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Vocabulary
100
The largest terrestrial biome. (forests here are prone to wildfires)
What is the taiga?
100
List the parts of a map.
What is title, legend, key, grid system, direction, and scale?
100
any living component that affects population of another organism/environment Give an example.
What is a biotic factor? snake, moss, leaf, people, goldfish, tulip, bumblebee, raccoon, polar bear, earthworm, deer, salamander, maple tree, raspberry bush, eagle, corn on the plant, a cell, bacteria, bird, buffalo, cat, dog, fungi, grass, Mom
100
Each of the three traditional divisions (animal, vegetable, and mineral) in which natural objects have conventionally been classified.
What is a kingdom?
200
Less than 20 inches of rain a year. (They cover 20% of Earth's surface)
What is the desert?
200
Two sets of lines that show the exact coordinates of an exact location
What is latitude and longitude?
200
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.
What is phylum?
300
A layer of permanently frozen subsoil called permafrost exists, consisting mostly of gravel and finer material. (Some areas receive rain, but are very cold or rocky)
What is the tundra?
300
What is a different name for topography maps?
What is a contour map?
300
a non-living condition or thing that influences/affects an ecosystem and organisms in it Give an example.
What is an abiotic factor? rain, clouds, oxygen, mountain, sand, wind, mud, sunlight, air, weather, temperature, rocks, soil, gold, minerals, moon, volcanoes, ice, lake, fire, climate, Ph of soil, dust, school, shirt, street, water
300
a taxonomic rank between phylum and family
What is class?
400
Greatest diversity of species. (It receives 160-400 inches of rain per year and stays between 69 and 90 degrees Fahrenheit)
What is the rainforest?
400
Used to shown elevation lines above sea level
What is a topographic map?
400
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. It is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus
What is species?
400
a taxonomic rank that is classified between class and genus
What is family?
500
Characterized as lands dominated by grasses rather than large shrubs or trees. (Characterized by hot summers and cold winters )
What is the grasslands?
500
What do hachure marks show?
What is craters?
500
The weather makes the grass wet. In this example, what factor is affecting the other?
What is an abiotic factor affecting a biotic factor?
500
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family
What is genus?
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