Ch. 3 The Biosphere

Which biome besides deserts have the least amount of water?

Mountain ranges and polar ice caps are easily defined by typical animal and plant communities

Which is NOT a nonhuman cause of climate change?

The study of the interactions between organisms and between organisms and their surroundings

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

long cold winters, mild summers, moderate precipitation, acidic poor soils, conifers, fat

Which is NOT a nonhuman cause of climate change?

Sunlight passes through the atmosphere, hits the surface, radiates off as heat and is trapped

Warm and hot all year

low precipitation variable temperatures poor soils small plant leaves nocturnal animals

Which is a factor in aquatic ecosystems?

Submerged at high tide exposed to sunlight and air at low tide

Group of organisms that breed and produce offspring

Which is NOT a factor that shapes regional climates?

Summers hot and winters cold

warm summers,cold winters,moderate precip,fertile soils,occasional fires,grazing resistant

All the water on the Earth's surface, atmosphere, and underground

Water covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year

The most phostosynthesis in the world occurs in

All of the organisms that live in a place and their physical environment

In this biome, plants contain flammable oils and have frequent fires.

warm, seasonal rain, frequent fires, compact soils, waxy leaves, leaf loss, migration, dormancy

A group of different populations that live together

Warm, wet year round, poor soil, large leaves, buttress roots, animals active year round

________ consists of short-term changes in temperature, precipitation, clouds, and wind

The defining feature of deserts is:

Earth's rotation causes winds to blow from _____ in the temperate zones

Which is a function of wetlands?

Why is it drier in Boise than Portland Oregon? The moisture is dropped on the west side of the

Air that is warmed___________________

______ occurs where prevailing winds push surface water away from a continent.

Extends from the low-tide mark to the outer edge of the continental shelf

Which is NOT a factor that shapes ocean currents?

warm dry summers cool moist winters poor soil, periodic fires, animal browsers

Strong winds, low precipitation, short soggy summers, permafrost, dark winters

Solid earth which consists of rocks, continents, and ocean floor

Which is NOT a factor that shapes regional climates?

warm year round, wet/dry seasons, rich soil, deciduous, waxy leaves, estivation

Home to the most species of plants and animals

What effect does El Nino have on South America?

The global climate system is powered by _______________

A wetland that forms where a river meets the sea

______________ is described by patterns and averages of temperature,

Mild temperatures, abundant precipitation, tall trees, rocky acidic soils

Light reaches here,the majority of photosynthesis occurs here

All life on Earth and parts of Earth in which life exists

The sun is directly overhead at noon and day length varies little

cold winters, warm summers, year round precipitation, fertile soils, deciduous

Winters are bitterly cold and summers barely get warm

Any nonliving part of the environment

Any living part of the environment

Which is NOT a greenhouse gas?

No light reachers here, no photosynthesis occurs.

Needle-like leaves

A layer of all the gases that surround Earth

Ocean bottom, includes rocks and sediments

Freshwater and saltwater animals can travel back and forth between ecosystems

Animals that live here have adaptations for climbing,jumping, or flight