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Jeopardy Review Flashcards

1
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The physical environment where an organism lives?

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Habitat

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2
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These regions will support similar organismal communities

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Biome

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3
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Describing the sex of an organism would be considered this type of data

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Qualitative

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4
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Macro- and Micro- habitats are an example of this

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Spatial scales

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5
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This concept suggests that abiotic factors affect species distribution and abundance

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Habitat template concept

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6
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It makes up 3% of all water on earth

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Freshwater

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7
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This affects how life is vertically distributed in an aquatic ecosystem

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Light

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8
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Oxygen solubility is highest in these kinds of waters

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Cold and turbulent (lotic) waters

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9
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This is the zone in which temperatures rapidly decline

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Thermocline

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10
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This is the upward force that acts upon an object submerged in water

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Buoyancy

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11
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This is the largest aquatic environment on earth

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The ocean

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12
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Morningside pond is an example of this kind of environment

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Lentic environment

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13
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It connects all aquatic ecosystems on earth

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The hydrologic cycle

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14
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They are extremely diverse ecosystems found in nutrient-poor waters

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Coral reefs

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15
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This says that community change occurs gradually as you move from source to mouth

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River continuum concept

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16
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This represents a linear model of interactions

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Food chain

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17
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They eat at several trophic levels

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Omnivores (and some aquatic animals that change form throughout life, since food chains are based mostly on size in aquatic ecosystems)

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18
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This term describes the nutrient status in an aquatic system associated with intermediate production levels

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Mesotrophic

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19
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Multiple fish species that eat the same small snails are an example of this

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Dietary guilds

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20
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This measures the proportion of links within a food web for a given ecosystem

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Connectance

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21
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This measures the number of species in a community

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Species richness

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22
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Scuba diving is an example of this kind of biodiversity service

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Cultural

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23
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A higher value of Simpson’s Reciprocal Diversity Index (1/D) indicates this

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Higher biodiversity

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24
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A sea star is an example of this taxon

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Echinoderm

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25
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This phytoplankton generates 20% of atmospheric oxygen

26
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Reproductive success is indicated by this term

27
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This evolutionary mechanism homogenizes different gene pools and can prevent speciation

28
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This species concept is defined as the smallest group of individuals that share a common ancestor

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Phylogenetic species concept

29
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Colonization is an example of this kind of speciation

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Peripatric Speciation

30
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The streamlined body of a dolphin and a shark is an example of this

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Convergent evolution or analogous structures

31
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This incorporates all the land that drains into a river or a stream

32
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This is the transition zone between terrestrial and marine environments

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Intertidal zone

33
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This ecosystem covers 60-75% of tropical coastlines

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Mangrove forests

34
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This stream habitat is defined by shallow and turbulent waters

35
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This lake zone is defined by penetrating light

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Euphotic, or limnetic

36
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These organisms are reliant on currents for dispersal

37
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These organisms live on the air/water interface

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Pleustic, like man-o-war

38
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An anemone is an example of this group

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Cnidarians

39
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This invertebrate phylum is found solely in marine ecosystems

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Echinoderms or tunicates

40
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Communities that consist of species with similar relative abundances are higher in this

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Species evenness

41
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This term indicates species that live fast and die young

42
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These are the outside influences that affect life history

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Extrinsic factors

43
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Increasing the number of offspring per breeding season results in this

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Less parental care, or lower survival probability per offspring

44
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This type of shark incubation often results in the first shark pup to hatch eating the remaining eggs while still inside of the mother

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Ovoviviparity

45
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Fish that spend most of their life at sea but breed in freshwater are termed

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Anadromous

46
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Blubber is an adaptation to this

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Cold temperatures

47
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This is the movement of water across a membrane

48
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This type of circulation occurs at the gills to increase oxygen diffusion into the bloodstream

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Countercurrent circulation

49
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Freshwater taxa cannot survive in marine systems because they are adapted to be this

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Hyperosmotic (bodies contain more solute than surrounding water)

50
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Marine taxa cannot survive in freshwater systems because they are adapted to be this

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Hypoosmotic (bodies have a lower solute concentration that the surrounding water)

51
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Aquatic plants have adapted to use this form of carbon in photosynthesis

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Bicarbonate or carbonate ions

52
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This taxa is included in the infraorder cetacean

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Mysticeti/Archaeoceti/Odontoceti, or whales/dolphins/porpoises

53
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This structure defines mysticete whales

54
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The earliest cetaceans are found in these modern day regions

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India/Pakistan, the Himalayas

55
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This is the first cetacean capable of swimming

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Ambulocetidae

56
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This organ assists odontocetes in echolocation

57
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This is the term given to large aquatic plants

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Macrophytes

58
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This water movement results from forces exerted by the moon and the sea

59
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This oceanic zone is where the oxygen minimum layer occurs

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Mesopelagic

60
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These animals only spend part of their life as plankton

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Meroplankton

61
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The idea that recurring processes or attributes connect different ecosystems

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Ecosystem linkage

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