Terrestrial Biomes Climate Evolution Aquatic Biomes Surprise Me 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt
Large ecological regions with characteristic types of natural, undisturbed communities are known as
What are biomes
A biome with average annual precipitation less than 10 inches
What is a desert
The primary limiting factor in a tropical rain forest biome
What is soil nutrients
3 Climate conditions of arctic tundra
Freezing temperatures, lack of sunlight, constant high winds
This biome would most likely be found in the zone lying between forest and desert
What is grasslands
The difference between climate and weather
What is climate is the average conditions, weather is what is currently happening
Two most important factors in climate
What is temperature and precipitation
Ozone in the ______ layer is beneficial, whereas ozone in the ______ layer is harmful
What is stratosphere, trophosphere
The rain shadow effect is caused by
What is the drier conditions on the leeward side of a mountain
3 properties of air that create air circulation patterns
What is warm air rises, cool air sinks, warm air hold more water than cool air
Within a population due to competition between individuals, those individuals with an advantage will survive and pass on their genes to the next generation. This is the basis of
What is natural selection
A heritable trait that enables an organism to survive and reproduce better under prevailing environmental conditions
What is an adaptation
The earliest form of life was probably
What is anaerobic prokaryotes
Geographic isolation can lead to these 3 things
What is reproductive isolation, divergence of gene pools, and speciation
Three conditions that are necessary for biological evolution to occur
What is genetic variability within a population, heritable traits and traits that lead to differential reproduction
2 main factors that determine life in aquatic zones
What is salinity and depth (amount of sunlight)
Most photosynthesis in the open sea occurs in this zone
What is euphotic
An aquatic zone with variable temperature and salinity
What is an estuary
Moving water is known as a _______ system
What is lotic
A tuna would be classified as a member of the ______
What is nekton
A change in the genetic composition of a population over successive generations
What is evolution
The process in which one species evolves into a variety of species
What is divergent evolution
Earth’s atmosphere most likely gained oxygen through the evolution of
What is photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms
Nights are cold in the deserts because
Deserts dry air don’t hold moisture and therefore heat
Hydrothermal vents with chemosynthetic organisms would be found in this ocean zone
What is abyssal