adaptation to the environment

Question 1

habitat

Answer 1

the place where an organism lives which could be both in terms of geography as well as its physical location within an ecoststem

Question 2

biotic factors

Answer 2

living factors that impact on feeding, predator- prey, symbiotic, naturalistic or other forms of interdependent relationship

bacteria plants animals fungi

Question 3

ambiotic factors

Answer 3

non living physical factors that influence on specific adaptations of organisms to live in their respective habitat

temperature light minerals humidity ph

Question 4

small leaves

Answer 4

stunted growth to stay close to the ground

Question 5

white

Answer 5

reflects light

Question 6

thick fleshy leaves

Answer 6

storing water and nutrient

Question 7

thick waxy cuticle

Answer 7

reduces water loss through transpiration

Question 8

rolled up leaves

Answer 8

create a humid chamber and reduce exposure to the wind (reducing transpiration)

Question 9

stomata (pores) ewwww

Answer 9

in indentatians keeps humid air with no exposure to wind

Question 10

underground stems

Answer 10

stability
can extend deeeeep into the ground ti obtain eater

Question 11

underground stems

Answer 11

provide stability, can extend deep into ground to obtain water

Question 12

pneumatophores and cable roots

Answer 12

vertical roots which grow into air and absobr oxygen,
provide stability and
often grow closer to the ground to obtain oxygen

Question 13

stilt roots growing in a downward arch from the stem

Answer 13

anchor the trees into the ground and increase stability

Question 14

bouoyant seeds

Answer 14

can be carried by the ocean currents and allow dispersal to fertile soil

Question 15

salt smth in leaves

Answer 15

excess salt removal due to increased salt water upturn

Question 16

plant distributions are affected by

Answer 16

temperature, water availability, light intensity, soil pH, soil salinity, availability pf mineral nutrients

Question 17

teo ways of investigating the rangr of tolerance of an ambiotic factor

Answer 17

line transect
belt transect

Question 18

line transect

Answer 18

organisms found at the regular sample point are recorded

Question 19

belt transect

Answer 19

quadrate are placed at regular sample points and the abundance of the organisms within each is recorded

Question 20

tropical

Answer 20

high temperature, minimal season variation, high precipitation, super high plant biodiversity

Question 21

temperate

Answer 21

high temperature, different seasons warm summers cold winters, medium high precipitation, lots of trees which lose their leaves

Question 22

taiga (boreal)

Answer 22

low temperature, short summers, long winters, medium high precipitation, evergreen forests

Question 23

desert

Answer 23

high temperature, minimal season variation, super low precipitation, no plants

Question 24

grassland

Answer 24

high medium temperature, its dry and cold, medium high precipitation, grass species and lots of unsignificant trees

Question 25

tundra

Answer 25

very low temp, short summers and super cold winters, medium low precipitation, not much plants