Chapter 1 test review

Ecology

Interaction of organisms in their environment

Abiotic Factors

Nonliving part of the environment

Carbon dioxide,methane, water

Greenhouse gases

Tundra

Biome with permanently frozen ground

Temperate forest

Biome with trees that shed leaves in the fall

Tropical Rainforest

Biome near the equator, has nutrient poor soil

Photic Zone

Area of the ocean with light

Phytoplankton

Plant plankton

Zooplankton

Animal plankton

Intertidal, coastal,open

The three ocean zones

97%

Percent of Earth’s water that’s salt water

Weather

Short term changes in temperature, rain, clouds, wind from day to day

Climate

Patterns over many years of temperature, Climate

precipitation, clouds and wind in a specific region

Estuary

Aquatic ecosystem where a river meets the sea

Open ocean

Most of the ocean is

Intertidal zone

The area of the ocean closest to the shore