Word Wall 3 Flashcards
Eco zone
A area with lots if characteristics that are similar throughout with respect to its life forms multifaced region not based upon a simple physical combination of characteristics a combination land forms dranage wild life and soils
Temperature range
The highest temperature range minus the lowest temperature of a given location!
A high temperature range indicates continual climate like Winnipeg and Manitoba
Low temperature range Vancouver and bc
Leaching
When water from precipitation moves through soil disolving minerals an washing the plant roots out
Soils profile
Vertical section of soil from the surface of the ground to the bed rock five layers o,a,b,c and d
Humus
Dead leaves and other decaying organic matter very rich in nutrients comparisons the top two layers of a soil profile a and o
Food chain
An analogy used to explain the flow of energy or transfer of energy in ecosystem bottom plants second carnivores