Science

Front 1

ecology

Back 1

study of interactions among organisms

Front 2

ecosystem

Back 2

community of living and nonliving things.

Front 3

biotic factor

Back 3

any living part of an environment

Front 4

abiotic factor

Back 4

nonliving parts of an environment

Front 5

population

Back 5

group of individuals of the same species living in an area.

Front 6

community

Back 6

all the organisms living in the area

Front 7

biosphere

Back 7

all the parts of the planet that are inhabbited by living things

Front 8

habitat

Back 8

an animals specific habitat with aboitic and biotic factors

Front 9

tropics

Back 9

regions between 23.5 n lattitude and 23.5 s lattitude

Front 10

polar zones

Back 10

regoins north of the arctic circle

Front 11

temperate zones

Back 11

between the tropics and the polar regoins

Front 12

current

Back 12

river like flow pattern within a body of water

Front 13

microclimate

Back 13

climate in a specific area than the surronding climate region

Front 14

photic zone

Back 14

regoins of body water were light penatrates enabling photo synthisis

Front 15

phytoplankton

Back 15

microscopic algae and cyanobacteria

Front 16

aphotic zone

Back 16

deep areas of bodies of water

Front 17

benthic zones

Back 17

bottom of an aquatic system

Front 18

estuary

Back 18

area where fresh water from streams and rivers merges with salty ocean water; productive ecosystem

Front 19

pelagic zone

Back 19

open water above the ocean floor

Front 20

intertidal zone

Back 20

area of shore between the high-tide and low-tide

Front 21

neritic zone

Back 21

area of ocean that extends from the low-tide line out to the edge of the continental shelf

Front 22

oceanic zone

Back 22

vast open ocean from the edge of the continental shelf outward

Front 23

zooplankton

Back 23

microscopic animals that swim or drift near the surface of aquatic environments

Front 24

hydrothermal vent

Back 24

opening in the ocean floor where hot gases and minerals escape from Earth's interior

Front 25

biome

Back 25

major type of terrestrial ecosystem that covers a large region of Earth

Front 26

tropical rain forest

Back 26

type of forest near the equator that receives as much as 250 cm of rainfall yearly

Front 27

savanna

Back 27

grassland with scattered trees; found in tropical regions of Africa, Australia, and South America

Front 28

desert

Back 28

land area that receives less than 30 centimeters of rain per year

Front 29

chaparral

Back 29

temperate coastal biome dominated by dense evergreen shrubs

Front 30

temperate grassland

Back 30

biome characterized by deep, nutrient-rich soil that supports many grass species

Front 31

temperate deciduous forest

Back 31

forest in a temperate region, characterized by trees that drop their leaves annually

Front 32

coniferous forest

Back 32

forest populated by cone-bearing evergreen trees; mostly found in northern latitudes

Front 33

tundra

Back 33

biome in the Arctic Circle or on high mountaintops, characterized by bitterly cold temperatures and high winds

Front 34

permafrost

Back 34

permanently frozen subsoil