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42 Cards in this Set
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Abiotic Interactions
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Interactions with physical, materialistic components
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Biotic Interactions
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Interactions with other organisms
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What is the Gomphothere Hypothesis
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A natural history hypothesis sugesstion megagauna were responsible for fruit dispersal.
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What is a terrestrial biome?
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A large scale ecological unit distinguished by dominant plants and climates.
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Why is it cold at poles and hot at equator?
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1. Beam Spread
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Uneven harting results in large circulating loops of air called...
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Hadley Cells
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How many sets of Hadley Cells are there?
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Three for each side of equator
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Wind patterns can be described by the _______ effect.
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Coriolis
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Mountain ranges can result in a change in climate due to the ________ effect.
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Rainshadow
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What are slope and aspect?
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Slope- angle from horizontal
Aspect- compass direction |
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The B Horizon contains...
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Clay, Humus, and other materials leached from A Horizon
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The C Horizon contains...
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Weathered parents material...substance in which soil is developing
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The E Horizon contains...
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Highly leached horizon usually below A... is also called spodic horizon
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Oxisols and mychorrhizae are characteristic of which biome
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Tropical Rainforests
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Which biome contains the highest species diversity
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Tropical Rainforest
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Aridisols are characteristic of which biome?
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Desert
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Which biome is characterized by wet and dry seasons
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Tropical Savanna
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Low animal abundance but high biodiversity is characteristic of which biome
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Desert
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Which biome is characterized by cool wet winters and hot dry summers
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Mediterranean woodland
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Mollisols and a thick A Horizon are found in which biome
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Temperate Grassland
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Acidic spodosols and an E Horizon are characteristic of which biome
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Taiga-Boreal Forest
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Gelisols and and permafrost horizon are in which biome
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Tundra
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What is the wet adiabatic lapse rate
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.5 degrees celsius per 100 m elevation
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Time for all water in cycle location t obe renewed is referred to as the
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Turnover time
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This zone is also known as the intertidal zone and makes up the shallow shoreline
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Littoral Zone
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This zone makes up the coast to the edge of the continental shelf
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Neritic Zone
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This zone makes up 65% of oceans and is from the continental shelf onward.
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Oceanic Zone
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List the Oceanic Depth Zones from shallowest to deepest
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Epipelagic, Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Abyssal, and Hada
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Bottom Habitat
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Benthic
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Habitat off bottom
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Pelagic
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Which oceanic zone can support photosynthesis
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Euphotic
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Which oceanic zone sees dim light but doesnt support photosynthesis
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Dysphotic
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Which oceanic zone sees no light
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Aphotic
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Light produced by organisms is...
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Bioluminescence
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Which direction to gyres move
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Right in NH
Left in SH |
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This water movement delivers cold nutrient rich water to the surface
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Upwelling
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In Oceans salinity is lowest near the _______ because...
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Equator
Precipitation > Evaporation |
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In oceans O2 content is higher in ...
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Near the surface and in cold water
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Do oceanic or terrestrial habitats have more endemic phyla
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Oceanic
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What are the three types of reefs and where are they located relative to the shore
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Fringing- hug shore
Barrier- Between open sea and lagoon Coral atolls- built up from submerged ocean island |
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Can you find reefs or kelp beds in warm water
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Reefs, Kelp Beds are in cold water
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What are the four divisions of the intertidal zone
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Supratidal Fringe- splash zone
Upper Intertidal- Covered during high tide Lower Intertidal- Uncovered during low tide Subtidal- Covered during lowest tides |
