Env. Bio Chapter 4- Ecosystem Vocab Question Preview (ID: 4059)


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average, year-after-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in a particular region
a) climate
b) none of the answers
c) geochemical cycles
d) weather

cold climate zone where the sun\'s rays strike Earth at a very low angle
a) polar zone
b) tropical zone
c) none of the answers
d) temperate zone

natural situation in which heat is retained in Earth's atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor, and other gases
a) greenhouse effect
b) none of the answers
c) global warming
d) denitrification

physical, or nonliving, factor that shapes an ecosystem
a) abiotic factor
b) biotic factor
c) deciduous factor
d) photic factor

symbiotic relationship in which one member of the association benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed
a) commensalism
b) parasitism
c) symbiosis
d) mutualism

climate within a small area that differs significantly from the climate of the surrounding area
a) microclimate
b) weather
c) biome
d) ecosystem

permanently dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone
a) aphotic zone
b) photic zone
c) biotic zone
d) abiotic zone

organisms that live attached to or near the ocean floor
a) benthos
b) photic
c) biotic
d) none of the answers

wetlands formed where rivers meet the ocean
a) estuary
b) mangrove swamp
c) wetland
d) decidous stream

tiny, free-floating organisms that occur in aquatic environments
a) plankton
b) kelp forest
c) phytophotic
d) none of the answers

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