Unit 2 Intro to Ecology

The deepest depths of the ocean

• abyssal zone

• aphotic zone

• benthic zone

• limnetic zone

Regions found above the tree line at the top of high mountains such as the Himalayas, Rockies, and Alps.

• alpine tundra

• aquatic biomes

• aphotic zone

• littoral zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Area of an aquatic biome where little to no sunlight is allowed to penetrate and photosynthesis cannot occur

• biosphere

• arctic tundra

• aphotic zone

• lotic

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biomes located in water

• pelagic zone

• benthic zone

• chemosynthetic bacteria

• aquatic biomes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biome characterized by distinct lack of trees, bitterly cold temperatures and very little precipitation. Arctic tundra regions are found in Alaska, Russia, Greenland, Iceland and Canada.

• arctic tundra

• biome

• deserts

• permafrost

Layer of the ocean located beneath the pelagic zone where water and the remains of dead organisms

• estuary

• Biosphere

• benthic zone

• photic zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Large geographic areas that encompass many ecosystems and are characterized by the plants and animals that live in and are adapted to its climate.

• plankton

• chemosynthetic bacteria

• freshwater

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Includes all of the biomes on Earth boreal forest: another name for the taiga (subarctic forest)

• biosphere

• deserts

• heterotrophs

• profundal zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

bacteria that use hydrogen sulfide and other chemicals as an energy source

• photosynthetic bacteria

• chemosynthetic bacteria

• intertidal zone

• protists

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

regions that receive less than 10 inches of precipitation annually

• deserts
• freshwater
• lentic
• taiga

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6