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| Important abiotic factor in ecosystems include what? |
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| temparture, water and wind |
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| Important abiotic factor in ecosystems include what? |
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| temparture, water and wind |
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| ecology does not deal with what level of organization? |
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| what are important biotic factors that affet the structure and organization of biological communities? |
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| predation and competition |
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| what wouldn't have a direct effect on the amount of precipitation? |
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| Coral reefs can be found on the southern east coast of the United States but not at similar latitudes on the southern west coast. Differences in what most likely account for this? |
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| In an altitudinal gradient, what wouldn't change in the same way as in a latitudinal gradient? |
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| Which of the following causes Earth's seasons? |
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| the tilt of the earth's axis |
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| Polar regions are cooler than the equator because. . . |
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| sunlight strikes the poles at an oblique angle. |
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| Probably the most important factor(s) affecting the distribution of biomes is (are)? |
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| Probably the most important factor(s) affecting the distribution of biomes is (are)? |
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| In the development of terrestrial biomes, which factor is most dependent on all the others? |
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| the species of colonizing animals |
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| Two plant species live in the same biome but on different continents. Although the two species are not at all closely related, they may appear quite similar as a result of. . . |
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| Which of the terrestrial biomes is (are) adapted to frequent fires? |
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| savanna, chaparral and temperate grasslands |
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| tropical grasslands with scattered trees are also known as. . . |
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| The growing season would generally be shortest in which of the biomes? |
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