APES Ch. 7
If you dug down around the roots of a big tree in a tropical rain forest, you would be surprised to see
A deep vertical taproot
Desert ecosystems are threatened least by
A nomadic lifestyle
Humans impact the world's forests by
All of the above
Mountains are significant contributors to ecosystems because they
All of the above
Wind:
All of the above
Arctic tundra is perhaps earth's most fragile biome because of
All of these answers
Deserts are used for
All of these answers
Humans affect grasslands by
All of these answers
Humans affect mountain biomes by
All of these answers
Permafrost is a characteristic of the
Arctic Tundra
You visit the Museum of Natural History. The curator shows you a burrow-dwelling small animal with thick fur. You predict that the animal came from the
Arctic Tundra
Thick, spongy mats of low-growing plants and permafrost are typical of the
Artic Tundra
Elevation changes affect biomes
As elevation increases it demonstrates a similar pattern to increasing latitude
Large ecological regions with characteristic types of natural, undisturbed ecological communities are called what?
Biomes
Often found near coastal areas, Limited moisture is from winter rains and seasonal fog
Chaparral
Which of the following micro climate effects is incorrectly described?
Cities tend to have lower temperatures and higher wind speeds than the surrounding countryside.
What is the most important factor in determining which biome is found in a particular area?
Climate
Trees with needle-like leaves that are kept year round are especially abundant in which biome?
Coniferous Forest
Which of the following biome sequences would appear at a similar latitude, but with decreasing precipitation
Deciduous forest> Chapparal>grassland>desert
If you were to make a census in a temperate deciduous forest in the United States, the most likely dominant mammal species would be
Deer
The term greenhouse effect
Describes the trapping of heat energy in the troposphere by certain gaseous molecules.
The biome threatened by motorcycles and off-road vehicles is the _______ biome.
Desert
Succulent plants are most likely to be found in
Deserts
When upwellings of cold, nutrient-rich water are suppressed
ENSO
T/F Temperate deciduous forests has nutrient-poor soil
False
Microclimates are least likely to be produced by
Flat plains
Due to the fact that heat is absorbed and released more slowly for water than land, climate of areas located near large bodies of water typically
Have a more moderate climate
All of the following are true regarding boreal forest except they have
High plant diversity
In a tropical rainforest, direct sunlight is strongest
In the emergent layer (above canopy).
Which of the following describes where a natural grassland would most likely be found?
In the zone lying between forest and desert
In its broadest sense, geographical perspective helps us to understand ecology by helping us to make connections
In time and space
The most probable chain of cause and effect contributing to patterns of earth's biomes is
Incoming solar energy and the earth's geometry create air and ocean currents that create climate patterns that create biome patterns.
Which of the following is not true of permafrost
It is found in both Alpine and Arctic tundra
All of the following are true of El Niño Southern oscillation (ENSO) except
It occurs regularly, every five years in the Pacific
Which of the following is not characteristic of some desert plants?
Large leaves that droop in the bright sunlight.
Climate and vegetation vary with
Latitude and Altitude
Most of the nutrients in the tropical rainforest are found in the
Living organisms
If you were exploring a desert ecosystem, which of the following species would you least expect to find?
Maple Tree
Which of the following are examples of deciduous plants?
Maples and Oaks
Global oceanic currents moving roughly circular patterns between continents
Moving clockwise in the northern hemisphere, but counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
According to the climate grass below all of the following are true, except:
Northern Evergreen forest receives most of its precipitation in the form of snow in the winter
Which of the following are examples of evergreen plants?
Pines and Cedars
Generally, the limiting factor that controls the vegetative character of a biome is
Precipitation
Generally, the limiting factor that controls the vegetative character of a biome is what?
Precipitation
Drier conditions on the leeward side of mountain ranges
Rainshadow Effect
Which of the following is not appropriate to use in describing a tropical rain forest?
Rich soil
If you were a national geographic reporter assigned to cover large herds of grazing, hoofed animals, where would you most likely journey?
Savanna
Philodendrons and other office plants are most likely to come from which of the following layers of the tropical rain forest?
Shrub layer
There are ____ separate belts of moving air or prevailing winds.
