Ecosystems and Communities - Module 3

Dory from Finding Nemo is mostly found

Which of the following is NOT a freshwater wetland?

The biome characterized by cold winters and short mild summers is what?

Which of the following is not a characteristic that is used to classify aquatic ecosystems

Where could you visit a deciduous forest in the U.S. that is surrounded by sea water on 3 sides

An existing community is gradually replaced by another community is an ecological succession.

Which zone covers several other zones in the ocean?

The most stable community in an ecosystem before a distrubance is called what?

The natural insulating blanket the Earth has is what?

The poles are cold mostly because of...

Which of the following climate zone is only found in one place on the Earth?

Ponds and lakes are

The single-celled algae that grow in lakes and ponds are zooplankton.

Which of the following is the most genetically diverse terrestrial biome?

A chemosynthetic organism is most likely going to be found in the

The series of predictable change that occurs in a community over times is called

Tropical rain forest is characterized by a wet and a dry season.

The greenhouse effect is

The average, year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region is

Temperatures on Earth remain within a suitable range for life as we know it because of the

An area with very little precipitation and extremes between day and night temperatures is a

Which of the following is NOT greenhouse gas?

What biome is found in the central U.S.?

All of the following factors contribute to Earth's Climate EXCEPT

The type of succession that occurs when there is no soil is known as

A forest that is characterized by its wet and dry season is most likely a