Bio 207 Final Review

Zooplankton are the primary producers in the Limnetic Zone

A climate diagram generally shows which combination below

An alternative version of a gene is known as a ____________?

The biome that receives moderate year around rainfall, dominated by decidious trees and abundant herbaceous plants?

In the past 200 years, areas covered by wetlands have gone from ________to ________.

When natural selection selects against the extremes of a phenotype in a population is an example of

Swamps are wetlands with what type of vegetation / habitat?

Hotspots of biodiversity in deep sea zones is centered around?

What two conditions are requred for natural selection?

The biome that receives abundant year around rainfall in temperate latitudes?

The biome with a few scattered shrubs and plant highly modified to retain water, can be hot or cold?

In lakes the condition of high nutrients abundant algae growth, often the result of human activity, such a sewage inputs

In a river water velocity is affected by

What are the three beach zones in order of shortest to longest period of inundation?

Which of these is not part of lake zonation?

Tidal salt marshes and mud flats primarly develop where?

Diploid organisms have __________ copies of each gene

The Great Lakes was formed by what proceses

Which of these is a documented effect of amphibian exposure to the pesticide Atrazine in wetlands?

A change in the beak size of finches due to changing environmental conditions is an example of

The theory of natural selection was developed by which two scientists

Mangrove forests are primarly found where?

What type of shrubs can be found in swamps?

When the Phenotype is a blending of different alleles?

The salinity gradient in an estuary is influenced by which of the following?

Buttressed trees are typically found where?

If the allelic frequency of a population remains constant from one generation to the next, the population is in?

In a lake or water body, a condition of moderate nutrients and some submerged aquatic plants.

The biome with scattered grasses, shrubs and woody plants that alternates between distinct wet and dry seasons?

The ability of one genotype to give rise to different phenotypes different environmental conditions is an example of

Who is this?

A measurable change in a phenotypic character (or characters) over a geographic region is known as?

How did the great lakes form?

When an abundant of nutrients stimulate algae growth leading to potientially anoxic conditions is known as?

What is this?

Highly weathered tropical soils are called

The complete expression of two different alleles is known as?

Migration is a movement of individuals from one area to another

The loss or fixation of an allele due to stochastic events in a small population

The wetland characterized by Sphagnum moss and sedges

An example of a basin wetland is a

The coastal zone that mainly experiences salt spray and tidal storm surges

When the phenotype of the heterozygote has full expression of both alleles?

What is the zone of the lake were emergent plants grow?

The proportionate contribution made by individuals to future generations relative to individuals in the same population

Migration between populations of the same species results in

The salinity gradient in an estuary is influenced by which of the following?

A fast flowing stream or river will likley have what type of benthic materials?

The lake zone where little-no photosynthesis can occur

What type of organisms is the limnetic zone of a lake dominated by?

Place the vegetation types in order from needing the most water to the least water

The foramtion of biomes is driven by what two climatic variables

What are the five regions of the ocean in order from shallowest to deepest?

A treeless biome with a short growing season and an accumulation of organic matter in the soil

In a lake or water body, the condition of low nutrients, little algae growth and little human impact.

U shaped lakes formed from old river channel meanders are called

The proportionate contribution made by an individual to future generations is known as

The water body where rivers meet the ocean

Which climate characteristics don't go together