Chapter 24/25

Question 1

coastal scrubland of dense, spiny, evergreen shrubs found at mid-latitude; mild rainy winters and long hot dry summers

Answer 1

chaparral

Question 2

biome with enough precipitation to support large trees that shed their leaves in fall

Answer 2

deciduous forest

Question 3

similar to savanna; low precipitation and lack of trees ; except on long stream courses like prairies of North America

Answer 3

grassland

Question 4

plant-eating consumer

Answer 4

herbivore

Question 5

plant forms are limited to low shrubby or mat-like vegetation; “Cold Desert”

Answer 5

tundra

Question 6

number of organisms/unit of habitat area

Answer 6

population density

Question 7

rate at which producers generate biomass

Answer 7

productivity

Question 8

tropical grassland w/ scattered individual trees and large herbivores; water is major limiting factor

Answer 8

savanna

Question 9

coniferous forest, considerable snow, harsh winters, short summers, evergreen trees

Answer 9

taiga

Question 10

rainfall is abundant, ,ore specie of plants and animals than any other biome, light is major limiting factor

Answer 10

tropical rainforest

Question 11

nutritional relationships among species of an ecosystem that determines the path of energy flow and pattern of a chemical cycling

Answer 11

trophic structure