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Biology Chapter 4 Flashcards

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Climate versus Weather

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Climate is average yearly, weather is day to day

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What causes changes in climate

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The greenhouse effect, latitude, and winds

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The Greenhouse Effect

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A NATURAL phenomenon where gases trap heat inside the biosphere

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How does the greenhouse effect change climate

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The greenhouse effect raises the overall temperature of the earth, in some cases it just keeps it warm and in others it makes the earth hotter.

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How does Latitude cause different climates

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Depending on the latitude an area will get more or less direct sunlight.

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Tropical Rainforest

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Tropical, rainy, coniferous (evergreen) trees
-larger mammals, extremely biodiverse

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Tropical Dry Forest

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Tropical, dry, Broad leaf deciduous trees, mild seasons, hot summers

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Tropical Savanna

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Tropical, Dry, hot, lots of tall grasses and open fields

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Desert

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Temperate, dry, empty, cacti, reptiles and birds

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Temperate Grassland

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Temperate, grassy, heavy season changes, rich soil, smaller mammals

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Temperate Woodland (Chaparral)

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Temperate, short trees, deciduous, periodic fires, extreme seasons

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Temperate forest

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Temperate, tall trees, short seasons, coniferous forest, rich forest

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Northwestern Coniferous forest

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Temperate, cold, rainy, large forests, acidic soils, coniferous trees.

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Boreal Forest (Taiga)

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Temperate, cold, bad soil, northern hemisphere, needle leaf coniferous

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Tundra

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Temperate/polar, permafrost, small stunted plants, few animals, long winters

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What Shapes and Ecosystem?

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Abiotic/biotic factors, Niche, interactions, succession

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Abiotic versus biotic factors

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trees/animals/plants versus weather/rocks/air/sun

-these physically shape the ecosystem

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Niche

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An organisms role
-place in food web, trophic level, habitat, forms of symbiosis, etc.

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realized niche versus fundamental niche

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Fundamental is anywhere an organism or species could be, a realized niche is what it actually does in a day, where it lives, the specific organisms it eats.

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Community interactions

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Competition, predation, symbiosis

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Competition

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Two or more species or organisms competing for the same resource

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Predation

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A relationship where one organism captures and consumes another

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Symbiosis

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When two organisms are in a close long term relationship usually benefiting one.

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What are the different forms of Symbiosis?

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Mutualism- win win
Commensalism- win ok
Parasitism- win loose

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Ecological Succession

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A pattern of change in an ecosystem, generally an ecosystem moving in to an open space

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Primary versus secondary succession

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Primary successions have pioneer species that move into an area after an event like volcanic activity where new land is uncovered.
Secondary succession occurs in an area that previously had an ecosystem on it.

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Which type of succession takes the longest?

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Primary succession

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What are the three main Aquatic Biomes

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Freshwater, Estuaries, and salt water

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What are three types of freshwater biomes

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-flowing water (rivers)
-standing water (lakes)
-wetlands (marshes, bogs, swamps)

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Plankton

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Tiny organisms free floating through water, zooplankton eat phytoplankton

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What causes differences is Aquatic Ecosystems?

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depth, flow, and temperature

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What is an Estuary

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an area where salt water meets fresh water

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Salt marsh versus Mangrove Swamp

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Salt marshes have more grasses, while mangrove swamps have trees

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What are the different zones in an ocean

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-Photic and Aphotic
-inter tidal, coastal ocean, open ocean, deep ocean

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Intertidal zone

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area between low tide and high tide, constantly changing, very biodiverse

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Coastal Ocean

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The most bio diverse marine ecosystem, from low tide to the continental shelf, in the photic zone

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Open ocean

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Completely empty, continental shelf to 11,000 m deep

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Deep ocean

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Deepest part of the ocean

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Benthic zone

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Ocean floor, has benthos and dead matter

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