First Science test of first quater Flashcards
What zone is closest to the beach in a marine biome
The Littoral Zone
The thin layer of soil, water and air where life exists on earth is called ________
The Biosphere
What zone makes up the open ocean
The Pelagic Zone
What is the rate at which reproduction adds new individuals to a population
Biotic Potential
In what zone would you find plankton
The Photic Zone
A structural adaptation of an animal blending with its environment
Camouflage
In what zone would you find coral reefs and starfish
The Intertidal Zone
What is the top layer of a forest
The canopy
What is the deepest zone?
The deepest zone is the Hadal zone
Where do many marine animals go to have their babies?
The Littoral Zone
What is a consumer that only eats meat?
A carnivore
What is an organism that feeds on dead organisms and the waste of living organisms?
Decomposers
What is turbidity?
A measure of relative clarity for a liquid
A flood that kills all the members of a population is an example of _________
A Secondary Sucession
In what type of water is there more dissolved oxygen?
What special adaptation do fish in the abyssal zone have?
bioluminescence
What is movement of individuals out of a population?
Emigration
What do organisms eat in the bathyl zone?
Decaying matter from zooplankton
Structures or behaviors that help an animal survive?
Adaptations
A behavior that an animal has but does not have to learn
Instinct
The sum of all the limiting factors that keep an organism from reaching its biotic potential
Environmental resistence
A squirrel hibernating is an example of __________ __________.
Behavioral Adaptation
When a population is gaining the same number of individuals as it is losing
Equilibrium
A baby chick hatches and begins pecking the ground, this is an example of ________.
Instinct
Grasslands do not have trees because _____ __ ___ ______ ________.
There is not enough rainfall
Orangutans keep their babies for many years, this is because ___ ______ ____ __ __ ______.
The babies need to be taught
An animal that eats only plants is a _________.
A Herbivore
Animals hibernate because _____ __ ___ ______ ____.
They need to store energy
Anything that keeps a population from growing
Limiting Factors
Porcupines have long, sharp quills to defend themselves this is __________ __________.
Structural Adaptation
A relationship in which both species benefit
Mutualism
King snakes are not dangerous, but they look like poisonous coral snakes this is an example of _______.
Mimicry
All the living and nonliving things in a given area
An Ecosystem
A group of the same species living in an area.
Population
How an animal makes its living or its job in an area
A niche
A group of different populations
A community
The place where an animal lives
A habitat
A producer is a _______ _____ ____ ____…
Plant or algae that can produce food for itself using the energy from the sun chemicals found in the ocean
A relationship where one animal benefits ant the other is unharmed is ____________
Commensalism
In primary succession there is no ____
Soil
The last stage of succession that is describes as a biome is ______ _________
Climax Community
The transfer of energy from the sun through a series of organisms in an ecosystem is ____ _____.
Food chain
In the water cycle, how does water get from the sky to the ground?
Precipitation
In the water cycle, how does water get from the ground to the sky?
Evaporation
Succession after a mild fire, where soil is till present
Primary Succession
In the carbon cycle, how does carbon get from the air into plants and animals
Photosynthesis
What is the process of changing carbon dioxide to oxygen using the sun’s energy?
Photosynthesis
In the carbon cycle how does carbon get from plants and animals back into the air?
Decomposition
In the oxygen cycle, how does oxygen get into the air?
Photosynthesis
What are the first inhabitants of a community called?
A Pioneer Community
Overcrowding and Disease are _______.
Density
The most offspring an organism can have under ideal conditions is ______ _________.
Biotic Potential
Two species trying to occupy the same niche will result in _________.
Competition
The most organisms that can be supported in an environment is ________ _________.
Carrying Capacity
Entering a population from a different location is called _________.
Migration
In which biome would you find coniferous trees?
Taiga
Where do you find permafrost?
The arctic
Which biome has the greatest diversity
The Tropical Rainforest
Which biome has the greatest range of temperatures?
The Desert
Which biome has the greatest precipitation?
The Rainforest
Why do jackrabbits have such large ears?
To keep them warm
Why are there fewer animals in the tundra in the winter as compared with the summer?
Summer is when the leaves/plants come back
Vertical Stratification is ______ ______ _____ ____ _____ ___…
When things in nature are arranged in layers from top to bottom
Biomes are determined by _______, ___________, ___ _____________.
Climate, temperature, and precipitation
What does deciduous mean?
Trees that lose their leaves seasonally
