Habitats and loss
What is Urban Sprawl?
Mass expansion of urban areas which rapidly destroy the surrounding environment
A habitat that is an extremely dry area with very little rainfall
What is a desert?
What biome is composed of various species of grasses
Grasslands
What is the term for habitats related to water?
Aquatic
Tourism and recreation are examples of which of the following services provided by habitats?
Cultural Services
What is the term for breaking up habitats to the point where the habitat can no longer remain functional?
Habitat fragmentation
A large open area with tall grasses and few trees
What is Grassland>
What habitat is home to large evergreen trees, vines, ferns and mosses?
Tropical Rainforest
What is the name for floating algae that photosynthesize?
Phytoplankton
Rainforests supply 20% of this to all species on Earth
What is oxygen?
What is the act of complete loss of habitat through direct human involvement?
Habitat destruction
Select all of the statements which are true about rainforests. WRITE THE NUMBERS
1) Covers six percent of the earth
2) Is the least diverse habitat type
3) Contains half of all species of plants and animals on the earth
4) Contains nutrient-rich soil Most animals live on the forest floor
1 & 3
Covers six percent of the earth
Contains half of all species of plants and animals on the earth
What biome is home to trees with color-changing leaves such as oak, maple and beech?
Deciduous forests
What percentage of fresh water is trapped in glaciers or underground aquifers?
99%
This habitat is on every continent except Antarctica
What is Grasslan
What is the term for the cutting down of forested areas?
Deforestation
Which habitat would heavy grazers and burrowing animals most likely be found?
Grasslands
What biome is home to mosses and lichen during summer months?
Tundra
1) What ocean zone is closest (Near) to the shore?
2) What ocean shore is considered Open ocean?
1) Neritic zone
2) Oceanic zone
What type of plants would most likely be found in a bog?
Carnivorous plants (Venus fly trap) and mosses
What is the act of polluting or otherwise altering a habitat until the quality of the habitat can no longer support life?
Habitat degradation
What is the term for habitats related to soil or dry land?
Terrestrial
What habitat is home to plants with shallow widespread roots and thick leaves?
Desert
Name the 3 zones of depth in the Oceanic Zone from shallowest to deepest
1)
2)
3)
1) epipelagic zone
2) mesopelagic zone
3) bathypelagic zone
What biome is home to Evergreen trees (trees that keep their leaves all year long, even in the winter)
Taiga