Classification
Organisms Environments
Biodiversity
Succession
Miscellaneous
100

Tools that can be used to classify and identify organisms.

What is a Dichotomous Key
100

A geographic region that has a distinct climate.

What is a Biome?

100

Sustainable ecosystems are able to maintain their balance because they have a great deal of..

What is biodiversity?

100

The process by which an ecosystem undergoes a series of changes as communities of organisms change their environment and new communities of organisms move into the ecosystem.

What is ecological succession?

100

Is temperate with four distinct seasons (spring, summer, fall, and winter)

What are Deciduous Forest?
200

Begin with step One.

What is the first thing to do with a dichotomous key?

200

Is hot and wet. Heavy rainfall (around 150 cm per year) and year-round warm temperatures make it very humid. This climate is found near the equator.

What is a tropical Rain forest?

200

This includes genetic variation within a species as well as the variety of different species within an ecosystem.

What is biodiversity?

200

Unoccupied habitat where there is no soil present,

What is Primary Succession?

200

It experiences long, cold winters; short, warm summers; and low precipitation. It is characterized by coniferous forests.

What is Taiga?

300

Dichotomous trees compare these

What are traits?

300

Is mild and wet. Temperatures are moderate and change with the seasons.Rainfall amounts are very high.

What is a temperate Rain forest?
300

Where biodiversity is the highest on the planet.

What is the equator?

300

A disturbance in an area but soil is still present after the disturbance

What is secondary succession?

300

Has very low temperatures and very little precipitation.

What is tundra?

400

Dichotomous key identifies next steps or the organism

What are the 2 steps for the Key?

400

Is generally hot and dry. Plants and animals are adapted to store water and withstand year-round hot temperatures.

What is a Desert?

400

Habitat destruction, climate change, and the introduction of invasive species that outcompete native ones.

What is ecosystem disturbance?

400

The final stage of ecological succession

What is a Climax community?

400

An area in which fresh water and salty ocean waters mix together.

What is a Estuary?

500

Used by scientist to classify and organize organisms.

What is a Dichotomous Key?

500

Located in the dry temperate interiors of continents. In North America, they are called prairies, in Asia they are referred to as steppes, and in South America they are pampas.

What are Temperate Grasslands?

500

in-situ or ex-situ

What is a wildlife perserve and a zoo? 

500

The first species to live in an area at the beginning of the succession process

What is a pioneer species?

500

A dry tropical grassland where trees are present but more widely scattered than in forest ecosystems.

What is a Savvanna?