Biomes | Level of Organization of organisms | Types of Consumers | Parts of The Biosphere | Vocabulary Words |
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Tundra
What biome is a "polar desert" that has cold temperatures and gets less than 10 inches of rain per year?
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A Community
What is a group of different species that live together in one area?
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A Herbivore
What consumer eats only plants?
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The Hydrosphere
What sphere has all of Earth's water, ice, and water vapor in it?
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Biodiversity
What is the variation of life on Earth?
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Desert
What biome has hot temperatures, is very dry, has many nocturnal animals, and it gets less than 10 inches of rain per year?
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An Ecosystem
What includes all of the organisms as well as the climate, soil, water, rocks, and other nonliving things in a given area?
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A Carnivore
What consumer eats only animals?
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The Atmosphere
What sphere is the air blanketing Earth's solid and liquid surface?
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An Indicator Species
What is a pollutant that moves up the food chain as predators eat the prey?
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Tropical Rain Forest
What biome has warm temperatures, abundant rain fall all year, and vegetation that includes lush thick forests?
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An Organism
What is an individual life form in an ecosystem?
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Omnivores
What consumer eats both plants and animals?
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The Geosphere
What sphere has the features of Earth's surface-such as the continents, rocks, and the sea floor?
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A Nonrenewable Resource
What is a resource that can not be replenished and is used up faster than it can be formed?
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Tropical Grassland
What biome has temperatures that are warm throughout the year with definite dry and rainy seasons and has vegetation that includes tall grasses with scattered trees and shrubs?
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A Population
What is a group of the same species in an area?
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A Specialist
What consumer primarily eats one specific organism or feeds on a very small number of organisms?
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The Anthrosphere
What is the part of the environment that is made or modified by humans and is used for human activity?
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An Indicator Species
What is a species that provides a sign on the quality on the ecosystem?
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Temperate Rain Forest
What biome has one long wet season and a relatively dry summer, has evergreen conifers, and has mostly species that migrate to warmer climates in the winter?
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A Biome
What is a major regional or global community of organisms?
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Decomposers
What consumers are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds?
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The Biota
What is the collection of living things in the biosphere?
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An Umbrella Species
What is a species that is protected by law in order to protect/preserve its habitat and other organisms?
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