Ecosystems Review & Practice Exercises
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1. What name is given to the natural vegetation in the last possible stage of vegetation development? This vegetation is stable and in balance with the climatic conditions.2. Name three major high latitude ecosystems types. / *
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3. What is the climax vegetation of the Boreal Forest?
4. What is another name for the Boreal Forest?
5. Name one adaptation organisms have in the Boreal forest.
6. What type of climate does the boreal forest experience?
7. What is the climax vegetation in the Tundra?
8. What type of climate does the Tundra experience?
9. Name one adaptation organisms have in the Tundra.
10. What producer forms the base of the ecosystem in the polar ice caps?
11. What climate does the polar ice cap ecosystem receive?
12. Name one high latitude ecosystem that is located in both hemispheres.
13. What is the climax vegetation in the temperate grasslands?
14. What is the climax vegetation in the temperate forests?
15. What is the climate in the temperate grasslands?
16. What is the climate in the temperate forests?
17. Why are deciduous trees well adapted to the climate of temperate mild winters? (name adaptation and the condition they are adapted to)
18. Which two continents DO NOT contain temperate forests and temperate grasslands. / *
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19. Which continents contain most of the temperate forests? / *
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20. What is the climax vegetation in the tropical rain forest?
21. What is the climax vegetation in the desert?
22. What is the climax vegetation in the savanna?
23. What climate is experienced in the desert?
24. What climate is experienced in the tropical rain forest?
25. What climate is experienced in the savanna?
26. Cacti are adapted to the desert climate because their leaves are adapted as _?_.
27. The tall trees of the tropical rain forest are able to support themselves in the thin soil with _?_.
28. Some mammals in the desert are able to reduce their exposure to the sun and heat with what kind of behavioral adaptation?
29. Some reptiles reduce their water loss during excretion by excreting _?_.
30. Which continent has the largest percentage of savanna? / *
31. Between what latitudes would you expect to find desert ecosystems?
32. Between which latitudes would you expect to find tropical rain forests?
33. How unique are mountain ecosystems?
34. What are xerophytes?
35. What are epiphytes?
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