Ecology Test #1
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- All of the different species in a given area
- community
- Land biome with conifers and the name means "primeval forest"
- taiga
- Average daily temperature year round in the tropical rain forest
- 70-80
- Marine biome that has crashing waves
- intertidal zone
- Land biome that is treeless and is located at the north pole
- tundra
- The land biome that has the lowest amount of precipitation
- desert
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True or False
Climate is a factor in determining the type of ecosystem - true
- Type of plants found on a tundra
- treeless, mosses, lichens and grasses
- What percent of the tropical rain forest covers the eath surface
- 7%
- A stable community of orgainsms
- climax community
- Tallest and oldest layer of the rain forest
- emergent
- Land biome that has leaves that shed in the fall
- temperate deciduous forest
- The sequential replacement of populations in an ecosystem
- succession
- The main reason for loss of biodiversity
- habitat destruction
- Which land biome has permafrost
- tundra
- Aquatic biome that includes rivers, lakes and ponds
- freshwater
- The area on earth in which life exists
- Biosphere
- Aquatic biome that includes both fresh and salt water
- estuary
- Ecosystems include not only biotic factors they also include nonliving factors called
- abiotic
- Land biome that contains the most diverse types of animals and plants
- tropical rain forest
- The stable collection of organisms
- climax community
- Zone that extends from low tide to the open sea
- neritic