What is a snapshot of the current atmospheric conditions that consists of temperature, wind, cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed, and humidity.
100
One deer or one rabbit is an example of an?
What is individual, an organism, a species
100
Describe the climate of a desert?
What is high temperatures and low precipitation.
100
What is the majore aquatic ecosystem in the world?
What is the marine ecosystem.
100
A device that shows how energy is transferred through an ecosystem?
What is energy pyramid?
200
What are abiotic factors.
What are non-living factors of an environment that affect the carrying capacity of a biome.
200
When an environmentalist studies both organisms and their habitats they live in?
What is an ecosystem
200
A distinct characteristic of the tundra is
What is the permafrost
200
What are the other two aquatic ecosystems of the world?
What are freshwater and estuaries
200
The letter A in a Koppen Zone symbol represents what type of general climate?
What is a moist tropical climates are known for their high temperatures year round and for their large amount of year round rain.
300
What does the first letter of a Koppen Zone symbol represent?
What is a description of the general climate of a zone.
300
When a student goes to the woods to identify the number of populations present in an area, she is studying ____________?
What are the communities present in an area.
300
A unique characteristic of this biome is the amount of rain it gets year around.
What is tropical rainforest.
300
Name as least three abiotic factors that affect an aquatic ecosystem
What are water temperature, depth, amount of sunlight, pH, salinity and water flow.
300
A description of "Cold climates describe this climate type perfectly. These climates are part of areas where permanent ice and tundra are always present. Only about four months of the year have above freezing temperatures" is a description of what type of Koppen Zone
What is a Koppen Zone E
400
For climatologists, what is the length of time used to identify climate?
What is 30 years?
400
A large pack of wolves is an example of a _______?
What is population
400
This biome is characterized by cold winters and warm, wet summers with lots of coniferous trees.
What is the taiga
400
An area of land that is saturated, or soaked, with water for at least part of the year. Includes bogs, marshes, and swamps!
What is wetland
400
This Koppen Zone can be subdivided into both S & W
What is Koppen Zone B
500
What is a habitat?
What is an area that an animal lives in?
500
A large region characterized by similar climate and communities is ___________
What is a biome
500
This biome is characterized by plants that are fire resistant and recover from fires because their seeds are germinated by the extreme heat generated by the wild fires.
What is a grassland
500
A partially enclosed body of water formed where a river flows into an ocean?
What is estuary
500
What is the Koppen Zone symbol for the zone that we live in?