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AP Biology Chapter 52-53 Flashcards

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2762541163Bodies of water, mountains, and the angle of the sun all affect the _____?Climate0
2762548169Most _____ are named for major physical/climatic features and their predominant vegetation.Terrestrial Biomes1
2762553549A(n) ____ is a life zone characterized by physical appearance.Aquatic Biome2
2762556905_____ factors are living factors that affect the life of it and the life around it (A species decreases, its predators decrease as well).Biotic3
2762558005_____ factors are nonliving factors that affect a species distribution. (water, temperature, salinity, sunlight)Abiotic4
2762571001Patterns on global, regional, and local scales are _____.Macroclimates5
2762574585Very fine patterns are called ____(climate found in a carcass of a large animal)Microclimates6
2762580919A _____ is a group of organisms of a single species living in the same general area.Population7
2762609584The number or individuals per unit area or volume is ____.Density8
2762612877The study of the vital statistics of populations and how they change over time is ____.Demography9
2762613760____The defense of a bounded physical space.Territoriality10
2762617273_____ is reproduction in which an organism produces all of its offspring in a single event.Semelparity11
2762620607____ is repeated reproduction.Iteroparity12
2762622022A birth or death rate that does not change with population density is said to be _____.Density Independent.13
2762623345A death rate that rises as population rises, or a birth rate that falls as density rises, is _____.Density Dependent.14
2762626735____ is when a number of populations are linked and influence each others immigration and emigration.Metapopulation15
2762647573Populations increase from births and immigration, and decrease with death and emigration. This is called_____.Demographics16
2762649102Populations can be clumped, uniform, or random. This is called ____.Dispersion17
2762660329The _____ concept summarizes the aggregate land and water area required by each person, city, or nation to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb all the waste it generates.Ecological Footprint18
2762662005The study of ____ focuses on the complex interactions between biotic and abiotic factors that cause variation in the size of populations.Population Dynamics.19

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