Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems Chapter 6 Biomes and Aquatic Ecosystems

Question Name one biotic factor used to classify biomes.

Answer Plant life Animal life

Question Name one abiotic factor used to classify biomes.

Answer Climate Temperature Precipitation

Question What type of climate (temperature and precipitation) would a biome with a high net primary production have?

Answer Warm climate, lots of precipitation (wet)

Question Biomes are a group of ____________ that share similar biotic and abiotic factors.

Answer Ecosystems

Question What describes average conditions, temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area?

Answer Climate

Question Climatographs are useful tools in describing a biome’s climate. They typically show patterns in annual __________ and ____________.

Answer Temperature and precipitation

Question What is the extended period of deep, sleeplike inactivity that an animal enters for winter?

Answer Hibernation

Question What type of trees experience seasonal loss leaves as an adaptation to their climate?

Answer Deciduous

Question What is the frozen underground soil called that is found in the tundra?

Answer permafrost

Question The farther you travel from the equator, the colder temperatures get. This is why areas located at similar _________ tend to be classified as the same biome.

Answer latitudes

Question What is the day-to-day conditions in Earth’s atmosphere like “sunny and humid” or “cold and snowy” called?

Answer Weather

Question ________ ___________ results in the survival and reproduction of organisms best suited to their current environment.

Answer Natural Selection

Question For a given biome, which would be greater, gross primary production or net primary production?

Answer Gross primary production

Question Net primary production is the organic matter or biomass, that remains after ________ _____________.

Answer Cellular respiration

Question Which biome receives more rain than any other biome?

Answer Tropical rain forest

Question What are plants that grow on other plants rather than in the soil called?

Answer Epiphytes

Question What is a deep, sleeplike, period of dormancy some animals enter in response to dry conditions?

Answer Estivation

Question Why is migration so common in the savanna?

Answer Animals need to move around in search of available water

Question In which biome do plants typically have large flat leaves in order to maximize the available amount of sunlight?

Answer Tropical rain forest

Question Which is the driest biome on Earth?

Answer The desert

Question The largest extent of this biome occurs in the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States.

Answer Temperate rain forest

Question What are trees that produce seed bearing cones called?

Answer Coniferous

Question In which biome would you most likely find burrowing animals due to the lack of cover from predators?

Answer Temperate Grassland/Praire

Question In which biome would you moss likely find the forest floor covered in moss?

Answer Temperate rain forest

Question The majority of which biome has been converted for agriculture purposes because of its fertile soil?

Answer Temperate Grassland

Question List up to 4 important functions of wetlands. (1 point each)

Answer Prevent flooding, purify water, recharge aquifers, provide habitats for many species

Question What term refers to the amount of salts dissolved in water?

Answer Salinity

Question In aquatic ecosystems, photosynthesis by aquatic plants and phytoplankton is mainly limited by the availability of what?

Answer Light

Question In which vertical zone of an aquatic ecosystem is there no sunlight available photosynthesis can not occur?

Answer Aphotic

Question In a standing freshwater aquatic ecosystem, which horizontal zone is the shallow, near shore portion?

Answer Littoral Zone

Question Name up to 4 standing freshwater ecosystems. (1 point each)

Answer Ponds Lakes Inland seas Wetlands

Question Areas nearest a river’s course that are flooded periodically are said to be within the river’s _________ __________.

Answer Flood Plain

Question What are bodies of water that occur where rivers flow into an ocean or inland sea called?

Answer Estuaries

Question Which horizontal zone of the ocean extends out from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf?

Answer Neritic Zone

Question What are areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year called?

Answer Wetlands

Question Organisms that have adaptations that enable them to avoid being carried away by swift currents are more likely to live near the source or mouth of a river?

Answer Source

Question Water in an estuary is said to be _______ because it is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater.

Answer Brackish

Question In which horizontal zone of the ocean must organisms be adapted to tremendous extremes in temperature, salinity, moisture, and sun exposure.

Answer Intertidal Zone

Question List up to 4 types of wetlands. (1 point each)

Answer Marshes, bogs, fens, swamps

Question Which horizontal zone of a freshwater ecosystem is located farthest from the shore and has NO rooted plants?

Answer Limnetic Zone

Question A hiker scaling what type of land formation in Ecuador could begin in tropical rain forest and end amid glaciers in alpine tundra?

Answer Mountain

Question Why do plants in the tundra tend to be short? (3 acceptable answers)

Answer Harsh winds Nutrient-poor soil Freezing temperatures

Question In which biome would you most likely see shrubs, small trees, and succulent thickets?

Answer Chaparral

Question 1 Environmentally responsible travel to protected areas for the purpose of appreciating nature, promoting conservation, and providing benefits to local peoples is known as ____________.

Answer ecotourism

Question 2 What is the difference in DNA among individuals within species and populations called?

Answer Genetic diversity

Question 3 A stable ecosystem is both _________ and _____________.

Answer Resistant and resilient

Question 4 What is the variety of life across all levels of ecological organization called?

Answer biodiversity

Question 5 Biodiversity if important to the field of _________ because many treatments, including some for cancer and heart disease, come from plant compounds.

Answer medicine

Question 6 Economically valuable services and products that biodiverse ecosystems provide are called…

Answer Ecosystem services

Question 7 List one ecosystem service.

Answer Purification of air and water, control of pests and disease, decomposition of waste, provides food, fuel and fiber

Question 8 The number and variety of ecosystems within a given area is called…

Answer Ecosystem diversity

Question 9 Which group of animals has the greatest known species diversity?

Answer insects

Question 10 At what location on the globe would you expect to find Earth’s greatest biodiversity?

Answer At the equator

Question 11 A large area of farmland would have high or low ecosystem diversity?

Answer low

Answers Ecotourism Genetic Diversity Resistant and resilient Biodiversity Medicine Ecosystem services Purification of air and water, control of pests and disease, decomposition of waste, provides food, fuel and fiber Ecosystem diversity Insects Equator Low