Definitions
The emission of light by organisms.
What is Bioluminescence?
A plant in this biome has processes that conserve a lot of water.
What is the Desert?
This lake zone does not get enough light for photosynthesis.
What is the Profundal Zone?
Animals, such as lions, that travel together, hunt for each other, and bring back food for their cubs are exhibiting this kind of species interaction.
What is Cooperation?
These are stingers in a coral, sea anemones, or jellyfish that sting and paralyze prey.
What are nemotocysts?
The process by which the mixture of species in a particular location changes over time.
What is Ecological Succession?
This is the biome where you will find a young tree and sapling zone.
What is a Temperate Forest?
This zone of an ocean or lake is the bottom, regardless of depth.
What is the Benthic Zone?
This type of symbiosis is exhibited between epiphytes and the trees with which they associate.
What is Commensalism?
This plant has a vascular system, makes seeds, but does not make flowers.
What is a Gymnosperm?
A large collection of animals and plants that occupy a particular geographical location.
What is Biome?
This biome is found closest to the equator, and this biome is found farthest from the equator.
What is the Tropical Rainforest and Tundra?
This is the specialized tissue an aquatic plant will have if its roots go into the mud at the bottom of a lake but its leaves are on top of the water.
What is Aerenchyma?
An ecosystem that experienced a significant disaster in its recent past will contain this kind of species.
What are Pioneer Species?
These are the four global biogeochemical cycles covered in this course.
What are the Hydrologic cycle, Carbon Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, and Phosphorus Cycle?
A body of water where freshwater from rivers or streams mixes with saltwater from the ocean.
What is Estuary?
Deciduous trees would be found in this kind of biome.
What is the Temperate Forest Biome?
An organism in this aquatic ecosystem is designed to tolerate large changes in salinity but requires a lot of sunlight to survive.
What is an Estuary?
Epiphytes live on other plants and can be found in this zone of a tropical rainforest.
What is the Understory?
An animal that has this kind of vision will have depth perception.
What is binocular vision?
A collection of living organisms (biotic) interacting with the physical environment (abiotic) within a particular geographical location.
What is Ecosystem?
These are the seven terrestrial biomes that were discussed in our book.
What are Rainforests, Desert, Temperate Forests, Grasslands, Scrublands, Coniferous Forests, and Tundra?
An organism most likely to be found in this ocean zone does photosynthesis.
What is the Epipelagic Zone?
When abundant resources have been added to a population of organisms, they will experience this kind of growth.
What is Exponential Population Growth?
These are the three types of symbiotic relationships discussed in our book.
What are Mutualism, Commensalism, and Parasitism?