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BiomeSucEcology
7th Biome Succession & Ecology Test Review 2023
Term | Definition |
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Habitat | The environment where a species of organism lives or thrives |
Population | The amount of a specific species living thing in a given area |
Ecosystem | Biotic and abiotic things that interact in a given area |
Biotic | living things in an ecosystem |
Carbondioxide | Animals exhale it; plants consume and store it |
Niche | The best place for an organism to exist in its ecosystem |
Community | A group of populations in an area |
Lichen | a pioneer species on a volcanic island |
Primary | The type of succession that occurs after a volcano |
Secondary | The type of succession that occurs on land where there has been a forest fire |
Grass | A pioneer species of secondary succession |
Soil | Something that Primary succession doesn’t begin with |
ClimaxCommunity | The end result of succession |
Equilibrium | When _____ occurs in and area, succession stops happening |
Desert | an area with the hottest temperatures that gets less than 25cm of rain per year |
Biome | a global land area that is characterized by its plants, animals and climate |
Grassland | the biome where Lions and buffalo roam |
Tundra | large land area with permafrost soil and no trees |
Taiga | Many tundra animals go to this forest biome that is below freezing half the year |
Deciduousforest | this biome has four seasons and trees with no leaves in winter |
TropicalRainForest | Biome that is never cold and always gets over 200cm of rain per year |
Coniferous | Trees that make and bear cones |
Deciduous | Trees with green leaves that change color and fall off in winter |
Cactus | The wax covered dominant plant of the desert |
Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet, & hail |
Freezing | zero degrees Celsius |
Tropical | The warmest climate zone on Earth |
Temperate | The climate zones with 4 distinct seasons |
Polar | The climate zones with permafrost |
Canopy | The layer of a forest with thick leaves that act like an umbrella |
Understory | T. rainforest are known for vines, in which layer would they be found? |