Matching Questions Match Each Term with Its Description

question 3

Multiple Choice

Matching Questions
match each term with its description:
-Quaternary

• A)most recent period of geologic time
• B)most recent era of geologic time
• C)oldest epoch of most recent era
• D)time of most recent series of ice ages

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Definitions:

Killing Frost

A severe frost event causing significant damage or death to vegetation, effectively ending the growing season for many plants.

Density-Independent Factor

A factor that affects the size of populations regardless of their density, such as weather or natural disasters.

Predation

A biological interaction where a predator organism kills and consumes another organism known as the prey.

Semelparous

organisms that reproduce a single time before death, often investing all energy into one reproductive event.