Chapter 54

Question 1

parts of an ecosystem

Answer 1

species, population, biological community, physical environment

Question 2

species

Answer 2

organism with similar genetic info, reproductive isolation

Question 3

population

Answer 3

number of species, interaction with biotic life

Question 4

community ecology

Answer 4

feeding behaviors, energy transferred
biotic

Question 5

physical environment

Answer 5

abiotic (non living), temp, water and the state it’s in

Question 6

Biomes

Answer 6

climax community- stable communities
determining factors (rainfall and temp)
importance of the equator (air circulation, rain, light)

Question 7

lake littoral zone

Answer 7

richest area of the lake, shallow for rooted plants

Question 8

lake limnetic zone

Answer 8

upper, allows light, supports fish

Question 9

lake profundal zone

Answer 9

deepest region, no light, organisms are scavengers and decomposers

Question 10

estuaries

Answer 10

salt and fresh, light, plants, nursery of the sea, 50% of fish breed here

Question 11

salt marshes

Answer 11

provide nutrients to estuaries, absorb extra water

Question 12

coral reef

Answer 12

produced by coral, lives symbiotically with algae which is responsible for the growth, bleaching because algae in dying and the rock is cracking