final test

Question 1

Biogeography

Answer 1

study of organisms both past and present

Question 2

Historical Biogeography

Answer 2

reconstruction of the origin, dispersal, and extinction of various taxa

Question 3

Ecological Biogeography

Answer 3

study of the present distribution of life and the interaction between the organism and the environment

Question 4

Sir Joseph Banks

Answer 4

known for the natural sciences

Question 5

Johannas Warming

Answer 5

early plant biogeographer, plant ecology

Question 6

Turnover Rate

Answer 6

the rate at which one species is lost and a replacement gained

Question 7

Rescue Effect

Answer 7

extinction of a dwindling population may be slowed or halted by an influx of immigrants

Question 8

Landscape Mosaic

Answer 8

different types of land cover, clusters of local communities repeated in a similar manner over a wide area

Question 9

Ecotone

Answer 9

the transition zone where one vegetation patch blends with another

Question 10

Corridors

Answer 10

strips of vegetation linking one patch with another on the landscape

Question 11

Ecoregions

Answer 11

major ecosystems that result from predictable patterns of climate as influenced by latitude, global position, and altitude

Question 12

C.Hart Merriam

Answer 12

described the life zones of a mountain environment, relationship between climate and vegetation

Question 13

Endemic

Answer 13

restricted to a given region or found in that region and nowhere else

Question 14

The Wallace Line

Answer 14

imaginary line where differences species were found

Question 15

C.Equisetifolia

Answer 15

very successful invasive species in Bermuda

Question 16

Lionfish

Answer 16

invasive species in the water

Question 17

Phreatophyte

Answer 17

its roots are in constant contact with a fringe of capillary water above the water table

Question 18

Krummholz

Answer 18

crocked wood, the trees are stunted by the desiccating force of the wind in the alpine areas

Question 19

Limnology

Answer 19

study of freshwater ecosystems

Question 20

Lentic

Answer 20

standing body of water (pond or lake)

Question 21

Lotic

Answer 21

body of water that is running (stream or river)

Question 22

Lake overturn

Answer 22

when the surface gets colder, 4 degrees Celcius, it will sink and mix

Question 23

Shredders

Answer 23

invertebrates that feed on leaves and other large organic particles

Question 24

Collectors

Answer 24

filter feeders

Question 25

Scrapers

Answer 25

feed on the algal coatings of stones and rubble

Question 26

Infauna

Answer 26

animals that can burrow into the sand

Question 27

Estuaries

Answer 27

semi-enclosed areas where fresh water and seawater meet and mix

Question 28

Mangroves

Answer 28

a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water (nursery ground for fish)

Question 29

Charles Lyell

Answer 29

wrote principles of Geology, God created the animals and plants

Question 30

Marie Tharp

Answer 30

discovery of the mid-ocean ridge systems