The Arizona Desert
What do we mean with the word "adaptations"?
Features of organisms that help them to live and reproduce in their habitat
In which climatic area can you find Mangrove forests?
Tropical areas/countries.
What is the study of weather?
Meterology.
Currently, which parts of the world are permanently covered in ice sheets?
North and South Pole.
What is the difference between nectar and pollen?
Nectar= a sugary liquid made by flowers to attract insects for pollination
Pollen: tiny grains made by flowers, which contain male gametes
It freezes.
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather: The atmospheric conditions in a particular place: sunny, rainy, frosty.
Climate: the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
Identify and describe the current climate period.
Today we are living in an interglacial period, which means the permanent ice sheets are slowly melting and are predominantly located close to the North and South Pole.
True or False: Organisms interact also with non-living things.
TRUE.
Example: light passes through the ice to allow tiny algae to grow and feed the tiny shrimp-like organism. Fish eat these organisms -> seals hunt for fish in the water - > polar bears hunt seals
What is weather affected by?
Weather is affected by factors such as temperature, humidity, cloudiness and precipitation.
It is presumed that the boulders were carried there by ancient glaciers, which are rivers of ice that move slowly downhill. When the glacier melted, the rocks were left behind.
What is an ecosystem? Use the scientific definition.
A network of interactions between all the living organisms and the non-living things around them.
What is an essential condition for rice paddies to become a fertile ecosystem?
Describe a tropical climate zone.
How and wet all year.
How do scientists extract cores of soil?
Using an auger to extract the peat bog.
In a food web, what is the role of plants?
They are producers. They use energy in sunlight to make food. (As animals eat the desert plants and each other, the energy is passed through the desert food web)
What is the difference between bioaccumulation and biomagnification?
Bioaccumulation: gradual increase of a substance in an organism's body; it happens when the substance cannot be broken down inside the body cells.
Biomagnification: Increase of the concentration of a substance as you go up a food chain.
Identify two areas in the world with mediterranean climate (excluding the areas surrounding the Mediterranean Sea)
California, South Africa.
Explain why peat bogs are important for science.