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| What factors determine an area's climate? |
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–Incoming solar energy
–The earth’s rotation
–Global patterns of air and water movement
–Gases in the atmosphere
–The earth’s surface features |
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| Different types of deserts and what makes them different.. |
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| Different types of grasslands and what makes them different.. |
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- Tropical-grazing/browsing animals.
- Temperate-cold winters and hot summers often converted to farms.
- Cold (Arctic Tundra)- Permafrost, animals have thick fur
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| Different types of forests and why they are different.. |
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- Tropical-hot and high mositure, recycles of scarce soil nutrients
- Temperate-cooler temperature and less moisture, broad leaf decidous trees
- Cold- northern conferious, boreal
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How are humans disturbing terrestrial ecosystems?
How much is currently degraded? |
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- Agriculture, large desert cities, farming, etc.
- 60%
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| Difference between aqautic species and examples... |
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- Plankton-drifting organisms
- Phytoplanton-primary producers for aquatic food webs.
- Ultraplankton-Tiny bacteria
- Zooplankton-Secondary Consumers
- Nekton-Strong Swimmers
- Benthos-Bottom dwellers
- Decomposers- mostly bacteria
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| Causes and effects of Ocean Acidification... |
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- Oceans absorb C02
- C02 reacts with oceans water to form weak acid
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| Areas General Pattern of atmospheric conditions |
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| Set of physical conditions of the lower atmosphere |
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| Trap solar energy and release it as heat |
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| Large land regions with certain types of climate and plant life |
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| Widespread and rapid decrease in the amount of life on earth. |
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| Standard rate of extinction |
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| Process where large habitats break down into smaller ones |
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| Illegal hunting or capture of wild animals |
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| Any species vulnerable to extinction |
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| Species no longer plays a significant role in the ecosystem |
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| Land covered with grass suitable for grazing animals |
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| Grassland, Shrubland, Wetland, etc. That are grazed by domestic livestock or wild animals. |
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| Connects fragmented habitats. Separated by human activity. |
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| Zonal area that lays between two or more other areas. |
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| Uncultivated, uninhabited, and inhospitable region. |
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| Place where fish are artificially bred or cultivated |
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| Activity involved in catching fish |
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| Plant or animal that plays a unique and crucial role in the way a ecosystem functions |
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| Steps taken to avoid certain impacts |
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| Parts of country vapid with fresh fruit, vegetables, and other foods.Due to lack of stores. |
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| Slash and Burn Agriculture |
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| Technique that involves the cutting and burning of plants to create fields. |
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| Process where water soluble salts accumulate in the soil. |
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| Type of land degradation in which dry land becomes arid. |
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| Saturation of soil with water |
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| Planting rows of trees with wide spacing's and other plants planted in the spacing's. |
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| Using multiple crops in the same space |
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| Vertical Zones of the open sea |
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- Euphotic Zone-Top of ocean, little nutrients, phytoplankton.
- Bahtyal Zone-Dimly lit, Smaller fish.
- Abyssal Zone-Bottom of ocean, not really explored, big fish and other creatures.
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| What is happening to chesapeake bay? |
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| What is happening to Haiti? |
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| What is the harm of invasive species? |
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- Disease
- Change foot webs
- Decreasing biodervisity
- Out-competing native species
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- H-Habitat destruction, fragmentation, degradation
- I-Invasion
- P-Population and resource growth
- P-Pollution
- C-Climate Change
- O-Over Exploitation
Greatest threat to our environment |
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| What is happening to bees? |
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| Three grain crops that sustain majority of humans? |
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