Science vocab

What are the first organisms to grow in new or disturbed areas.

• Pioneer Species

• Succession

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

What is the natural gradual changes in the types of species that live in an area; can be primary or decondary.

• Pioneer species

• Succession

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

What is a land region that is wet most or all of the year.

• Pioneer Species

• Succession

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

What is a temperate and tropical regions with 25cm to 75cm of precipitation each year that are dominated by climax communities of grasses; ideal for growing crops and raising cattle and sheep.

• Pioneer Species

• Succession

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

What is the driest biome on Earth with less than 25cm of rain each year; has dunes or thin soil with little organic matter, where plants and animals are adapted to survive extreme conditions.

• Succession

• Wetlands

• Grasslands

• Desert

What is a cold, dry, treeless biome with less than 25cm of precipitation each year, a short growing season, permafrost, and winters that can be six to nine months long.

• wetlands

• Grasslands

• Desert

• Tundra

What is the biome usually having four distinct seasons, annual precipitation between 75cm and 150cm, and climax communities of deciduous trees.

• Temperate Deciduous Forest

• Climax Community

• intertidal zone

• Tropical Rain forest

What is the stable, end stage of ecological succession in which balance is in the absence of disturbance.

• Temperate deciduous forest

• Climax Community

• Intertidal Zone

• Tropical rain forest

What is the part of the shoreline that is under water at high tide and exposed to the air at low tide.

• Temperate Deciduous forest

• Climax Community

• Intertidal zone

• Tropical rain forest

What is the most biologically diverse biome; has an average temperature of 25C and receives between 200cm and 600cm of precipitation each year.

• Temperate Deciduous forest

• Climax Community

• Intertidal zone

• Tropical rain forest