q

BIOME TYPE IS DETERMINED BY

A

PRECIPITATIONM, TEMPERATE AND SOIL TYPE

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12
Q

EVAOPARTION IS GREATER THAN THE PRECIPITATION (USUALLY LESS THAN 25CM)

A

DESERT

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13
Q

30% OF EARTH

A

DESERT

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14
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FORESTS HAVE ENOUGH PRECIPITATION TO SUPPORT STANDS OF FORESTY AND ARE FOUND IN THE TROPICAL, TEMPERATE AND POLAR REGIONS

A

FOREST BIOMES

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15
Q

AKA TAIGA

A

EVERGREEN CONIFEROUS FORESY

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16
Q

WHERE IS TAIGA LOCATED

A

JUST SOUTH OF THE TUNDRA (NORTHER PART OF NORTH AMERICA)

17
Q

COVERS 11% OF EARTH LAND

A

TIAIGA

18
Q

TAIGA’S WINTERS ARE ????. SOME PLACES HAVE SUNLIGHT ??HRS PER??? . SUMMERS ARE ??? W/ SUNLIGHT?? PER??

A

TAIGA’S WINTER ARE LONG DRY AND COLD, SOMEPLACES HAVE SUNLIGHT 6-8HRS PER DAY. SUMMERS ARE SHORT AND MILD AND W/ SUNLIGHT 19HRS PER DAY

19
Q

HIGH ELEVATION ISLAND OF BIODIVERSITY

A

MOUNTIAN BIOMES

20
Q

OFTEN HAVE SNOW COVERED PEAK THAT REFLECT ?? AND GRADUALY ???

A

MOUNTIAN BIOMES HAVE SNOW COVERED PEAK RELEASES WATER TO LOWER ELEVATION STREAMS AND REFLECTS SOLAR RADIATION

21
Q

WHERE IS TROPICAL RAINFOREST LOCATED

A

NEAR EQUATOR

22
Q

HAS WARM TEMP HIGH HUMIDITY AND HEAVY RAINFALL

A

TROPICAL RAINFOREST

23
Q

HEAVY RAINFALL AND RICH BIODIVERSITY

A

TROPICAL RAIN FOREST

24
Q

HAS A YEAR ROUND UNIFORMITY WARM TEMP AND HIGH HUMIDITY

A

TROPICAL RAINFORESAT

25
Q

between polar and tropical. medyo cold

A

temperate rian forest

26
Q

coastal aresa support huge cone-bearing evergreen trees like

A

redwood and douglas in a cool moist environemtn

27
Q

has moderate temp long warm syummer cold winter and lots of rain

A

temperate decisuous forest

28
Q

most of the trees survive winter by dropping leaves which decay and produce nutrient-rich soil

A

temperate decisuous forest

29
Q

rainfall is erratic and fires are common. it has shrubs that are good for grazing animals

A

graslands

30
Q

tropical and subtropical grassland it is warm all year long with alternating wet and dry seasons

A

savanna

31
Q

aka temperate grassland

A

chaparral

32
Q

coastal areas . winters are mild and wet with summer being long hot and dry

A

chaparral

33
Q

has a moderate climate but its dense thickets of spiny shrubs are subject to periodic fires

A

chaparral

34
Q

most of the year theses treeless plains are bitterly cold with ice and snow.

A

tundra (polar grassland)

35
Q

covers 10% of grassland .

A

tundra polar grasws land

36
Q

tundra (polar grassland) has a ??? summer with sunlight nearly ??

A

6-8wks summer 24hs sunlight

37
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A