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Grade 8 CH 6
Ecosystems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |