Biomes Unit Review 5th sb

How do temperate rain forests differ from tropical rain forests?

Aquatic ecosystems that have a thin layer of water covering soil that is wet most of the time _

Wetlands contain which of the following?

Which natural disaster is made worst by the destruction of estuaries?

Which has higher oxygen levels?

What factors are nonliving?

Nonliving things, such as rock, soil, and air are all part of an ecosystem.

The tundra is one of the largest biomes in the world.

In the open ocean, where does photosynthesis take place?

When a Gila monster uses a rock for shade from the noonday sun, it is interacting with ____.

What is salinity?

What is not a freshwater ecosystem?

How many major land biomes are there?

Which of the following is a biotic factor?

On the coral reef ecosystem figure shown, which factor is biotic?

What are coral reefs?

Which land biome covers the most area on Earth?

Estuaries and wetlands purify water and filter out:

Which is not an aquatic ecosystem?

Which of these factors is biotic?

of the following, which is NOT a freshwater ecosystem?

Decaying organisms fall to the bottom of a pond. What is this process called?

What are the areas where freshwater meets saltwater called?

In the figure shown, ____ an abiotic factor.

How do people use water from a freshwater ecosystem?

Which of these factors is abiotic?