Levels of Ecology
This level of organization includes all parts of Earth where life exists
Biosphere
Weather and temperature are examples of _________ factors.
Short-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind, etc. are known as __________.
Weather
Open
This is the biome present in Pohnpei.
Tropical Rainforest
A group of different populations that live together are part of a ___________.
Community
Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact is known as a ________ factor.
The __________ effect refers to gases trapping heat inside the atmosphere.
These organisms serve as the bottom of the ocean food chain.
Plankton
This is generally the driest and hottest biome.
Desert
A large area of earth that includes a group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
The word "biotic" literally means _________.
Living
Rain shadow
In this zone, photosynthesis cannot occur.
Aphotic
This is the coldest biome and is characterized by a layer of permafrost in the soil during winter.
Tundra
This is what is found at the smallest level of ecological organization.
Species
An __________ is a level of ecological organization which involves how biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other.
Ecosystem
Climate change
This type of plankton gets its energy from photosynthesis.
Phytoplankton
In a tropical rain forest, the understory competes for sunlight, most of which is blocked by the _________ above.
Houses
In the words "abiotic" and "aphotic," the letter "a" means ____.
Not
The Biblical story that caused an ice age and global warming in Mr. Pitman's opinion.
Flood
A place where saltwater meets freshwater is known as an ___________.
Estuary
This is the biome that Mr. Pitman is from where trees lose their leaves during winter to produce humus.
Temperate forest