Biomes
This biome has trees that lose their leaves in the fall.
What is the Deciduous Forest?
Producers get their energy from?
The sun
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem (sunlight, soil, temperature)
Abiotic Factors
Living components of an ecosystem (the organisms)
Biotic Factors
Covers about one-fifth of Earth’s surface. This biome has a layer of soil that can either be sandy, gravelly, or stony. Usually gets at most 20 inches of rainfall a year, and the organisms that live here are adapted to this extremely dry climate.
Dessert
This biome is known for being extremely cold, with permafrost.
What is the Tundra?
An organism that creates its own food.
Producer
System of food chains
Food Web
A picture that shows how each organism gets energy
Food Chain
A biome dominated by a mix of broad-leaved or coniferous trees that occurs in the middle latitudes, in both Northern and Southern hemispheres, and characterized by abundant moisture present throughout the year and have long growing seasons.
Rainforest Biome
This biome is sometimes called the boreal or coniferous forest.
What is the Taiga?
The arrows in a food chain show this.
What is the flow of energy?
Group of organisms of the same type that can produce offspring
Species
All the members of a species that live in the same area at the same time.
Population
Found where there is not enough regular rainfall to support the growth of a forest, but not so little that a desert forms. Two main kinds: tropical and temperate. Made up of large open areas of grasses. They are maintained by grazing animals and frequent fires.
Grassland
This biome has scattered trees, dry seasons, and large herbivores like zebras.
What is the Savanna?
In a food chain, this type of organism breaks down dead plants and animals.
What is a decomposer?
Complex ecological community, consists of many ecosystems
Biome
All of the different populations that live in the same place at the same time
Community
Physical place where an organism lives
Habitat
This biome exists in high-altitude mountain regions.
What is the Alpine Biome?
A hawk that eats a snake, which ate a mouse, is considered this type of consumer.
What is a tertiary consumer?
The specific role an organism plays in a community
Niche
Study of the relationships between organisms and their environment
Ecology
All living things in an area that interacts with nonliving things from the environment
Ecosystem