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Life in the Earth System
Climate
Biomes
Marine Ecosystems
Estuaries and Freshwater ecosystems
100
The air that surrounds Earth
What is the Atmosphere
100
The zone located around equator
What is the tropical zone
100
The biome that has permafrost
What is the tundra
100
The deepest and darkest part of the ocean
What is the abyssal zone
100
definition of estuary
What is where a river flows into an ocean
200
All of Earth's landforms, both on Earth's surface and underneath, make up this system
What is the geosphere
200
The zone we live in
What is the temperate zone
200
The Amazon jungle is in this biome
What is the Tropical Rainforest
200
The zone you can walk on at low tide
What is the intertidal zone
200
Why estuaries are so important
Why is because they host a large amount of biomass
300
All of Earth's water, ice, and vapor form this system
What is the hydrosphere
300
The very top and the very bottom of the globe host this zone
What is the polar zone
300
The biome that includes African savannas and Midwestern prairies.
What is the grassland biome
300
The zone that is only 10% of the ocean, but hosts 40% of the ocean's biomass
What is the neritic zone
300
The shoreline is part of this zone
What is the littoral
400
The collection of all living organisms on Earth
What is the biota?
400
Why the tropical zone tends to be the hottest
What is because the shape of the Earth places the tropical zone closer to the sun
400
The reason that most life in the tropical biome is in the trees
What is because sunlight does not penetrate through the canopy to the ground below
400
In tropical waters, this has a lot of biodiversity
What is a coral reef
400
The deep, bottom waters of a lake are in this zone
What is the benthic zone
500
The idea that all of Earth's four systems - the abiotic and the biotic factors - work together through feedback loops is known as this.
What is Gaia hypothesis?
500
The difference between "weather" and "climate"
What is that weather is a short-term condition, whereas climate is the average conditions of an area over a long time range
500
Why mountains are not considered biomes
Why is because there are different climates, organisms, and abiotic factors at different elevations on the mountain.
500
Where kelp forests are found, AND why they are important
Where is in cold waters and why is because they host so much biodiversity
500
the open water zone of a lake is called this
What is limnetic zone