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Biomes
What biome….
1. ….is cold and dry year round?
______TUNDRA___________
2. ….is hot and dry year round?
______DESERT_____________
3. …warm and wet year round?
______TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
4. …warm with seasonal rains?
______SAVANNA & DECIDUOUS FOREST
5. ….has permafrost?
_______TUNDRA_____________
6. …has coniferous trees?
________TAIGA_____________
7. ….has trees that lose their leaves?
________DECIDUOUS FOREST__
8. …has trees with cones?
________TAIGA_____________
9. …has the greatest biological diversity?
________TROPICAL RAIN FOREST_______
10. …has some of the largest land herbivores?
_________SAVANNA__________
11. …has grass, but few trees due to drought, fires and grazing?
_____SAVANNA______________
12. …has bears, moose, and bald eagles?
_____TAIGA________________
13. …has polar bears and penquins?
______TUNDRA______________
14. …has squirrels, deers, and bears?
__DECIDUOUS FOREST________
15. ..,.,has elephants, giraffes, and gazelles?
____SAVANNA_______________
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16. What is a major abiotic factor that affects freshwater ecosystems?
___SPEED OF WATER__________
17. What is permafrost? _______THE LAYER OF SOIL WHICH IS FROZEN________
18. What abiotic factors affect marine ecosystems? ____SUNLIGHT, TEMPERATURE, & DEPTH____________________
19.What is the difference between a biotic and an abiotic factor? _BIOTIC ARE LIVING FACTORS & ABIOTIC ARE NON-LIVING FACTORS
20. List the 6 biomes in order form coldest to warmest based on their warmest temperatures within a year.
_TUNDRA__________TAIGA__________DECIDUOUS FOREST__SAVANNA______TROPICAL RAIN FOREST______SERT
21. What level of organization do several populations living together make? _____COMMUNITY____________________
22. In which type of relationship do living things help each other? ____MUTUALISM_________________
23. What level of organization includes abiotic and biotic factors and how they interact or affect one another?___ECOSYSTEM________
24. Competition: 2 or more organisms in a population or a community are fighting to obtain the same resource.
Predation: One organism is the aggressor (the eator) and one is the victim (gets eaten)
Mutualism: both species benefit from the relationship (happy, happy)
Commensalism: one species benefits and the other is not affected (happy, doesn’t care)
Parasitism: one species benefits and the other is harmed (happy, sad) - usually there is a parasite(happy) and a host (sad) in this case
25. The predator is the caterpillar AND THE PREY IS THE PLANT.