Section 4.1
The day to day conditions of Earth's atmosphere at a particular place and time.
Weather
The area where an organism lives.
Habitat
A mosquito bites you. This is an example of (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism).
Parasitism
Characterized by hot, humid temperatures and large amounts of rainfall exceeding 100 inches per year.
Rainforest
What we call factors such as other animals and vegetation.
Biotic factors
The average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a certain area.
A necessity of life for an organism.
Resource
A fish lives it's life on the back of a Great White Shark. The fish gets protection - the shark doesn't seem to notice. This is an example of (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism).
Commensalism
This biome has a very hot, dry climate with little rainfall each year.
Desert
What we call factors such as soil, water, wind, sunlight.
Abiotic factors
The climate zone that surrounds the equator and receives the most direct sunlight.
Tropical Zone
An organism's role in their ecosystem - like a job.
Niche
A bird shares a close relationship with a crocodile. The bird nests near the same location as the crocodile. The crocodile likes the bird near because it alerts it to trouble. The bird also gets protection from the crocodile. This is an example of (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism).
Mutualism
Characterized by small amounts of simple plant life (due to permafrost); extremely cold winters and cool summers.
Tundra
Characterized by prairie, steppe ,and savannah regions. Very few trees in this biome. The soil is usually fertile.
Grasslands
When heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere warming the planet like a blanket - this is the ________ Effect.
Greenhouse
When two organisms attempt to occupy the same niche in an ecosystem, _______ happens.
Mistletoe lives on the branches of other trees and obtains resources though the tree. They often damage the branches of the tree they live on. This is an example of (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism).
Parasitism
Characterized by changing seasons, and trees that have leaves instead of needles.
Temperate (Deciduous) Forest
Which of the following things DOES NOT cause climate: greenhouse effect, latitude, longitude, precipitation.
Longitude
Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas: water vapor, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and methane.
Oxygen
Competitive Exclusion
Tree frogs live their entire lives in the canopy of trees. They are protected by the green color (compliments their natural camouflage) and the dense leaves. The tree is neither helped nor harmed. This is an example of (parasitism, commensalism, mutualism).
Commensalism
Plants in this biome consist of mostly evergreen trees. Temperatures are very cold in the winter and mild in the summertime.
Taiga (Boreal Forest)
When one organism hunts another, the hunter is the _______ and the hunted is the ______.
Predator; Prey