Terrestrial Biomes 1
What biome has fertile soil with grass as the predominant vegetation? Also has pronounced seasonal fluctuations in temperature.
Temperate grasslands
What biome is the most diverse terrestrial biome and is categorized by hot temperatures and high rainfall?
Tropical Rain Forest
what is the difference between the photic and aphotic zones?
Photic zone → area of ocean where light can penetrate (depth of about 650 ft)
Aphotic zone → light does not penetrate here (below 650 ft)
what zone is the ocean floor called?
Benthic zone
What are biomes distinguished by?
temperature range and amount of precipitation
What biome is found in California, the Mediterranean Sea, and Southern Austria and is categorized by a forest of shrubs?
Chaparral
What biome has the least amount of rainfall and some of the hottest temperatures during the day, with cooler temperatures at night?
Desert
Describe Thermal stratification
water closer to the surface is warmer because of solar warming, while the deeper down u go the cooler it becomes
What biome is the most diverse aquatic biome that is nutirent poor relying on mutualistic relationships with unicellular protists to provide its nutrients?
Coral Reefs
What is permafrost, and what happens when it thaws
soil that is perennially frozen, its summertime melt leads to burst of productivity
What biome has little evaporation because of it’s cold temperatures? Rainfall is typically snow here.
Boreal Forests
What biome is the most common in North America, Western Europe, Eastern Asia, Chile, and New Zealand? Its range of temps can be as low as -22 F to as high as 86 F
Temperate Forest
What is coral made of?
formed by the accumulations of calcium rich skeletons from marine invertebrates
What is brackish water and where is it found.
mix of salt and fresh water, found in estuaries where freshwater (river) meets saltwater (ocean)
What biome has a clearly defined growing season?
Temperate forests
What biome has mostly annual plants that will lie dormant until favorable conditions arise then reproduce quickly after rain? Most animals in this biome are nocturnal.
Desert
What biome has a extensive dry season and therefore is categorized by having frequent wildfires and a quick response to disturbances?
Savanna
How have molluscs and halophytes adapted to living in estuaries?
Halophytes → plants adapted with root filters for salt water
Molluscs → can open and close shells, switch from anaerobic (no oxygen) to aerobic (oxygen) respiration
What zone is categorized by tides coming in and going out, this area sometimes is covered by water, sometimes not
Intertidal zone
Name a biome characterized by it's layered vegetative structure and a biome characterized by it's lack of
Tropical rain forests have, Boreal forests lack
What biome has many plants dormant during summer with some only germinating due to scarification?
Chaparral
What biome has cold, dry winters and cool, wet summers with low levels of species diversity. Categorized by it's acidic soil.
Boreal Forests
What zone is categorized as a cold, high pressure, high oxygen, low nutrient environment with no photosynthetic organisms?
Abyssal zone
What zone is has shallow water over the continental shelf (edge of the continent under water), and the highest productivity because of the amount of sunlight and nutrients?
Neritic zone
What biome is found above the tree line on mountains and has a growing season of 50-60 days and about 24 hours of daylight?
Arctic Tundra