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Removal Recall Flashcards

1
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This is the force used to describe the circulation of wind patterns in a rotating earth.

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Coriolis Effect

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These are the large circular patterns of surface ocean currents.

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Gyres

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This is the duration of time it takes for an object (such as water) to enter and leave a system.

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Residence Time

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The reduction of light intensity as it moves through a medium, such as with increasing water depth.

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Attenuation

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These are rocks in which they prevent the flow and adsorption of water.

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Impermeable Rocks

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These are formed when part of a meandering river becomes disconnected.

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Oxbow Lakes

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The ability to hold positively charged ions in the soil.

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Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC)

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This is an organic component of soil with low C turnover rates formed by the degradation of organic matter.

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Humus

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This is the mass per unit volume of soil particles once water and air space are removed.

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Bulk Density

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This is a cyclical system in the atmosphere formed by differences in density and temperature of the air at different locations.

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Convection Cell

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This is the range of temperatures in which an animal can maintain its body temperature without increasing heat production.

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Thermal Neutral Zone (TNZ)

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12
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This principle states that organisms prioritize different activities in accordance with the changing abundance of resources.

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Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT)

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13
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The element that contributes to the negatively charged component of clay particles.

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Aluminum (Al)

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14
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This is the prolonged torpor of endothermic vertebrates during summer.

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Estivation

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15
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The ability of a system to draw water from one area to another.

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Capillary Action

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16
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This enzyme is responsible for the fixation of carbon dioxide into 3-phosphoglycerate.

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RuBisCo: Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase

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17
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The phenomenon in which multiple toxic organisms, not necessarily from the same lineage, converge to a common appearance or behavior.

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Mullerian Mimicry

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18
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These are organisms in which they use other substances other than light to fuel carbon fixation reactions.

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Chemolithoautotrophs

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19
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A mating combination in which multiple females are shared by only one male.

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Polygyny

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20
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This occurs when sexual selection results in the exaggeration of certain features.

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Runaway Selectioin

21
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This is the combination of an individual’s reproductive output and the reproductive benefits incurred from cooperation and altruistic behavior from helping relatives.

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Inclusive Fitness

22
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A classification system that differentiates plants according to their varying levels of competitiveness and tolerance to stress and disturbance.

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Grime’s C-S-R Triangle Theory (GTT)

23
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These are multiple populations that are linked by dispersal behavior between them.

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Metapopulations

24
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The mathematical condition in which an organism results in aiding a fellow individual of the same species.

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Hamilton’s Rule

25
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The quantitative model in which population size can be calculated.

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Logistic Growth Model (LGM)

26
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This constraint prevents species from becoming part of the community because of their inability to arrive at a site.

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Dispersal Limitation

27
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The umbrella term that describes different kinds of interactions where at least one species benefits.

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Symbiosis

28
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The phenomenon in which at increasing densities, the biomass per plant decreases.

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Self-Thinning

29
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These are prey strategies (either spatial or temporal) that prevent prey from being eaten.

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Refuge Strategies

30
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These are transition zones between two communities or ecosystem types.

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Ecotones

31
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This hypothesis states that diversity is highest at neither extremely low nor extremely high levels of disturbance.

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Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH)

32
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The extent to which an organism’s niche is occupied resulting from limiting pressures of a different species.

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Realized Niche

33
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This is a behavioral pattern/strategy in which one species relies or takes advantage of another species to care for their young.

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Brood Parasitism

34
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This mode of transmission does not rely on the population of individuals per area for transmission events.

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Density-Independent Transmission (DIT)

35
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A mutualistic symbiosis between fungi and photobiont (either algae, cyanobacteria, or both).

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Lichen

36
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In terms of specificity, what kind of mutualist do ectomycorrhizae exhibit on plant roots?

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Generalist Mutualist

37
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The photsynthetic, symbiotic partners of corals.

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Zooxanthellae

38
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The mutualistic symbiotic partners of deep sea, light emitting organisms such as squid.

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Bioluminescent Bacteria

39
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The total biomass produced by all heterotrophic organisms in an area.

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Secondary Production

40
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This step in the nitrogen cycle converts ammonia into nitrates.

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Nitrification

41
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This is the theoretical maximum in which oil production reaches, after which, production will begin an irreversible decline.

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Peak Oil

42
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These are organisms which shape their landscape and affect ecosystem dynamics.

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Ecosystem Engineers

43
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This hypothesis states that diversity is highest at the equator and gradually reduces as it moves to the polar regions of the Earth.

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Latitudinal Diversity Gradient Hypothesis (LDGH)

44
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The movement of nutrients along the river.

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Nutrient Flux

45
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These are areas in which nutrients (such as Carbon) is stored indefinitely.

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Nutrient Sinks

46
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An example of a transitional environment (there are many answers, only choose one).

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Estuaries, Mangroves, Wetlands, Brackish Water, etc…

(WEMB)

47
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These are forests found in cold, subarctic regions.

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Taiga/Boreal Forests

48
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An example of a wetland ecosystem.

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Marshes, Swamps, Bogs, Fens, etc… (SMBF)

49
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The name of the nitrogen fixing eukaryote and its endosymbiont.

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Legume, Rhizomium, Nitrogen Fixation, Root Nodules (L,R,NF,RN)

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