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What is the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of earth occupied by living organisms called?
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What is the large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat called?
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What is the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of earth occupied by living organisms called?
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What is the large naturally occurring community of flora and fauna occupying a major habitat called?
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What is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment called?
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What is the nonliving parts of an environment called?
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What is the living part of an environment called?
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What do we call the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period of time?
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What is it called when the climate of a very small or restricted area, which differs from the climate of the surrounding area?
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A chart commonly used to graphically display both annual average temperatures and precipitation information for a region is called a?
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Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground is called
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Biomass takes in more carbon dioxide than it releases is called
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The number of living organisms that a region can support without excessive death, disease, and environmental degradation is called the
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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem is called
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Plants of a particular region, habitat, or geological period are called
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Animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period is called
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A species of organisms which are naturally found in a region for long geological periods of time are called
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The natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organisms is called a
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A small habitat that is of a limited extent and which differs in character from the surrounding more extensive habitat is called a
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The role and position a species has in its environment is called the
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A non-native species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberately or accidentally is called
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An exotic species to a specific location, which has a tendency to spread and damage an environment is called
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The aquatic biome makes up more than 70% of the Earth's surface.
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Which of the following is not one of the three ecosystems in the aquatic biome?
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What type of freshwater biome are ponds, lakes, and slow rivers found? This biome also has warmer water and a high biodiversity.
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Which freshwater biome has fast rivers and streams, colder water, and less biodiversity?
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What type of aquatic ecosystem has brackish water, spawning grounds for many animals, and the most productive ecosystem? This ecosystem includes marshes, swamps, bogs, and bayous.
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What does brackish water mean?
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Wetlands do not filter pollutants from rivers because they have a low population of flora.
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What is the largest aquatic ecosystem?
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What ecosystem can you find estuaries, lagoons, coral reefs, mangroves, and the deep sea?
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Coral reefs have the highest level of marine diversity.
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What biome covers 1/3 of Earth's land?
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What ecosystem is found at 23.5 degrees N-23.5 degrees S, the temperature ranges from 68 to 93 degrees Fahrenheit, and the soild is poor and acidic?
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What ecosystem can we find 1/4 of all medicines and cancer fighting plants?
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What do we call plants growing on other plants?
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Which of the following is not an adaptation of tropical forest animals?
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What ecosystem is found at 25-50 degrees N and S, has temperatures that range from -15 to 70 degrees F, the soil is fertile and enriched with decaying material, and has a high biodiversity?
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What ecosystem is found at 50 to 60 degrees N, the temperature ranges from -65 to 70 degrees F, and the soil is thin, nutrient poor, and acidic?
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Which of the following is not a forest layer in the boreal forest?
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Which of the following is not an adaptation of animals found in the boreal forest?
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What biome has temperatures that range from -30 to 54 degrees Fahrenheit, precipitation averages of 12-25 cm, and very low biodiversity?
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What is the permanently frozen subsoil made up of frozen plants and root mats called?
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What ecosystem has a 50-60 grow season, few trees, and plants do not decompose due to the cold?
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What ecosystem has a 180 day grow season, found at high altitudes, and the temperatures are below freezing at night?
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What biome is dominated by grasses, has long droughts and many fires?
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Elephants turned woodlands into grasslands.
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What ecosystem has temperatures that range from 68 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit, has a drought season of 4-8 months, and has porous soil, rapid draining, and thin hummus?
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In the savannah the fauna biodiversity is _________ and the flora diversity is __________.
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What ecosystem has temperatures that range from -40 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a drought season of 4-6 months, and soil that is rich in nutrients, and is the most fertile soil in the world?
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What ecosystem has temperatures that range from -4 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit, a drought season of 8-12 months, and soil that is poor and cold with low nutrients?
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What ecosystem is Kansas found in?
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What biome has a climate that is dry with long drought periods, temperatures that range from -40 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, and receives less than 50 cm of precipitation?
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What ecosystem is composed of mostly sand, found between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn, and all organisms have heat and drought adaptations?
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Animals found in the hot dry desert are mainly big herbivores and carnivores.
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What ecosystem has long dry summers and short winters with low precipitation, temperatures that rand from 30 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and has sandy, fine textured, and loose rocky soil?
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What ecosystem has cool to warm temperatures that range from 30 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit, low precipitation (8 to 13 cm), and fine textured soil with moderate salt content?
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Plants in the coastal desert are salt tolerant with extensive root systems.
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What ecosystem is snow covered and too cold for plant life, receives an average of 15 to 25 cm of precipitation, and has near freezing temperatures?
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What is the largest cold desert in the world?
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What ecosystem has temperatures that average 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, the precipitation varies, and has a low to medium biodiversity?
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What zone of the cave has some plants grow, nesting birds, and other animals who seek cave shelter are found?
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What zone of the cave has some light, animals who love living in the caves, but leave occasionally?
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What zone has animals that never leave the cave, has absolute darkness, and no plant life?
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What are cave guests that live near the entrance, but not exclusively in the cave called?
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What animals that prefer to live in the cave although they can live outside called?
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What are the animals that only live in the cave and have regressive evolution called?
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What is another name for bat poop?
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The main reason guano is important in caves is to keep out predators.
