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18 Cards in this Set
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the most diverse body of plants and animals in the world are in the biome designated |
equatorial and tropical rain forest |
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Ecotones are |
wide zones of transition and/or shared traits |
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a biome is |
a large, stable terrestrial ecosystem or aquatic ecosystem |
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why are tropical rain forests the richest terrestrial ecosystems in terms of plant and animal diversity? |
cold is not a limiting factor. Water is not a limiting factor. Because of the lack of environmental contains, many evolutionary varieties can survive and reproduce |
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trees in the tropical rain forest have ______ root systems because _______. |
shallow; most of the nutrients occur in the shallow surface layer that contains rapidly decaying organic matter |
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which of the following specifically relate to the rain forest biome |
oxisol |
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a transitional biome between rain forests and tropical grasslands is the |
tropical seasonal forest and scrub |
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the tropical seasonal forest and scrub biome experiences a wet season when _____ and a dry season when _______. |
the ITCZ is overhead; the subtropical high is over head |
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the region of Africa in which zebras, elephants, wildebeests, antelope, and other large animals live is known as the |
tropical savanna |
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at continued rates of species extinction, it is possible that half of the species currently on Earth could be extent in _______ years |
100 |
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Lush forests of middle and high latitudes occurring along narrow margins of the Pacific Northwest, southern China, and limited areas of southern Japan fall within the biome named |
temperate rain forest |
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the tallest trees in the world are found in the _______ biome. |
temperate rain forest |
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the physical characteristics of plants in the Mediterranean scrubland biome are adaptions to |
dryness |
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artichokes, olives and almonds can only by produced in the ______ biome |
mediterranean |
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The World's breadbasket refers to which biome? |
midlatitude grassland |
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Deep tap roots, waxy leaf coatings, and succulence are all adaptions to |
moisture deficits |
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Plants in the tundra are |
short because of the short growing season |
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alpine tundra, as compared to arctic tundra |
is similar in many ways and can occur at lower latitudes due to high elevations |