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BIO 1010 Snow Gordillo test 4
Maymester Test 4 ch 52
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Undergraduate 2
05/25/2011

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Another name for Boreal Forest?
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Taiga
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As you move from the Far North down south, you find MORE /or/ LESS species
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More
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Biomes moving from the far N towards the S go Tundra, Taiga then ________
Definition
Temperate Deciduous Forest
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Chaparral biome gets it's name from "Chaparro" which means
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Short
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Chaparral has lots of
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low growing shrubs
short trees
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Dry season is when trees lose their leaves in the
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Tropical Deciduous Forest
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Grassland w/ trees & lots of animals
Definition
Savannas
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Hot Deserts are located in 2 belts centered on the ___ N and ___ S latitudes
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30 degree (Central Australia and middle of Sahara)
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Hot deserts are MORE or LESS diverse in plants and animals than cold deserts?
Definition
more
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Hot deserts have a fast, short growing season because of ________
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rain fall (it's heavy but short season)
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In temperate deciduous forest trees will
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lose leaves in winter
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Is there tundra in Africa?
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Yes, on Mt. they have tropical alpine tundra
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Lichens are _________ and they grow well in cold desert
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Fungi in symbosis with a microscopic algae or cyano*****something
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Most Northern Biome is
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Artic Tundra
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Permafrost is
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Frozen soil under the tundra vegetation
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Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year in ___________
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temperate deciduous forest (so there are many more species of trees)
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Primary factors that influence a biome on earth
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Temperature and rainfall
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Richest plant/animal species biome on earth?
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Tropical evergreen forest
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Savannas
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dry tropical and subtropical Africa, S.America & Australia
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T/F- Chaparral is in COSTAL locations only
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T- it's in costal CA, Chile and Mediterranian where cool ocean waters flow offshore
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Temperate grassland biome has ______ summers and ________ winters and _____ trees
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hot summers, cold winter, few or no trees
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Temperatures don't vary at all in the
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Tropical Evergreen Forest- no variation in productivity thru the year
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Thorn Forests are found
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equatorial sides of HOT DESERTS
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Tropical Deciduous Forest biome is located
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near equator
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Tropical evergreen forests are found
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Equator- where rain exceeds 250cm/yr
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Tundra is different than the artic because it has _________
Definition
permafrost
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What does deciduous mean?
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lose leaves in winter
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What is the weather in taiga
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Winters are long and very cold- summers are short and warm
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What kind of trees in taiga?
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very few tree species b/c of short summers- favors evergreens
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Where can you find epiphytes? What are they?
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Tropical evergreen forest- they're plants that live on plants & get nutrients & moisture from air & water
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Where is taiga found?
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South of the tundra biome and at lower elevations
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Where is the temperate deciduous forest?
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Where is the temperate grassland locate?
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Where is tundra located?
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Which biome has highest productivity?
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Tropical evergreen forest
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best soils of the world are found in the
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grasslands
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biomes are major ecosystems based on _____
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structure of the dominant vegetation
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cold deserts
Definition
extreme temp; cold winter hot summer
low growing shrubs
not too many trees
mammals (stay year round)
good soils but little rainfall
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grasslands in the US have mainly been converted to ________
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agriculture use
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temperate deciduous forest are mainly in East /or/ Western United States?
Definition
East
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there are a lot of fires on the _______
Definition
grasslands
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what does an ecologist study?
Definition
ecosystems
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where is taiga located?
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windward and leeward slopes- where is the cold desert?
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