LAND BIOMES
Characterized by frozen temperatures and permafrost
What is a Tundra?
This biome covers about 70% of Earth.
What is a Marine Biome?
These factors are living things within an ecosystem.
What are Biotic Factors?
The biome with the greatest biodiversity
What is the Rainforest?
A species that is non-native to an ecosystem
What is an Invasive Species?
This biome experiences four seasons, including hot summers and cold winters.
What is a Temperate Dedidous Forest?
Lakes, rivers, and streams are known as _________________.
What are Freshwater Biomes?
These factors are all the non-living components of an ecosystem.
What are abiotic factors?
A type of diversity that involves diversity of genes within a species
What is Genetic Diversity?
The introduction of an invasive species often causes environmental ____________ to an environment.
What is harm?
The _____________ often determines the biotic factors of a biome.
What is climate?
Many plants that live near the top of water need ____________ to help them grow and make food.
What is sunlight?
Plants, animals, and bacteria are ______________.
What are biotic factors?
A type of diversity among the various species in an ecosystem.
What is Species Diversity?
These pesky little insects often build mounds of dirt and can bite humans if they step on these mounds.
What are fireants?
The ___________________ of the biome often determines its abiotic factors.
What is location?
This is where salt water meets fresh water, usually near the coast of the U.S.
What is an Estuary?
Water, temperature, and the sun
What are abiotic factors?
_______________ can affect the stability of ecosystems and the sustainability of populations.
What is Biodiversity?
Invasive species can be both _________ and animals.
What are plants?
This biome has extreme hot and cold temperatures that greatly flucuate between day and night.
What is a desert?
These plants in water biomes provide oxygen due to their ability to soak up rays from the sun through a process known as photosynthesis.
What is Algae?
This is critical to an ecosystem
What are the ways biotic and abiotic factors interact with each other in an ecosystem?
We depend on healthy ___________ to ensure a healthy biosphere to ensure a healthy biosphere that has balanced cycles of energy and nutrients, and biodiversity contributes to the health.
What are ecosystems?
the action of stopping invasive species from being introduced or spreading into a new ecosystem
What is prevention?