Terms : Hide Images
| 9638305744 | Biome | ecosystems that are based on land | 0 | |
| 9638305745 | Aquatic Life Zones | ecosystems that are in water environments | 1 | |
| 9638305746 | Salinity | how are aquatic ecosystems categorized? | 2 | |
| 9638305747 | Ecotones | the transitional area where two ecosystems meet | 3 | |
| 9638305748 | Ecozones/Ecoregions | smaller regions within ecosystems that share similar physical features | 4 | |
| 9638305749 | 75-250cm | Rain: Deciduous Forest | 5 | |
| 9638305750 | 200-400cm | Rain: Tropical Rainforest | 6 | |
| 9638305751 | 10-60cm | Rain: Grasslands | 7 | |
| 9638305752 | 20-60cm - mostly in summer | Rain: Coniferous Forest | 8 | |
| 9638305753 | Taiga | Another name for a Coniferous forest | 9 | |
| 9638305754 | Less than 25cm | Rain: Tundra | 10 | |
| 9638305755 | 50-75cm - mostly in winter | Rain: Chaparral | 11 | |
| 9638305756 | Less than 25cm | Rain: Deserts | 12 | |
| 9638305757 | Scrub Forest | what is a chaparral? | 13 | |
| 9638305758 | Rich soil with high organic content | Soil: Deciduous Forest | 14 | |
| 9638305759 | Poor quality soil | Soil: Tropical Rainforest | 15 | |
| 9638305760 | Rich Soil | Soil: Grasslands | 16 | |
| 9638305761 | Soil is acidic due to vegetation | Soil: Taiga | 17 | |
| 9638305762 | Soil is permafrost | Soil: Tundra | 18 | |
| 9638305763 | Permafrost | a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions | 19 | |
| 9638305764 | Soil is shallow and infertile | Soil: Chaparral | 20 | |
| 9638305765 | Soil has a course texture | Soil: Desert | 21 | |
| 9638305766 | Dedicuous | Hardwood Trees | 22 | |
| 9638305767 | Tropical Rainforest | Tall trees with few lower limbs, vines, epiphytes, plants adapted to low light intensity | 23 | |
| 9638305768 | Epiphytes | a plant that grows on another plant but is not parasitic | 24 | |
| 9638305769 | Grasslands | Sod-forming grasses | 25 | |
| 9638305770 | Taiga | Coniferous trees | 26 | |
| 9638305771 | Tundra | Herbaceous plants | 27 | |
| 9638305772 | Chaparral | Small trees with large hard leaves, spiny shrubs | 28 | |
| 9638305773 | Desert | Cactus, other low-water adapted plants | 29 | |
| 9638305774 | Deciduous Forest | North America, Europe, Australia, and Eastern Asia | 30 | |
| 9638305775 | Tropical Rainforest | South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia | 31 | |
| 9638305776 | Grasslands | North American plains and prairies; Russian steppes; South African velds; Argentinean pampas | 32 | |
| 9638305777 | Taiga | Northern North America, northern Eurasia | 33 | |
| 9638305778 | Tundra | The northern latitudes of North America, Europe, and Russia | 34 | |
| 9638305779 | Chaparral | Western North America, the Mediterranean region | 35 | |
| 9638305780 | Deserts | 30 degrees north and south of the equator | 36 | |
| 9638305781 | Law of Tolerance | describes the degree to which living organisms are capable of tolerating changes in their environment; basis for natural selection | 37 | |
| 9638305782 | Law of Minimum | living organisms will continue to live, consuming available materials until the supply of these materials is exhausted | 38 | |
| 9638305783 | Biodiversity | the number and variety of organisms found within a specified geographic region, or ecosystem; also refers to the variability among living organisms, including the variability within and between species and within and between ecosystems | 39 |
