exam 3 biogeography

Question 1

biogeography

Answer 1

geographical distributions of plants and animals

Question 2

bioshpere

Answer 2

all living things interacting together (earth)

Question 3

biome

Answer 3

naturally occurring community of flora and fauna
climate, flora and fauna
large regions
can be general or specific

Question 4

ecosystem

Answer 4

self regulating association of plants and animals in tier physical nonliving environment.

Question 5

communities

Answer 5

interacting population of plants and animals in an area.

many of these make up ecosystems

Question 6

3 types of biodiversity

Answer 6

habitat= # of ecosystems
species= # of species
genetic= diversity within a species

Question 7

ecology

Answer 7

study of how organisms interact with eachother

Question 8

complex food webs

Answer 8

stable

Question 9

non-complex food webs

Answer 9

unstable

Question 10

resiliancy

Answer 10

ability to recover quickly after a disturbance

Question 11

influences of biome

Answer 11

atmosphere and lithosphere

(climate and topography) & latitude

Question 12

different biomes

Answer 12

aquatic
desert
grassland
forest
tundra

Question 13

aquatic

Answer 13

freshwater and marine

Question 14

deserts

Answer 14

all 7 continents

driest but not always warmest

Question 15

grasslands

Answer 15

25” precipitation

lush tall grass prairies

Question 16

forests

Answer 16

tropical
temperate( deciduous)
taiga (coniferous)

Question 17

tundra

Answer 17

high alt
high lat
no trees, just low growing plants

Question 18

utah biomes

Answer 18

desert and forests

tundra in uintas