Biomes 1
Day-to-day conditions in Earth's atmosphere, such as "sunny and humid," describe what?
Weather
In aquatic ecosystems, net primary productivity is related to what two factors?
Amount of sunlight and nutrients
Lakes and Ponds are types of _________ freshwater ecosystems.
standing
Criteria such as salinity, depth, and whether the water is flowing or standing are used by scientiststo classify what?
Aquatic biomes.
What was the most popular video game of the 1980s?
Super Mario Bros.
_____ and ______ biomes have the highest net primary production.
Hot; humid
What is the aphotic zone in an aquatic ecosystem?
The very bottom of a body of water.
What terrestrial bome has the highest net primary productivity?
Tropical Rain Forest.
Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have the highest temperatures?
Photic
What ancient Chinese toy was repopularized in the late 80's and sometimes called "footbag."
Hackey Sack
________ describes the average conditions, including temperature and precipitation, over long periods in a given area.
Climate
Ecologists tend to divide the photic zone of lakes and ponds based on what?
Distance from the bottom
Where rivers flow into the ocean, mixing fresh water with saltwater, brackish ecosystems occur which are called what?
Estuaries
Marshes, swamps, and bogs are examples of
Aquatic biomes
What popular 80s hairstyle is shorter in the front and sides, but longer in the back?
Mullet
Ecologists use similarities between ecosystems to classify them into broad categories called what?
Biomes
What zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life—both producers and consumers?
Photic zone
What is the name of the type of large brown algae that grows from the ocean floor of continental shelves, reaching upward toward the sunlit surface?
Kelp
What ocean zone begins at the edge of the continental shelf and then extends outward into deeper water?
Open ocean
Which NFL team won the most Super Bowls in the 1980s?
The 49ers
What is it called when the average weather over a period of time begins to alter?
Climate change.
What percentage of Earth's surface is covered in water?
75%
In temperate rain forests, trees such as cedars and spruces, which do not lose their leaves at any time of year, are called what?
Coniferous
On a biome map, patches representing the same biome tend to occur at similar what?
What year was the Nike slogan ‘Just do it’ launched?
1988