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Grade 8 CH 6
Ecosystems
Question | Answer |
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Large geographic areas with similar climates & ecosystems. | BIOME |
Stable, end stage of ecological succession in which balance is in the absence of disturbance. | CLIMAX COMMUNITY |
Diverse ecosystem formed from calcium carbonate shells secreted by corals. | CORAL REEF |
Driest biome on Earth. | DESERT |
An extremely fertile area where a river meets an ocean. | ESTUARY |
Temperate and tropical regions dominated by climax communities of grasses. | GRASSLAND |
Part of the shoreline that is under water at high tide and ex posed to the air at low tide. | INTERTIDAL ZONE |
First organisms to grow in new or disturbed areas. | PIONEER SPECIES |
Natural, gradual changes in the types of species that live in an area. | SUCCESSION |
World’s largest biome. Located just below the Tundra. | TAIGA |
Biome having at least 4 distinct seasons, and climax communities of deciduous trees. | TEMPERATE DECIDIOUS FOREST |
Biome dominated by trees with needlelike leaves. | TEMPERATURE RAIN FOREST |
Cold, dry, treeless biome with six to nine month long winters. | TUNDRA |
A land region that is wet most or all of the year. | WETLAND |
Most biologically diverse biome. | TROPICAL RAIN FOREST |