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| Adaptation is a species respones to the environment through evolution. |
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| Acclimation is an idividuals response to the environment throught physiological change. |
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| Organisms living together and interaction in a specific location. Consist of Producers, consumers, and decomposers. |
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| Factors that affect climate (8) |
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| Suns rays, tilted axes, Large bodies of water, prevailing winds, altitude, urban Island effect, different land surfaces, ocean currents |
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| direct at the equator and indirect at the poles |
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| causes seasons becausethe position of a location changes. |
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| Modifies temperature, less extreme temps |
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| Bigger the city the warmer it is |
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Percipitation Patterns
at Equator |
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Percipitation Patterns
0-30 |
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Percipitation Patterns
30-60 |
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Percipitation Patterns
60-90 |
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Between 0-10
Heavey precipitation
most diverse biome
Greatest impact on atmosphere
Many resources
no season |
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10-25
6months dry 6 months wet
many unique species
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Lions, gizalles
10-25
3 months wet 9 months dry
many unique animals |
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30
0-10 inches of percipitation
very few species but unique
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Smallest biome
30-40
20 inches of rain
dry 9 months
good climate for certain crops |
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| The chaparral (dry shrubland) |
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Most fertile soil
most important agriculture
35-45 degrees
30-20 inches rain
cold winters hot summers |
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| Temporate Grassland (biggest biomes) |
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Dominated by deciduous trees
35-45
4 distinct seasons |
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| Temprarate Forest (decidious forest) |
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| Along the bottom of the ocean |
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| Region on the beach from highest high tide to lowest low tide |
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| from the littoral zone out to the edge of the continental shelf 90% of ocean species live here |
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| Most of the ocean, everything between two continental shelves |
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| Open Water from top to bottom |
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