Ch. 6 Biomes & Aquatic Ecosystems

An adaptation of animals in biomes with low precipitation

What is the difference between swamps and freshwater marshes?

Day to day conditions in earth's atmosphere, ie., "hot & humid"

Warm and wet biomes have the lowest net primary production.

Ecologists use broad classifications to classify ecosystems called

Which terms best describes conditions in area A (solid line=precipitation/dashed line=temp?)

Most trees in tropical dry forests are ____________________; they lose leaves seasonally.

In aquatic ecosystems, net primary productivity is related to

Which biome would have the lowest net primary production

How are aquatic ecosystems classified?

The rate at which plants and algae convert solar or chemical energy into stored chemical energy

Salinity, depth, and whether the water is flowing or standing are used by scientists to

How are terrestrial biomes classified?

Rivers and streams are types of standing freshwater ecosystems

To survive in the tundra animals like caribou might have which of the following adaptations?

What are 2 ways a river ecosystem varies from source (beginning) to its mouth (end)

Term used to describe water that has more salt than freshwater, but less salt than ocean water

Which biome would have the greatest net primary production?

What is the term for the vertical flow of cold, nutrient rich water

Why do shorter trees and plants in the understory have broad, flat leaves?

What percent of earth is covered in water?

A type of large brown algae that grows from the ocean floor of continental shelves

In temperate rain forests, trees that do not lose their leaves annually are called

Zones that are shared by all marine and freshwater biomes are

In which ocean zones do crabs, mussels, anemone, barnacles, and sea stars live?

Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have the highest temperatures?

Photosynthesis by aquatic plants and phytoplankton is mostly limited by the available oxygen

Weather is the average temperature and precipitation over long periods in a given area.