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- Succulents
- plants having thick leaves with large cells able to store water (Desert)
- rivers, streams; trout, frogs
- Freshwater
- Photic Zone
- shallow, top layer of the ocean where enough light penetrates for photosynthesis to occur
- birds, small mammals, wolves
- Temperate deciduous forest
- severely hot and dry
- Desert
- abyssal zone (no light-chemosynthetic organisms only)
- Sea floor
- Limiting factors
- living + nonliving factors that affect adaptations that organisms need to survive (e.g. hibernate)
- O2 down, CO2 up
- Tropical rainforest
- Unwanted materials
- 1. acid rain from burning fossil fuels; 2. waste materials
- photosynthetic - (intertidal zone->neritic zone->oceanic zone)
- Photic zone
- Savanna
- tropical or subtropical grassland with scattered trees and woodlands
- thick, rich soil w/ layers of vegetation
- Temperate deciduous forest
- coniferous (boreal) forest
- Taiga
- Biomes
- all similar ecosystems on Earth (climate + major plant type)
- harsh winter; short, cool summer
- Taiga
- marine; oceans; marine fish (tuna)
- Saltwater
- musk ox, snowy owl, reindeer
- Alpine Tundra
- mountainous; less sun in summer=less vegetation
- Alpine Tundra
- Biotic
- living factors (e.g. predators/prey)
- oak and maple trees
- Temperate deciduous forest
- permafrost (permanent frozen soil)
- Arctic Tundra
- Pelagic Zone
- open water not associated with the seafloor (aphotic zone)
- 2 types of succession
- 1. primary; 2. secondary
- seed-eating animals; birdsm rodents, snakes, lizards
- Desert
- higher elevation has most biodiversity due to a lot of rainfall
- Tropical rainforest
- Neritic Zone
- shallow water over the continental shelf (photic zone)
- Climate
- temperature + rainfall
- Abiotic
- temperature, wind, rain, soil (terrestrial plants/animals & sun (light) for aquatic photosynthesis, CO2
- Oceanic Zone
- open ocean (photic zone)
- low rain
- Temperate grasslands (prairies)
- rain depends on elevation; floor has little vegetation/animals
- Tropical rainforest
- Succession
- process of 1 community replacing another
- Aphotic Zone
- below the photic zone; light is insufficient for photosynthesis
- Population
- growth of the same species in the same habitat
- trees limited to streams and savannahs (sub-tropical)
- Temperate grasslands (prairies)
- equatorial (day length and temperature don't vary)
- Tropical rainforest
- phytoplankton (autotrophs), zooplankton (heterotrophs)
- Freshwater
- 24 hour sun in the summer; little rain
- Arctic Tundra
- 2 types of Tundra
- 1. Arctic; 2. Alpine
- cacti, small shrubs
- Desert
- moderate rain
- Temperate deciduous forest
- clearcutting=decrease in plant/animal species; changes weather
- Tropical rainforest
- 2 Aquatic Communities
- 1. Freshwater; 2. Saltwater
- large herbivores (e.g. giraffe, elephants)
- Temperate grasslands (prairies)
- Laws of Human Ecology
- 1. There is no away to throw to; 2. You can never do merely one thing
- moose, elk, grizzlies, wolves, hares, squirrels
- Taiga
- Name the 6 terrestrial biomes
- 1. Tundra; 2. Taiga; 3. Temperatue deciduous forest; 4. Temperate grasslands (prairies); 5. Deserts; 6. Tropical rainforest
- Perennial
- plants that live more than 1 year
- plants depends on zone of light
- Saltwater
- Ecosystem
- organism + its habitat
- Chaparral
- brushland communities (midlatitude coastal areas near the ocean)
- dwarf shrubs, grasses, moss, lichens
- Arctic Tundra
- Intertidal Zone
- shore area between high-tide and low-tide marks (photic zone)
- evergreens, moss, lichens
- Taiga
- benthic zone (crustaceans, fish, coral)
- Sea floor