enero Flashcards
are land- based global communities of organisms
Biomes
this biome have warm temperatures, and abundant rain all the year?
tropical Rainforests
are where the primary plant life is grass?
grasslands
what are the 2 types of grasslands?
temperate, and tropical
is the biome that have very arid climate, very low precipitation
desert
what are the 4 types of desert?
hot,semiarid, and cold and coastal
includes decidious forests and rain forests?
temperate forests
is located in cooler northern climates?
taiga
is found in far northern latitudes with long winters?
tundra
they have no soil, therefore no plant community
polar ice caps
how are marine ecosystems?
global
how are determined the ocean zones?
by their distance from the shoreline and water depths
what is the order how ocean zones are organized?
intertidal, neritic, bathyal, abyssal
in what zone is the most biomass?
THE NERITIC
are the 2 types of plankton?
zooplankton, phytoplankton
are found in warm waters?
coral reefs
are found in cold waters?
kelp forests
what include freshwater ecosystems?
estuaries
is a partially enclosed body of water, it have the mixture of salt and freshwater, are highly reproductive systems
estuary
is a region of land that drains into a body of water
watershread
in how many zones are divided the freshwater ecosystems?
3, littoral, limnetic and benthic
As human population grows, the demand for resources___
increases
Earth´s human carrying capacity is ______
unknown
technology has helped to earth to _____: our carruing capacity
increase