Experiments
Ecosystems
Biomes
Wet-Lands
Cycles
100
A fertilizer is tested on Corn to see if it will grow better. Corn that is not given the Fertilizer is called the ____
What is "Control Group"
100
An interaction in which one organism lives on or in another, often referred to as the host
Parasitism
100
This biome has high temperatures and little to no rainfall.
Dessert or subtropical dessert
100
The area where rivers flow into oceans. Typically having good productivity of aquatic life.
Estuary
100
Water moving from rain to rivers to aquifers only to flow out to sea and be evaporated once more.
Water Cycle, Hydrologic cycle
200
A variable that does not change based on other factors. Often what is tested in an experiment
Independent variable
200
Two species living in a long term association with one another.
Symbiosis
200
An area where a particular species lives in nature
Habitat
200
Biome that is submerged at least a portion of the year. Shallow and can support emergent vegetation.
Freshwater wetlands
200
This cycle involves gases released from burning of fossil fuels and plants/algae.
Carbon Cycle
300
Often what is measured in an experiment
Dependent Variable
300
A species that spreads rapidly and causes harm to an ecosystem
Invasive species
300
Cold Biome with low growing vegetation and no trees
Tundra
300
Area of the coast that supports marine life often between high and low tide.
Intertidal Zone
300
One of the slowest cycles, responsible for one of the key fertilizer components and the only one that does not readily involve the air
Phosphorus cycle
400
Another word for theory that can be tested
Hypothesis
400
Species that are not normally found in a given area.
Exotic Species, non-native species, Alien Species
400
What biome is represented in the chart below
Boreal Forrest, Temperate Rainforest
400
These areas made of trees, whos roots are submerged in water, often prevent massive damage from hurricanes.
Mangrove or mangrove swamp
400
The process in the Nitrogen cycle that convers N2 to usable Nitrogen forms later used in nitrification
Nitrogen fixation
500
Repeated experiments yield results that are close to each other. This indicates
High Precision
500
An interaction in which one organism benefits and the other is not affected.
Commensalism
500
All land based biomes
Terrestrial Biomes
500
Area of the deep ocean or pond without sunlight.
aphotic zone.
500
The term for the water lost to the atmosphere from photosynthesis.
Transpiration