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Biosphere Flashcards

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What are ecosystems?

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A community of living and non-living things that interact in the habitat where they live

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What is the name for living parts of ecosystems?

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Biotic (factors)

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What is the name for non-living parts of ecosystems?

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Abiotic

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What is a biome?

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A global sized ecosystem

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What is a temperate climate?

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A climate with mild temperatures

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What does Abscission mean?

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The natural detachment of a plant

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What is the biosphere?

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The worldwide sum of all ecosystems

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What are the 8 main biomes?

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Tundra (Arctic and Alpine)
Taiga (Boreal/Coniferous Forest)
Temperate Deciduous Forest
Tropical Rainforest
Desert (Hot and Cold)
Mediterranean (Chaparral)
Tropical Grassland
Temperate Grassland

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What is the tropical rainforest biome?

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Dense forest with high rainfall

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What is the grassland biome?

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Large, open area covered with grass

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What is the desert biome?

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Dry open space with few plants

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What does deciduous mean?

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Forests with trees that lose their leaves

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What is the tundra?

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A vast, cold, treeless environment

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What is the coniferous forest biome?

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Dense forest with high rainfall

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What is the chaparral biome?

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Dense forest with tangled undergrowth

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What does savannah mean?

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A grassy plain with very few trees

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What is the alpine biome?

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A cold, high altitude place that is mountainous

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What are food webs?

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Interlinked food chains

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What are food chains?

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a series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

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What is an open system?

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A system that doesn’t repeat and only occurs once

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What is a closed system?

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A system that repeats itself

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What are carnivores?

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Animals that eat meat

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What is a herbivore?

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An herbivore is an organism that mostly feeds on plants

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What are consumers?

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Organisms that have to eat other organisms to get energy

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What are producers?

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Animals that produce their own energy

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What are tropic levels?

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The position of an organism in the food chain

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What are decomposers?

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Decomposers are organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms

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What is Desertification?

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It is when people attempt to increase how much desert space we have

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What is deforestation?

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Trying to reduce how much forest space we have

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What is the nutrient cycle?

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The process that encompasses the movement of nutrients from the physical environment to living organisms and back to the environment

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Try this Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/227923233/biome-map-diagram/?exitTest=1

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Try this Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/227923233/biome-map-diagram/?exitTest=1

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What factors can influence biomes?

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Temperature
Soils
Rainfall
Latitude
Altitude
Continentality

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What scales can an ecosystem occur at?

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Micro
Meso
Macro

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