Voicing Vocab
A limited area were living and non-living things interact.
Ecosystem
The living parts of an ecosystem.
Biotic factors
One of the major factors that affects a water biome is what?
its depth
This biome has 4 seasons and mild temperatures.
Deciduous forest
This biome is determined by the amount of precipitation that it gets and not its temperature.
desert
Ecology
The non-living parts of an ecosystem.
abiotic factors
The 2 kinds of freshwater biomes are what?
Standing water, and running water
The fallen needles of this biome create poor quality soil.
Coniferous Forest
A tundra has a very thin lay of soil do to what?
permafrost
The portion of an ecosystem that an organism uses.
Habitat
The living things that affect an ecosystem. ______,_______,______
Plants, Animals, People
Nutrients tend to collect in what kind of aquatic biomes?
low-elevation
This biome has 3 distinct areas, the forest floor, the trees, and the canopy.
The abundant grains found in this biome leads to many rodents living there.
Grasslands
Distinct areas inside an ecosystem
Zones
The non-living things that affect an ecosystem. _____, _____, _____, _____, _____, _____.
Sunlight, air, water, altitude, soil, climate
Animals that live on the ocean floor are part of what group of animals?
Benthos
Many migratory birds spend their summers in this biome.
Coniferous
This biome is sometime called the tropical grassland.
Savanna
The role that an organism plays in an environment.
Niche
Humans dumping their garbage into a landfill is an example of what factor.
Biotic factor
Fresh water biomes cover 2% of the Earth, saltwater bios cover what percent of the Earth?
70%
This biome has a very diverse amount of plants and animals.
Rainforest
This biome is found in coastal areas with mild, wet winters and hot dry summers.
Chaparral