Parts of Ecosystems
All the living or once living parts of the environment are called this.
What is biotic factors?
The level of organization that describes the entire earth.
What is the Biosphere?
To conserve water loss and protect themselves from being eaten, cacti have adapted leaves that look like these sharp structures.
What are spines?
What is weather?
A smaller stream, creek, or river that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
Water, soil, sunlight are examples of this.
What is abiotic factors?
Large areas of the Earth with the same climate, vegetation, and species.
What is an ecosystem?
This is a change in the structure of the body of the organism to help it survive
What is a physical adaptation?
Saying "Richmond typically gets around 43 inches of rain per year" describes this concept.
What is climate?
This is the boundary between one watershed and other watersheds.
What is a divide or ridgeline?
A specific type of organism that can reproduce with other of its same kind.
What is species?
Two or more populations living in an area.
What is a Community?
A deep, sleep-like state of inactivity during winter that allows animals to conserve energy when food is scarce.
What is hibernation?
This is the measurement around the earth that determines how warm or cold an ecosystem may be.
What is latitude?
When water falls and hits a non-porous surface and flows - it is called this.
What is surface runoff?
What is population?
This is an action an organism takes to help it survive its environment.
What is behavioral adaptation?
This word best describes Virginia's climate
What is fair?
This is the area where fresh water mixes with salt water and results in brackish water
What is an estuary?
This key abiotic factor determines how deep plants and algae can grow in freshwater and marine ecosystems.
What is sunlight?
Male Northern Cardinals are bright red, but female cardinals have dull brown feathers as an adaptation to achieve this while sitting on eggs in the nest.
What is camouflage?
At what latitude are the warmest climates?
What is at the equator (0 degrees)?
Known as "nature's sponges," these ecosystems trap sediment, absorb floodwaters, and filter out pollutants before water reaches bays.
What are wetlands (or marshes/swamps)?