Biome Vocabulary
The part of the Earth that supports life.
What is biosphere?
The factor in the environment that is represented by bars.
What is precipitation?
Have the lowest moisture levels of all ecosystems.
What are deserts?
The best temperature to incubate chicken eggs.
What is 99-102 degrees F?
Provides protection to the egg contents and embryo again physical damage and contamination by microorganisms.
What is shell?
Distance from the equator measured in degrees.
What is latitude?
The factor in the environment that is represented by a line graph.
What is temperature?
Receives more precipitation and cooler temperatures than deserts.
What are grasslands?
The best humidity to incubate chicken eggs.
What is 50-55%?
Provides nourishment to a developing embryo.
What is yolk?
The elevation above sea level.
What is altitude?
This ecosystem is shows that the precipitation and temperature are consistently high throughout the year.
What is tropical rainforest?
Receives much more precipitation than deserts and grasslands, allowing them to support hardwood trees.
What are forests?
Number of days for incubation.
What is 21 days?
Assists with respiration and pressure adjustment during development; also is the chick's first breath.
What is air cell?
The presence of mountains has a major influence on the distribution of precipitation.
What is rain shadow effect?
This ecosystem experiences little to no precipitation, warm summers and cool winters.
What is subtropical desert?
This type of grassland has consistent temperatures so the seasons are based on precipitation.
What are savannas?
This action prevents the yolk from sticking to the shell.
What is turning the eggs?
This membrane surrounds the embryo.
What is amnion?
Plants that have thickened, fleshy parts for storing water.
What is succulents?
The axis that precipitation and temperature are represented on the climatograph.
What is the y axis?
Is far away from sources of moisture, but are in latitudes that experience more temperature variability, including different seasons.
What are temperate deserts?
The term used for when an embryo stops developing.
What is a quitter?
This membrane is responsible for gas exchange.
What is allantois?