Matter, Energy and Cycles
This biogeochemical cycle is driven largely by evaporation, transpiration, and precipitation.
Water Cycle
This type of ecological relationship benefits one species while harming, but not killing, the other.
Parasitism
This term describes the variety of species found within a given area.
Species Richness / Biodiversity
This ecosystem receives less than 25 cm of rain per year and experiences extreme temperature swings between day and night.
Desert
In deep ocean biomes where sunlight cannot reach this serves as the main source of energy
Marine Snow
What percent of energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?
10%
In the winter, many bird and butterfly species fly south to avoid cold weather. What kind of adaptation is this?
Behavioral
When a new volcanic island forms and life slowly colonizes bare rock, this type of succession is occurring.
Primary Succession
Permafrost, extremely low biodiversity, and a very short growing season characterize this biome found near the Arctic Circle.
Tundra
These underwater ecosystems are built by tiny colonial animals called polyps and are among the most biodiverse marine environments on Earth.
Coral Reef
This law explains why no energy transfer is 100% efficient, as some energy is always lost as heat.
Second Law of Thermodynamics
This evolutionary concept describes two species mutually driving each other's adaptations over time, such as flowers and their pollinators.
Coevolution
A mushroom would belong to which trophic level?
Decomposer
This biome has the highest biodiversity on Earth, receives over 200 cm of rain annually, and has nutrient-poor soils despite its lush vegetation.
Rainforest
This highly productive coastal zone where freshwater rivers meet the saltwater ocean serves as a nursery for many fish species.
Estuary
This process converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form usable by plants, and is performed by certain bacteria living in root nodules.
Nitrogen Fixation
This population growth model produces an S-shaped curve and accounts for a carrying capacity.
Logistic Growth
A Zebra Mussel is a species of animal with a short lifespan where females will spawn millions of offspring, with a small number making it to adulthood. What kind of reproductive strategy does this animal utilize? (Hint, it starts with a letter).
R-Selected species
Biomes at higher ________ are typically defined as having lower temperatures and less sunlight
Latitudes
This ecosystem is dominated by salt-tolerant trees that help to reduce storm surges
Mangrove Forest
This term describes the total energy fixed by producers minus what they use for their own respiration, representing what's available to consumers.
Net Primary Productivity (NPP)
The body plans of sharks, dolphins, and ichthyosaurs are an example of what kind of evolution?
Convergent
This term describes a species that has an outsized impact on its ecosystem relative to its abundance, and whose removal causes dramatic ecosystem collapse.
Keystone Species
This biome, found in places like California and the Mediterranean coast, has hot dry summers and mild wet winters, and is dominated by fire-adapted shrubs.
Chaparral / Mediterranean
The name of the tide period where the sun and moon's gravity align, resulting in the largest difference between low and high tide
Spring Tide