BIOMES
AQUATIC BIOMES
MISCELLANEOUS
TERRESTRIAL BIOMES
MISC. 2
100

A large area that shares the same type of plants and animals

What is a biome

100

What are three types of wetlands and what ecosystem service do they provide?

Marshes 

Swamps 

Bogs 


They filter pollutants and waste out of the water 

100
Portion of shoreline that lies between high and low tide
What is Intertidal sone
100

What are the type of trees found in tundra biomes?

There are no trees in tundra biomes 

100

These organisms create all of the energy for an ecosystem

What are producers

200
Biomes on land are called
what is terrestrial biomes
200

What is the measure of salt content in water?

What is salinity

200
Portion of marine biome that is shallow enough for sunlight to pemetrate
What is photic zone
200

Which biome is known for having the most seasonal variation, including trees changing colors in autumn?

What is temperate deciduous forest 

200

This is a model that shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level of an ecosystem

What is an energy pyramid, food web, or food chain

300

How many terrestrial biomes are there

What is 7

300
aquatic biomes are separated into three regions
What is marine biomes, estuaries and fresh water biomes
300
Deep water that never recives sunlight
What is Aphotic Zone
300

The richest biome in biodiversity is

What is tropical rain forest

300

Biomes are shaped by long-term patterns in this

Weather and climate 

400
Biomes located on oceans, lakes, ponds,streams and other bodies of water are called
What is aquatic biomes
400
The body of water that contains the most biomass
What is the ocean
400
A coastal body of water partially surrounded by land and in which fresh water and salt water mix
What is estuary
400

These biomes receive less than 25 cm of rain each year

What is a desert

400

water in this biome is frozen

What is tundra

500

What are the seven terrestrial biomes

Grassland 

Tropical rainforest 

Temperate rainforest 

deciduous forest 

Tundra 

Taiga 

Desert

500

There are three regions of open ocean biomes

What is Sunlit, twilight regions, and dark regions

500

body of water that serves as home for plants and tadpoles and has temperature variations

What is Freshwater biomes (ponds and lakes)

500

Biodiversity in this biome includes fungi, ferns, mosses, cougars, bears, and frogs. The summers here are cool and foggy

What is temperate rain forest 

500

This is the lower end of a river that feeds into the ocean

What is an estuary