What are regions that are wet for all or most of the year?
100
Pollute
What is people _______ rivers by dumping sewage in them.
200
Pioneer species
What is the first to inhabit an area(can survive extreme weather)
200
Tundra
What is a cold and dry treeless region that is sometimes called a cold desert
200
Lynx, moose, shrews, bears, and foxes.
What animals live in a taiga
200
Inertial zone
What is the portion of the shoreline that is covered with water at high tide and exposed at low tide?
200
Nutrients
Farmers that live in tropical areas can damage the environment by stripping the soil of its _________
300
Primary succession the process of succession that begins
What is the process of succession that begins in a place previously without plants
300
Taiga
What is a cold forest region that is dominated by cone bearing evergreen trees
300
Amphibians, reptiles, macaws, insects, and monkeys.
What animals live in tropical rain forests?
300
Estuary
What is the area where a river meets an ocean and contains a mixture of salt water and freshwater called?
300
Excessive growth of algae and plants in lakes and rivers
Fertilizer-filled runoff from farms and lawns can lead to what
400
Climax community
What is a community of plants that has reached the end stage of succession
400
Temperate deciduous forest
What is a area dominated by climax communities of deciduous trees that lose their leaves every autumn?
400
Kangaroos, zebras, wildebeest, sheep and cattle.
What animals live in grasslands?
400
Coral reef
What is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, (formed over long periods of time, from the calcium carbonate shells secreted by animals called corals?)
400
Before
To prevent problems sewage is treated ______ it is released.
500
Secondary succession
What is succession that begins in place that already has soil and was once the home of living organisms
500
Temperate rain forest
What is a area that is dominated by trees with needle like leaves and has an average temperature from 9 degrees Celsius to 12 degrees Celsius?
500
Amphibians
Wet areas are perfect habitats for what animals?
500
Ocean water
What borders all Earth's landmasses?
500
Fines, penalties
_____ and_______ are issued to people caught polluting waterways.