Microhabitat/ Yes or No
A Rotting Log
Yes
This biome has cold winters, warm summers, and is dominated by trees.
Taiga
The more diverse an ecosystem is
The more sustainable it will be
hurricane hits a coastal prairie and destroys the habitat. Years later there is an appearance of small plants with rapidly spreading roots.
This vegetation describes —
Storage for water
vacuole
A variety of smooth rocks are pressed into the soil
No
This biome is characterized by cactus and dirt
Desert
Areas that receive little rainfall and have extreme high and low temperatures will mostly have organisms that
Conserve water
In 2011, fires in Bastrop County, Texas were the most damaging wildfires in Texas history. The fire spread through the pine trees and scorched nearly 5,700 acres of Bastrop State Park. The majority of the Houston toad’s habitat was lost, and the Lost Pines Forest was greatly affected.
As ecological succession began, which of these most likely appeared in the Bastrop forest area first?
Weeds and Grasses
Powerhouse of the Cell
Mitochondria
A Rock
No
This biome is characterized by high biodiversity and lots of rain
Rainforest
Why is biodiversity important in an ecosystem?
It leads to stability in an ecosystem.
When forest fires destroyed many of the pine trees in Bastrop State Park, the burned areas began secondary succession. What is the role of succession in this example?
Restoring the ecosystem with grass
Used to breaking down nutrients
Digestive
A salamander scurries onto a hole in a log
Yes
This biome is characterized by freezing temperature and wind
Tundra
Why is high biodiversity cause an ecosystem to be more sustainable?
It promotes better genes and species
Lichens and Moss
Primary
protects the body
Integumentary
Clownfish living in a coral reef
Yes
This biome is characterized as a transition zone between the desert and tropical rainforest
A desert is an example of high or low biodiversity
Low
A volcano erupts
Primary
Used for photsynthesis in plant
Chloroplasts