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What zone is closest to the beach in a marine biome

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The Littoral Zone

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The thin layer of soil, water and air where life exists on earth is called ________

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The Biosphere

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What zone makes up the open ocean

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The Pelagic Zone

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What is the rate at which reproduction adds new individuals to a population

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Biotic Potential

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In what zone would you find plankton

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The Photic Zone

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A structural adaptation of an animal blending with its environment

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Camouflage

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In what zone would you find coral reefs and starfish

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The Intertidal Zone

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What is the top layer of a forest

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The canopy

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What is the deepest zone?

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The deepest zone is the Hadal zone

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Where do many marine animals go to have their babies?

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The Littoral Zone

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What is a consumer that only eats meat?

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A carnivore

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What is an organism that feeds on dead organisms and the waste of living organisms?

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Decomposers

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What is turbidity?

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A measure of relative clarity for a liquid

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A flood that kills all the members of a population is an example of _________

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A Secondary Sucession

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In what type of water is there more dissolved oxygen?

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What special adaptation do fish in the abyssal zone have?

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bioluminescence

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What is movement of individuals out of a population?

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Emigration

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What do organisms eat in the bathyl zone?

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Decaying matter from zooplankton

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Structures or behaviors that help an animal survive?

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Adaptations

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A behavior that an animal has but does not have to learn

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Instinct

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The sum of all the limiting factors that keep an organism from reaching its biotic potential

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Environmental resistence

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A squirrel hibernating is an example of __________ __________.

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Behavioral Adaptation

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When a population is gaining the same number of individuals as it is losing
Equilibrium
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A baby chick hatches and begins pecking the ground, this is an example of ________.
Instinct
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Grasslands do not have trees because _____ __ ___ ______ ________.
There is not enough rainfall
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Orangutans keep their babies for many years, this is because ___ ______ ____ __ __ ______.
The babies need to be taught
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An animal that eats only plants is a _________.
A Herbivore
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Animals hibernate because _____ __ ___ ______ ____.
They need to store energy
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Anything that keeps a population from growing
Limiting Factors
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Porcupines have long, sharp quills to defend themselves this is __________ __________.
Structural Adaptation
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A relationship in which both species benefit
Mutualism
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King snakes are not dangerous, but they look like poisonous coral snakes this is an example of _______.
Mimicry
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All the living and nonliving things in a given area
An Ecosystem
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A group of the same species living in an area.
Population
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How an animal makes its living or its job in an area
A niche
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A group of different populations
A community
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The place where an animal lives
A habitat
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A producer is a _______ _____ ____ ____...
Plant or algae that can produce food for itself using the energy from the sun chemicals found in the ocean
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A relationship where one animal benefits ant the other is unharmed is ____________
Commensalism
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In primary succession there is no ____
Soil
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The last stage of succession that is describes as a biome is ______ _________
Climax Community
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The transfer of energy from the sun through a series of organisms in an ecosystem is ____ _____.
Food chain
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In the water cycle, how does water get from the sky to the ground?
Precipitation
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In the water cycle, how does water get from the ground to the sky?
Evaporation
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Succession after a mild fire, where soil is till present
Primary Succession
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In the carbon cycle, how does carbon get from the air into plants and animals
Photosynthesis
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What is the process of changing carbon dioxide to oxygen using the sun's energy?
Photosynthesis
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In the carbon cycle how does carbon get from plants and animals back into the air?
Decomposition
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In the oxygen cycle, how does oxygen get into the air?
Photosynthesis
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What are the first inhabitants of a community called?
A Pioneer Community
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Overcrowding and Disease are _______.
Density
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The most offspring an organism can have under ideal conditions is ______ _________.
Biotic Potential
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Two species trying to occupy the same niche will result in _________.
Competition
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The most organisms that can be supported in an environment is ________ _________.
Carrying Capacity
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Entering a population from a different location is called _________.
Migration
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In which biome would you find coniferous trees?
Taiga
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Where do you find permafrost?
The arctic
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Which biome has the greatest diversity
The Tropical Rainforest
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Which biome has the greatest range of temperatures?
The Desert
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Which biome has the greatest precipitation?
The Rainforest
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Why do jackrabbits have such large ears?
To keep them warm
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Why are there fewer animals in the tundra in the winter as compared with the summer?
Summer is when the leaves/plants come back
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Vertical Stratification is ______ ______ _____ ____ _____ ___...
When things in nature are arranged in layers from top to bottom
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Biomes are determined by _______, ___________, ___ _____________.
Climate, temperature, and precipitation
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What does deciduous mean?
Trees that lose their leaves seasonally

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