Unit 9 Vocabulary

a hot, dry biome inhabited by organisms adapted to survive high daytime temperatures and long periods without rain

• desert
• savanna
• permafrost
• tundra

the interaction between living and non-living things in a particular environment

• biome
• ecosystem
• tundra
• adaptation

a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities

• desert
• ecology
• biome
• diversity

a far-northern biome characterized by long, cold winter, permafrost, and few trees

• tundra
• biome
• ecosystem
• savanna

This biome has the greatest diversity of plants and animals

• desert
• rain forest
• temperate deciduous forest
• savanna

A biome is characterized by all of the following except

• the number of people living in the area
• climate
• precipitation
• plant and animal communities

Large areas of water that have no salt or very little salt; examples are streams and rivers, lakes and ponds, and wetlands or swamps.

• Habitat
• Aquatic Biomes
• Freshwater Biomes
• Wetlands

largest ecosystem in the world which includes every part of Earth where organisms can survive

• lithosphere
• hydrosphere
• atmosphere
• biosphere

Which of the following is NOT an example of an abiotic factor?

• air
• water
• organisms
• sunlight

total number of type of organism in a certain area

• biome
• ecosystem
• community
• population