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Saprophytes Snow plant Western Helmlock Western White Pine Sierra Juniper |
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Lumber pine Bristlecone pine Pygmy pine Sierra juniper |
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Trees: Ponderosa Pine Jeffrey Pine California Black Oak White Fir Sugar Pine Sequoias Shrubs: Manzanita Mountain Misery Gooseberry Buck Brush Animals: Pandora Moth |
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Coastal Sage Scrub South-facing |
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Drought-deciduous Small leaves Phytotoxins Great Basin Sage True Sages CA Sagebrush Coast Brittle-brush Monkeyflowers Prickly-pears Chollas Live-forevers |
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Blue Oak Interior Live Oak Canyon Live Oak California Buckeye Western Redbud Toyon |
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Lower Chaparral South-facing |
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Evergreen Small leaves Chamise CA Lilacs |
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| The (Sierra Nevada/Klamath/Cascade) range exhibits unique ancient forests that used to cover North America. |
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| The (Sierra Nevada/Klamath/Cascade) range is characterized by extrusive volcanic rock. |
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| In California, (North-/South-) facing slopes are drier. |
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| In California, (West-, East-) facing slopes are drier. |
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| Temperature is generally (higher/lower) at higher elevations. |
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| Precipitation is generally (greater/less) at higher elevations. |
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| Precipitation is generally (greater/less) on the east side of mountain ranges in California. |
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| The (mountain beaver/marmot) is endemic to California. |
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| Islands closer to the mainland generally have (more/fewer) species. |
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| The (northern/southern) channel islands are an extension of the transverse range. |
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| (Santa Cruz/Fallaron) islands are a rookery for over hal of California resident and migratory seeabirds. |
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| The kit fox is (smaller/larger) than its mainland relative. |
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| The night lizard is (smaller/larger) than its mainland relative. |
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| Tree line occurs at a lower elevation in (southern Sierra Nevada/northern Sierra Nevada). |
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| Black bears are (carnivorous/herbivorous/omnivorous). |
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| List a federally endangered species found in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range |
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| California Big Horn Sheep |
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| List two federally threatened species found in the Pacific Northwerst |
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Marbled Muralet Northern Spotted Owl |
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| Oregon White Truffle is an example of ______, which is important for ______ |
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1. mycorrhizae 2. the absorption of water and minerals. |
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| Why do the Klamath and Sierra Ranges share similar rock? |
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| The Klamath and Sierra Ranges share similar rock because they were all one big piece in the past. |
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| List two species introduced to islands by humans: |
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| Cattle, cats, mule deer, pigs, etc. |
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| List three ways that humans have adversely impacted forest habitats in California: |
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1. Logging 2. Mining 3. Fire suppression |
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| How does the snow plant get nutrition? |
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| The snow plant gets nutrition by being a parasite. |
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| List two ways that animals in the Sierra Nevada Mountains adapt to long winters: |
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1. Hibernation 2. Seasonal migration extra: food storage |
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What is special about the Pacific Yew? |
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The Pacific Yew is special because sexes on separate trees, its fruits are important food for birds, and cancer-fighting carcogenic. It is also a rare tree. |
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| List three predatory animals located in the Sierra Nevada or Pacific Northwest Ranges |
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1. Marten 2. Badger 3. River otter extra: bald eagle, owls, hawks |
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| California Ground Squirrel |
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Valley Grassland Foothill Woodland Yellow Pine Forest |
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| Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel |
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Yellow Pine Forest Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest Subalpine |
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| Belding's Ground Squirrel |
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| White-tailed Antelope Squirrel |
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Pinyon-Juniper Woodland Sagebrush Scrub |
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Foothill Woodland Yellow Pine Forest Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest Acorns/oaks |
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Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest Subalpine Seeds of conifers |
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Foothill Woodland Yellow Pine Forest |
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Yellow Pine Forest Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest Subalpine |
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| Raven, Black-billed Magpie |
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Valley Grassland Foothill Woodland Yellow Pine Forest Pinyon Pine Woodland Great-Basin Sagebrush |
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Yellow Pine Forest Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest |
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Lodgepole-Red Fir Forest Subalpine |
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Alpine Only bird known to nest above timberline |
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Coastal Sage Scrub North-facing |
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Evergreen Large leaves Toyon Laurel Sumac Lemonade Berry Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry Douglas Fir Coulter Pine Southern Oak Woodlands Black Walnut |
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Lower Chaparral North-facing |
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Evergreen Oval Spiny leaves Scrub Oaks Holly-leaved Redberry Holly-leaved Cherry Vines Wild Peas Honeysuckles Wild Cucumbers |
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Upper Chaparral South-facing |
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Evergreen Vertically oriented leaves Sun tracking Manzanitas Silk-tassel bushes Western Mountain Mahogany |
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Upper Chaparral North-facing |
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Evergreen Conifers Big-cone Douglas Fir Coulter Pine Southern Oak Woodlands Black Walnut |
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Desert Chaparral South-facing |
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Drought-deciduous Desert Apricot Desert Almond True Sages |
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Desert Chaparral North-facing |
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Evergreen; large leaves Sugar Bush Desert Scrub Oak Bigberry Manzanita Jojoba |
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| Where can you find spotted salamander species? |
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| Where can you find non-spotted salamander species? |
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| Where can you find salamander species of a lighter color? |
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