Unit 2: Oceans

Question 1

Biosphere

Answer 1

the layer of the earth where life can be found

Question 2

Individual organism

Answer 2

an individual of a species

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

a group of individuals of one species

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

all populations of different species within an area

Question 5

Ecosystem

Answer 5

a community and the nonliving environment they live in

Question 6

Biome

Answer 6

a large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a mjor habitat

Question 7

Polar

Answer 7

a biome dominated by ice for the majority of the year

Question 8

Tundra

Question 9

Boreal forests

Question 10

Temperate forests

Question 11

Grasslands

Question 12

Deserts

Question 13

Tropical forests

Question 14

Mountains

Question 15

Wetlands

Question 16

Shallow oceans

Question 17

Deep oceans

Question 18

Climate change

Answer 18

Changes in Earth’s climate system

Question 19

Acidification

Answer 19

The decrease in the pH of the Earth’s oceans

Question 20

Sewage

Answer 20

Wastewater that is produced by a community of people

Question 21

Overfishing

Question 22

Coriolis effect

Answer 22

The effect of the earth’s turning on the direction of the wind

Question 23

Population

Answer 23

Number of organisms of the same species that live in a particular area

Question 24

Sea

Answer 24

Smaller area of ocean

Question 25

Ocean

Question 26

Organism

Question 27

Coral reef

Question 28

Continental shelf

Question 29

Food web

Question 30

Ocean current

Question 31

Precipitation

Question 32

Temperature range