Six
The primary limiting factor of the rain forest is
Soil Nutrients
Animal species of the temperate deciduous forest often confine their life activities to a particular layer within the forest. What species would be considered a "commuter" between the canopy and the forest layer?
Squirrel
Which of the following biomes does not belong with the others?
Steppes
All of the following would be considered types of temperate grasslands except
Taiga
Cone-bearing trees are characteristic of the
Taiga
If you find yourself in an extremely cold are covered primarily with spruce, fir, and cedar trees, you are most likely in a
Taiga
You read the data records of a field ecologist who reports the following varieties of species: beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, many insects and invertebrates, earthworms, prairie dogs, rabbits, squirrels, meadowlarks, coyotes, foxes, and hawks. You conclude that the field ecologist is located in a....
Temperate Grassland
Distinct seasonal changes shown in dominant tree species
Temperate deciduous forest
If you are walking through a forest dense with oak and hickory trees and thick with leaf litter underfoot, you would probably assume you are in a
Temperate deciduous forest
Which of the following biomes has been most disturbed by human activities?
Temperate deciduous forests
This biome is known for the greatest storehouse of nutrients in the leaf litter above and in its soil
Temperate forest
The red wood forest on the coast of California is made up of coniferous trees and remains moist throughout most of the year from rainfall and fog drip. They are considered in the___ biome
Temperate rainforest
What are the two most important factors in determining the climate of and area?
Temperature and Precipitation
Some climatologists suggest that changing ocean temperatures could affect the patterns of ocean currents. Using the diagram, what what happened to the climate of Northern Europe if the Gulf stream was pressed south into the canines current without the North Atlantic drift
The climate will be colder and more similar to areas of the same latitude in North America Snowy winters instead of rain to England
Which of the following statements of cause and effect is false?
The earth's rotation is faster under air at the poles causing the prevailing winds.
The greenhouse effect is
The warming of the troposphere caused by the absorption of heat by greenhouse gases
Nights in deserts are cold because
There is a poor insulating effect from the desert's dry air.
A mature ____ has the greatest species diversity of all terrestrial biomes
Tropical Rainforest
Classified by stratified broadleaf evergreen vegetation
Tropical rain forest
The biome most likely to be found on the top of a very tall tropical mountain is the
Tundra
Cool nutrient-rich water from the bottom to the surface.
Upwelling
The limiting factors in the tropical rain forest are all of the following except
Water
What mode of pollination would you least expect you find in a tropical rain forest?
Wind
A desert is an area where
average annual precipitation is less than 10 inches
Trees of wet tropical rain forests tend to be
broad-leaf evergreen plants
Trees of the tropical rainforest are most likely to have leaves that are
broadleaf and evergreen
Humans have effected coniferous forests by
clear cutting, hunting predators, and large-scale mining
What adaptation would not be found in desert animals?
drink and store large amounts of water
Plants of the arctic tundra are adapted to what?
freezing temp, lack of sunlight, and constant high winds
Plants of the arctic tundra are adapted to
freezing temperatures, lack of sunlight, and constant high winds.
Mature temperate deciduous forests _____ than tropical rain forests.
have more plant life at ground level.
Which of the following is false? Temperate deciduous forests
have nutrient-poor soil.
The fragility of the desert ecosystem is indicated by
long regeneration time from vegetation destruction.
Arctic Tundra is perhaps Earth's most fragile biome because of the what?
low rate of decomposition, shallow soil, slow growth rate of plants, and bitter cold
What is an example of deciduous plants?
maples, hickories, and oaks
Mountain biomes
may act as sanctuaries for animal species driven from lowland areas.
In a tropical rainforest, you would expect to find relatively open space free of vegetation where?
on the forest floor
_____ can convert grasslands into desert.
overgrazing
Many species of hoofed animals can live together in the African tropical savannas because they have ____ eating habits that ____ competition for resources.
specialized...minimize
You are going on a scientific expedition from the equator to the North Pole. As you leave the coniferous forest behind, you anticipate next exploring
the role of lichens and mosses in boggy ecosystems.
There are fewer species in the coniferous forests than in the deciduous forests because so few species can survive the
winters, when soil moisture is frozen.