Biomes
Organization/ Carrying Capacity
Energy Flow
Organism Interactions/ cycles
Succession/ Biodiversity
100
geographic region with distinct climate, plants and animals.
What is a biome?
100
Largest population that can be supported in area w/out harming the environment.
What is carrying capacity?
100
10% of energy is transferred from one level to another.
What is energy flow?
100
The process in which liquid goes through a natural cycle to purify itself.
What is the water cycle.
100
Process of change in the species structure of an ecological community over time.
What is succession?
200
terrestrial and aquatic.
What are the two types of biomes?
200
limiting factors
What can affect carrying capacity?
200
Producers
What is the first level made of?
200
Condensation, Precipitation, surface runoff, evaporation, transpiration, sublimation.
What are the parts of the water cycle?
200
Species living outside of their normal ecosystem and compete with the native species.
What is a nonnative species?
300
desert
what biome has low precipitation with extreme temperature change?
300
food, space, water.
What are limiting factors?
300
The sun.
What is the largest energy source?
300
Nitrogen fixing bacteria.
What are bacteria in roots of plants and legumes that remove nitrogen from the atmosphere?
300
The study of interactions between different organism.
What is ecology?
400
Tropical rain forest, wetlands, tundra, deciduous forests, grassland, desert, estuary, coniferous forest/taiga.
What are the 5 different biomes?
400
Primary,First-Level, Secondary & Tertiary
What are the trophic levels?
400
Ecological pyramids show the relative amount of ____ contained within each trophic level in a given food web.
What is energy?
400
Natural disasters and predators.
What are two different primary successions?
500
Broad leaf plants & vines; animals in canopy with adaptations for climbing, jumping, flight, camouflage
What plants and animals are in the tropical rainforest?
500
Algae, marsh grass, zooplankton, etc.
What are primary producers?
500
birth rates, death rates, immigration & emigration
What are growth factors?
500
Sequence of transfers of matter and energy in the form of food for organism to organism.
What is the food chain?
500
fire, food and human activities.
What are examples of secondary succession?
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