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| What level of ecology is concerned with groups of individuals of different species? |
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| What level is concerned with both biotic and abiotic aspects? |
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| What is the primary source of most of Earth's ecosystems? |
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| As a result of a catastrophic disturbance, a community will ____. |
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| The closer to the equator, the ___. |
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| more directly the sun's rays hit Earth's surface |
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| with the Earth's tilt relative to the sun |
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| IN the US how does climate on the E. slope of a mtn differ from the W. side? |
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| the E. slope tends to be drier |
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| What name is given to fine-scale variation in climate/ |
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| The Sahara and the Negev Deserts belong to the same ___ |
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| What biome is maintained by fire? |
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| Taiga is also called ____ |
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| In an aquatic ecosystem, what is the region where photosynthesis can occur? |
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| regions where freshwater and saltwater mix. |
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| What is the region where sea meets land? |
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| What name is given to the seafloor? |
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| over time, the populations of most species __ |
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| exhibit boom and bust cycles |
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| A certain species of fungus is only found on cow patties. What dispersal pattern? |
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| IN the absence of limitin gfactors, a pop. growth is a(n) ____ model |
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| What equation applies to a pop. growing at an exponential rate? |
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| With limiting factors, a pop. growth follows ___ model |
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| The number of individuals of a species that a particular habitat can support. |
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| According to log. growth model, what happens to the growth rate as the size of the pop. nears carrying capacity? |
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| Competition among individuals of the same species |
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| intraspecific competition |
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| What factor operates in a density-dependent manner? |
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| An unexpected freeze that kills a population is an example of ___ |
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| density independent factor |
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| Type 3 Survivorship exhibits |
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| many offspring and poor prenatal care |
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| Does the energy increase or decrease as trophic level increases? |
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| An organisms ecological "role" |
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| Two species live together, without a predator, feeding on the same food, without competition exclusion. What explains their coexistence? |
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| What type of relationship is predation? |
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| one individual benefits and the other is harmed. |
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| What is a passive defense against predation? |
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| The nonstinging drone fly has the same coloration as bees that sting; this is ___ |
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| What describes a situation in which 2+ unpalatable animals evolve similar warning coloration? |
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| What ecological process occurs following the retreat of a glacier? |
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| Organisms at the 1st trophic level are ___ |
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| What converts organic matter into inorganic matter by breaking down dead organisms? |
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| Biomass is the total amount of __ an ecoxyxtem |
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| living organic material in |
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| The rate at which organic matter is produced in an ecosystem is its ___ |
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| The main abiotic reservior for carbon is ___ |
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| Plants can utilize the ___ form of nitrogen |
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| The major reservoir for phosphorus is ___ |
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| The runoff of what plays a major role in eutrophication? |
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