Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Ecosystems&Biomes

Chapter 2 Science Vocab

TermDefinition
Producer An organism that can make its own food.
Consumer An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
Herbivore Consumers that eat only plants.
Carnivore Consumers that eat only animals.
Omnivore Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
Scavenger A carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
Decomposer Break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the ecosystem.
Food Web Consists of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
Food Chain A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
Energy Pyrimid Shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
Evaporation The process of which molecules of liquid water absorb energy and change to gas.
Condensation The process which a gas changes to a liquid.
Precipitation Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail
Nitrogen Fixation The process of changing free nitrogen into a usable form of nitrogen.
Biome A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms.
Climate The average annual temperature and amount of precipitation in an area that determines its biome.
Desert An area that receives less than 25% of rain per year.
Rain-Forest A forest with large amount of rainfall per year.
Emergent Layer Tallest layer of the rainforest which receives the most sunlight and can reach up to 70 meters.
Canopy Underneath trees 50 meters tall from a leafy roof.
Understory A layer of shorter trees and vines around 50 meters high
Grassland An area that is mostly populated by grasses and other non woody plants.
Savanna Receives as much as 120 centimeters of rain each year.
Deciduous Tree Tees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year.
Boreal Forest Dense forest found in upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Coniferous Tree Trees that produce their seeds in cones and have leaves shaped like needles.
Tundra Extremely cold and dry.
Permafrost Frozen soil.
Biogeography The study of where organisms live and how they got there.
Continental Drift As the plates move, the continents move with them in a process.
Dispersal The movement of organisms from one place to another;.
Exotic Species A organism that is carried into a new location by people.
Esturary Found where the freshwater of a river meets the saltwater of an ocean.
Intertidal Zone Located on the shore between the high-tide line and the low-tide line.
Neritic Zone Region of shallow water found below the low tide line and extending over the continental shelf.
Created by: jrs201077136
Popular Earth Science sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards