Biomes
Symbiotic Relationships
Biodiversity
Trophic Levels
Vocabulary
100
The 2 types of biomes
What is aquatic and terrestrial
100
the close relationships that exists when two or more species live together
What is sympiosis
100
Increases stability of an ecosystem and contributes to heath of the biosphere
What is the effects of biodiversity
100
The type of organism that makes up the first trophic level in all ecosystems
What is autotrophs
100
Each step in a food chain or food web
What is a trophic level
200
Area closest to the shore in an aquatic biome
What is littoral zone
200
When two or more relationships live closely together and benefit from eachother
What is mutualism
200
The 3 types of biodiversity
What is genetic, species, and ecosystem
200
with exception of this level, organisms at each trophic level get their energy from the trophic level before it
What is the first trophic level
200
Animals that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
300
The biome with warm temperatures and large amounts of rainfall throughout the year
What is the tropical rainforest
300
one organism benefits at the expense of another organism
What is parasatism
300
Type of biome with the most biodiversity
What is the tropical rain forest
300
trophic levels are used in these
What is food chains and webs
300
Any abiotic or biotic factor that restricts the numbers, reproduction, or distribution of services
What is a limiting factor
400
Treeless biome with a layer permanently frozen soil
What is tundra
400
one organism benefits and the other is nor helped or harmed
What is commensalism
400
The variety of ecosystems that are present in the biosphere
What is ecosystem diversity
400
How much energy is transferred in each level
What is 10%
400
Orderly and predictable change that takes place after a community of organisms has been removed but the soil has remained intact.
What is secondary succession
500
another name for northern coniferous forest / taiga
What is the boreal forest
500
The name for the organism that a parasite attaches to
What is host
500
number of different species living in an area
What is biodiversity
500
how much energy is lost in each level
What is 90%
500
The pattern of spacing of a population within an area
What is dispersion