Biomes
This biome is cold, treeless, and the ground is permanently frozen.
What is the tundra?
This is the daily fluctuation in temperature and precipitation for a particular area.
What is weather?
Name one cause of primary succession.
What is a volcano erupting or a glacier melting?
This is the biome with the most biodiversity.
What is the rainforest?
This is why mangroves are considered a keystone species.
What is they provide habitat and protect the health of their ecosystem?
This biome is cold, the animals hibernate, it is the world's largest biome, and it is full of coniferous trees.
What is the taiga (boreal forest)?
This is the annual average of temperature and precipitation for a particular area.
What is climate?
Name one cause of secondary succession.
What is a wildfire, hurricane, tornado, flood, windstorm, deforestation, farming, etc.?
This is the purpose of a line transect.
What is a line transect is used to get a sampling of the vegetation in an area?
What is shrimp farming, tourism, and coastal development?
The difference between the grasslands and savanna biomes
What is the grasslands is large with rolling terrain, many grasses, few trees, and frequent fires, and the savanna is a type of grassland with few trees, little rain, and a tropical climate?
This is what the bars and the line indicate on a climatogram.
What is the bars are precipitation and the line is temperature?
This is the place where pioneer species are found.
What is they are found in newly formed environments with no soil? (Lichen & moss in a case of primary succession)
This is what a scientist can do to be more accurate when completing a line transect.
What is more transects can be taken to get a higher number of samples?
Lichens are sensitive to air pollution and will change their appearance based on the amount of sulfur dioxide in the air. This makes them what type of species in their community?
What is an indicator species (bioindicator)?
The difference between the deciduous forest and alpine biomes
What is the deciduous forest has four distinct seasons with many trees, and the animals are able to camouflage themselves in the trees, and the alpine is very mountainous and cold with small vegetation, and the animals have a lot of insulation?
This is the measure of the reflectivity of a surface.
What is albedo?
This is a mature, stable ecological community that represents the final, long-term stage of ecological succession in a particular area.
What is a climax community?
Write the equation for calculating a biodiversity index.
What is number of species in an area/total individuals in the area?
This is why the lionfish is considered to be an invasive species.
What is the lionfish has quickly outcompeted native fish in some regions of the Atlantic Ocean?
The difference between the chaparral and desert biomes
What is the chaparral is hot & dry with mild winters, and fires and drought are common, and the desert is dry with extreme temperatures (hot or cold), little vegetation, and the animals are mostly nocturnal?
Describe how vegetation and climate change affect albedo.
What is vegetation decreases albedo (but cools climate anyway), and climate change can also decrease albedo by reducing global ice?
This is what makes pioneer species unique. (Hint: Consider why lichen & moss are pioneer species for a case of primary succession. What characteristics do they have?)
What is they do not require soil to survive?
Name and describe the 3 types of biodiversity discussed in class.
What is...
- Species Biodiversity: The variety of species in a region
- Genetic Biodiversity: The variation of DNA and genes in a species or population
- Ecological Biodiversity: The variation in the network of species and the way they interact with each other
Name one characteristic that has made the lionfish so prevalent in the Atlantic Ocean.
What is year-round reproduction, no predators, and indiscriminate eating habits?