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1
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What’s the marine ecosystem found in cold waters?

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Kelp forest

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2
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What are the two kinds of grassland?

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Tropical and temperate

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3
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How many zones is the ocean divided into?

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4 zones

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4
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What is the name of the last ocean zone?

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Abyssal zone

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5
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How do you call the ecosystem in which a river flows into an ocean?

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Estuary

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6
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What biome has winters up to 10 months?

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Tundra

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7
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What ocean zone has the most biomass?

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Neritic zone

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8
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In what kind of temperature do you find coral reefs?

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Warm

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9
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What’s the name of the first ocean zone?

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Intertidal zone

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10
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What’s the biome with the most biodiversity?

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Tropical rainforest

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11
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In which minor biome do you find mainly short vegetation?

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Chaparral

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12
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What’s the kind of plankton that behaves like a plant?

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Phytoplankton

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13
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What’s a lake ‘s first zone?

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Littoral

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14
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There are 4 types of desert , what are them?

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Hot
Cold
Semi-arid
Coastal

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15
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In which biome was the Lion King mainly drawn?

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Grassland

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16
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What are the two types of resources?

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Renewables resources

Nonrenewable resources

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17
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Are used faster than they form

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Non renewable resources

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18
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Examples of non renewables resources

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Coal

Oil

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19
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Cannot be used up or can replenish themselves over time

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Renewable resources

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20
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Examples of renewable resources

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Wind
Water
Sunlight

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21
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Is the amount of land needed to support a person

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Ecological footprint

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22
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Greenhouse effect occurs when

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Slows the release of energy from Earth’s atmosphere

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23
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Provide a sign of an ecosystem’s health

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Indication species

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24
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Examples of indicator species

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Amphibians

Top predator

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25
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Causes accumulation of toxins in the food chain

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Biomagnification

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26
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Prevents an organism from accessing its entire home range

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Habitat fragmentation

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27
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Is one species that is brought to an ecosystem by human

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Introduced species

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28
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Examples of introduced species

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Burmese phyton
Mice
Kudzu

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29
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Manages resources for present and future generations

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Sustainable development

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30
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A species that protect another species

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Umbrella species

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31
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3 important environmental laws

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Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Endangered species act

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32
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6 biomes

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Tropical 
Grassland
Desert
Temperate
Taiga
Tundra
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33
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Produce lush forests

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Tropical rainforests

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34
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Snow

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Temperate grassland

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35
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Warm

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Tropical grassland

36
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Very arid climate

37
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Hot

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Deciduous forest

38
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Wet season

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Temperate rain forest

39
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Located in cooler northern climate

40
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Is found in the far northern latitude with a long winter

41
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Warm temperatures

Abundant precipitation all the year

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Tropical rain forest

42
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Are dry and warm summer

Most precipitation falls as snow

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Temperate grassland

43
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Are warm through the year

Definite dry and rainy seasons

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Tropical grassland

44
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Very low amount of precipitation

For types , hot , semi arid , coastal and cold

45
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Have hot summers and cold winters

Are the dominant plant species

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Deciduous forest

46
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Have a long wet season

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Temperate rain forest

47
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Boreal forest
Long winters and short summers
Small amount of precipitation

48
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Winter last 10 months

Limited precipitation

49
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Order of the ocean zones

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Intertidal zone
Neritic zone
Bathyal zone
Abyssal zone

50
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How can oceans zones can be determined

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By their distance from shoreline and water depths

51
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2 unique coastal habitats

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Coral reefs

Kelp forests

52
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Between low and high tide

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Intertidal zone

53
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From intertidal zone to continental shelf

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Neritic zone

54
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From neritic zone to base of continental shelf

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Bathyal zone

55
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Lies below 2000 m

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Abyssal zone

56
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Is a partially enclosed body of water form when a river flows into an ocean

57
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Is similar to the oceanic intertidal zone , and is located between the high and low marks along the shore

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Littoral zone

58
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Refers to the open water located farther out from the shore

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Limnetic zone

59
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Is the lake or bond bottom when less sunlight reaches

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Benthic zone

60
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is the biological change process by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors

61
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is a group of organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring

62
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CLASSIFICATION system from kingdom to species

63
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species shared ANCESTORS rather than arising separately

64
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MORE-COMPLEX forms developed from LESS-COMPLEX forms

65
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ENVIRONMENTAL JIRAFES change leads to use or disuse of structure

66
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3 theories of geologic change

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CATASTROPHISM
Gradualism
Uniformitarianism

67
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Earth’s human population is about..

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7 billions

68
Q

Is the science of naming and classifying organisms

69
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Is a system that gives each species a two part scientific name using LATIN words

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Binomial nomenclature

70
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The second part of a scientific name

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Species descriptor

71
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Advantages over common names

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Help scientists to communicate

72
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How its organized the linnaean classification

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Based on physical similarities

73
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7 taxa

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Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

74
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Limitations for the linnaean system

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The technology didn’t exist in linnaeus time

Linnaean system is only based on physical similarities

75
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Is a group of organisms in a classification

76
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How can phylogenies can be shown?

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In branching trees diagram

77
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Is the evolutionary history of a group of species

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Phylogenies

78
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Phylogenies can be determined by using evidence like

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Living species

Molecular data

Fossil records

79
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Is a group of species that shares a common ancestor

80
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Are traits shared in different degrees by clade members

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Derived character

81
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Represent the most recent common ancestor shared by clade

82
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Provide clues to evolutionary history

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Molecular clocks

83
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Is used to study closely related species

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Mitochondrial dna

84
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Is used to study distantly related species

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Ribosomal RNA

85
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What are the 3 domains

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Bacteria

Archea

Eukarya

86
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Eukarya includes the next kingdoms

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Protista

Plantae

Fungi

Animalia

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