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Populations and Ecosystems - Chapter 5 Study Guide



True/False
 

 1. 

All biomes have the same kind of soil.
 

 2. 

Each biome has a unique climate.
 

 3. 

Desert biomes can be found all over the world.
 

 4. 

Climax communities stay largely unchanged unless a major event occurs.
 

 5. 

A climax community usually takes a year to develop.
 

Completion
 

 6. 

A desert plant’s shallow roots are an example of a(n) __________________________.
 

 

 7. 

The gradual replacement of a pine forest with a deciduous forest is an example of ecological __________________________.
 

 

 8. 

A biome with trees that lose their leaves each autumn is called a(n) ______________________ ________________________.
 

 

 9. 

Anything that controls the growth or survival of a population is called a(n) _____________________ _______________________.
 

 

 10. 

The relationship between rain forest orchids and rain forest trees is an example of _____________________ and _______________________.
 

 

 11. 

A sandy or rocky biome with little precipitation or plant life is called a(n) ________________.
 

 

 12. 

The cold, treeless biome of the far north is called the _________________.
 

 

 13. 

The relationship between yucca moths and yucca trees is an example of _______________________.
 

 

 14. 

The final stage of succession is the ________________ _____________________.
 

 

 15. 

The name for the hot, humid biome near the equator is the ________________ ___________ _________________.
 

 

 16. 

A relationship in which one kind of organism lives in or on another organism and may harm the organism is called __________________________.
 

 

 17. 

The first species to live in an otherwise lifeless area is called a(n) ________________________ ______________________.
 

 

 18. 

Parasitism is one kind of __________________________.
 

 

 19. 

____________________ are organisms that dwell on the bottom of a water ecosystem.
 

 

 20. 

Permanently frozen soil in the tundra is called _______________________________.     
 

 

 21. 

Most lakes, streams, rivers, and ponds make up _____________________________ ________________________________.
 

 

 22. 

__________________________ _______________________ have tides, an upper region with many fish, and a dark bottom.
 

 

 23. 

In a _______________________ __________________ leaves turn color and fall during autumn.
 

 

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Word Bank:  adaptation, deciduous forest, permafrost, limiting factor, desert, tundra, climax community, parasitism, symbiosis, freshwater ecosystems, pioneer species, benthos, tropical rain forest, mutualism, symbiosis, succession, deciduous forest, commensalism, Saltwater ecosystems
 



 
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