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Biology4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Weather | |
| Climate | |
| Greenhouse Effect | |
| Polar Zone | |
| Temperate Zone | |
| Tropical Zone | |
| Biotic Factor | |
| Abiotic Factor | |
| Habitat | |
| Niche | |
| Resource | |
| Competitive Eclusion Principle | |
| Predation | |
| Symbiosis | |
| Mutualism | |
| Commensalism | |
| Parasitism | |
| Ecological Succession | |
| Primary Succession | |
| Pioneer Species | |
| Secondary Succession | |
| Biome | |
| Microclimate | |
| Canopy | |
| Understory | |
| Deciduous | |
| Coniferous | |
| Humus | |
| Taiga | |
| Permafrost | |
| Plankton | |
| Phytoplankton | |
| Zooplankton | |
| Wetland | An ecosystem in which water either soils for at least |
| Estuary | Wetlands formed where rivers meet the sea; contain a mixture of fresh water and salt water, affected by the rise and fall of ocean tides |
| Detritus | Made up of tiny pieces of organic material that provide food for organisms at the base of the estuary;s food web |
| Salt Marsh | Temperate zone estuaries dominated by salt tolerant marshes above the low tide line and by seagrasses under water |
| Mangrove Swamp | Coatal Wetlands that are widespread across tropoical regions, including southern florida and Hawaii |
| Photic Zone | Well lit upper layer in the ocean |
| Aphotic Zone | Typically down 200 meters in the ocean, below the photic zone, which is permanently dark; only algae and producers grow in this relatively thin surface layer |
| Zonation | The prominent horizontal banding of organisms that live in a particular habitat |
| Coatal Ocean | Extends from the low tide mark to the outer edge of the continential shelf, the relatively shallow border that sorrounds the continent |
| Kelp Forest | Most productive coastal ocean communities; known for their giant brown algae that grows extraordinary rates |
| Coral Reef | Coral animals whose hard, calcium carbonate skeletons make up their primary stucture |
| Benthos | Oragnisms that live attached to or near the bottom of the ocean floor |