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Ch.6 Science
biomes
Question | Answer |
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Anything that can affect the organism. | Environment |
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area | population |
a group of populations that interact with each other in a particular area. | community |
a community of organisms living together along with the nonliving parts of the environment | ecosystem |
Abiotic Factors | the nonliving parts of an ecosystem |
the living organisms in an ecosystem | biotic factors |
the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment is called___ | ecology |
_______ is the part of earth in which living things are found | biosphere |
_________________________ are important abiotic factors that organisms depend on | water, sunlight, temperature, soil, and air |
a characteristic that helps an organism live and reproduce in a particular environment | adaptation |
large group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms | biome |
each biome consists of different parts of the world with ________________ | similar climates |
The _______________contains more species than any other biome | tropical rain forest |
the deciduous forest has ______ soil | nutrient rich |
the long thick hair of the caribou helps keep it warm during the long _______winter | taiga |
what doesnt receive enough rain to support many large trees | grasslands |
what is permafrost | a layer of permantly frozen soil just beneath th surface |
desert plants include what that have short growth cycles | cactia and other plants |