Tropical rain forestHot and wet year round; home to more species than all other land biomes combinedîîtropical dry forestwarm year round; wet and dry seasons; tall deciduous trees, tigers, termitesîîtropical savannawarm temperature; frequent fires; tall perennial grasses, herbivores such as antelopes and zebrasîîdesertvariable temperatures; low precipitation; cacti and other succulentsîîtemperate grasslandwarm to hot summers, cold winters, fertile soil; perennial grasses, prairie dogsîîtemperate woodland and shrublandhot, dry summers, nutrient- poor soil; woody evergreen shrubs, chaparral, coyotesîîtemperate forestcold to moderate winters, warm summers, year round precipitation; deciduous trees, raccoons skunksîîboreal forestlong cold winters, short mild summers; needle leaf conifers, moose, lynxîîtundracold, dark, long winters, permafrost; mosses, lichens, sedges, caribou, musk oxîîWhat are the four main factors that affect aquatic ecosystemsdepth, flow, temperature, and chemistryîîWhat two categories do most freshwater ecosystems belong toflowing water and standing waterîîWhat are the ocean zones based on light penetration calledphotic and aphoticîîocean zones based on distance from land the depth of the ocean floorintertidal zone, coastal ocean, open oceanîîIntertidal zonesubmerged in seawater at high tide and exposed to air and light at low tide (rocks, barnacles, seaweed)îîcoastal oceanBrightly lit and highly productive (kelp forest and coral reefs)îîOpen oceanmore than 90% is open ocean. is divided into photic zone and aphotic zoneîîphoticlow nutrient levels and smallest species of phytoplankton. Most photosynthesis occurs at the top of the photic levelsîîaphoticPermanently dark and deep part of the ocean. Chemosynthetic organisms.îîComparing aquatic ecosystems zone, which would be considered the warmest in temperature?standing waterîîWhat contributes to the nutrient availability in aquatic ecosystems?Amount of nitrogen, oxygen and other elements dissolved in the waterîîAre you likely to find zooplankton in the aphotic, benthic zone of an ocean?noîîWhat are examples of freshwater ecosystem?Flowing water: rivers, streams, creek, brook
Standing water: lakes and pondsîîWhat are the freshwater ecosystem that often originates from underground sources in mountains or hills?Rivers and streamsîîWhat are some ways a freshwater wetland differs from a lake or pond?Water does not always cover a wetland as it does a lake or pond. Wetlands are salty, but lakes and ponds are fresh.îîA wetland that contains a mixture of fresh water and salt water is called?an estuaryîîEstuaries are commercially important because?they spawn a lot of offspring from organisms reproducingîîWhat are some factors that make estuaries unique?-it is where fresh water and salt water meet and a lot of organisms reproduce there -They have a lot of biomass but not a large variety of speciesîîWhat types of animals would be found in the biome that has cold to moderate winters, warm summers, and fertile soils and is home to a variety of vegetation, such as coniferous trees, broadleaf deciduous trees, flowering shrubs, and ferns?chipmunk, squirrel, insects, butterflies, bees, frogs, snakes, skunk, rabbit (Temperate forest)îîplanktontwo types of plankton, Phytoplankto and zooplanktonîîzooplanktonsmall free floating organisms that forms part of planktonîîRiver/ streamsoriginate from underground water sources in mountains or hillsîîEsuaryWhere river meets seaîîwetlandsan ecosystem in which water either covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for atleast part of the yearîîlakes/ pondsWater flows in and out and circulates. The circulation distributes heat, oxygen, and nutrients.îîgreenhouse effectnatural situation in which atmospheric gasses trap heat inside earths atmosphereîî