Summary

Goals

  • Knowing the most common types of Finnish ecosystem.
  • Being able to describe the kinds of organisms found in different ecosystems.

Summary

  • The species of an organism community have adapted to the conditions of their ecosystem, such as the climate conditions and the soil type of theenvironment.
  • Lake types: oligotrophic and eutrophic lake.
  • If the lake contains few nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorous, the lake is considered oligotrophic.
  • If the lake contains a lot of nutrients, its plant life is rich, meaning that the lake is eutrophic.
  • Dry taiga forest is characterized by dry soil and pine trees.
  • Wet taiga forest is a typical type of spruce forest.
  • Broad-leaf forests have nutrient-rich soil and are characterized by the presence of broad-leaf trees.
  • Pine swamps and spruce bogs are bog types where trees can be found.
  • Open bogs have no trees.
  • Fells are mountaineous areas common to Northern Finland.
  • Key words: ecosystem, dry taiga forest, wet taiga forest, broad-leaf forest, pine swamp, spruce bog, open bog, oligotrophic lake, eutrophic lake, fell.