Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes
What are nonliving components of an environment?
Abiotic factors
What is gross primary productivity?
Total amount of solar energy that producers capture via photosynthesis
Which of these four cycles has NO gas phase?
Phosphorus cycle
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food web is made up of multiple food chains
What is Ms. Handschuh's first name?
Catherine!
What is a climograph?
Graphic representation of a location's monthly average temperature and precipitation over a year
What is the equation for net primary productivity?
Gross primary productivity - respiration
What is Transpiration?
The release of water into the atmosphere from leaves during photosynthesis
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the one above?
10 percent rule!
Where does Ms. Handschuh live?
Santa Cruz
What is a biome?
The plants and animals that are found in a particular region of the world.
What is primary productivity?
Rate of converting solar energy into organic compounds
How can human activity alter the hydrologic cycle?
Increase of runoff due to the cutting down of trees; no more evapotranspiration
What is a negative feedback loop?
Output of a process influences the process itself, causing it to decrease or stop
What other class(es) does Ms. Handschuh teacher?
Physiology
What is permafrost? (Bonus: what biome is characterized by permafrost?)
An impermeable, permanently frozen layer of soil (TUNDRA!)
What are the most productive terrestrial ecosystems?
Tropical rainforests
How is phosphorus rock in the phosphorus cycle formed?
Precipitation of phosphate onto the ocean floor.
How does the trophic level that humans feed off affect sustainability?
When humans eat at lower trophic levels (plants) they obtain more energy for less resources
What club is Ms. Handschuh the advisor of?
Earth Rise
What is a profundal zone?
Region of water where sunlight doesn’t reach
Producers capture __% of available solar energy?
ONLY 1 PERCENT
What drives the cycling of water?
The sun!
What is a detritivore?
An organism that specializes in breaking down dead tissues and waste products into smaller particles.
What is Ms. Handschuhs Starbucks order?
Soy chai queen