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WorksheetsMJB Glossary Terms -Appendix B.
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is? microscopic floating and suspended aquatic plants
zooplankton
interspersion
phytoplankton:
turbidity
What are plants that bear seeds in a pod; examples include lespedezas, clovers, soybeans, peas, and black locust ?
soft mast
browse
succulents
legume
collective term for fruits, trees, shrubs and vines, both hard and soft (fleshy), such as acorns, hickory nuts, persimmon, mulberry, blackberry, and grape
mast
thatch
browse
forb
What is the term for: a method commonly used to monitor relative abundance of songbirds
point count:
defecating
carrying capacity
irrigate
What term means : usually used to describe the periodic movement to and from a breeding area; may also be used to explain other seasonal movements, such as altitudinal migration in elevation in response to snow cover and food availability?
crepuscular
migration
seral stage
rejuvenate
What term means: plant and animal species originating historically or migrating naturally to a particular ecoregion?
population
secluded
native
regeneration
What term means: a measure of water clarity (or cloudiness) as influenced by suspension of sediment or other materials, but most often soil particles (usually silt or clay)?
irrigate
turbidity
stagnant
transitional
What term means: the maximum population that an area can sustain without causing some type of damage; usually related to food, cover, water, or space for a particular species (biological carrying capacity), but the term is sometimes applicable to cultural limitations for humans?
carrying capacity
stocking rate
ephemeral
ecosystem
What term means: amount of land allotted to each animal for the entire grazable portion of the year?
browse
carrying capacity
stocking rate
succession
What term means: seed occurring naturally in the top few inches of soil?
seedbank
mast
nutrients
regenerate
What term means: microscopic animals that float/swim in water?
phytoplankton
raparian
species
zooplankton
What is the term for: the area adjacent to and influenced by a water source such as a creek, stream, river, pond, lake,swamp or other wetland?
savanna
Riparian
terrain
landscape
What term means : replacement of one vegetation type or seral stage by another?
succession
riparian
terrain
landscape
What term means: a group of individuals of the same species living in a given area that interact with each other?
population
point counts
migration
invertebrates
What terms means : to replace lost or damaged parts with new tissue
seral stage
transitional
thatch
regenerate
What term means: a strip or block of cover that connects otherwise isolated areas for a particular wildlife species?
corridor
costal plain
riparian
creek bottom
What term means: large, nearly level areas of land near ocean shores?
corridor
riparian zone
coastal plain
tidal zone
What term means: n. leaves and ends of twigs of woody species; v. to eat browse?
ground litter
browse
mast
forbs
What term means: a small fish, especially up to one year of age?
ephemeral
fingerling
tadpole
small fish
