Climate & Earth Systems
This type of air produces bigger waves.
What is warm and humid air?
This type of organism can experience a plague when its population exceeds carrying capacity.
What is an R-selected organism?
When two species use the same limited resource, this interaction can occur.
What is competition?
This stage of primary succession begins with organisms such as mosses and lichens
What is the moss and lichen stage?
A survivorship curve with a constant death rate is this type.
What is Type II?
The equator helps govern the movement of these two things because of energy from the Sun.
What are water and wind?
In a crowded environment, this type of growth favors a maximal population size.
What is logistic growth?
When species adapt in response to one another over time, this process is called:
What is coevolution?
Unlike primary succession, this type of succession begins after a disturbance.
What is secondary succession?
In this survivorship curve, most offspring survive.
What is Type I?
On what degrees would you see rainfall?
0 and 60
This population-growth rate is calculated by looking at the number of births compared with the population size.
What is per-capita growth rate?
A bird benefits from a tree while the tree is unaffected. This is an example of:
What is commensalism?
According to the practice exam, this stage does not promote as much plant and animal diversity because the canopy of large trees blocks resources.
What is the climax forest stage?
WIn this survivorship curve, most offspring die.
What is Type III?
This explains why one side of a mountain receives rainfall while the other side receives cold, dry air.
What is topography?
A population starts with 800 animals. During one year, 240 babies are born and survive. What is the Per Capita Growth (PCG) rate?
What is 0.3?
This distribution pattern is commonly associated with solitary, territorial animals such as bears.
What is uniform distribution?
This type of disturbance can help maintain high levels of diversity within an ecosystem.
What is a good disturbance?
This type of organism is associated with Type I survivorship.
What is a K-selected organism?
At what latitude would you see a cool desert?
90
A population has 600 individuals. During one year, 180 are born and 60 die. What is the Net Reproduction (NET) rate?
What is 0.2?
Animals may have a clumped distribution because of group protection and because this activity is easier to do in groups.
What is hunting?
A predictable change in community structure over time is called:
What is ecological succession?
A species becomes reproductively active at 4 years old and continues reproducing until it dies at 14 years old. If it produces 250 babies per year, what is its biotic potential?
What is 2,500 babies?