A type of weather that occurs in an arean area over along period of time
What is climate?
100
Regardless of the size, everything in an ___________ interacts
What is an ecosystem?
100
There is little rain. It is the driest biome. It can also be very hot in the day andf cold at night. Cacti, sagebrush, and otehr plants adaptedtolive with little water are found here
What is the Desert biome?
100
In the Interdial zone, you would find this type of sea animal?
What is a Crab, starfish, or mussel?
200
A large group of similar ecosystems
What is a biome?
200
A large ecosystem located in southern Florida.
What is the Florida Everglades?
200
This biome has long, severe winters and short cool summers. Common trees found there are pines, firs, and spruces. Animals include moose, deer, and wolves. It recieves about 20 inches of precipitation.
What is temperate forest?
200
The ________________ is where it is cold, deep, and dark. Dolphins, sharks, and whales will be found at this level.
What is Open Ocean Zone?
200
Plant eaters are known as
What is an herbivore?
300
A description of how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another
What is a food chain?
300
The plants, birds, fish, and other organisms make up a ______________
What is a Community?
300
This biome is very rainy and hot. It receives more than 240 inches of rain. Temperatures range from 64-95 degrees. This biome is closer to the equator. It includes exotic snakes and birds.
What is rainforest biome?
300
In the _________ _______ ______ is home to the underwater forest. You would find kelp there.
What is the Near Shore Zone?
300
Animals that eat meat and plants are known as__________.
What is Omnivores?
400
a description of all the foods chains in an ecosystem
What is food web?
400
The mangrove trees and the cypress trees make up the ________________ in the ecosystem.
What is the population?
400
This is the coldest biome. Mosses, lichens, dwarf-like trees live in this biome. Polar Bears, caribou, and reindeer live here. This biome is the fartherst away from the equator.
What is Tundra?
400
The Intertidal zone is affected by the ___________.
What are tides?
400
A _________________________ makes its own food.
What is a Producer?
500
a group of living things of different species found in an ecosystem
What is a Community?
500
This is where salt water and fresh water meets
What is an estuary?
500
This biome includes prairies and savannas. Temperatures range from -22 to 86 degrees. Animals include the deer, rabbits, skunks and squirrels. Plants include the maple, oak, and beech tree.
What is Grasslands?
500
A river, lake, pond, and a stream are known as_______________Ecosystems.
What are Freshwater Ecosystems?
500
A producer makes its own food; a __________ does not.