Exam 11: Terrestrial Flora and Fauna

________ are most abundant on Earth.

A swamp has trees as the dominant vegetation form.

Birds are believed to have evolved from ________.

________ were more important in past Earth history; today, the only large, surviving varieties are cone-bearing trees such as pines.

Animals escaping from captivity and reverting to a wild state are feral animals.

In the tropical deciduous forest, trees shed their leaves because of a short but pronounced ________.

Tamarack (larch) is an example of a deciduous conifer.

In most of the world, broadleaf trees are deciduous.

In plant succession, each successive community tends to be ________ than the previous one.

________ is NOT one of the world's biomes.

"Estivation" is a synonym for "hibernation."

In the interior of the ________ biome one would find the aroma of mold and decomposition, high humidity, and much plant litter of the forest floor.

The faunal assemblage of the ________ biome is similar to that of the tropical rainforest except that the diversity of species is not as great and "jungle" is a common condition.

Vegetation growing alongside streams is termed ________.

_____ is the country with the most deforested area.

The floristic association which is much less extensive than the others on the list is ________.

The majority of needleleaf trees are deciduous.

Organisms capable of self-generated movement are called ________.

Symbiosis involves the mutually beneficial relationship between members of different species.

The major zoogeographic regions of the world are mapped to the original delineation by ________.