3. Succession

4. Terrestrial Biomes

5. Aquatic Biomes

6. Miscellaneous

7. Populations

8. Population Biology

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10. What is the first species to colonize a new habitat?

11. Pioneer Species

12. An orderly replacement of populations in an area that has not previously supported life.

13. Primary Succession

14. The stable ecosystem that develops due to succession

15. Climax Community

16. Barren Rock Aspens Perennial Grasses Lichens Spruces What process is illustrated by the diagram?

17. Primary Succession

18. According to the diagram which of the following represents a seral community? Barren Rock Aspens Perennial Grasses Lichens Spruces

19. Aspens

20. True or False: The Tundra is dominated by coniferous trees

21. False

22. The biome we live in is?

23. Deciduous Forest

24. A large group of ecosystems identified by the same type of climax community is called?

25. Biome

26. This biome is dominated by cone bearing evergreen trees, it lies south of the tundra.

27. Coniferous Forest

28. The biome that is located on the west coast of the U.S., dominated by large trees or shrubs.

29. Woodland or Shrubland

30. What are the two types of aquatic biomes? (hint: two types of water)

31. Freshwater & Saltwater or Marine

32. What are the 2 types of freshwater ecosystems?

33. Moving water and Standing water

34. What are the 3 types of stream habitats?

35. Riffle, Run, Pool

36. A place where salt water and fresh water meet.

37. Estuary

38. What are the 3 zones of a lake?

39. Littoral, Limnetic, Profundal

40. The term used to describe the oxygen content of water.

41. Dissolved Oxygen (DO)

42. The number of species in an area is called?

43. Population Density

44. Limiting factors (i.e. food, water, etc.) whose effects are dependent on the population density.

45. Density- dependent factors

46. Limiting factors whose effects are not influenced by population density are called?

47. Density- independent factors

48. What is the statistical/scientific study of populations called?

49. Demography.

50. What is the movement of species into a population called?

51. Immigration

52. Competition is a type of factor that can control population size what is the name of that factor.

53. Limiting Factor

54. How do you determine if a population is growing or not?

55. Take the birth rate minus the death rate.

56. What is it called when organisms move from one population to another?

57. Emigration

59. This shows the population of a country broken down by gender and age group.

60. Age-Structure Diagrams

61. Exponential growth forms what type of curve.

62. J

63. To determine if a population is growing or not what would you have to do.

64. Take the birth rate – death rate.

65. Factors such as food, space, and water that limits the size of a population is know as.

66. Limiting factors

67. As a population approaches it carrying capacity its graph forms what shape.

68. S

69. The number of organisms an environment can handle is called.

70. Carrying Capacity