Biomes
A large regional ecosystem defined by climate, soil, plants, and animals
What is Biome
A biome that receives less than 25cm of rain per year.
What is Desert
Rain-forests receive heavy amounts of this year-round.
What is rainfall
Trees that lose their leaves each year.
What is Deciduous trees
One of the two main aquatic ecosystem types found in oceans.
What is Marine ecosystems
The long term average of temperature and precipitation in an area/
What is Climate
Special trait organisms need to survive in deserts.
What is adaptation
Rainforests have high amounts of this.
What is Biodiversity
Two ways animals survive weather
What is Migration and Hibernation
One of the two main aquatic ecosystem types with lakes and rivers.
What is Freshwater ecosystems
Living things in an Ecosystem.
What is Biotic Factors
Animals that are active at night.
What is nocturnal
The rain forest layer with the tallest trees and most sunlight.
What is Emergent Layer
Another name for the boreal forest
What is Taiga
The percentage of Earth’s water that is freshwater.
What is 3%
Non-living things in an ecosystem.
What is Abiotic factors
Plants like cacti store this in their stems.
What is water
The rainforest layer that has the most life.
What is Canopy
The type of trees found in boreal forests.
What is Coniferous trees
The shoreline zone between tides.
What is Intertidal Zone
The two things that make up climate.
What is Temperature and Precipitation
Grasslands near the equator with scattered trees.
What is Savannas
The darkest layer with little sunlight.
What is Forest Floor
The permanently frozen ground in the tundra.
What is Permafrost
The ocean zone with no sunlight.
What is Deep Zone