A biological ___________________ is a group of interacting populations that occupy the same area at the same time.
Community
100
The distance of any point on the surface of the Earth north or south from the equator is ______________.
Latitude
100
________________________is the material that is deposited by water, wind, or glaciers.
Sediment
100
The _________________ is a narrow band where the ocean meets land.
Intertidal zone
100
___________________________ is composed mostly of broad-leaved, deciduous trees- trees that shed their leaves in autumn.
Temperate forest
200
Any abiotic factor or biotic factor that restricts the number, reproduction, or distribution of organisms is called a ____________________
Limiting factor
200
___________________ is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time.
Weather
200
The closest area to the shore is the __________________
Littoral zone
200
an area where sunlight is unable to penetrate
Aphotic zone
200
Open __________________________ and mixed shrub communities are found in areas with less annual rainfall that in a temperate forest.
Woodlands
300
The establishment of a community in an area of exposed rock that does not have any top soil is ______________________.
Primary succession
300
The average weather conditions in an area, including temperature and precipitation, describes the area's _________________.
Climate
300
Areas of land such as marshes, swamps, and bogs that are saturated with water and the suppports aquatic plants are called ______________________________.
Wetlands
300
The _____________________________ is the area along the ocean floor that consist of sand, silt, and dead organisms.
Benthic zone
300
A biome that is characterized by fertile soils that are able to support a thick cover of grasses is called a ___________.
Grassland
400
The stable mature community that results when there is little change in the composition of species is a _____________________.
Climax Community
400
The ________________________ is a treeless biome with a layer of permanently frozen soil below the surface called permafrost.
Tundra
400
An _______________ is an ecosystem that is formed where freshwater from a river or stream merges with salt water from the ocean.
Estuary
400
The deepest region of the ocean is called the ____________.
Abyssal zone
400
A _________________ is any area in which the annual rate of evaporation exceeds the rate of precipitation.
Desert
500
___________________________ is the orderly and predicable change that takes place after a community of organism has been removed but the soil remain intact.
Secondary secession
500
Also called the taiga
Boreal Forest
500
Minimal light is able to penetrate through the limnetic zone into the deepest areas of a large lake, which is called the _________________.
Profundal zone
500
The _______________ is shallow enough that sunlight is able to penetrate
photic zone
500
Warm temperatures and large amounts of rainfall throughout the year characterize the _______________.