Life in Nature
All species in a given area at the same time
What is a community?
It happens when one community replaces another
What is ecological succession or succession?
This biome is the coldest one and has permafrost
What is the tundra?
The condition of the atmosphere at a specific place and time
What is weather?
It is where a river empties
What is the mouth?
These types of reefs are being destroyed by climate change
What are coral?
This body of water in Utah is salty, but not an ocean
What is Great Salt Lake?
Biotic or abiotic, it can restrict the number of organisms in an area
What is limiting factor?
It is an organism that first inhabits bare rock
What is a pioneer species or lichen?
This biome can receive over 1000 cm of rain annually
What is Tropical Rainforest?
The average weather conditions in an area
What is climate?
Name 8 natural types of water bodies that are classified as freshwater
What are lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, ponds, bogs, marshes, swamps?
The term that describes a body of water that is saltwater
What is marine?
Continent that is the major home of most penguins
What is Antarctica?
It's the ability of an organism to survive abiotic or biotic factors
What is tolerance?
This type of succession occurs after a forest fire
What is secondary?
It is the biome of New York State and many east coast states
What is the temperate deciduous forest
Any distance from north or south of the equator will change this
What is latitude?
It is a wetland with trees present
What is a swamp?
The portion of an ocean shore between high and low tide
What is intertidal zone?
Global warming is at least, in part, a result of the _______ effect
What is greenhouse?
Improper living conditions can cause an organism to have this
What is physiological stress or stress
It's the type of succession that occurs after a lava flow cools and hardens
What is primary?
Northern Canada is home to moose, wolverines, and bears that live in this biome
What is the boreal forest or taiga?
It defines the upward distance from a point on earth
What is altitude?
It is a wetland with grasses and reeds, but no trees
What is a marsh?
The top layer of an ocean or sea that receives light.
What is the photic zone?
Cold, mountain conditions resembling the tundra is known as the __________ tundra.
What is alpine?
It's what one would call environmental conditions that are perfect for an organism's survival
What is optimal or optimum?
The final community left standing for decades or centuries
What is a climax community?
This biome is well-known for its arid, parched environment
What is the desert?
Type of sunlight that makes the equator warmer than places further away
What is direct?
It is the percentage of freshwater on earth
What is 2%-3%?
A person who studies oceans but not the life in it.
Who is an oceanographer?
Approximate degrees latitude we are at in Middleport, NY
What is 43 N?