Biome Id. 1
The only biome that truly experiences all 4 seasons and has trees that lose leaves each fall.
What is the Temperates-deciduous forest?
An aquatic biome having low salt concentrations (example lakes, rivers, wetlands)
What are freshwater biomes?
Plants such as a moss, bearberry, and artic willow are adapted to this biome.
What is the tundra?
Aquatic biome that requires organisms to adapt to constantly changing sea levels.
What is the intertidal zone?
Non-living factors of an ecosystem.
What are abiotic factors?
A biome with cold winters, made up mostly of needle-leaved evergreen trees.
What is the Taiga(boreal) forest?
Biome that forms as a thin layer of water over land. (Examples swamps, marshes, and bogs.)
What is a wetland biome?
Plants in this biome can have spines to discourage animals from eating the plants for water or waxy coating on stems and leaves to help reduce water loss.
What is the desert biome?
Biome known as the" tropical forest of the ocean" due to its great diversity.
What is the coral reef biome?
Any living factor of an ecosystem.
What is a biotic facor?
the treeless biome of the Arctic regions, having a frozen subsoil.
What is the tundra?
The largest biome on Earth that includes oceans, coral reefs, and estuaries.
What is the marine biome?
Canada is primarly in this type of forest biome?
What is the taiga(boreal) forest?
An aquatic biome known as "the nursery of the sea".
What is estuary?
All the biotic and abiotic factors in a certain area.
What is an ecosystem?
A biome with warm temperatures, lots of rainfall, and a very high diversity of plants and animals.
What is the tropical rainforest?
This biome is known for herbivores/grazing animals such as bison, antelope, and prairie dogs in the United States.
What are the grasslands?
An aquatic biome that includes moving freshwater which normally empties in the ocean
What is a river/stream biome?
A large geographic region with certain climate features that affect the plant and animal life which lives there.
What is a biome?
A biome with a flat landscape of vegetation that is mostly small shrubs and grasses.
What are the grasslands?
Biome found at latitude 0-30 degrees from the equator.
What is the Tropical Rainforest biome?
Fertile soil in this biome helps plants develop deep root systems to handle fires and grazing animals.
What is the grassland biome?
Aquatic biome with different levels based on the amount of sunlight.
What is open ocean?
The "job" or role of an organism in an ecosytem
What is a niche?