Biomes and Aquatic Life Zones
Chapter 7 Study Guide
I. Vocabulary to know…
1. biome
2. prescribed burns
3. climaographs
4. permafrost
5. species richness
6. evergreen tree
7. epiphytes
8. deciduous
9. old growth forest
10. leach
11. broad-leaved evergreen
12. canopy
13. tall grass prairie
14. short grass prairie
15. savannah
16. understory
17. lianas
18. buttresses
19. crowns
20. aquatic life zones
21. salinity
22. plankton
23. phytoplankton
24. zooplankton
25. nekton
26. benthos
27. freshwater ecosystem
28. flowing-water ecosystem
29. headwaters
30. tributaries
31. rapids
32. bluffs
33. flood plain
34. meanders
35. salt marsh
36. mouth of a river
37. delta
38. standing-water ecosystems
39. littoral zone
40. limnetic zone
41. profundal zone
42. thermal stratification
43. thermocline
44. fall turnover
45. spring turnover
46. freshwater wetlands
47. ecosystem services
48. estuary
49. salt marsh
50. mangrove forests
51. intertidal zone
52. pelagic environment
53. neritic province
54. oceanic province
55. euphotic zone
56. benthic environment
57. abyssal benthic zone
58. hadal benthic zone
59. sea grasses
60. kelps
61. coral reefs
62. zooxanthellae
63. fringing reefs
64. atolls
65. barrier reefs
66. marine snow
II. Label the following biomes on the map:
1. Tundra
2. Taiga
3. Temperate deciduous forest
4. Temperate rainforest (find where it is in the reading)
5. Temperate grassland
6. Chaparral
7. Desert
8. Tropical rain forest
9. Savanna (tropical grasslands)
10. Mountain zones
11. Label the location of Mangrove forest (aquatic life zone, figure 7.17)
III. Draw and label Figure 7.2 to illustrate the relationship between temperature and precipitation.
IV. Compare elevation to latitude zones.
V. Complete the Biome chart
VI. Aquatic Biome presentations
VII. Draw and label figure 7.15 – Thermal Stratification of Temperate Lakes
VIII. List and briefly describe the four main marine environments.
IX. Read the following Case-in-Point articles:
1. Old Growth Forest of the Pacific Northwest (pages 56 – 58).
2. The Artic National Wildlife Refuge (page 224 – 226)
For each article
Ø describe the setting and explain why the ecosystem is important
Ø evaluate the problem (s), the reasons for the problem, and the effects on
the ecosystem
Ø identify and evaluate challenges and solutions for each ecosystem
XVI. Practice with student quizzes and flash cards at
http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0471444529&bcsId=1585
Choose chapter 7 from the Table of Contents