Biomes

Which zone of an aquatic ecosystem tends to have more life—both producers and consumers?

What percentage of Earth’s surface is covered in water?

Which biome would have warm summers with cool winters and many deciduous trees?

Which biome would have the lowest net primary production?

Marshes, swamps, and bogs are examples of

Species of bacteria living in your gut that help you with digestion. What interaction is this?

What ocean zone starts at the edge of the continental shelf and extends outward into deep water

Which biome would have the highest net primary production?

An interaction in which one individual kills and consumes an individual of another species is

The very bottom of a body of water is _________ zone

What biome would have a rich growth of prairies and moderate temperatures?

Day-to-day conditions in Earth’s atmosphere, such as “sunny and humid,” describe

____ spread between the uppermost reach of the high tide and the lowest limit of the low tide.

Criteria such as salinity, depth, and if the water is flowing/standing are used to

___________________ are areas of land that are flooded with water at least part of the year.

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

Which of the following describes the aphotic zone in an aquatic ecosystem?

Where rivers flow into the ocean, mixing fresh water with saltwater

►Fish, cattails, frogs, dragonflies, and all the other living things in a pond make up a(n) 

What is the name of this diagram

A marsh is a wetland that 

A deer browsing on a shrub is an example of

Which ecosystems are considered standing freshwater ecosystems?

How much energy is lost between each trophic level

What biome has sparse vegetation often with thorns and drought is a limiting factor

Water with a salinity that is greater than fresh water but less than saltwater is classified as

What biome do you think this is?

Rivers and streams are types of standing freshwater ecosystems

Ecologists use similarities between ecosystems to classify them into broad categories called

What is the difference between swamps and freshwater marshes?

Cold and dry biomes have the highest net primary productivity

Which biome has very low annual precipitation and can have annual temperatures of -25 degrees