Vocab ch3 bio

Enter Category Name

100

Part of Earth in which life exists including land, water, and air or atmosphere

Biosphere

200

Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their enviornment

Ecology 

300

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

Species

400

Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

Population

500

Assemblage of different population that live together in a defined area

Community

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100

All the organisms that live in a place together with their nonliving enviroment

Ecosystem

200

Any living part of the environment with which an organism might interact.

Biotic factor

300

Physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem

Abiotic Factor

400

Thing layer of gases that surround Earth

Atmosphere

500

All of the water--- salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor--- above and below Earth's surface and in the atompshere

Hydrosphere

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100

All of the rock at and below Earth's surface

Geosphere

200

Average year- to- year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time

Climate

300

Day-to-day atmosphere conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors.

Weather

400

The process in which certain gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor) trap sunlight energy in Earth's atmosphere as heat

Greenhouse effect

500

a group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

Biome

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100

dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rainforest trees

Canopy

200

Layer in a rainforest found underneath the canopy formed by shorter trees and vines

Understory

300

Material formed from decaying leaves and other organic matter

humus

400

Biome with long cold winters and a few months of warm weather; dominated by coniferous evergreens; also called boreal forest

taiga

500

Layer of permanently frozen subsoil found in the tundra

Permafrost

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100

Sunlight region near the surface of water

Photic Zone

200

Dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone where sunlight does not penetrate

Aphotic zone

300

Microscopic organisms that live in aquatic environments; includes both phytoplankton and zooplankton

Plankton

400

Ecosystem in which water either covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year

wetland

500

A kind of wetland formed where a river meets the ocean

Estuary