Chapter 34

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ECOLOGY IS THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS AT THE FOLLOWING LEVELS OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY

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ORGANISM, POPULATION , COMMUNITY, ECOSYSTEM

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THE MOST INCLUSIVE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION IN NATURE IS THE

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BIOSPHERE

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THE OCEAN'S PELAGIC ZONE CONTAINS WHAT TYPE OF ORGANISMS ?

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SWIMMING & DRIFTING ORGANISMS

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THE PHOTIC ZONE IS THE PORTION OF THE OCEAN INTO WHICH LIGHT _________

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PENETRATES
(photosynthesis occurs here)

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A SPERM WHALE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS IN WHICH OCEANIC ZONE ?

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PELAGIC
(all open water)

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EXCEPT NEAR HYDROTHERMAL VENTS, THE COMMUNITIES OF THE OCEANIC APHOTIC ZONE GET THEIR ENERGY MAINLY FROM

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ORGANIC MATTER SINKING FROM THE PHOTIC ZONE

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THE APHOTIC ZONE IS ALSO CALLED

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THE TWILIGHT ZONE
(not enough light for photosynthesis)

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FRESH WATER AND SEAWATER MIX IN AN

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ESTUARY

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A MAJOR TYPE OF BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY

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A BIOME

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THE MOST NUTRIENT POOR SOILS ARE FOUND IN

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TROPICAL RAIN FOREST BIOMES

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IN TROPICAL REGIONS W/ DISTINCT WET & DRY SEASONS WHAT TYPES OF TREES ARE COMMON?

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DECIDUOUS TREES & SHRUBS

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THE MAJOR REASON FOR TROPICAL DEFORESTATION IS

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PEOPLE CLEARING FOREST TO OPEN UP LAND FOR AGRICULTURE

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THE DOMINANT HERBIVORES IN SAVANNAS ARE

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INSECTS

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IN DESERTS MANY ANIMALS ARE

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NOCTURNAL

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THE ____ BIOME CONTAINS LAND THAT CAN BE USED FOR HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURE .

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TEMPERATE GRASSLAND

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THE FACTORS THAT HELP PERPETUATE TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS, SUCH AS THE AMERICAN PRAIRIES, & PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING WOODLANDS INCLUDE

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SEASONAL DROUGHT AND FREQUENT FIRES

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IN WHICH BIOME DO THEY HAVE LARGE GRAZING MAMMALS ?

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TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS

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FIRE HELPS TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTENCE OF WHICH BIOMES?

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SAVANNA , CHAPARREL, TEMPERATE GRASSLAND & CONIFEROUS

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WHICH BIOME IS DOMINATED BY CONIFEROUS TREES ADAPTED TO SURVIVING LONG, HARSH WINTERS & SHORT WET SUMMERS? AND IT MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE CONSIDERABLE PRECIPITATION, BUT USUALLY IN THE FORM OF SNOW.

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CONIFEROUS FORESTS BIOME

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WHAT IS THE LARGEST TERRESTRIAL BIOME?

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TAIGA

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WHICH BIOME HAS VERY COLD WINTERS, WHERE ONLY THE UPPER LAYER OF THE SOIL THAWS DURING SUMMER?

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TUNDRA

(permafrost is responsible for the character arctic tundra soils)

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DDT IS A ____- SOLUBLE SO IT ACCUMULATES IN ____. AND IT CAUSES BIRTH DEFECTS IN ANIMALS .

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FAT

MILK

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WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PHOTIC ZONE OF A FRESHWATER BIOME?

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THE PRESENCE OF ALGAE

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________ ZONE OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS IS DEFINED AS SUBSTRATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BODY OF WATER .

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BENTHIC

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WHAT IS THE LARGEST OF THE EARTHS BIOMES?

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THE MARINE BIOME

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2 MAJOR FACTORS DETERMINING DISTRIBUTION OF TERRESTRIAL BIOMES.

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TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL

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HAS EXTENSIVE CANOPY THAT ALLOWS LITTLE LIGHT TO PENETRATE TO THE GROUND & BY THE PRESENCE OF EPIPHYTES

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TROPICAL RAIN FOREST