This biome receives less than 2.5 inches of rainfall a year.
What is a desert.
100
Has High and Low tides.
What is the intertidal zone.
100
Microscopic plants in water ecosystems that use photosynthesis to make food.
What is Phytoplankton.
100
Ocotillo Wells and Borrego Springs are part of this very large desert.
What is the Colorado Desert.
100
A living thing
What is a biotic factor.
200
This biome is closest to equator.
What is tropical rainforest.
200
Has the most plant and animal life.
What is the Neritic Zone.
200
Microscopic Animals that eat producers in water ecosystems.
What is zooplankton.
200
This desert animal is considered a keystone species and is protected in California's deserts because it is so important.
What is a desert tortoise.
200
Green substance found inside chloroplast cells that absorb the suns energy.
What is chlorophyll.
300
This biome has a layer of frozen soil that doesn't allow trees to take root.
What is a tundra.
300
Open ocean. Deep water can be found here.
What is the oceanic zone.
300
Death valley is located in this desert ecosystem.
What is the Mojave Desert.
300
These are the tallest trees in the world.
What is the Redwood (Hesperian)
300
This gas is taken in by producers during photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide.
400
This biome has a mediterranean climate with occasional wildfires. Found mostly in California and Northern Baja California.
What is a chaparral.
400
No sunlight can be found in this part of the open ocean (be specific).
What is the abyssal zone.
400
This water ecosystem has fresh water from rivers mixing with saltwater from oceans.
What is an estuary.
400
Although not the tallest trees they are the largest trees in California.
What is the Sequoia.
400
This consumer is the top predator in its ecosystem.
What is tertiary consumer.
500
Biomes are determined by these two factors.
What is temperature and precipitation.
500
This is the top layer of the open ocean.
What is the Bathyal Zone.
500
This type of ecosystem relies on nutrients being spit out of hydrothermal vents for bacteria to feed on because there is no light here for photosynthesis.
What is chemosynthetic ecosystem.
500
These trees are found throughout the Mojave Desert ecosystem.