Chapter 4 Vocab Flashcards
Climate
Refers to the average year after year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region
Weather
Day today conditioner birds atmosphere at a particular time and place
Greenhouse effect
The natural situation in which he is rude retained in earth atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, other gases
Polar zone
Cold areas where the sun rays strike earth at a very low angle
Temperature zones
Moderate climate zones between the polar zones in the tropics
Tropical zone
Warm climate zone that receives direct or nearly direct sunlight you’re around
Biotic factor biological influence on organisms within an ecosystem him
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Abiotic factor
Physical, or nonliving factor that shapes and ecosystem
Habitat
The area where an organism lives
Niche
A full range of physical and biological conditions
Resource
A necessity of life
Competitive exclusion principal
Ecological rule that no 2 species can occupy the same niche or habitat at the same time
Predation
An interaction in which one organism captures and feeds on another
Symbiosis
Relationship in which two species love close by eachother
Ecological succession
Gradual change in living communities that follows a Disturbance
Primary succession
Successions that occur on the surfaces where nothing exists
Pioneer species
First species to populate an area during primary succession
Secondary succession
Succession following a disturbance that destroys a community without destroying the soil
Biome
Group of ecosystems that have the same climate and dominate communities
Tolerance
Organisms capacity to grow or thrive when subjected to an un favorable environmental factor
Microclimate
Climate with a small area that differs significantly from the climate of the surrounding area
Canopy
Dense covering formed by leafy tops of tell rain forest trees
Understory
Layer in rainforest formed by shorter trees and vines
Deciduous
A tree that’s heads it’s leaves during a season each year
Coniferous
Tree that produces seed baring cones with needles
Humus
Material formed by decaying leaves and other organic matter
Taiga
Winters are cold and summers are mild enough to allow ground to thaw
Permafrost
Layer of permanently frozen subsoil in the tundra
Plankton
Tiny free floating organism that occur in aquatic environments
Phytoplankton
Population of algae and other dank organisms found at the surface of the ocean
Zoo plankton
Tiny animals that form part of plankton
Wetland
Water covers soil or is present near the surface p
Estuary
Wetland formed where rivers meet the ocean
Detritus
Partials of organic material that provide good for organisms
Salt marsh
Temperate zone estuary dominated by salt tolerant grasses above the low tide line
Mangrove swamp
Coastline wetland
Photic zone
Permanently dark layer of the ocean
Zonation
Prominate horizontal banding of organisms that love in a specific habitat
Coastline ocean
Manne zone that extends from low tide to coastline
Kelp forest
Coastline ocean community
Coral definition
Diverse and produetore environment
Benthos
Organisms that live attached to it near the ocean floor
