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Biomes

Test Practice Biomes

Leopards

Biomes Video

Objectives

List three characteristics of tropical
rain forests.
Name and describe the main
layers of a tropical rain forest.

Describe one plant in a temperate
deciduous forest and an adaptation
that helps the plant survive.

 Describe one adaptation that may
help an animal survive in the taiga.

 Name two threats to the world’s
forest biomes.

Vocabulary

tropical rain forest
emergent layer
canopy
epiphyte
understory
temperate rain forest
temperate deciduous forest
taiga

20 True/False questions 1.       Celsius to farenheit → F= 9/5C+32 2.       Hibernation → A state of extremely low metabolism and respiration, accompanied by lower-than-normal body temperatures 3.       understory → Layer in a rain forest formed by shorter trees and vines 4.       True          False 5.       Tropical Rainforest → the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants 6.       True          False 7.       deforestation → THIS CAN INCREASE SOIL EROSION AND IN SOME INSTANCES CAN LEAD TO TRAGEDIES LIKE MUDSLIDES. 8.       epiphyte → a plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support 9.       transpiration → the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants 10.   Tundra → treeless plains that are the coldest of all the biomes; occur in the arctic and Antarctica. Characterized by extremely cold climate, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), low angle of sunlight 11.   Biome → A molecule that releases hydrogen ion into a solution. Has pH level between 0-6 12.   dormant → Asleep; not in an active state 13.   producers → An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. 14.   Temperate Deciduous Forest → most diverse and hottest terrestrial biome, biome near the equator with warm climate wet weather and lush plant growth; found in much of Central and South America. southern Asia, western Africa, and northeastern Australia 15.   conifer → Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like. 16.   acid → A molecule that releases hydrogen ion into a solution. Has pH level between 0-6 17.   habitat destruction → A state of extremely low metabolism and respiration, accompanied by lower-than-normal body temperatures 18.   emergent layer → (adj.) pertaining to a seasonal move from one region to another. 19.   decomposers → An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. 20.   consumers → An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. 21.   Migratory → Layer in a rain forest formed by shorter trees and vines 22.   canopy → Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees. SylvesterBiomes2014 Vocabulary Study online at quizlet.com/_xm1cn 1.acid: A molecule that releases hydrogen ion into a solution. Has pH level between 0-6 2.Biome: a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities 3.canopy: Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees. 4.Celsius to farenheit: F= 9/5C+32 5.conifer: Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like. 6.consumers: An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains. 7.decomposers: Fungi and bacteria that break complex organic material into smaller molecules 8.deforestation: THIS CAN INCREASE SOIL EROSION AND IN SOME INSTANCES CAN LEAD TO TRAGEDIES LIKE MUDSLIDES. 9.Desert: a biome characterized by low moisture levels and infrequent and unpredictable precipitation; daily and seasonal temperatures fluctuate widely; because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all 10.dormant: Asleep; not in an active state 11.emergent layer: tall trees that rise above the canopy, scattered throughout the rainforest. 12.epiphyte: a plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support 13.Grasslands: a grassland biome with scattered individual trees, large herbivores, summers are hot, winters are cold, moderate ranfall; maintained by occasional fires and drought 14.habitat destruction: Damage done to a habitat that results in the loss of resources that organisms need to survive, like food, water, and shelter 15.Hibernation: A state of extremely low metabolism and respiration, accompanied by lower-than-normal body temperatures 16.Migratory: (adj.) pertaining to a seasonal move from one region to another. 17.producers: Make their own food from compounds obtained from their environment 18.Taiga: biome just south of the tundra; it has long, cold winters ans small amounts of precipitation; characterized by a northern coniferous forest composed of pine, fir, hemlock, and spruce tree and acidic, mineral-poor topsoils, a cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere 19.Temperate Deciduous Forest: a biome characterized by warmer temperatures and plenty of precipitation; forests of broad-leafed trees that shed their leaves in autumn 20.transpiration: the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants 21.Tropical Rainforest: most diverse and hottest terrestrial biome, biome near the equator with warm climate wet weather and lush plant growth; found in much of Central and South America. southern Asia, western Africa, and northeastern Australia 22.Tundra: treeless plains that are the coldest of all the biomes; occur in the arctic and Antarctica. Characterized by extremely cold climate, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), low angle of sunlight 23.understory: Layer in a rain forest formed by shorter trees and vines MC Questions 20 Multiple choice questions treeless plains that are the coldest of all the biomes; occur in the arctic and Antarctica. Characterized by extremely cold climate, permanently frozen ground (permafrost), low angle of sunlight  Desert  acid  Tundra  Taiga Layer in a rain forest formed by shorter trees and vines  Migratory  Desert  understory  Tundra tall trees that rise above the canopy, scattered throughout the rainforest.  conifer  Migratory  epiphyte  emergent layer a biome characterized by low moisture levels and infrequent and unpredictable precipitation; daily and seasonal temperatures fluctuate widely; because of little rainfall that it supports only sparse and widely spaced vegetation or no vegetation at all  Desert  Tundra  dormant  Taiga A molecule that releases hydrogen ion into a solution. Has pH level between 0-6  acid  canopy  Taiga  Tundra Damage done to a habitat that results in the loss of resources that organisms need to survive, like food, water, and shelter  Hibernation  transpiration  habitat destruction  deforestation Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like.  conifer  consumers  canopy  Taiga Make their own food from compounds obtained from their environment  Desert  conifer  consumers  producers a grassland biome with scattered individual trees, large herbivores, summers are hot, winters are cold, moderate ranfall; maintained by occasional fires and drought  producers  dormant  Grasslands  Taiga a biome characterized by warmer temperatures and plenty of precipitation; forests of broad-leafed trees that shed their leaves in autumn  Temperate Deciduous Forest  decomposers  habitat destruction  Tropical Rainforest An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains.  consumers  producers  decomposers  conifer (adj.) pertaining to a seasonal move from one region to another.  Biome  canopy  Migratory  understory a plant that obtains its nutrients from the air and the rain and usually grows on another plant for support  Biome  acid  epiphyte  Desert Fungi and bacteria that break complex organic material into smaller molecules  conifer  consumers  decomposers  Desert a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities  acid  Taiga  Biome  canopy Dense covering formed by the leafy tops of tall rain forest trees.  Tundra  canopy  Taiga  conifer THIS CAN INCREASE SOIL EROSION AND IN SOME INSTANCES CAN LEAD TO TRAGEDIES LIKE MUDSLIDES.  transpiration  Desert  Hibernation  deforestation biome just south of the tundra; it has long, cold winters ans small amounts of precipitation; characterized by a northern coniferous forest composed of pine, fir, hemlock, and spruce tree and acidic, mineral-poor topsoils, a cool forest biome of conifers in the upper Northern Hemisphere  Tundra  acid  Taiga  canopy most diverse and hottest terrestrial biome, biome near the equator with warm climate wet weather and lush plant growth; found in much of Central and South America. southern Asia, western Africa, and northeastern Australia  Tropical Rainforest  transpiration  producers  Grasslands F= 9/5C+32  understory  emergent layer  Desert  Celsius to farenheit Biomes Info UCSB

