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43 Cards in this Set
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Ground that is permanently frozen is called... |
Permafrost |
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Defined by dominant canopy-forming trees |
A forest region |
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This type of lichen colonizes bare rock |
Crustose |
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When granite is exposed to great heat and pressure it becomes... |
Gneiss |
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Defined by the lay of the land and bedrock type |
physiographic region |
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The oldest rock in Ontario |
Granite |
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How many species of sandpipers and plovers nest in the Tundra? |
12 |
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The largest physiographic region in Ontario |
Canadian shield |
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This endangered species of sandpiper fattens up in the mudflats of james bay before it migrates south... |
Redknot |
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This group of plants is dominant in the HBL ecoregion |
Heaths |
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These birds benefit from a spruce budworm outbreak... |
Warblers (except Kirtland) & Sparrows |
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The highest relief in the HBL is... |
The Sutton Hills |
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A carnivorous plant found along the rocky shores of HBL rivers |
Butterwort |
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This tree has serotinuous cones |
Jack pine |
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Forest fires are prevalent in this part of the BF |
western boreal |
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One of the most common ducks in beaver ponds in the BF |
Hooded Merganser |
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This species is NOT a budworm warbler. |
Kirtland's Warbler |
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This is an important winter food for moose in the BF... |
Balsam Fir |
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Forest tent caterpillars defoliate this kind of tree |
Trembling Aspen |
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One side of a cliff could be warmer than the other |
microclimate |
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Huge rocks dropped off by glaciers |
Erratic rocks |
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The scratches found on rocks |
Stritations |
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When animals and plants survive after glaciers come into an area it is called... |
Glacial Refugea |
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The first thing to settle in an area |
pioneer species |
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The change in the floor of an area over time |
secession |
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The ultimate stage the forest will remain until something major happens (fire, outbreak of species, ice storm) |
Maple climax forest |
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The land is rising and being relieved from the weight of glaciers |
Isostatic rebound |
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A plant or animal that is found primarily only in the forest region |
Indicator species |
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Plants that are salt tolerant are called |
Halophytics |
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animals have different adaptations for feeding in the same area |
niche partitioning |
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an organic soil formed by plants themselves |
peat |
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less wind |
Leeward side |
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If a tree grows no larger if planted south it exhibits... |
Genotypic dwarfism |
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If a tree grows larger further south it exhibits... |
phenotypic dwarfism |
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If a plant is only found in one location it is called |
Endemic |
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When peat is more than 45cm thick it is characterized as... |
muskeg |
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when a tree can't grow big because of lack of nutrients it is... |
stunted |
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Ridges formed by glaciers are known as |
Morraines |
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Type of peatland 1) receives water and nutrients only from rainfall and is dominated by sphagnum moss |
Bogs |
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Type of peatland 2) receives water and nutrients from flowing ground water such as streams and are often sedge-dominanted. |
Fens |
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when peatlands form by glaciers leaving behind pockets of water it is called... |
Lake Fill |
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A great warming trend that occurred 5000-7000 years ago |
Hypisthermal |
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When a forest transforms back to a peatland habitat it is called... |
Paludification |