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Question 1

A biome that occurs on land and not in the water.

Answer 1

Land (terrestrial) biome

Question 2

A land biome characterized by cold temps, high winds, and small plants.

Answer 2

Tundra

Question 3

A land biome characterized by little rainfall and extreme temp changes.

Answer 3

Desert

Question 4

A graph that shows both annual precipitation and temp in an area

Answer 4

Climatogram

Question 5

A land biome characterized by cool summers cold winters and mostly coniferous evergreen trees.

Answer 5

Taiga/coniferous forest/boreal forest

Question 6

A physical environment that has certain characteristic plants and animals mainly due to climate.

Answer 6

Biome

Question 7

A land biome characterized by cool summers, and cold winters and mostly coniferous (evergreen) trees

Answer 7

Taiga/coniferous forest/boreal forest

Question 8

Land biome characterized by having more deciduous trees,( Trees that lose their leaves in winter,) then coniferous: includes the eastern United States

Answer 8

Temperate forest/deciduous forest

Question 9

Decaying organic matter that makes up part soil

Answer 9

Humus

Question 10

The most biodiverse land biome; found near the equator where year round temperatures and rainfall are high

Answer 10

Tropical rain forest

Question 11

A land biome characterized by moderate rainfall, fields of grasses, and few trees

Answer 11

Grassland biome

Question 12

A type of grassland that makes up the Midwestern United States; characterized by tall grasses and grazing herbivores

Answer 12

Prairie

Question 13

A type of grassland found primarily in Africa; has small clusters of trees, large herbivores animals such as giraffes, elephants, rhinos, and hippos, and large cats like lions and cheetahs

Answer 13

Savanna

Question 14

A biome that occurs in water

Answer 14

Aquatic biome

Question 15

A freshwater biomes characterized by moving water, such as in river or stream

Answer 15

Flowing water biome

Question 16

A freshwater Biome characterized by relatively Stillwater, such as an ponds and lakes

Answer 16

Standing water biome

Question 17

A term used to describe micro organisms found in water

Answer 17

Plankton

Question 18

A term used describe small but not microscopic organisms found in water that tend to eat plankton

Answer 18

Zooplankton

Question 19

The area deep in the ocean were no light reaches

Answer 19

Aphotic zone

Question 20

The area of the ocean where sunlight reaches

Answer 20

Coastal ocean

Question 21

The area of the ocean where the tide goes in and out

Answer 21

Intertidal zone

Question 22

An area in the ocean were coral forms a calcium carbonate structure that is home to many different types of organisms

Answer 22

Coral reef

Question 23

Areas where freshwater rivers merge with the ocean

Answer 23

Estuaries

Question 24

The largest number of organisms that can be supported to live in an ecosystem

Answer 24

Carrying capacity

Question 25

Things that limit how many organisms can live in a population

Answer 25

Limiting factors

Question 26

The movement of organisms into an area

Answer 26

Immigration

Question 27

The movement of organisms out of an area

Answer 27

Emigration

Question 28

Limiting factors that depend on the number of organisms in a population

Answer 28

Density depends factors

Question 29

Limiting factors that do not not depend on the number of organisms in a population

Answer 29

Density independent factors

Question 30

When a new species comes in with no natural predators and have plenty of food; the population will look like a J shape

Answer 30

Exponential growth

Question 31

A state of stability in an ecosystem when the populations don't change very much

Answer 31

Dynamic equilibrium

Question 32

The total mass of organisms in a given area or volume

Answer 32

Biomass

Question 33

Is a series of predictable changed in an ecosystem

Answer 33

Ecological succession