Terrestrial Biomes
This is the driest biome on Earth, typically only receiving about 10 inches of rain a year
What is a desert?
This is an example of an animal that went extinct via human led extinction
What is the White Rhino, etc?
This is the biggest source of energy loss between trophic levels
What is cellular respiration?
This is the uppermost layer of the ocean
What is the Epipelagic zone / sunlight zone?
This is the term that is defined as a community of living organisms and nonliving parts of the environment
What is an ecosystem?
This is the name of the biome Ohio inhabits
What is a temperate deciduous forest?
This is the term for a non-native species that is introduced to a new environment and that can cause harm to the environment, economy, and human health
What is an invasive species?
Only around this much energy is transferred from one trophic level to another
What is 10%?
This is (roughly) about how much of the Earth's water is salt water
What is 96-97%?
This is the difference between a population and a community
What is a community is a group of populations?
This biome contains the most biodiversity on the planet
What is Tropical Rainforest?
These are the three factors that affect biodiversity
What are area, climate, and niche?
Organisms that can produce their own food are called producers or this term
What are autotrophs?
This is the name of the meeting point of salt and fresh water; an area of brackish water
What is an estuary?
This is our singular example of the Biosphere
What is the Earth?
This is the largest terrestrial biome on Earth
What is the Taiga?
This is the specialized role an organism takes up in a community
What is a niche?
A rabbit that eats some grass (a producer) is considered what in food chain?
What is a primary consumer?
The deepest part of the ocean is around this deep (meters, feet, or miles)
What is about 11,000 meters, 36,000 feet, or 6.8 miles?
The Greek prefix "Eco-" means this
What is house / household?
This biome is typically found along the coast of an ocean
What is chaparral?
This is the name of a species that has a disproportionate impact on its environment relative to its abundance, meaning it is vital for the stabilization of an environment
What is a keystone species?
Decomposers (bacteria and fungi typically) release THESE into dead matter to decompose them and absorb some parts of them
What are enzymes?
This is the term for the sharp decline in temperature as depth decreases in the Mesopelagic Zone
What is thermocline?
Give at least FOUR characteristics of life
What are Chemical or molecular makeup, Cellular makeup, Growth, Reproduction, Metabolism, Definite form, size, and lifespan, Sensitivity to stimulus, Adaptation, Excretion, or Movement?