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What is the scientific study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments?
Ecology
100
What is a current?
A river-like flow pattern within a body of water
100
What are the major types of terrestrial ecosystems that cover large regions?
Biomes
100
What make up the photic zone in the lake?
It is the shallow water close to shore and the upper zone of water away from shore where photosynthesis occurs.
200
What are the five levels of ecological study?
Individual Organisms, Populations, Communities, Ecosystems, Biosphere
200
What are the temperate zones?
The latitudes in between the tropics and the polar zones in each hemisphere.
200
What biome can receive as much as 350 cm of rain yearly?
The tropical rain forest
200
What is the bottom of any aquatic ecosystem called?
The benthic zone
300
What are the 5 key abiotic factors?
Sunlight, Water, Temperature, Soil and wind
300
What is the warmest temperature zone?
The tropics
300
What are savannas?
Grasslands with scattered trees.
300
What are estuaries?
Where streams and rivers merge with ocean water
400
What are specific environments where organisms live?
Habitats
400
What temperature zones receive the least amount of direct sunlight year round?
The polar zones
400
What are land areas receiving less than 30 cm of rain per year called?
Deserts
400
What are hydrothermal vents?
They are spots on the ocean floor where hot gases and minerals escape from Earth's interior into the water.
500
What does an ecosystem include?
The abiotic and biotic factors in any area
500
Give an example of a microclimate
What is an underside of a log, kangaroo rat etc.
500
What is a temperate coastal biome which is dominated by dense evergreen shrubs called?
A chaparral
500
Name 4 Ocean Zones
Pelagic zone, Intertidal zone, neritic zone, oceanic zone
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