Biomes
This biome is cold, treeless, and permanently frozen.
Tundra
Its usually hot in Texas in July. This is a statement of weather or climate?
Climate
This type of succession has never had soil.
Primary succession
If an animal species has a large impact on its habitat it is most likely a _______ species.
Keystone species
This biome is mountainous, cold, has small vegetation and insulated animals.
Alpine
These two measurements are found on a climatogram.
Rainfall & temperature
Vegetation growing after a hurricane has destroyed a patch of land is an example of this type of succession.
Secondary succession
Animals that are sensitive to their environments can be described as ______ species.
Indicator species
This biome has year round warmth, is near the equator, and has rainy and dry seasons.
Rainforest
The flow of energy from one organism to another
The growth of lichens in an area that has never had soil is this type of succession.
Primary succession
If an organism is introduced to a new ecosystem and goes undetected, it is most likely an ______ species.
Invasive species
A biome is an area of the planet that can be classified according to the _______ and ______ that live in it.
Plants & Animals
What do you find along a transect line?
The total number of organisms in an area
A climax community is the ______ stage of succession.
Final
If an organism has a small tolerance range it is an ________ species.
This biome is cold, hot and dry with little vegetation and nocturnal animals.
Desert biome
An ecosystem will have a higher rate of survivability if it has a HIGH or LOW rate of biodiversity?
High
The recolonization of an area that has been burned by a forest fire is this type of succession.
Secondary succession
Sea otters have a large impact on their habitats and feed on sea urchins to help maintain their marine ecosystems by preventing sea urchins from overfeeding on kelp. Sea otters are an example of this type of species.
Keystone species