The Carbon Cycle
The gas use during photosynthesis.
A large region with a specific climate and organisms.
What is a biome?
The amount of dissolved salt in water.
What is salinity?
The two most important climate factors affecting terrestrial biomes.
What are temperature & precipitation?
Aquatic biome with low salt concentration, such as lakes & rivers
What are fresh water biomes?
The process by which plants remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
What is photosynthesis?
This biome has very low rainfall & extreme temperatures.
What is a desert?
The factor determines how much sunlight reaches aquatic organisms.
What is water depth?
This factor measures how far a location is from the equator.
What is a latitude?
Aquatic biomes with high salt concentration, such as seas & oceans.
What are marine biomes?
The process by which living organisms release carbon dioxide into the air.
Wha tis cellular respiration?
This biome is cold, treeless and has permafrost.
What is the tendra?
Warm or cold conditions in water are described by this factor.
As this factor increases, temperature usually decreases.
What is a altitude?
The zone where freshwater rivers meet the ocean.
What is an estuary?
The portion of carbon that is not released through respiration is eliminated in plant & animal waste.
What is decomposition of waste.
This biome has many trees & receives a lot of rain.
What is a forest?
Moving water in rivers, oceans and lakes is known as this.
What is currents?
Seasonal patterns of temperature & rainfall help determine this characteristic of a terrestrial biome.
What is vegetation?
This marine biome is shallow, warm and highly biodierse.
What is a coral reef?
The calcium carbonate from shells & skeletons fall to the ocean floor & accumulates, then changes and forms this.
What is carbonate rock
This biome is known for grasses and grazing animals.
What is grassland?
The presence of oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are for
What is respiration and photosynthesis?
This factor can moderate temperatures and increase moisture levels, causing areas near oceans or lakes to have different terrestrial biomes than inland regions.
What is proximity to water?
The organisms that live in or on the seabed (ocean floor) make up a group called this.
What is the benthos?