Biomes
Predators + Prey
Graphs
Ecosystems
Vocab
100
very hot, less then 10 inches of rainfall each year.
What is the climate of a desert
100
Organism that does the feeding
What is a predator
100
demonstrates population growth under optimal conditions with no restraints. Usually occurs with elimination of a predator.
What is a J curve
100
the grouping of plants, animals, and microbes within a biota.
What is biotic communities
100
when species occur in the same area but live in different biomes.
What is isolation
200
Seasonal, with temperatures below freezing in the winter, and warm summers with 30-80 inches of rainfall each year.
What is the climate of a temperate forrest
200
The organism that is fed on
What is a prey
200
the maximum population that a given habitat can support.
What is carrying capacity
200
the different kind of plants, animals, and microbes in a community.
What is species
200
to produce a copy or imitation of.
What is clone
300
Large herbivores such as mule, deer, moose, elk, mice and squirrels.
What is the dominant animal life of a coniferous forrest
300
all food chains are interconnected and form a complex web of feeding relationships.
What is the food web
300
demonstrates the population at equilibrium.
What is an S curve
300
refers only to those individuals of a certain species that live within a given area
What is populations
300
a permanent, heritable change in the nucleotide sequence in a gene or a chromosome
What is a mutation
400
low growing sedges, dwarf shrubs, moss and grasses.
What is the dominant vegetation of a tundra
400
photosynthetic green plants and bacteria.
What is a producer
400
additions and subtractions are occurring continually and the population may fluctuate around a median.
What is a dynamic balance
400
joins together the biotic community and the abiotic conditions that it lives in
What is an ecosystem
400
the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
What is speciation
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