This biome is characterized by humid, wet weather, near the equator and very biodiverse.
Tropical Rainforest
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This biome is where we live and is characterized by leaves that change color in the Fall, mild weather and 4 seasons.
Temperate Deciduous Forest
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This biome is dry and very cold. The coldest in the world. The ground is permanently frozen.
Tundra
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What is the difference between a habitat and niche?
Habitat is where the organism lives (gets water, food, shelter, space). Niche is the role the organism plays within their environment (producer, consumer).
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Describe the symbiotic relationship of commensalism.
In commensalism one organism benefits from the relationship and the other is unaffected (doesn't care, isn't harmed or doesn't benefit).
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In this symbiotic relationship, one organism is harmed (the host) and the other benefits at the detriment of the other.
Parasitism (Example: tick that feeds on blood of animals)
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This biome is the largest in the world and has long cold winters (Canada).
Taiga
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In a food web, the arrow depicts what information?
direction of energy flow or energy transfer from one organism to the other
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________________________ is an interaction between abiotic and biotic factors in an area.
Ecosystem
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How can you explain the energy transfer within an ecosystem?
inefficient- a great loss from one trophic level to another
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What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?
to use energy from the sun to make food
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What type of relationship exists if a hawk and a snake both eat mice?
competition (for food)
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The energy from the sun is transferred to heterotrophs by what means?
indirectly- by eating a producer
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Name an adaptation an organism would need to survive in the desert.
conserve water, adapted kidneys to need less water, lighter fur, large ears for circulation, thin outer coat, deep roots
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Plants can grow all year round in which biome because they receive large amounts of precipitation?
