Exam 1 And 100% Correct Answers
2025-2026 Updated.
Geography - Answer study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, people, products, etc.
Biogeography - Answer study of the distribution of organisms around the world
Zoogeography - Answer Study of the distribution of animals
phytogeography - Answer study of the distribution of plants
Autotroph - Answer An organism that makes its own food
Heterotroph - Answer An organism that cannot make its own food and eats autotrophs (ex:
Humans)
Decomposer - Answer An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms (ex:
mushrooms, moss, fungus, ants)
habitat - Answer Place where an organism lives
Niche - Answer An organism's particular role in an ecosystem, or how it makes its living.
competitive exclusion principle - Answer no two species can occupy the same niche in the
same habitat at the same time
symbiotic - Answer 2 or more species exist together in an overlapping relationship
mutualistic - Answer both organisms benefit
, process of photosynthesis - Answer Biomass is an important indicator of plant productivity
important factors influencing geographic distribution of vegetation - Answer precipitation and
temperature
Biomes are - Answer definable geographic regions classified by their dominant vegetation
Ecotones - Answer transitional boundaries between biomes
Forest Biome - Answer High precip, little evaporation; dominated by trees; found in tropics,
subarctic
tropical rainforest - Answer biome near the equator with warm climate wet weather and lush
plant growth
Causes of deforestation - Answer logging, farming, mining
Coltan - Answer a black tar-like mineral found in the Tropical Rainforest
tropical deciduous forest - Answer a biome with pronounced wet and dry seasons and plants
that shed their leaves during the dry season to minimize water loss
Midlatitude Deciduous Forest - Answer moist continental climate with adequate precipitation,
warm summers & cool winters; mostly broadleaf, deciduous
Mediterranean Woodland and Shrubland - Answer Dry summers and rainy winters
boreal forest - Answer A forest biome made up primarily of coniferous evergreen trees that
can tolerate cold winters and short growing seasons
tar/oil sands - Answer Boreal Forest