Levels of Organization
Group of similar organisms that can produce fertile offspring
What is species?
This zone has very hot summers and very cold winters
What is temperate?
This biome receives less than 25cm of rainfall annually
What is desert?
Any physical, nonliving factor that shapes an ecosystem
What is an abiotic factor?
The scientific study of interactions among organisms, populations, and communities, and their interactions with their environments
What is ecology?
Groups of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
What is population?
Part of Earth where life exists, including land, water, and air/atmosphere
What is biosphere?
This type of biome has more species than all other biomes combined
What are tropical rain forests?
Patterns and averages of temperature, precipitation, clouds, and winds over many years
What is climate?
Examples of these are carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor; these trap heat in the atmosphere
What are greenhouse gases?
Assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.
What is community?
This is an ocean zone; sunlight region near the surface of water where photosynthesis can occur
What is photic zone?
This biome is characterized by permafrost, strong winds, dark winters, and low-growing plants
What is tundra?
True/False: Algae is an abiotic factor in an ecosystem
What is false?
All of the rock at and below the Earth's surface
What is geosphere?
All the organisms that live in a place, together with their nonliving/physical environment
What is ecosystem?
This climate zone has bitterly cold winters and summers barely get warm
What is polar?
Tall trees form a dense, leafy covering called this in a tropical rain forest
What is canopy?
These types of tress seasonally drop their leaves to conserve water in a dry season
What are deciduous trees?
Phenomena where visible light, from the sun, enters the atmosphere and traps heat
Group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organisms
What is biome?
This is the -sphere where greenhouse gases are trapped when sunlight hits Earth
What is atmosphere?
In a temperate forest, this is the material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter
What is humus?
Climate, weather, and everything on Earth are ultimately powered and shaped by this type of energy
What is sun/sunlight/solar energy?
This is a wetland where river meets the sea; freshwater and saltwater mix; serve as a breeding and nursery ground for many organisms
What is an estuary?