ecosystem Flashcards
it is a community of diff living organisms in conjunction with the non living components of their environment, interacting as a system
ecosystem
it is a collection of all organisms that live in a particular place tgt with their nonliving environment
ecosystem
it is the scientific study of the interactions or relationships between organisms and the environment
ecology
what are the components of ecosystem
abiotic components
biotic components
what are the factors of the abiotic components
climatic factors
edaphic factors
what are the climatic factors
temp
wind
light
rain
what are the edaphic factors
soil
pH
minerals
topography
what are the biotic factors
producers (autotrophs)
consumers (heterotrophs)
decomposers (saprotrophs)
what are the different kinds of consumers
primary consumers
secondary consumers
tertiary consumers
quaternary consumers
what are the earth’s biomes
Lakes and rivers
Oceans
Wetlands
Grasslands
Agricultural and urbane areas
Desert
Tundra
Taiga
Temp forest
Tropical forest
it is connected to or produced by living things, particularly in terms of their ecological relationships
biotic
it is not derived from nor connected to living things.
abiotic
it is a collection of plants and animas that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in
biome
biome are distinct biological communities that have formed in response to shard _____
physical climate
when and who first used “biome”
1916 by Fredric E. Clements an american biologist
what did Frederic E. Clements describe?
he describe the plants and animals in a given habitat
an area’s biomes is determined mostly by its ____ (___ and ____)
climate
temp and precipitation
what are the 6 major land biomes and 2 water biomes
land biomes:
Rainforest
Deserts
Deciduous forest
Grasslands
Boreal forest
Tundra
water biomes:
Marine ecosystem
Freshwater
world’s largest land biome
taiga or boreal rainforest
it is the forest of the cold, subarctic region
taiga or boreal rainforest
what are some animals and plants found in taiga
animals:
moose
lynx
bears
wolves
foxes
squirrels
plants:
pines
oak
maple
elm trees
it is the coldest of all biomes
tundra
tundra came from the finish word, ____, which means ____
tunturi
treeless plain (no tree)
tundura are treeless regions found in the ____ and on tops of ____, where the climate is ____ and ____ and rainfall is ____
Arctic
mountains
cold and windy
scant