Module 12 Flashcards
What is ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of organisms with their environments
Organisms
Basic unit of biology own individual entity
Population
A group of individuals of the same species
Marine biomes
6 marine biomes
Intertidal zone
Continental shelf
Benthic relm
realm
Intertidal zones
Is where the ocean meets the land and the shore starfish live there
Continental shelf
Is an extension light can get there there are photosynthesis opportunities tropical rain forest of the sea
Pelagic zone
Open ocean
Suppose highly motive animals live fishes
Benthic zone
Photic zone
Aphotic zone
Relay on heat from the volcanic plates
Estuaries
Are both marine and freshwater when the tide come in the river becomes salt water it is where the river meets the sea
Wet lands
Are transitional between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
Freshwater biomes
Cover less than
Fish water biomes fall into two categories
Oligotrophic lakes
Are nutrient poor and generally oxygen rich