Aquatic Biomes
Relating to water. Living in or near water or taking place in water.
What is aquatic?
Land area found near the equator. The climate is very humid and wet with an average yearly rainfall of more than 300 cm. This biome has the most biodiversity of all the biomes.
What is the tropical rainforest?
Very large ecological area on the earth's surface with animals and plants adapting to their environment.
What is a biome?
A land area that is covered by water at least part of the year, and they usually serve as drainage areas. Example: The Okefenokee Swamp
What is a wetland?
The pond behind our school and Lake Sinclair are examples of this type of biome
What is a freshwater biome?
Habitats where the freshwater of a river meets saltwater from an ocean. The water is a mixture of fresh and saltwater often described as brackish.
What are estuaries?
A land area where there is little rain less than 25 cm per year. Only a few kinds of plants grow here. Temperatures are very hot in the summer but can drop below freezing at night.
What is the desert?
Adjective used to describe anything living or growing on land.
What is terrestrial?
The Okefenokee Swamp is an example of this; it serves as a drainage area for water.
What is a wetland?
Mosses, Lichens, polar bears, and reindeers are found in this biome.
What is the tundra?
Large areas of the ocean and saltwater ecosystems.
What are marine biomes?
Land area located in Africa, mostly made up of grasses, and a few trees. Usually a dry season and a wet season.
What is the savanna?
Water that falls from the sky.
What is precipitation?
Many fish, sharks, and other sea creatures use this area as a nursery to have their offspring because it provides a habitat for them.
What is an estuary?
This biome is dominated by forests of cone-bearing (conifer) trees and are cold most of the year.
What is the Taiga?
Large areas of water that have no salt or very little salt.
What are freshwater biomes?
Norethern-most land area in Eurasia and North America. The area experiences extreme low temperatures, long winters, and on trees.
What is the tundra?
Long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.
Climate
This type of biome can be classified based on the amount of salt in the water.
What is a marine biome?
When we visit the beach we can walk along this area and see the areas of high and low tide.
What is the intertidal zone?
Area near the shoreline which is between the highest high-tide line and the lowest low-tide line.
What is intertidal zone?
Land area characterized by coniferous forests (needle-leaved trees). The winters are cold and long. The summers are short and cool.
What is the Taiga?
Term given to the variety of life on Earth. Includes all species of plants, animals, and other organisms.
What is biodiversity?
A biome known for having four seasons. It has deciduous trees with leaves that change color in autumn, fall off in the winter, and grow back in the spring.
What is temperate deciduous forest?
The different zones of the ocean are considered this.
What is aquatic?