APES: Biomes Flashcards

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