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GEOGRAPHY 364
STUDY GUIDE #1
Your exam will consist of multiple choice and short answer. Most of the questions from
the exam will come from material covered in lecture or lab. HOWEVER, this doesn’t
mean that material we covered in the textbook and not in class won’t possibly be on the
exam. There may be a small portion of questions from the text not covered in class.
Chapter 1: Terminology
Analytical biogeography
Biogeography
Conservation biogeography
Ecological biogeography
Historical biogeography
Phytogeography
Zoogeography
Sample Questions:
What is biogeography?
What is conservation biogeography and how does it compare to ecological
biogeography?
Why is biogeography considered a synthetic science?
Chapter 2: Terminology
Angiosperm
Assemblage
Atmosphere
Autotrophs
Biomass
Biomes
Class
Community
Dicotyledon
Ecological Hierarchy
Ecosystem
Family
Genus, genera
Heterotrophs
Kingdom
Metapopulation
Monocotyledon
Order
Photosynthesis
Phyla
Population
Primary productivity
Respiration
Soil
Species
Stomata
Systematics
Taxonomy
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Trophic Hierarchy
All 11 soil orders, know which occur in California and where.
Sample Questions:
What is the importance of scientific classification?
What is photosynthesis and where is it on the trophic hierarchy?
What is the ecological hierarchy?
What dominant soil types are found in California?
Chapter 3: Terminology
Allen's rule
Annual
Carrying capacity
Deciduous
Density
Dimorphic leaves
Generalist
Geographic range
Habitat
Heliophytes
Homeotherm
Hydrophyte
Mesophyte
Niche
Perennial
Poikilotherm
Sciophytes
Sclerophyllous leaves
Specialist
Transpiration
Xerophyte
Sample Questions:
What is Allen's Rule? Can you explain the significance of it?
How does the geographic range of a generalist compare to a specialist?
Why are we more apt to find heliophytes that are annuals as opposed to sciophytes?
Give an example of species adaptations to light, temperature, and moisture?
How is it that the saguaro cactus can live in deserts with extreme annual
temperatures?
Chapter 4: Terminology
Commensalism
Competitive exclusion principle
Euryphagous
Fundamental niche
Interspecific competition
Intraspecific competition
Lotka-volterra model
Mutualism
Parasites
Predation
Realized niche
Stenophagous
Symbiosis
Sample Questions:
Why do euryphagous species have larger geographic ranges than stenophagous
species?
Give some examples of how biological interactions may influences species
distributions.
What are the three categories of symbiosis? Give an example of each.
Chapter 5: Terminology
Climax
Crown fire
Disturbance
Faciliatation
Primary Succession
Secondary Succession
Scarification
Sere
Serotinous cones
Succession
Surface fires
Sample Questions:
How is disturbance characterized?
What is the difference between primary and secondary succession?
What is climax theory and does it really exist? Give an example to defend your
answer.
Describe the role of fire in the natural communities of southern California.
What are the two opposing theories about fire suppression in southern California?
Chapter 6: Terminology
Alpha diversity
Association
Beta diversity
Biome
Community
Dominance Type
Ecological equivalent
Ecotone
Individualistic community concept
Life form
Life zone
old growth forest
primary forest
second growth forest
species eveness
stand
superorganism community concept
index of similarity
relative dominance
relative frequency
relative density
Sample Questions:
Explain the productivity of tropical rainforests.
What is unique about Mediterranean climates?
What is the difference between alpha and beta diversity?
* For each biome you should have a general idea of the climate, plant diversity, and animal
diversity.