Ecology
Biomes
Human Impact
Species Interactions
Misc.
100
The variety of forms of life in an area.
What is biodiversity?
100
Permafrost is a defining characteristic of this biome.
What is the tundra?
100
Human activities that affect the environment.
What is pollution?
100
When an individual of one species eats all or part of an individual of another species.
What is predation?
100
The species that is causing the most disturbances?
What is humans?
200
The parts of Earth were all life exists.
What is biosphere?
200
The biome that is known for their large amount of rainfall and warm climate.
What is tropical rainforest?
200
The main cause of the thinning of the Ozone layer.
What is CFC's? (chlorofluorocarbons)
200
A relationship where one individual is harmed while the other one is benefited.
What is parasitism?
200
Species on the verge of extinction?
What is an endangered species.
300
The tendency of a community to maintain relatively constant conditions.
What is stability?
300
The biome that receives low precipitation.
What is the desert?
300
The atmosphere ability to trap heat.
What is greenhouse effect?
300
The relationship when both organisms obtain some benefit.
What is mutualism?
300
The weather pattern over an extended period of time.
What is climate?
400
Species richness varies with _______ distance from the equator.
What is latitude?
400
The biome that is characterized by a large amount of trees and rich soil from the decomposition of tree leaves.
What is the decidious forest?
400
The cause of the raise of the average global temperature?
What is the amount increase of carbon dioxide? What is burning fossil fuels?
400
Once specie closely resembles another.
What is mimicry?
400
Species whose role predominates early in succession?
What is a pioneer species?
500
The pattern where the species richness in larger areas usually contain more species that smaller areas.
What is species-area effect?
500
The place where fresh water meets salt water.
What is estuaries?
500
The events that change communities, remove or destroys organisms from communities, or alter resource availability.
What is disturbances?
500
The interaction in which one species benefits while the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?
500
A stable group of plants and animals that are the result of the succession process.
What is climax community?
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