ARCTIC WATERS

ARCTIC WATERS

• By North Pole

CLIMATE

• -40 to 32

PLANT ADAPTATIONS

• Furry roots
• Low structure
• Cup shaped leaves

ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS

• Abundance of fur
• Store their fat
• Camouflage to hide from predators

ACTIVITIES TO DO

• Scuba dive
• Wildlife watch
• Fishing

HUMAN IMPACTS

• Hunting causes leads to a decrease in animals

POLAR BEAR

• Animalia, Chordata, mammalia, Carnivora, ursidae, ursus, u. Maritimus
• Multicellular, has a nucleus, eukaryotic, heterotrophic
• Close relative to the bear
• Spine

SEA ANENOME

• Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actinaria, Metrididae, Metridium, M. Farcimen
• Multicellular, cell wall and nucleus, autotrophic
• Close relative of coral
• Angiosperm, evergreen, vascular

LICHEN

• Fungi, asomycota, Lecanomycetes, leanorales, pennzriacer, pennaria, pennaria sphintrina
• Multicellular, cell wall, prokaryotic, autotrophic
• Close relative of Cyanobacteria
• Fungi excrete digestive enzymes upon their food and absorb it

CILIATE

• Karyorelictea, heterotrichea, spirotrichea, litostomatea, phyrea, plagiophylea
• Single celled, nucleus, eukaryotic , heterotrophic
• Close relatives with sporozoans
• Fungus- like

PARASITISM

• One benefits the other is harmed
• Host: Greenland shark
• Parasite: Copepod

PREDATION

• Actor preying on an organism
• Predator: Orca
• Prey: Seal

COMMENSALISM

• One benefits one is unharmed
• Benefit: Barnacle
• Unharmed: Whale

MUTUALISM

• Both organisms benefit
• Sea Anenome
• Clownfish

COMPETITION

• Animals competing for same limited resource
• Sponges and Coral

NUTRIENT CYCLES

FOOD WEB

BIOSPHERE

• The global sum of all ecosystems

BIOME

• Area with similar climate and geography

ECOSYSTEM

• Biotic and abiotic factors interacting as a system

COMMUNITY

• Group or population sharing the same characteristics all living in the same place

POPULATION

• Organisms of the same group or species living in an area

ORGANISM

• Any living system

HABITAT LOSS

• Natural habitat becomes a threat to native species
• Oil Spill

INVASIVE SPECIES

• Term for flora and fauna
• Zebra Mussles

POLLUTION

• Introduction of a natural contaminant to a habitat
• Oil Spill

POPULATION

• Summary of all organisms
• Walruses on the shore

OVERHARVESTING/OVERUSE

• Unbalancing the food chain by taking too much
• Fishing

PRIMARY SECCESSION

• Occurring in an environment in which new substrate devoid of vegetation and usually lacking dirt
• Ice melting

SECONDARY SECESSION

• Process started by an event
• Growth after forest fire

CLIMAX COMMUNITY

• Development of vegetation over time
• Amazon rainforest