Question | Answer |
Biome | A group of ecoystems with similar climates and organisms. |
Climate | The average annual conditions of tempture, precipitation winds, and clouds in an area. |
Desert | A dry region that on average receives less than 25 centimeters of precipitaion per year. |
Rain Forest | A forest that receives at least 2 meters of rain per year, mostly occurring in the tropical wet climate zone. |
Emergent Layer | The tallest layer of the rain forest that receives the most sunlight. |
Canopy | A leafy roof formed by tall trees in a rain forest. |
Understory | A layer of shorter trees and vines that growsin the shade of a forest canopy. |
Grassland | Amn area populated mostly by grasses and other nonwoody plants that gets 15 to 75 centimeters of rain each year. |
Savanna | A grassland located close to the equator that may include shrubs ans small trees and recives as much as 120 centimeters of rain per year. |
Deciduous Tree | A tree that shreds its leaves during a particular season and grows new each year. |
Boreal Forest | Dense forest of evergreens located in the upper regions of the Northern Hemisphere. |
Coniferous Tree | A tree that produces its seeds in cones and that has a needle- shaped leaves coated in a waxy substince to reduce water. |
Tundra | An extremly cold, dry biome climate region charcterized by short, cool summers and bitterly cold winters. |
Permafrost | Permantly frozen soil found in the tundra biome climate region. |
Organism | A living thing. |
Species | A group of similiar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reperduce. |
Ecology | The study of how organisms interact with each other. |
Habitat | An envirmenyt that provides the things a spacific organism needs to live, grow, and reperduce. |
Population | All the members of one species living in the same area. |
Biotic Factor | A living or once living part of an organism's habiait. |
Community | All the different populations that live together in a particular area. |
Abiotic Factor | A nonliving part of an organism's habiait. |
Ecosystems | The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their nonliving envirment. |