The Harvest Table
(Biomes)
(Biomes)
These are “main ingredients” that define a biome.
(2 answers!)
Temperature & Precipitation
After a Thanksgiving feast, the leftovers are left in the forest and are broken down by fungi and bacteria. This is the term describes these organisms that recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.
What are decomposers?
A Thanksgiving feast relies on crops like corn, pumpkins, potatoes, and cranberries. This type of ecosystem service describes these products.
What are Provisioning services?
The snowiest Thanksgiving Day on record for Maryland was in 1989 and we got almost 4in. ❄️
The fresh white snow reflected far more sunlight than the darker ground beneath it. This difference in reflectivity is called this.
What is Albedo?
A particular forest can only support 100 turkeys before it runs out of acorns, berries, and nesting sites. This number is called the ecosystem’s _____.
What is a carrying capacity?
When the recipe calls for ‘high heat’ and ‘little water,’ this biome is served.
What is the Desert?
After Thanksgiving dinner, leftover turkey scraps in the forest are eaten by vultures and ravens 🐦⬛. These organisms that feed on dead animals are called this.
What are Scavengers?
Many people visit forests in the fall to enjoy the colorful leaves and harvest festivals 🍂. The enjoyment and recreation provided by ecosystems are examples of this ecosystem service.
What are Cultural services?
A rainy Thanksgiving Day Parade could be due to this climate event which brings warm waters to the eastern Pacific.
What is El Nino?
Wild turkeys lay relatively few eggs, provide parental care, and their offspring have a high chance of survival. What type of reproductive strategy do they exhibit?
K-selected
Turkeys 🦃 *gobble gobble* are native to this North American biome.
What are the Deciduous Forests?
If a human buys and eats organic turkey 🦃 that was only fed a grain🌾diet, this is the trophic level the human is at.
What is a secondary consumer?
Bacteria in the soil convert atmospheric nitrogen into forms that corn and other crops can use for growth, ensuring a healthy Thanksgiving harvest. This process is an example of THIS ecosystem service.
What are Supporting services?
An example of this process is warm air at the equator rising and cooler air sinking at higher latitudes, creating a circular movement that drives wind and redistributes heat around the planet.
What is a Convection Current?
OH NO! Part of a forest has been cut down to build new houses. Now wild turkeys are crowded together, and disease spreads faster through the flock. What type of factor is being described?
Density DEPENDENT Factor
A biome with rich soil and moderate moisture, the perfect recipe for grain crops.
What are the grasslands?
If the corn plants 🌽 capture 8,000 calories of energy from the sun ☀️, and a wild turkey eats the corn 🦃, then a human eats the turkey🍗, how many calories of energy reach the human?
What is 80 calories?
Many Thanksgiving foods, such as pumpkins, cranberries, and apples, rely on pollination provided by bees. What ecosystem service is this?
Regulating!
Farmers rely on predictable seasonal rains from this location, where trade winds 💨 from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres meet, causing rising air and frequent thunderstorms near the equator.
What is the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)?
A forest has 200 wild turkeys.
Each year, 30 turkeys are born and 10 die.
What is the population growth rate?
Population growth per year:
Births − Deaths = 30 − 10 = 20
Population growth rate (%):
Population growth x 100
Total population
20 x 100 = 10%
200
A Cornucopia of Climates! This biome produces the most primary productivity globally.
What are the Tropical Rainforests?
The corn, squash, and pumpkins 🎃 for a Thanksgiving table capture sunlight and convert it into chemical energy. The TOTAL energy captured by these plants through photosynthesis is called this.
What is Gross Primary Productivity?
Wetlands absorb excess rainwater and reduce flooding near farms supplying Thanksgiving crops. This benefit is an example of this ecosystem service.
What are Regulating services?
Autumn brings cooler temperatures and shorter days because Earth is tilted, causing sunlight to strike the surface less directly. ⛅ THIS factor is affected and becomes smaller
What is the Angle of Insolation?
In this stage of the demographic transition, death rates are low but birth rates remain high, leading to rapid population growth and increased demand for food, including Thanksgiving crops like corn and pumpkins. Which stage is it?
Stage 2