Chapter 5. Biomes Global Patterns of Life
Chapter 5.1 Objectives. Terrestrial Biome
1. Give examples and distinguishing features of different ecosystems
2. List and explain unique plant adaptations specific to terrestrial biomes.
3. Explain how changes in latitude are similar to changes in altitude. Compare how these factors
affect plant community distributions.
Chapter 5.2 Objectives. Marine Ecosystems
1. Explain how and why marine environments vary with depth and distance from shore.
Chapter 5.3 Objectives. Freshwater Ecosystems
1. Compare the characteristics and biological importance of major freshwater ecosystems.
2. Describe the ecological and economical value of wetlands.
Chapter 5.4 Objectives. Human Disturbances
1. List and summarize various ecosystem services.
2. Summarize the overall patterns of human disturbance of world biomes.
Additional Objectives. (page 87)
Explain how primary productive can be measured (Measuring Primary Productivity Lab Simulation)
Describe the characteristics of highly productive ecosystems
VOCABULARY
Abyssal zone
Active layer
Barrier Island
Bathypelagic zone
Benthos
Biome
Bog
Boreal forest
Chaparral
Climate
Climate graphs
Coastal Zone
Coral reefs
Deciduous
Emergent canopy
Ephemeral
Epilimnion
Epipelagic zone
Epiphytes
Estuary
Fen
Practice test Waverly shellrock
Ground cover
Gross primary productivity
Hadal zone
Hydrothermal vents
Hypolimnion
Lianas
Mangrove forest
Marsh
Mesopelagic zone
Mixed grass prairie
Neretic Zone
Net primary productivity
Oceanic Zone
Pampas
Pelagic Zone
Permafrost
Photic zone
Poikilotherm
Primary Productivity
Salt marsh
Savannas
Sclerophyllous
Short grass prairie
Shrub layer
Steppes
Swamp
Taiga
Tall grass prairie
Temperate rainforest
Thermocline
Tide pool
Tropical rainforest
Tundra
Understory
Upwelling
Veldts
Vernal
Vertical stratification
Vertical zonation
Wetlands
Xerophyte