Levels of Organization
In Levels of Organization, what comes before community?
A. Organism
B. Population
C. Biosphere
D. Cell
B. Population
T/F Salinity is a biotic factor of aquatic biomes
False
T/F Tropical rain forests receive very little rain.
False
Name the grassland that is most used for farming.
Prairie/ Temperate Grassland
ALL deserts can be described as
A. Dry
All the Prairie dogs in the Prairie are an example of
Population
What is Marine snow? Is it Abiotic or Biotic?
Biotic and it's waste material and fragments from dead organisms that float to the bottom of the ocean?
what type of trees do Deciduous forest have?
A. only Conifer
B. only Broadleaf
C. Mainly Broadleaf w/ some conifer
D. Mainly Conifer w/ some Broadleaf
C. Mainly broadleaf w/ some Conifer
Which is NOT a factor of a tropical grassland?
A. High temperatures
B. A lot of rainfall
C. Scattered Trees
B. A lot of rainfall
Which plants are common in semi arid deserts?
A. Moss B.Succulents c. Lichen
B. succulents
Goats, pigs, horses, and pack of wolves make up a?
Community
Name at least two environmental threats that the ocean faces
Coral bleaching, ocean acidification, oil drilling, overfishing, garbage patches, plastic waste, invasive species, Dead zones
Which is the coldest and driest of all the forests?
Taiga
Name at least two grazing animals?
cows, sheeps, goats, horses
do cold deserts have high or low altitude?
high altitude
The Sun, warm weather, fishes, birds and trees make up an
A. Biosphere
B. Community
C. Ecosystem
Ecosystem
What are the benefits of Wetlands?
Flood reduction, Natural filter
what are the three types of tree harvesting?
selective cutting, clear-cutting, strip-cutting
Name one factor for both polculture and monoculture farming?
Polyculture - high biodiversity, longer harvest
monoculture - quicker harvet, more profit, soil erosion
Describe Desterification
When fertile land becomes dry/ arid and desert-like
Name the levels of Organization in order
Organism, population, community, ecosystem, Biome, Biosphere
Name at least one difference between the mouth and Headwaters of a river
Headwaters - High dissolved Oxygen, Low nutrients, low turbidity, cold temp
Mouth - High nutrients, low dissolved Oxygen, High turbidity, warm temp
What are consequences of deforestation?
Increased erosion, sediment runoff into water, habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, higher levels of Carbon Dioxide
why is polyculture farming better than monoculture
Polyculture is sustainable, soil quality is better, and pesticides are not needed.
Name a threat that chapparals face?
Overdevelopment by humans