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Bio 182 Final Exam 2026 Exam
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ecology; what is it's purpose? - ANSWER ✔✔-study of how

organisms interact with their environment

-to understand the distribution and abundance of organisms


population - ANSWER ✔✔group of individuals of the same species

living in the same area, at the same time


community - ANSWER ✔✔consists of species that interact with one

another within a particular area


ecosystem - ANSWER ✔✔consists of all organisms in a particular

region, along with non-living components

, abiotic components - ANSWER ✔✔air, water, and non-living parts of

soil


range - ANSWER ✔✔geographical distribution; abiotic & biotic

determine range


biomes - ANSWER ✔✔major groupings of plant and animal

communities defined by a dominant vegetation type


climate - ANSWER ✔✔the prevailing, long-term weather conditions

found in an area


tropical wet forests (rain forests) - ANSWER ✔✔found in equator

regions where temperatures are high and annual temperature is very

low; produce abundant plant growth, lead to high above-ground biomass


boreal forest (taiga) - ANSWER ✔✔forms on subarctic lands,

dominated by highly cold-tolerant conifers; productivity is low, above-

ground biomass is high because slow-growing tree species may be long-

lived and become big


tundra - ANSWER ✔✔found throughout the arctic regions; low

productivity and low above-ground biomass and its treeless


permafrost - ANSWER ✔✔soils are in a permanently frozen state;

limits both the release and uptake of nutrients

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