A group of ecosystems that share similar Abiotic and Biotic conditions.

Describes the average conditions, including temperature, and precipitation over long periods in a given area.

The day-to-day conditions in Earth´s atmosphere like ¨sunny and humid¨ or ¨snowy and cold¨.

Net primary production

The organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration.

The top layer of the rain forest.

Shorter trees and plants that make up space for sunlight.

Plants that grow on other plants instead of soil.

The enabling of plans to seal off the area between the leaf stem and trunk, preventing water loss.

A deep sleep-like period of dormancy.

Trees that produce seed-bearing cones.

A deep, sleep-like state that an animal enters for most of the winter.

underground soil that remains frozen year-round.

Measures the amount of salt dissolved in water.

The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis.

When no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur.

the very bottom of a body of water.

The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.

The father part of the shore where there are no rotted plants.

Areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year.

Areas nearest a river´s course that are flooded periodically.

Bodies of water, partly closed by land, that occur where fresh water from land drainage meets the water of an ocean or inland. sea.

The vertical flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface. where the horizontal currents diverge, or flow away from one another.

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ch 6 vocab

Term	Definition
Biome	A group of ecosystems that share similar Abiotic and Biotic conditions.
Climate	Describes the average conditions, including temperature, and precipitation over long periods in a given area.
Weather	The day-to-day conditions in Earth´s atmosphere like ¨sunny and humid¨ or ¨snowy and cold¨.
Climatographs	A climate diagram.
Net primary production	The organic matter, or biomass, that remains after cellular respiration.
Canopy	A dense covering.
Emergent layer	The top layer of the rain forest.
Understory	Shorter trees and plants that make up space for sunlight.
Epiphytes	Plants that grow on other plants instead of soil.
Deciduous	The enabling of plans to seal off the area between the leaf stem and trunk, preventing water loss.
Estivation	A deep sleep-like period of dormancy.
Coniferous	Trees that produce seed-bearing cones.
Hibernation	A deep, sleep-like state that an animal enters for most of the winter.
Permafrost	underground soil that remains frozen year-round.
Salinity	Measures the amount of salt dissolved in water.
Photic Zone	The uppermost layer of an aquatic ecosystem, where there is enough sunlight for photosynthesis.
Aphotic Zone	When no sunlight penetrates and photosynthesis cannot occur.
Benthic Zone	the very bottom of a body of water.
Littoral Zone	The shallow near-shore portion of the photic zone.
Limnetic Zone	The father part of the shore where there are no rotted plants.
Wetlands	Areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year.
Flood Plain	Areas nearest a river´s course that are flooded periodically.
Estuaries	Bodies of water, partly closed by land, that occur where fresh water from land drainage meets the water of an ocean or inland. sea.
Upwelling	The vertical flow of cold, nutrient-rich water toward the surface. where the horizontal currents diverge, or flow away from one another.

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