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Unit 6.2 Vocab

Quiz by REBECCA ROSENDAHL

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  • Q1
    The number and variety of organisms in a given area during a specific period of time.
    Biodiversity
    30s
  • Q2
    A large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities.
    Biome
    30s
  • Q3
    A cone-bearing tree that usually keeps its leaves or needles during all seasons of the year.
    Coniferous Tree
    30s
  • Q4
    A tree that sheds and regrows its leaves in response to seasonal changes.
    Deciduous Tree
    30s
  • Q5
    A region characterized by a very dry climate and extreme temperatures.
    Desert
    30s
  • Q6
    In science, an event that changes a community by removing or destroying organisms or by altering resources availability.
    Disturbance
    30s
  • Q7
    A community of organisms (biotic) and their nonliving (abiotic) environment.
    Ecosystem
    30s
  • Q8
    An area where fresh water mixes with salt water from the ocean.
    Estuary
    30s
  • Q9
    An increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrogen, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.
    Eutrophication
    30s
  • Q10
    A region characterized by having large amounts of rain and trees.
    Forest
    30s
  • Q11
    A region that is dominated by grasses, that has few woody shrubs and trees, that has fertile soils, and that receives moderate amounts of seasonal rainfall.
    Grassland
    30s
  • Q12
    The replacement of one type of community by another at a single location over a period of time.
    Succession
    30s
  • Q13
    The ability of an ecosystem to meet human needs.
    Sustainability
    30s
  • Q14
    A region of evergreen, coniferous forest below the arctic and subarctic tundra regions.
    Taiga
    30s
  • Q15
    A region found at far northern and far southern latitudes characterized by low-lying plants, a lack of trees, and long winters with very low temperatures.
    Tundra
    30s

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