Characteristics of living things
What is the smallest unit of life?
cells
What is a place where salt water and fresh water mixes called?
An Estuary
What is the bottom part of a wave called?
The Trough
What is the name of the S shaped graph?
Logistic
Which biome has permafrost?
Tundra
Are living things abiotic or biotic?
Biotic
What is turbidity?
How clear or not clear the water is.
What does primary succession start with?
Rock
What is the amount of organisms an ecosystem can hold?
Carrying Capacity
Which Biome had the most plants and animals?
Tropical Rainforest
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Sickness a person can get from going too deep under water too fast.
Bends
What is the movement of individuals out of a population called?
Migration
What is the name of the J shaped graph?
Exponential
Which Biome is important for farming?
Grassland
Whats the biggest unit of live?
An Organism
What is it called when a wave starts to crash over?
Breaker
What are the 4 forms of precipitation?
Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail
When an organism produces all of its offspring in a single event
Big-Bang
Which Biome is the driest of earth?
Desert
How do living things create a stable internal environment?
Homeostasis
What is upwelling?
When cold water rises to the surface bringing nutrients from the seafloor.
When on organism benefits and one is harmed what is this called?
Parasitism
Which survivorship curve has a constant death rate throughout its lifespan.
Type 2
Which Biome has trees with needles instead of leaves?
Taiga