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These organisms create all of the energy for an ecosystem
What is a producer?
100
Biomes are shaped by long-term patterns in this
What is weather patterns or climate?
100
These biomes receive the most rain each year
What is tropical forest?
100
Saltwater biomes are also called this
What is marine biome?
100
Water or aquatic biomes can be broken down into two broad categories, including these
What are freshwater and saltwater biomes?
200
These organisms get the LEAST amount of energy in an ecosystem
What is the tertiary consumer?
200
Large geographic areas that are similar in climate and that have similar plants and animals are referred to as
What are biomes?
200
These trees have cones and needles
What are coniferous trees?
200
In this biome, there is no sunlight available for photosynthesis
What is the deep ocean biome?
200
Animals from this biome include: mice, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons and deer
What is temperate forest?
300
These organisms that get the most energy from another living organism
What is the primary consumer?
300
There are this many different biomes on Earth
What is six?
300
In grasslands, these keep trees and shrubs from growing
What is wildfire?
300
This is the lower end of a river that feeds into the ocean
What is an estuary?
300
These biomes receive less than 25 cm of rain each year
What is a desert?
400
These organisms receive only 1% of the energy from producers in an ecosystem
What is a secondary consumer?
400
These two biomes have long cold winters and short summers
What are taigas and tundras?
400
Streams and rivers are found in these biomes
What are freshwater biomes?
400
Deep lakes depend heavily on these to produce energy for the system
What is phytoplankton?
400
In these biomes, 200 to 450 cm of rain fall each year
What is tropical rain forest?
500
This is a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem
What is an energy pyramid?
500
These types of trees are found in temperate forests
What are deciduous trees?
500
Temperatures are around 25 degrees Celsius in this biome year round
What is tropical rain forest?
500
There are none of these in the open ocean
What are plants?
500
Animals in this biome include: snakes, owls and foxes
What is the desert?