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Energy
What's there?
100
an organism that makes it's own energy
What is a producer
100
the study of how living things interact with each other and the environment
What is ecology
100
This biome is covered in various grasses and cannot support the growth of forests.
What is a grassland?
100
Producers capture energy from this.
What is sunlight?
100
deer, wolves, bear live here
What is a temperate deciduous forest?
200
an organism that breaks down dead plants and animals
What is a decomposer
200
these trees drop their leaves before winter comes
What is deciduous
200
This biome is found in the middle latitudes and has four distinct seasons.
What is a temperate forest?
200
These are eaten by primary consumers.
What are producers?
200
cactus, lizards and kangaroo rat live here
What is the desert?
300
this shows one set of feeding relationships between a producer and consumers
What is the food chain
300
the place where a river meets an ocean
What is an estuary
300
An area is considered this biome if it receives less than 25 cm of rain a year.
What is a desert?
300
These things recycle dead and decayed material.
What are decomposers?
300
Polar bears, snowy owls, musk ox, moss and grass are found here.
What is the tundra?
400
the living parts of an environment
What are biotic factors
400
a part of a biome that includes the living things and the physical environment
What is an ecosystem
400
This biome is not the largest, but half of the world's species lives here.
What is the tropical rain forest?
400
These things eat primary consumers.
What is a secondary consumer?
400

the tops of the trees in the tropical rain-forest

What is the emergent layer?

500
a large region of Earth that has a unique set of plants and animals that thrive there
What is a biome
500
an organism that gets its energy by eating plants or animals
What is a consumer
500

A cold biome where the ground is frozen.

What is the tundra?

500

Zones of this biome include the epipelagic, mesopelagic, and bathypelagic zones.

What is the salt water aquatic zone?

500
Ponds, lakes, rivers and streams are examples of this.
What is a freshwater biome?