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Organism a member of a species
Population all of one species living in a given area
Community all the poopulations in a given area
Ecosystem all the living and nonliving factors in a given area
Biome similar types of enviornments
Biosphere all the biomes on earth
Tropical Rain Forest warm temps; abundent rainfall; very dense vegetation and an immense variety of species of plants and animals
Savanna tropical grassland with scattered. found in parts of Africa and South Amercia; Temps are high, rainfall is moderate and there is a long dry season.
Desert very little rainfall; Plants have tough waxy coats to conserve water; Many animals burrow in the ground to avoid the heat.
Temperate Deciduous Forest rainfall is abundent, summers are relatively long, winters are rather cold; Typical plants are broad leaved trees that are DECIDUOUS
Temperate Rainfall not enough rainfall to support trees; summers are warm, winters are cold;
Scrub Forest also known as chaparral; found in maritime climates that have little or no rain in the summer; Typical plants are small trees with leathery leaves
Temperate Coniferous Forest also known as Taiga; found exclusively in the Northern Hemisphere; winter is cold and wet
Tundra in far north; forms a narrow band between the taiga and perpetual ice of the arctic; none of this in the Southern Hemisphere
Abiotic Factor factors that affect the types of organisms that can survive in a given area
Biotic Factor Biological factors that can affect a community
Food Chains the exchange of energy from one organism to another until there are no more organisms involved; linear exchange
Food Web All the different food chains together in a particular biome
Symbiosis two organisms live close enough to have a relationship
Mutualism both organisms benefit in the relationship
Commensalism one organism benefits in the relationship and the other is neither harmed nor affected
Parasitism one organism benefits in the relationship and the other organism is harmed
Trophic Level feeding position in chain
Pyramids of Energy a model illustrating that energy decreases at each succeeding trophic level
Biomass amount of living tissue
Pyramid of Biomass represents the amount of potential food available for each trophic level
Pyramid of Numbers shows relative number of individual organisms at each trophic level
Carbon Cycle involves photosynthesis & respiration
Created by: maddiemyster
 

 



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