A deep sleeplike state that an animal enters for most of the winter.
What is Hibernation?
100
A type of algae that grows from the floor of the continental shelves reaching upward toward the sunlit surface.
What is Kelp?
100
This biome has At least 2m of rain per year with hot humid temperatures.
What is the Tropical Rain Forest?
100
An ecosystem located where a river flows into the ocean mixing fresh water with salt water.
What is an Estuary?
100
A shallow-water wetlands typified by tall, grass like plants.
What is a Freshwater Marsh?
200
This Biome is home to the American black bear, deer, the eastern chipmunk, and eastern cotton tail rabbit.
What is Temperate Forest?
200
This biome has a tall forest canopy with a great diversity of plants. Plants tend to have shallow roots to maximize nutrient absorption. Many forest floor plants have stunted growth due to competition for light.
What is the Tropical Rain Forest?
200
This biome gets less than 25 cm of precipitation per year with wide swings in day to night temperatures.
What is the Desert?
200
An area along a river that periodically floods.
What is a Flood Plain?
200
Water that has more salinity than fresh water, but not as much as seawater.
What is Brackish Water?
300
This ocean zones houses crabs, mussels, anemone, arnacles, and sea stars.
What is the Intertidal Zone?
300
A plant that grows on other plants instead of the soil.
What is an Epiphyte?
300
This biome has year-round moderate temperatures and
heavy rainfall.
What is Temperate Rain Forest?
300
The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries.
What is a Watershed?
300
The periodic rising and falling of the ocean's height at a given location caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
What is a Tide?
400
This portion of the photic zone in freshwater ecosystems is rich in invertebrates.
What is the Littoral Zone?
400
This cold biome is characterized a type of tree that produces seed-bearing cones.
What is Boreal Forest (Taiga)?
400
This biome has extremely cold dark winters with sunny and cool summers.
What is Tundra?
400
Coastal estuaries are home to this ecosystem characterized by salt-tolerant grasses.
What is a Salt Marsh?
400
An aquatic ecosystem that extends out from the low-tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf.
What is the Neritic Zone?
500
A deep, sleeplike period of dormancy experienced by some animals when conditions are dry.
What is Estivation?
500
The top layer of the rainforest canopy, made up of the tallest trees.
What is the Emergent Layer?
500
This biome has precipitation evenly spread throughout the year with hot summers and cold winters.
What is Temperate Forest?
500
Wide curvy paths that are created when water flows slowly.
What are Meanders?
500
An aquatic ecosystem that begins at the edge of the continental shelf that has deep sea organisms and hydrothermal vent communities.