Where in the World
One of the great floral kingdoms of the world, this small area is home to 8,500 different types of plants.
South Africa, Cape of Good Hope
The process by which liquid water turns into water vapor and moves into the atmosphere
Evaporation
The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create glucose (food) and release oxygen.
Photosynthesis
Rainfall affects dispersal of a population by changing a bend in a river between the population.
Abiotic
Areas of land that receive no more than 10 inches of precipitation a year
Desert
The second-largest rainforest on Earth, experiences more lightning storms than anywhere else on Earth
The Congo Rainforest
The process by which water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, hail, or fog
Precipitation
The breakdown of dead organisms by bacteria and fungi, releasing carbon back into the environment.
Decomposition
An ascaris nematode feeds on nutrients in the intestines of a pig.
Biotic (Predation)
Large, flat areas of grasses
Grassland
covers a third of the entire continent of Africa, rains only once or twice a year
The Sahara Desert
The process by which water vapor in the air turns into liquid water, forming clouds
Condensation
A type of stored carbon, like coal, oil, and natural gas, formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals
Fossil Fuels
A tiger affects the dispersal of gazelle by consuming newborn young.
Biotic (Predation)
orests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation
Rainforest
A massive, towering wall of snow-capped mountains stretches in an arc, isolating South Asia from the rest of the continent.
The Himalayan Mountain Range
The process by which plants release water into the atmosphere through their leaves
Transpiration
The process where organisms use oxygen to break down glucose, releasing carbon dioxide as a byproduct
Respiration
An ox-bird eats the parasites of the skin of a cow.
Biotic (Mutualism)
dense trees that provide shelter and food for a variety of animals
forest
the most diverse and biologically complex marine ecosystem on the planet. It spans across parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea.
The Coral Triangle
The movement of water along the ground's surface into bodies of water
Runoff
process of burning something; example is when a substance such as wood, coal and gas reacts with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water vapor, heat and energy.
Combustion
Worms are unable to living in a certain environment because of the soil type.
Abiotic
a cold region of treeless level or rolling ground
Tundra