During the age of the dinosaurs, NJ was subtropical and humid. Today it is temperate. What has changed?
the climate
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Species who have the niche of being early colonizers to new ecosystems
Pioneer Species
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Plants affect many nutrient cycles that allow for other life to receive the nutrients they need. Give an example of one
Answers vary - water, photosynthesis, nitrogen from soil; phosphorous from soil; carbon from C02
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What is the range of the American wood turtle?
Mostly in the northeast US and parts of Canada
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Succession that occurs in an area with NO SOIL
Primary
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True/False: Climate change can be an ecological disturbance that many ecosystems may not recover from
True
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According to the climatogram, what is the wettest month in Oaxaca, Mexico?
June
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Beavers create damns in rivers which allow for other species to live in the ponds that they create as well as the damns themselves. Beavers are an example of
Keystone Species
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What type of curve is being shown in the image?
Logistic
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What is the carrying capacity of the population portrayed in this graph?
About 500
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All the organisms of a particular type living in the same place at the same time is called a _______. An example is a herd of zebra.
Population
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These organisms can break down rocks and create soil through decomposition of their bodies
Lichen
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What type of succession is shown going from figure A to figure B?