Ecology

Question 1

Ecosystem

Answer 1

A specific area of the earth that includes all the living organisms and non-living components of the environment

Question 2

Forest Ecology

Answer 2

The study of forest ecosystems focusing on the interactions among living organisms

Question 3

Soil

Answer 3

The substrate upon which plants grow and where they get their nutrients and water

Question 4

Soil Profile

Answer 4

O horizon, A horizon, B horizon, C horizon, R horizon

Question 5

A horizon

Answer 5

Topsoil

Question 6

B horizon

Answer 6

Subsoil

Question 7

C horizon

Answer 7

parent material

Question 8

R horizon

Answer 8

bedrock

Question 9

Shade Intolerant

Answer 9

Grow best at high light levels, outgrow

Question 10

Shade tolerant

Answer 10

Grow at low and high levels of light, outlast

Question 11

Orographic Lifting

Answer 11

When wind hits a mountain and is forced to rise over the mountain

Question 12

Rain Shadow

Answer 12

a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills

Question 13

Biome

Answer 13

A large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat

Question 14

How are biomes classified?

Answer 14

Amount of precipitation and temperature

Question 15

What are the 4 crown classes

Answer 15

Dominant, Co-dominant, Intermediate, Suppressed

Question 16

What are the 4 stages of stand development?

Answer 16

Stand initiation, crown competition, understory re-initiation, old growth