Ges 110 Exam 3 136-155

Front 1

Mid-latitude deciduous forest is found in:

Back 1

Eastern North America and Western Europe

Front 2

Deer, moose, elk, black bear, marten, mink, wolves, wolverine, and fisher are BEST associated with the:

Back 2

Coniferous Forest

Front 3

The biome noted for small, hard, or thick and leathery leaves, thick bark, and for being low-branched and gnarled trees widely spaced and evergreen shrubs is:

Back 3

sclerophyll forest

Front 4

Cork, oak, live oak, Aleppo pine, stone pine, and olive are BEST associated with:

Back 4

mid-latitude deciduous forests

Front 5

The biome that consists of a combination of trees and grassland in various proportions is the:

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savanna biome

Front 6

Savanna woodland is usually bordered by:

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equatorial rainforest

Front 7

Elephant grass and flat-topped acacia are characteristic of:

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thorntree tall grass savanna

Front 8

The large grazing animals such as wildebeests and their predators, lions, leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, and jackals are BEST associated with:

Back 8

Savanna

Front 9

The biome of the dry climates consisting of thinly dispersed plants that may be shrubs, grasses, perennial herbs, and no trees is the:

Back 9

Desert biome

Front 10

The biome consisting of grasses, grass-like plants, flowering herbs, dwarf shrubs, mosses and lichen with reindeer moss, caribou, reindeer, lemmings, ptarmigan, foxes, wolves, and musk oxen is the:

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tundra

Front 11

The biome in which trees are medium height with flattened crowns thick and rough bark, small leaves, some thorns, and also some broad-leaved deciduous species interspersed with grasses is:

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SAVANNA

Front 12

Straight-trunked, cone-shaped trees with short branches and small, narrow, needle-like leaves characterize the:

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needle leaf forest

Front 13

Tall, closely spaced trees with a continuous thick and multi-layered canopy and thick surface roots are characteristic of the:

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LOW LATITUDE RAIN FOREST

Front 14

The largest recognizable subdivisions of terrestrial ecosystems are called:

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biome

Front 15

According to the film From Pole to Pole, the Taiga or Boreal contains approximately _________ of all of the trees on Earth.

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1/3

Front 16

In the film From Pole to Pole, they mention that the Amazon rain forest covers approximately ___________ area of the Earth's surface.

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2-3%

Front 17

. In the film From Pole to Pole the emperor penguin stays in ______________ throughout the long dark winter to take advantage of early resources when their young are hatched.

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Antarctica

Front 18

The many different types of birds of paradise (in the film From Pole to Pole) are found in this latitudinal zone ___________ where resources are plenty year round.

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tropics

Front 19

The marine waters off of the coast of South Africa (in the film From Pole to Pole) are so rich and diverse because it is where __ and __ currents converge.

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WARM
COLD