This biome records less than 10 inches of rain annually and as a result there is sandy and rocky soil.
What is a desert biome?
100
Three limiting factors that affect the population of organisms; an organism's habitat
What are food, water and shelter?
100
Organisms in an ecosystem that eat only plant material.
What are Herbivores?
100
The maximum rate at which a population can increase when resources are unlimited and conditions are ideal.
What is Biotic Potential?
200
Interlocking food chains bond together to form this.
What is a food web?
200
This biome also known as deciduous has 4 distinct seasons, only 5 months of which are good for growing.
What is temperate forest?
200
One factor that may limit the amount of organisms in an ecosystem is the number of consumers of that organism; also known as
What are predators?
200
Organisms in an ecosystem that only eat other organisms.
What is a carnivore?
200
The amount of time an organism is capable of reproducing. Example: from 14 to 40 years of age
What is reproductive span?
300
A community of plants and organisms living in their habitat combined with non-living factors is called this.
What is an ecosystem?
300
In the extreme northern hemisphere, inside the arctic circle, this biome exists with soil that is permanently frozen.
What is the arctic tundra?
300
These are some negative effects of the population of a group of organisms increasing dramatically.
What is the overpopulation can cause dramatic decreases in habitat and an eventual decrease in the population.
300
Ominivores in an ecosystem will eat this.
What is both plant and animal material?
300
The number of offspring that are born during a single pregnancy.
What is litter size?
400
ALGAE-->GRASSHOPPER-->FROG-->SNAKE-->OWL
**Removing the FROG from this food chain would cause these effects**
What is SNAKEs die no food, OWLS die no food, GRASSHOPPERS overpopulate, ALGAE is overconsumed, ALGAE dies, GRASSHOPPERS die
400
A substantial lack of precipitation would have the largest effect on this biome due to its plethora of organisms and plant life.
What is the tropical rainforest?
400
Limiting factors for a group of organisms effect the ability for the ecosystem to support them. The maximum number of individuals that can be supported at any time is known as this.
What is carrying capacity?
400
Producers in an ecosystem get their energy from the sun during this process.
What is photosynthesis?
400
These are the 4 variables that goven changes in population size.
What are births, deaths, immigration and emigration?
500
These are the effects of removing a single organism from the food web.
What is other organisms must adjust and eat other things, which could cause other organisms to overpopulate or be depleated.
500
This biome has a dense layer of humus that is great for growing crops and also displays seasonal temperatures.
What is temperate grassland?
500
The time required for the birth rate to decline and the death rate to increase in response to resource limits is called this.
What is reproductive lag time?
500
These are 2 organisms that are examples of decomposers in an ecosystem.
What are fungi and bacteria?
500
Environmental resistance caused by shortages of food, water and shelter could be caused by at lease 2 of these adverse conditions.
What are disease, drought and temperature extremes?