Name______________________________ Class __________________ Date ______________ Chapter 4 Ecosystems and Communities Section 4–1 The Role of Climate (pages 87–89) This section explains how the greenhouse effect maintains the biosphere’s temperature range. It also describes Earth’s three main climate zones. What Is Climate? (page 87) 1. How is weather different from climate? Weather is the day-to-day condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a particular time and place
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1. Define ecology. Identify the two features of organisms studied by ecologists. Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between organisms and the environment‚ which in turn determine both the distribution of organisms and their abundance. Ecologists study how interactions between organisms and the environment affect phenomena such as the number of species living in a particular area‚ cycling of nutrients in a habitat‚ and the growth of populations. 2. Describe the relationship between
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Ecology Ecology is the study of interactions between organisms and the living and non-living components of their environment. It involves collecting information about organisms and observing their life patterns as well. Ecology is a science that seeks to explain why patterns occur the way they do. Interdependence is a key component of biology‚ meaning that all the organism interact with one another in various ways. Its very crucial for organisms since they all depend on one another
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there are cold ocean currents. Each region in which the Mediterranean shrublands and woodlands occur is island-like in character and thus there is frequently a high degree of endemism. Comparative studies of the several regional expressions of this biome reveal interesting examples of convergent evolution in plant families and birds (but not among reptiles or small mammals) on the different continents. Climate: The Mediterranean Climate (Cs) is unique in that the wet season coincides with the low
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as easy as it sounds‚ humans love us so much and those other atoms are always trying to attach themselves to us. Honestly‚ can they be anymore clingy? Really were the Michael Jordan’s of the element world. Todays the day I leave my home in the Tundra Biome‚ finally graduated from the periodic table and am on my way to the Tropics. I can’t wait‚ I’m so sick of this freezing weather and lack of any biotic diversity. I’ve been waiting my whole life to get out of this stupid place. Finally‚ we’ve arrived
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In Ch 4 of Silent Spring‚ Carson brings about the fact that the most essential natural resource in the world‚ water‚ is being contaminated. With every spray and use of the pesticides and human-made chemicals‚ persistent as they are‚ the resulting effects spread throughout ecosystems. Bioaccumulation occurs through the levels of the food chain(biological magnification)‚ microorganisms and fish are exposed to the chemicals that render the water polluted‚ fish are eaten by birds and other aquatic life
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L2 May 8‚ 2013 Physical Geography Agenda: • 1.Geological Structure and Relief • 2. Climate • 3. Rivers and Lakes • 4. Biomes 1. Geological Structure and Relief * Relief: means topography‚ or landforms such as mountains‚ lowlands‚ highlands etc. * Geology: is dynamics is the reasons for relief; we have interconnection between geological structures & relief. it is the inner structures of the earth.
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Biomes Comparison Essay Ecologists group earth’s diverse environments into biomes. A biome is a complex of terrestrial communities that develops a large area and is characterized by certain soil climate conditions and particular assemblages of plants and animals. Not all species live in every biome they vary in their adaptations to different conditions. An adaptation is an inherited characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce. These sorts of variations in plants
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study the interaction of a specific species or habitat; others study the different species that depend on each other (ex. a food web). 3. What is a biome? A biome can be described as an area on our earth that shares the same species‚ climate‚ animals‚ and plants. There are actually about 150 different classified biomes today. The main biomes are Marine‚ Tundra‚ Desert‚ Savannah‚ Grassland‚ Tropical Rain Forest‚ Deciduous Forest‚ and Coniferous Forest. 4. What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem includes all
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projects consist in reducing wastes of any kind of energy source and saving any resource we get. This will involve social aspects also in the way that our society must take part and have an impact into world pollution‚ which will finally affect the tundra ecosystem; it has lately become popular to be ecofriendly. This ecologic movement has also affected the fashion industry which lately looks for looks with more pure materials‚ not much synthetic ones‚ also they’ve preferred clothing with pure cotton
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