Biomes

Question 1

what is ecology?

Answer 1

Branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroudings

Question 2

What is an Ecosystem?

Answer 2

Self-sustaining community of organisms and the physical environment with which they interact

Question 3

What are abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Answer 3

nonliving factors

Question 4

What are biotic factors in an ecosystem?

Answer 4

living factors

Question 5

What is a population?

Answer 5

a group of individuals of the same species living in a particular geographic area

Question 6

What is a community?

Answer 6

a assemblage of all the populations of organisms living close enough together for potential interaction

Question 7

what is an ecosystem?

Answer 7

both the abiotic and biotic components of the environment

Question 8

What is a cause of Regional climate?

Answer 8

solar radiation varies with latitude

Question 9

What are the six types Earths Biomes?

Answer 9

Tundra
Taiga
Temperate deciduous forest
grassland
desert
tropical rainforest

Question 10

where is polar ice found?

Answer 10

north of the tundra
Arctic Ocean
Contienent of Antarctica

Question 11

What are Tundra characterized by?

Answer 11

low shrubs, mosses. lichens, grassses

Question 12

Where are Tundra regions found?

Answer 12

low-laying regions of the far north

Question 13

Where are Taiga regions found?

Answer 13

Boreal forest of coniferous trees in Northern Hemisphere

Question 14

What are characteristics of Taiga regions?

Answer 14

Spruce, fir, pine, moose, bear, beaver, wolverine

Question 15

What are climate characteristics of Temperate Broadleaf forest?

Answer 15

cold in the winter, warm in the summer

Question 16

What are vegetative characteristics of temperate broadleaf forest?

Answer 16

Maple, oak, beech, bears, wild pigs, and wolves

Question 17

what are climate characteristics of grasslands

Answer 17

dry, but sometimes quite productive

Question 18

Where are grasslands located?

Answer 18

American prairies Russia, Savanna in Australia,

Question 19

What are climate characteristics of Deserts

Answer 19

Areas that receive less than 25 cm of sporadic rainfall a year

Question 20

What are two concerns for Desertification

Answer 20

Dry climate shift
Overgrazing; loss of topsoil

Question 21

What are climate characteristics of Tropical Rain forest?

Answer 21

receives a fuck ton of water

Question 22

What are vegetative characteristics of tropical rain forests

Answer 22

lush vegetation, poor soil due to rapid decomposition

Question 23

What is the vital purpose of tropical rainforests

Answer 23

lock up enormous amounts of carbon in vegetation

Question 24

What are 6 types of ocean biomes?

Answer 24

Coastal zone
Intertidal zone
Photic zone
Open ocean
Pelagic zone
Benthic zone

Question 25

What is the Coastal zone

Answer 25

Extends from high-tide mark to point where continental shelf drops off

Question 26

Where is the Intertidal zone?

Answer 26

region between high-tide and low-tide marks

Question 27

Where are Photic zones?

Answer 27

Extends about 100m below surface zone in which enough light penetrates to support photosynthesis

Question 28

Where is the open ocean?

Answer 28

Extends all the way out from coastal zone

Question 29

Where is the pelagic zone

Answer 29

Vertical distance from ocean surface to ocean floor

Question 30

Where is the benthic zone?

Answer 30

the ocean floor

Question 31

Where is the highest amount of ocean Productivity?

Answer 31

Near coast

Question 32

Why does the coast have the highest level of productivity?

Answer 32

waves bring in nutrients, carry away wast,