Major Biomes
Energy Pyramid
Biome Generality
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
cactus, sagebrush, coyote, snakes, lizards, little precipitation/very hot daytime temperatures
What is Desert
100
A way to show how energy moves through different levels of an ecosystem
What is Energy Pyramid
100
A large geographic area of the earth with similar climate and similar organisms
What is Biome
100
Living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What is Biotic and Abiotic factors
100
4 Types of Precipitation
What is Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
200
Lichens, moss, small trees, caribou, penguins, arctic fox, little precipitation/extremely cold temperatures
What is Tundra
200
Bacteria and Fungi
What is Saprophyte
200
Temperature and precipitation of a given area
What is Climate
200
All living and nonliving interactions occuring within a specific area
What is Ecosystem
200
4 habitat requirements for every organism
What is oxygen, food, water, and sunlight
300
Leafy trees, bushes, squirrels, chipmunks, bears, skunks, deer, moderate precipitation/four distinct seasons
What is Deciduous Forest
300
Animals and Plants
What is Heterotroph and Autotroph
300
The average amount of rain in a given area
What is Precipitation
300
Different groups interacting with one another within an ecosystem
What is Community
300
Desert, Tundra, Grasslands, Rainforest, Deciduous Forest, Taiga
What is 6 major biomes
400
Tall grass, few shrubs and trees, lions, zebras, elephants, hyenas, moderate precipitation/warm to hot all year
What is Grasslands
400
Animals and Plants
What is Heterotroph and Autotroph
400
The average degree of heat over a given area
What is Temperature
400
A group of the same type of organisms within a specific area
What is Population
400
percentage of energy transferred from one organism to another in an energy pyramid
What is 10%
500
Vines, exotic plants, very large trees, frogs, monkeys, parrots, a lot of precipitation/warm temperatures all year Pine and other evergreen trees, shrubs, elk, moose, bears, wolves, moderate precipitation/long cold winter and short warm summers
What is Rainforest and Taiga
500
The levels of the Energy Pyramid
What is Teriatry Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Primary Consumer, and Producer
500
The way that the arrow points in a food chain or food web
What is counter-clockwise
500
A way to show how different food chains within an ecosystem are connected
What is Food Web
500
4 factors that make each biome different and unique
What is Temperature, Precipitation, Plant Life, and Animal Life