7.3 Tropical Environment Quiz

What is "Secondary succession"?

• If plant succession is halted before reaching dynamic equilibrium

• Temporal changes in a plant community as they move to seral climax

• The group of species best suited to exploit the prevailing environmental conditions

• The interaction between soil, climate, and vegetation

What is a "Soil Profile"?

• They way particles which make up a soil stick together

• A cross-section through a soil going vertically down from the ground surface to the parent material

• The rotted down organic material in the soil

• The solid rock or loose surface deposit on which a soil has developed

What is "Humus"?

• The solid rock or loose surface deposit on which a soil has developed

• The rotted down organic material which is incorporated into the upper horizon of the soil

• The surface layer of the soil

• Soils of hot humid climates that are infertile, acidic, and deeply weathered

What is "Laterisation" also known as?

• Ferrallitisation

• Leaching

• Gleying

• Latosols

What occurs when evapotranspiration is greater than precipitation in places where the water table is near to the surface?

• Capillary action

• Salinisation

• Gleying

What is the amount of organic material produced by plants and made available to herbivores called?

• Succession

• Nutrient Cycling

• Net primary productivity (NPP)

• Abiotic

What term describes an organism that grows upon another organism without being parasitic?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Epiphyte

• Sub Climax Community

Which are most typically soils of Savanna Climates?

• Tropical red

• Tropical Brown

• Latosols

• Oxisols

Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor?

• Light

• Temperature

• Plants

• Soil

Which process involves the movement of salts upwards due to moisture evaporation from the surface?

• Capillary action

• Salinisation

• Net primary productivity

• Biotic