The Biosphere is a global ecosystem
Climate determines global patterns in tin the
Biomes
Aquatic Ecosystems
100
What is the term for the land, water, and air on Earth and all their organsims?
Biosphere
100
The sun ray's strike the Earth's surface most directly near _______________.
Equator
100
What is a biome?
Major types of ecosystems that cover large regions of Earth.
100
Shallow water and upper zone of water where light is available for photosynthesis.
Photic Zone
200
When a group of individual organisms of the same species live in a particular area, this is known as ________________.
Populaiton
200
At 30N, this latitude this is known as ________________.
Tropic of Cancer
200
This biome is characterized by deep, nutrient rich soil that supports a variety of grass species.
Grassland
200
List three differences between source of river and downstream.
Source - cold, low nutrients, clear, shallow, narrow, algae, arthropods, trout Downstream - wider, deeper, wetlands, marshes, warmer, murkier, phytoplakton, frogs, catfish, other fish
300
An ecologist counting the whooping cranes in a wildlife refuge over a five-year period is studying ecology at what level?
Population
300
What is a current?
A river-like flow pattern within a body of water.
300
This biome has bitter cold temperatures and high winds.
Tundra
300
Area of ocean from low-tide line out to teh edge of the continental shelf.
Neritic Zone
400
Which of the following experiments is studying the effect of an abiotic factor? A) investigating how the amount of precipitation affects the growth of a species of grass B) identifying the sources of food for an elephant population C) Observing the interactions between different fish inhabiting a coral reef D) Investigating how goats on a mountain compete for food.
A
400
List Earth's three main temperature zones. In which zone are we in right now?
Tropics, temperate, and polar. We are in the temperate zone.
400
This biome has these kind of plants: orchids, mangroves, bromeliads, lianas, and hundreds of tree species.
Tropical Rainforest
400
These animals inhabit the photic zone of the ocean and photosynthesize.
Zooplankton
500
List three biotic and three abiotic factors that determine the survival of a rabbit in a temperate forest.
Biotic - plants the ravvit eats, predators that eat rabbit, species that compete with rabbit for food Abiotic - temperature, water, sunlight
500
List three factors that contribute to global climate patterns.
Latitude, the transport of heat by winds and ocean currents, ocean and large lakes, shape and elevation of land masses, Earth's rotation.
500
Animals found in this biome: Black bear, gray squirrel, raccoon, white-tailed deer, wild boar, turkey, cardinal.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
500
List the main zones of distance from the shore of the ocean. Explain how these zones are differentiated.
Intertidal Zone - most affected by tides Neritic zone - extends from low-tide mark to end of continental shelf Oceanic zone - begins at continental shelf and extends outward into open ocean
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