Ecology Chapter 5

Scholastic Jam Ecology Review

PracticeQuestions

Ecological Succession, Energy flow, and Cycles Study online at quizlet.com/_wi7jf

1.	autotrophs		An organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms.
2.	Biodiversity		When an ecosystem has many varieties of plants and animals.
3.	carbon cycle		Circulation and reutilization of carbon includes photosynthesis and respiration.
4.	cellular respiration		Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
5.	CHNOPS		Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and sulfur. Those are the 6 atoms that make up 97% of living tissue.
6.	Climax Community		The last stage of succession when an ecosystem has regained its equilibrium, and is now both stable and balanced.
7.	consumers		An organism that obtains energy and nutrients by feeding on other organisms or their remains.
8.	decomposers		Fungi and bacteria that break complex organic material into smaller molecules
9.	dynamic equilibrium		A state of balance between continuing processes.
10.	Ecological Succession		Occurs when an ecosystem becomes unstable; It is a gradual and natural change in an ecosystem over hundreds or thousands of years.
11.	Ecosystem		An ecological community made up of all the living populations in an area along with the nonliving parts of that environment.
12.	heterotrophs		An organism that gets its energy (organic food molecules) by consuming other organisms.
13.	Lichens		A tiny organism that often is both algae and fungi that help to break down the bare rock into soil particles during primary succession.
14.	major organic molecules		1.Carbohydrates 2.Lipids(fats) 3.Proteins 4.Nucleic Acids;
15.	nirtogen cycle		Essential to life because it is necessary for the manufacture of proteins and DNA. One of the most important and complex cycles
16.	photosynthesis		Carbon dioxide + water ----> glucose + oxygen
17.	Pioneer Species		The first organisms to grow in a bare area such as a rock. Examples include mossess and lichens.
18.	Primary Succession		Begins in an area without soil; or in an area of newly exposed rock, sand , or lava; or any area that has not been occupied previously by a living community. 19. producers A group of organisms that produce their own food through photosynthesis. 20. Secondary Succession Occurs when a stable and balanced ecosystem (climax community) is disturbed. This disturbance could be in the form a forest fire, flood, change in climate, volcanic eruption, or another disaster.

Nitrogen Cycle- Whys is it important?

Terms

decomposers
nitrogen-fixing bacteria
N2 Gaseous
Nitrates (N03),
Nitrites (NO2),
Ammonium (NH4).
Nitrification
greenhouse gas
atmosphere
% of Nitrogen in atmosphere
% oxygen in atmosphere
Nitrogen and fungus
Sewage and Nitrogen