Climate and Soil
Intense sunshine here charges the whole global climate system
What is the equator?
Biomes typically found around 30o (or 90o) with dry air
What is a desert?
The tilting of the Earth and its position to the Sun is responsible for these events
What are seasons?
This describes the rising of nutrient-rich deep sea waters, often along coasts
What is upwelling?
Metabolic rates and enzyme activities are sensitive to this factor
What is temperature?
This is the most fertile part of the soil
What is organic horizon or topsoil?
This biome is characterized by a constant annual temperature average and high constant rainfall
What is a tropical rainforest?
Water moves to areas of this solute concentration
What is high?
Name two primary producers in the aquatic environment.
What are aquatic plants, phytoplankton, cyanobacteria, algae?
This is the definition of temperature
What is amount of kinetic energy in a system?
Responsible for the rightward/leftward deflection of wind due to the Earth's rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This biome experiences pronounced wet and dry seasons, with cold winters and herbaceous vegetation
What is temperate grasslands?
Shelled land snails expending energy to grow their shell but being protected by it in many ways is an example of this
What is the principle of allocation?
These two are the most productive aquatic ecosystems
What are coral reefs and kelp forests?
A plant adjusting their CO2 uptake in accordance to the temperature is an example of this
What is accilmation?
A graph that depicts changes in temperature and rainfall over the year
What is a climate diagram?
This biome has fragile soil, is fire adapted, and is dominated by shrubs
What is chaparral, Mediterranean woodlands, or shrublands?
This is the water released during cellular respiration
What is metabolic water?
Thermal stratification describes this effect
What is temperature decreasing as depth increases (deeper), or a thermocline?
These organisms rely heavily on metabolic energy for heat, while these organisms experience a wide variation of internal body temperatures.
What are endotherms and poikilotherms?
This is another factor that shapes terrestrial climates based on topography and microclimate
What is a rain shadow?
A biome that has alternating wet and dry seasons, rich soil prone to leaching, and host animals like asian elephants and monkeys
What is a tropical dry forest?
Describe two organisms from dry environments and how they get their water
Kangaroo rats- from food (metabolic water)
Desert beetles- from fog
etc
Refers to the sinking of cold, high density water and the rising of warmer, nutrient rich water
What is a thermohaline circulation?
These are two ways desert plants regulate their temperature