Biomes
Ecosystems of the world are classified into classes called ______.
Biomes
The study of the relationship between organisms and their environmental (includes studying things living and nonliving)
Ecology
The part of the Earth that sustains life.
Biosphere
Large scale groups of stars, dust, & gas held together by gravity
Galaxy
The average distance between the earth and the sun.
Astronomical Unit
_____ Ecosystems are bodies of water like streams and rivers.
Wetland
Organisms that cannot make their own food for energy are _________.
Heterotroph
How many organisms an ecosystem is capable of supporting successfully based on available resources.
Carrying Capacity
Model of the solar system that states that the sun is the center of the solar system and the planets revolve around it
Heliocentric Model
______ is the spinning of the Earth on its axis.
Rotation
______ Ecosystems are identified by the presence of salt water.
Marine
A way of showing the transfer of energy in an ecosystem is the __________ _______.
Ecological Pyramid
Many groups of different populations (different species as well) that live together.
Community
Movement of the Earth around the sun
Earth's Revolution
The tilt of the Earth's axis is oriented directly towards or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to appear to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes.
Solstice
_________ Ecosystem types are distinguished by the depth of water, how fast it moves, and availability of mineral nutrients, sunlight and oxygen.
Freshwater
It is the study of a population and the factors that affect its growth or decline
Population Ecology
_________ Includes the number of different species in a geographic area and also genetic variation with a specific population of animals
Biodiversity
Sunlight strikes the earth most directly at the equator.
Equinox
Two hydrogen atoms fuse (combine) to form a helium atom.
Name 5 Major Biomes
Tropical rain forests
Temperate forests
Taiga
Savannas
Temperate grasslands
Chaparral (shrub land)
Desert
Tundra
Factors that increasingly affect a population as the size of the population increases.
Density-dependent factors
The transfer of energy from the sun to producer to primary consumer then to higher order consumers can be shown in a _______.
Food Chain
The sun radiates energy into space, This energy is called electromagnetic energy (radiation) and travels to Earth in the form of radiation
Sunlight
The tendency of objects moving over the earth (air, water, planes, projectiles) to be deflected (curve away) from a straight line path.
Coriolis effect