Biomes/Succession Test Study Guide SOL: BIO 9a-c
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1. An uncut lawn becomes a meadow and eventually a forest. This process is an example of _____________ succession. 2. A girl notices that her guppies reproduce most when her fish tank water is slightly alkaline. They stop reproducing if the water becomes acidic or if the water becomes too alkaline. This is an example of zones of _______________ and ________________. 3. The stable ecosystem that develops due to succession is called a ___________ ______________. 4. What type of succession is most likely to happen after a forest fire? _____________
5. Look at the graph in Figure 3-6. What does this graph tell us about this species of plant? ______________________________________________________________ 6. Look at the graph in Figure 3-6. Approximately how many hours of sunlight should these plants receive each day in order to make them grow at their optimum level? ________ 7. What would be the best time of the year to plant the organism described in Figure 3-6? ____________ 8. You take a sample of species from the shoreline area of a lake. You expect to find ________ species diversity. 9. What type of species would be most likely found near the bottom of the lake? _________________ 10. The ______________ biomes are found at the same latitudes as deciduous forests, but receive less precipitation. 11. Which layer of rainforest vegetation is made up of shade-tolerant shorter plants, insects, reptiles, and amphibians? _________________ 12. The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up a(n) _______ _____. 13. Dandelions, horses, and other organisms that were brought by humans from one part of the world to another are examples of ___________ species. 14. Which land biome is extremely cold and dry? _____________ 15. Which biome is found where the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean?___________ 16. The first species to populate an area where primary succession is taking place are called the ______________ species. 17. A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms is called a(n) ___________. 18. Which land biome receives less than 25 centimeters of rain per year? ____________ 19. Ponds and rivers are two types of ________________ biomes. 20. The ocean water is completely dark throughout the ____________ zone.
21. The series of changes that occurs after a disturbance in an existing ecosystem is called ________________ succession. 22. Plants growing on new island formed by the eruption of an undersea volcano are an example of ________________ succession. 23. The study of where organisms live is called ___________________. 24. List 3 ways organisms can be dispersed. 1. _________ 2. _________ 3. ______________ 25. List 3 things that limit dispersal of organisms. 1. ____________ 2. ______________ 3. _____________ 26. The typical weather pattern in an area over a long period of time is called ___________. 27. What is a common adaptation for mammals in an aquatic environment? ________________________ 28. Animals coming from foreign countries are kept in quarantine before being allowed into the United States. This precaution is taken to help prevent the introduction of foreign animal _______________. 29. Like the camel, many animals that live in soft sandy areas have large wide feet compared to their body size. The large feet are an advantage in these environments because they distribute body _________ over a __________ area. 30. What is the greatest limiting factor for plants that grow on the floor of a rain forest? ______________ 31. In which biome do the evaporation rates exceed the precipitation rates? _____________ 32. During a trip to a rain forest, a scientist discovered a new organism living near some rotting logs. The scientist observed that the organism had moist skin, no hair, and an internal skeleton and that it laid its eggs under the logs. This organism was probably a new species of ________________. Match each biome with the correct description below. Each biome may be used more than once. A) B) C) D) E) temperate deciduous forest tropical rain forest taiga grassland tundra 33. dominant plants are grasses _____ 34. dominant plants are cone-bearing evergreen trees ____ 35. has greatest variety of organisms on Earth ____ 36. populated by caribou, reindeer, snowy owls, geese ____ 37. dominant plants lose their leaves every autumn ____ 38. cold, dry, treeless biomes in the far north ____