Vocabulary
The day to day condition of Earth's atmosphere.
Weather
The year to year patterns of temperature of precipitation
What is Climate?
Climate is the day to day condition of Earth's atmosphere
False it's Weather
Environmental conditions can vary over small distances creating __________.
Microclimates
An increase in the greenhouse effect cause an increase in:
Temperature
The general place where an organism lives.
Habitat
Mutualism, Parasitism, and Commensalism
What are the 3 types of symbioses?
An habitat is the role of an organism.
False it's niche
Every species has it's own range of ______, the ability to survive and reproduce under a range of environmental circumstances.
Tolerance
An relationship in which one organism is helped and another organism is neither helped nor hurt is called:
Commensalism
Succession that begins in an area with no remnants of an older community.
Primary Succession
After disturbance some species die and new species move in.
How do communities change over time?
Pioneer species are the first species to colonize infertile areas.
True
_______ succession occurs where disturbance affects the community without completely destroying it.
Secondary
Fires, hurricanes, and other natural disturbances can result in:
Succession
Dense forests of coniferous evergreens along the northern edge of the temperate zone that are also called boreal forest
Taiga
Biomes are described in terms of abiotic factors like climate and soil type, and biotic factors like plant and animal life.
What abiotic and biotic factors characterize biomes?
Humus forms in the shade below the canopy.
A plant that sheds its leaves during a particular season is called _______.
Deciduous
In a tropical rainforest, the dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall trees is called the:
Canopy
The sunlit region near the surface in which photosynthesis can occur.
Photic Zone
Aquatic organisms are affected by the water's depth, temperature, flow, and amount of dissolved nutrients.
What factors affect life in aquatic ecosystems?
In the photic zone photosynthesis cannot occur.
False it's aphotic zone.
An ______ is a special kind of wetland formed where a river meets the sea.
Estuary
Organisms that live near or on the ocean floor are called:
Benthos