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33 Cards in this Set
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Climate |
Can vary over short distances |
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Microclimates |
Variation of climates over short distances creates _________ |
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Climate |
_________ is affected by solar energies, latitude, and the transport of heat by winds ocean currents |
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Greenhouse effect |
Trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere |
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Polar, temperate, and tropical |
3 main climate zones |
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Less dense |
Warm air is _______ than cold air |
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Tolerance |
A range of conditions under which it can grow and reproduce |
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Niche |
All the physical and biological conditions in which a species lives and the way a species obtains what it needs to survive and reproduce |
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Competitive exclusion principle |
No two species can occupy exactly the same niche in exactly the same habitat at the same time |
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Keystone species |
Changes in this species cause dramatic changes to a community |
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Symbiosis |
Occurs when two species live closely together in one of the three ways |
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Interspecific competition |
Competition between members of the same species |
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Ecological succession |
The series of predictable changes that occurs in a community over time |
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Primary succession |
Begins in areas with no remnants of an older community |
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Pioneer species |
The first species to live in an area of primary succession |
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Secondary succession |
Occurs when a disturbance changes a community without completely destroying it |
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Climax community |
A mature, relatively stable ecosystem |
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Biome |
A group of terrestrial regional climate communities that covers a large area |
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Soil type, climate, and plant and animal life |
Biomes are characterized by what three things? |
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Understory |
Shorter trees and vines form another layer in a rain forest |
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Deciduous |
Trees that shed their leaves during a season |
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Coniferous |
Trees that produce seed bearing cones |
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Humus |
Forms from decaying leaves and makes soil fertile |
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Taiga |
Dense forests with coniferous evergreens |
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Depth, flow, temp, and amount of nutrients of the water |
Aquatic ecosystems are determined by what 4 things? |
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Photic zone |
Sunlit upper layer where photosynthesis occura |
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A photic zone |
Dark lower later where photosynthesis cannot occur |
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Benthic zone |
Zone at the bottoms of lakes a streams |
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Freshwater Estuaries Marine |
3 aquatic ecosystems |
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Estuaries |
Wetlands where rivers meet the sea |
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Intertidal zone |
Shallowest and closest zone to land |
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Coastal ocean |
Relatively shallow border of water that surrounds the continents |
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Open ocean |
Begins at the continental shelf and extends outward |
