Bob v5

Question 1

Maritime Forest (n)

Answer 1

The forest by the sea that are characterized by live oaks, palms, and palmettos

Question 2

Canopy (n)

Answer 2

The uppermost branchy layer of a forest

Question 3

Understory (n)

Answer 3

The plants of a forest that grow low to the ground

Question 4

Epiphyte (n)

Answer 4

A plant that lives on another plant

Question 5

Salt-shearing (v)

Answer 5

Pruning of tree limbs, buds, and leaves the salt carried in the sea breezes

Question 6

Community (n)

Answer 6

Population of all species that occupy a certain area and interact within

Question 7

Succession (n)

Answer 7

The changes in species composition that lead to a climax community

Question 8

Climax Community (n)

Answer 8

Stable long established community of self-perpetuating organisms that tends to not change with time

Question 9

Pioneer Plants (n)

Answer 9

Plants capable of establishing themselves in a bare area and initiating an ecological cycle

Question 10

Microclimate (n)

Answer 10

The essentially uniform local climate of a small habitat

Question 11

Dune Ridge (n)

Answer 11

Upland ridges originally formed from sand dunes on relic beaches

Question 12

Swale (n)

Answer 12

Low area between dune ridges