Ch31/32

Question 1

How do the populations differ from communities and ecosystems?

Answer 1

Population: members of a species in a specific area

Communities: Several members of different species all in a specific area interacting

Ecosystem: biotic (alive) and the abiotic factors (temp., precipitation, etc)

Question 2

What are the main factors/determiners of a biome (what is a biome)?

Answer 2

Temperature and precipitaiton determine biomes.

Also soil and fire, but not nearly as much.

Question 3

How many terrestrial biomes are there in the book (ch32)? Check the maps

Answer 3

17 terrestrial biomes

Question 4

The direct competition between two species occupying the same niche will often lead to?

Answer 4

Competive exclusion -> specialization

Question 5

What is plant communities’ resilience? What is it (Lander Site) resilient to?

Answer 5

The return of plant communities after logging, water based erosion, fires, etc.

Does not change ecosystem/biome, but same returns after event.

Question 6

What ecosystem type would the Lander Woodlot in Rogers Height represent?

Answer 6

Temperate mixed forest

Question 7

What is the name of the beech tree in Latin? What is its family? What is name of beech scale insect? How are the Latin/scientific names useful?

Answer 7

Beech tree latin name: Fagus grandifolia
Beech family: Fagaceae (Nut family)
Beech scale insect: Cryptococcus fagisuga

Latin/scientific names are useful by helping you understand main fucntion of the organism, its host/location, or defining factors of the organism.