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Biome Test Vocab

Env. Sci. Biome test vocab

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Ecology The scientific study of relationships in the natural world
Physiological Ecology The study of the relationships between organisms and their physical environment.
Population Ecology The study of the relationships between organisms of the same species.
Community Ecology The study of the relationships between organisms of different species.
Ecosystem Ecology The study of the relationships between organisms and fluxes of matter and energy through bio-systems.
Ecosystem Communities of living organisms in a particular place and the chemical and physical factors that influence them.
Biogeography The geographic distribution of living organisms and their communities
Biome A large geographic area characterized by its environmental attributes and by the plants and animals that inhabit the area
Terrestrial Biome A land biome characterized by temperature and precipitation
Aquatic Biome A water biome characterized by temperature, depth, and salinity
Permafrost Soil that is perennially frozen except for a thin surface layer that thaws in the summer time
Species Richness The total number of species present in an area
Latitudinal Biodiversity Gradient The increase in species richness or biodiversity that occurs from the poles to the tropics, often referred to as the latitudinal gradient in species diversity
Trophic Level A feeding level within a food web
Primary Producer organisms in an ecosystem that produce biomass from inorganic compounds (autotrophs)
Decomposer scavengers break down dead plants and animals
Gross Primary Productivity The total organic matter produced through photosynthesis
Net Primary Productivity The rate at which new biomass accrues in an ecosystem (The energy that remains available after subtracting the fraction thats plants use for respiration.
Biogeochemical cycling a pathway by which a chemical element or molecule moves through both biotic (biosphere) and abiotic (lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere) compartments of Earth
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