vocab
define evaporation
The process by which molecules of a liquid absorb energy and change to gas.
A group of land ecosystems with the same climate.
biome
What is the process of turning nitrogen into a usable version called?
Nitrogen fixation
Name the 3 limiting factors.
food/water
Space
weather
What is the most used defense strategy?
camouflage
Define population density
The number of individuals in an area of a specific size
A cold biome with coniferous trees.
Boreal forest
What is the necessary building block of life in this cycle.
Nitrogen
Name the order of an environment.
individual, population, community, ecosystem
Name 2 animals with protective armor (hint: they roll up into balls)
Pangolin and armadillo
Define predation
When one organism consumes another for food.
A biome that gets less than 25 cm of rain per year.
desert
What or who returns nitrogen to the soil?
decomposers
What causes primary succession?
Natural disasters
Give an example of false coloring.
any answer you have, as long as it's correct.
Define natural selection
A process by which characteristics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species.
Why can't tundra's have trees? One word
Permafrost
Where do nitrogen fixing bacteria live?
In the roots of legumes.
Give an example of a pioneer species.
Lichens or mosses
What do warning colors mean?
The organism is poisonous to eat or touch.
Define continental drift
The very slow movement of the continent.
What are the 2 rain forests and where is each one located.
Tropical: near the equator
Temperate: in NW USA
What plants grow nitrogen fixing bacteria?
clover, beans, alfalfa, peas and peanuts
Name one way to determine a population.
Direct or indirect, sampling and mark and recapture.7ji
What adaptation is when one animal looks like another?
Mimicry