Term | Definition |
climate | climate helps determine the kinds of plants and animals that live in an area. each biome has a different cliamte |
biome | a large region on earth that has specific plant and animal communities. |
habitat destruction | when a human interacts or natural disasters interfere with an organism's habitat. |
limiting factors | any biotic or abiotic factor that prevents a population from growing |
ecological succession | a gradual change in an ecosystem over time |
primary succession | occurs in an area where no previous ecosystem existed |
secondary succession | can also occur following a change or disturbance |
littoral | the area where the pond meets land |
limnetic | dominated my floating plants |
profundal | present in deeper ponds |
benthic | darkest zone and it rarely has any plantlife |
permafrost | a permanent layer of frozen soil |
conifers | coniferous trees |
intertidal zone | where the ocean meets the shore |
pelagic zone | the open ocean |
benthic zone | receives minimal sunlight |
abysal zone | deepest, darkest zone in the ocean |
phytoplankton | micro-organisms that eat zoplankton |
zooplankton | the oceans producers |
deciduous trees | trees that loose their leaves because of the loss of chlorophyll |
dessert biome | hottest, driest biome |
tropical rain forest | biome with most rainfall and most organisms |
grassland | biome that is hot in the summer and cold n the winter |
algae | most common producer of freshwater |
esunary | has freshwater and saltwater |
paracitism | a symbiotic relationship where one organism is benefited and one organism is harmed |
commenislism | a symbiotic relationship where one organism benefited and the other is not helped or harmed in any way |
mutualism | a symbiotic relationship where both organisms are benefited by the relationship |
climax community | the final stage to take place during succession |
pioneer species | grasses and weeds that grow during succession |
opportunists species | use their energy for producing seeds form offspring |
colonizers | the first organisms to grow during succession |