Biomes
Hottest and driest biome
What is desert?
An organism’s occupation in its environment
What is niche?
The layer of earth where life exists
What is the biosphere?
Relationship where organisms struggle with each other for resources
What is competition?
This classification describes an organism’s feeding relationship with other organisms
What is a trophic level?
plains and prairies filled with fertile soil
What is grassland?
An environment and all its organisms form this
What is an ecosystem?
All the organisms of one species in an ecosystem
What is a population?
Relationship where one animal hunts another for food
What is predation?
A relationship where both organisms benefit
What is mutualism?
Biome with no trees because of the short growing season
What is arctic tundra?
This type of factor is an organism that lives in the same ecosystem as another organism being studied
What is a biotic factor?
All the living things in an ecosystem
What is a community?
Organisms feed on carcasses of dead animals
What is a scavenger?
Water biome that is too salty to be freshwater and not salty enough to be saltwater
What is a brackish biome?
Biome where conifers are the dominant vegetation
What is boreal forest?
The number and variety of species in an environment
What is biodiversity?
Occurs when carrying capacity is exceeded
What is overpopulation?
An organism that feeds on dead and decaying matter
What is a saprophyte?
Dominant plant species in a biome
What is climax vegetation?
Hot humid biome near the equator with a dense canopy of trees
What is tropical rainforest?
Biogeochemical cycle that recycles nutrients found in soil and rocks
What is the sedimentary cycle?
In this process a new ecosystem develops where one was damaged
What is ecological succession?
Type of relationship between organisms where there is no direct contact
What is neutralism?
False idea that nature is God
What is pantheism?