Biomes
Hot, wet, and dense forest biome near the equator.
What is the Tropical Rainforest.
Microscopic organisms that float in water.
What are Plankton?
This term describes the number of individuals per unit area.
What is Density?
One species benefits, the other is not affected.
What is commensalism?
Study of human populations.
What is demography?
This biome has permanently frozen soil.
What is the Tundra?
Coastal ecosystem where freshwater meets salt water.
What is an Estuary?
Rapid population increase under ideal conditions.
What is exponential growth?
A relationship where both species benefit.
What is mutualism?
The average number of children born per woman.
What is the fertility rate?
High-elevation areas are colder due to this factor.
What is Altitude?
Rooted plants and abundant light make this zone productive.
What is the Littoral Zone?
How individuals are arranged in space.
What is Dispersion?
One species lives in or on another, harming it.
What is parasitism?
Movement of individuals into or out of a population.
What is migration?
Grassland with few trees and seasonal rains.
What is the Savanna?
Process that adds nutrients to lakes, possibly leading to algal blooms.
What is Eutrophication?
The maximum number an environment can support.
What is Carrying Capacity?
One organism kills and eats another.
What is predation?
Process countries go through that results in a shift from high birth and death rates to low ones.
What is the demographic transition?
Found in coastal, dry areas, this shrubland biome is fire-adapted.
What is the Chaparral?
Coral reef-building animals are found in this warm, shallow habitat.
What is a Coral Reef?
The potential rate of reproduction of a species.
What is reproductive potential?
The role or job an organism has in its ecosystem.
What is niche?
The development of cities and urban areas.
What is urbanization?