Chapter 5 Flashcards
Why do unrelated plants often assume the same growth form in different parts of the world?
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Which types of environmental conditions limit the distributions of plants?
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What climatic conditions are used to define biomes?
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What type of plants are found in each of the four biomes at temperature latitudes, and what environmental condition differs among these biomes?
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Why is the boreal forest biomes found on several different continents, including North America, Europe, and Asia?
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Explain why tropical rain forest experience two peaks of rainfall.
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How can fire shift an area from one biome type to another?
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Compare and contrast the factors used to categorize terrestrial biomes with those used to categorize aquatic biomes.
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How do headwater streams and larger rivers differ in their major source of organic material?
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How do littoral zone and the limnetic zone of a lake differ in their source of production?
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What conditions allow coral reefs to highly productive?
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