Terrestrial Biomes 1
Terrestrial Biomes 2
Aquatic Biomes 1
Aquatic Biomes 2
Other
100

What biome has fertile soil with grass as the predominant vegetation? Also has pronounced seasonal fluctuations in temperature.

Temperate grasslands

100

What biome is the most diverse terrestrial biome and is categorized by hot temperatures and high rainfall?

Tropical Rain Forest

100

what is the difference between the photic and aphotic zones?

Photic zone → area of ocean where light can penetrate (depth of about 650 ft)

Aphotic zone → light does not penetrate here (below 650 ft)

100

what zone is the ocean floor called?

Benthic zone

100

What are biomes distinguished by?

temperature range and amount of precipitation

200

What biome is found in California, the Mediterranean Sea, and Southern Austria and is categorized by a forest of shrubs?

Chaparral

200

What biome has the least amount of rainfall and some of the hottest temperatures during the day, with cooler temperatures at night?

Desert

200

Describe Thermal stratification

water closer to the surface is warmer because of solar warming, while the deeper down u go the cooler it becomes

200

What biome is the most diverse aquatic biome that is nutirent poor relying on mutualistic relationships with unicellular protists to provide its nutrients?

Coral Reefs

200

What is permafrost, and what happens when it thaws

soil that is perennially frozen, its summertime melt leads to burst of productivity

300

What biome has little evaporation because of it’s cold temperatures? Rainfall is typically snow here.

Boreal Forests

300

What biome is the most common in North America, Western Europe, Eastern Asia, Chile, and New Zealand? Its range of temps can be as low as -22 F to as high as 86 F

Temperate Forest

300

What is coral made of?

formed by the accumulations of calcium rich skeletons from marine invertebrates

300

What is brackish water and where is it found.

mix of salt and fresh water, found in estuaries where freshwater (river) meets saltwater (ocean)

300

What biome has a clearly defined growing season?

Temperate forests

400

What biome has mostly annual plants that will lie dormant until favorable conditions arise then reproduce quickly after rain? Most animals in this biome are nocturnal.

Desert

400

What biome has a extensive dry season and therefore is categorized by having frequent wildfires and a quick response to disturbances?

Savanna

400

How have molluscs and halophytes adapted to living in estuaries?

Halophytes → plants adapted with root filters for salt water

Molluscs → can open and close shells, switch from anaerobic (no oxygen) to aerobic (oxygen) respiration

400

What zone is categorized by tides coming in and going out, this area sometimes is covered by water, sometimes not

Intertidal zone

400

Name a biome characterized by it's layered vegetative structure and a biome characterized by it's lack of

Tropical rain forests have, Boreal forests lack

500

What biome has many plants dormant during summer with some only germinating due to scarification?

Chaparral

500

What biome has cold, dry winters and cool, wet summers with low levels of species diversity. Categorized by it's acidic soil.

Boreal Forests

500

What zone is categorized as a cold, high pressure, high oxygen, low nutrient environment with no photosynthetic organisms?

Abyssal zone

500

What zone is has shallow water over the continental shelf (edge of the continent under water), and the highest productivity because of the amount of sunlight and nutrients?

Neritic zone

500

What biome is found above the tree line on mountains and has a growing season of 50-60 days and about 24 hours of daylight?

Arctic Tundra