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.