Chapter 3 vocab

Question 1

Part of Earth in which life exists, including land, water, and air or atmosphere

Answer 1

Biosphere

Question 2

The study of nature’s organisms that live in those houses.

Answer 2

Ecology

Question 3

Any living part of the enviornment with which an organism might interact.

Answer 3

Biotic Factors

Question 4

Physical or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem.

Answer 4

Abiotic Factors

Question 5

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

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Spieces

Question 6

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area.

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Population

Question 7

An assemblage of different populations that live together in a defined area.

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Community

Question 8

All the organisms that live in a place, together with their physical environment.

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Ecosystem

Question 9

All the gases that surrond the earth

Answer 9

Atmosphere

Question 10

Earth’s fresh water and salt water , including water vapor and rain in the atmosphere, water underground, and ice

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Hydrosphere

Question 11

All usually solid stuff like rocks, continents, and the ocean floor, deep inside the earth.

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Geosphere

Question 12

Average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time.

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Climate

Question 13

day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere including temperature, precipitation, and other factors.

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Weather

Question 14

Process in which certain gases trap sunlight energy in Earth’s atmosphere.

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Greenhouse Effect

Question 15

Group of ecosystems that share similar climate and typical organisms

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Biomes

Question 16

Tall Trees from a dense, leafy covering.

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Canopy

Question 17

In the shade below, shorter trees and vines form a layer.

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Understory

Question 18

A material formed from decaying leaves and other organisms.

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Humus

Question 19

Biome with long cold winters and a few months of warm weather; dominated by coniferous vergeens ; also called boreal forests.

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Taiga

Question 20

Layer of permanently frozen subsoils.

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Permafrost

Question 21

Sunlight region near the surface in which photosynthesis can occur.

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Photic zone

Question 22

Below the photic zone, rivers and swamps.

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Aphotic zone

Question 23

Microscopic organisms that live in aquatic enviornments, includes both phytoplankton and zooplankton.

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Plankton

Question 24

Ecosystem in which water either covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year.

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Wetland

Question 25

A wetland formed where a river meets the sea.

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