Relationships
A relationship in which one party benefits at the expense of the other
What is parasitism?
This biome has high average annual precipitation and temperatures
What is a tropical rainforest?
This class of aquatic biomes is characterized by very low salinity
What is freshwater?
The cycling of carbon through the atmosphere and lithosphere
The lowest level of a food chain
What are producers?
A relationship where both parties benefit
What is mutualism
This terrestrial biome is most commonly found at or near the equator
What is a tropical rainforest?
This aquatic biome is characterized by an area of land flooded most of the year, but shallow enough for emergent vegetation
What is a freshwater wetland?
The process by which plants and algae absorb nitrogen
What is assimilation?
This is the common rule of energy transfer through a food chain
What is the "10% rule"?
A squirrel lives in a dead tree trunk. This is an example of:
What is commensalism?
An area with little to no annual precipitation and low temperatures
What is a cold desert?
This aquatic biome is rapidly degenerating as ocean temperatures and acidity increase, killing a central part of the biome
What is a coral reef?
This is the largest contributor to atmospheric carbon
What is a quaternary consumer/apex predator?
Cookie cutter sharks latch on to larger animals and gorge themselves on small chunks of their meat. Parasitism or predation?
What is parasitism?
This is the most moderate terrestrial biome
What is a temperate seasonal forest?
This coastal biome supports salt-tolerant trees
What is a mangrove swamp?
This is the only cause of atmosphere nitrogen fixation
What is lightning?
This is the principle stating that changes in one trophic level affect others
What is a feedback loop?
Two species evolve to divide a resource based on differences in behavior and morphology
What is resource partitioning?
This biome dominates central Asia
What is the temperate grassland (or steppe)?
This is the lowest zone of a freshwater lake above the lakebed
What is the profundal zone?
This is the largest carbon sink in the world
What is the ocean?
This is the scientific term for scavengers
What are detritivores?