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Ecological Principals
100

This biome has both freshwater and marine life species.

Aquatic Biome

100

Is the assemblage of different populations of flora and fauna species in an area.

What is a community

100

Is any part of the earth suitable for support a species permanently or temporarily.

What is a habitat

100

This cycle deals with H2O

What is the Water Cycle

100

Is a process by which an area advances toward a climax community.

What is succession

200

This biome is dominated by three types of living things in tropical ecosystems, temperate ecosystems and taiga systems.  What am I?

Forest Biomes

200

Are groups of organisms of the same species occupying a particular space.

What is a Population

200

Describes how organisms match specific environmental conditions.

What are niches

200

With out this cycle we could not breath

What is the oxygen cycle

200

A diagram that depicts prey and predators

What is a food web
300

Across the midwest you will find this biome.

Grassland Biomes

300

Are individual members of a population.

Organisms

300

Is when two species benefit from ecological interaction.

What is Mutualism 

300

Helps with the exchange and release of this product between the atmosphere via photosynthesis and respiration of plants.

What is the carbon cycle

300

Is the act of responsibility using and conserving resources in a way which supports long term balance.

What is Sustainability

400

Very wet is a great term for this biome, bogs, fens, marshes and swamps, what am I?

Wetland Biomes

400

Are organisms which produce food or biomass through the process of photosynthesis.

What are producers

400

Is when one species benefits while another is unaffected.

What is Commensalism

400

This cycle is a nutrient that is number 1 on a fertilizer bag.

What is the nitrogen cycle

400

A plan that helps sustain efforts in an area for continued progress

What is a management plan

500

A large, naturally occurring ________ of the earth which is occupied by living organisms.

What is a biome

500

Are organisms which obtain food and energy through the consumption of other organisms.

What is consumers

500

Is when on specie kills another for food.

What is predation

500

This is the number 2 ingredient on a bag of fertilizer

What is the phosphorus cycle

500

This is where different agencies work together to help with the environment, this is called a...

What is a partnership