AP Bio Chapter 34

282902949	abiotic components	Nonliving chemical and physical factors in the environment.
282902950	aphotic zone	The part of the ocean where light does not penetrate sufficiently for photosynthesis to occur
282902951	benthic zone	The bottom surfaces of aquatic environments.
282902952	biome	The world's major ecosystems, classified by vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms
282902953	biosphere	The entire portion of Earth inhabited by life
282902954	chaparral	A scrubland biome of dense, spiny evergreen shrubs
282902955	community	All the organisms that inhabit a particular area
282902956	coniferous forest	Dominated by cone-bearing evergreen trees such as spruce, pine, fir, and hemlock
282902957	continental shelves	The submerged parts of continents
282902958	coral reefs	Warm water, tropical, ecosystems dominated by the hard skeletal structures secreted by cnidarians
282902959	desert	A biome characterized by sparse rainfall (less than 30 centimeters per year).
282902960	desertification	The conversion of semi-arid regions to deserts
282902961	doldrums	Calm or very light winds at the equator
282902962	ecosystem	All the organisms in a given area as well as the abiotic factors with which they interact
282902963	estuary	The area where a freshwater stream or river merges with the ocean
282902964	habitats	environmental situations in which organisms live
282902965	intertidal zone	The shallow zone of the ocean where land meets water
282902966	pelagic zone	The area of the ocean past the continental shelf, with areas of open water often reaching to very great depths
282902967	permafrost	A permanently frozen stratum below the arctic tundra
282902968	photic zone	The narrow top slice of the ocean, where light permeates sufficiently for photosynthesis to occur
282902969	phytoplankton	Algae and photosynthetic bacteria that drift passively in the pelagic zone of an aquatic environment.
282902970	population	A group of individuals of one species that live in a particular geographic area
282902971	savanna	A tropical grassland biome with scattered individual trees, large herbivores
282902972	taiga	The coniferous or boreal forest biome
282902973	temperate deciduous forest	A biome in midlatitude regions where there is sufficient moisture to support the growth of large deciduous trees
282902974	temperate grassland	Grassland regions maintained by seasonal drought, occasional fires, and grazing by large mammals.
282902975	temperate zones	Region whose latitude is between the tropics and the Arctic Circle or the Antarctic Circle
282902976	trade winds	The movement of air in the tropics from approximately 23.5 degrees north and south towards the equator
282902977	tropical rain forest	The most complex of all communities, located near the equator where rainfall is abundant
282902978	tundra	A biome at the extreme limits of plant growth; at the northernmost limits
282902979	wetland	An ecosystem intermediate between an aquatic one and a terrestrial one
282902980	zooplankton	Animals that drift in the pelagic zone of an aquatic environment