Ecosystems
Biomes
Affects of/to the Environment
Types of Ecosystems
Animals and Plants
100

Tropical ecosystems have what type of climate

Hot and humid

100

All biomes have two unique features that set them apart.  What are they?

Temperature and precipitation

100

Where animals live, adapt, and reproduce in an ecosystem

Niche

100

Very dry and sub-zero temperatures

Polar or Tundra

100

Temperature is directly related to how much humidity is in a biome.

True or False

True

200

Camels, lizards, and cactuses live in an ecosystem with what main limiting factor

Water

200

Biomes and ecosystems are the same

False

200

What is the most damaging effect of humans on an ecosystem

Encroachment or polluting is correct

200

An area between 60 -70 degrees latitude that has coniferous trees.  It's a type of forest.

Boreal Forest

200

Animals with the best genetic ____________ fit into a niche in any ecosystem.  This is the principle of survival of the fittest.

Adaptations

300

Frogs and turtles live in a very _____ ecosystem

Wet

300

Ecosystems can vary from biome to biome

True

300

20% of the worlds oxygen is produced in this aquatic environment:

Glaciers                                 Coniferous Forests

Rain Forests                           Oceans


Oceans

300

An area with very few trees and continuous grass in very large stretches of land

Grassland

300

What is the role of a decomposer

breakdown dead matter

400

Permafrost exists in what biome

Tundra

400

Biomes are classified by animals, plants, and ...

Latitude

400

What does cold blooded mean

Means they rely on the sun and the environment to circulate their blood.

400

Which trophic level is most affected in the Tundra by freezing weather?

Producers

400

I have a tail that bends and has a stinger.  I am part of the arachnid family.  I live in a desert biome.

Scorpion

500

Ecosystems are made up of both living and non-living things.  What do scientists call these things in an ecosystem

Biotic and Abiotic

500

This region between latitude 30 degrees and 60 degrees is called what zone.  It is most effected by seasons and generally has the best overall climate.

Temperate

500

Birds have adapted to live in different climates by following this pattern of going South in the winter.

Migration

500

What does the arrow mean in a food web

It points to where the organism receives the energy

500

What is the difference between a food web and a food chain.  Explain it with trophic levels for 500 more points.

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