Biomes

Question 1

2 significant abiotic factors that influence a biome

Answer 1

temperature and precipitation

Question 2

The distance away from the equator

Answer 2

Latitude

Question 3

How does increase in latitude affect the temp?

Answer 3

average temp tends to decrease

Question 4

The elevation from sea level

Answer 4

altitude

Question 5

As the altitude goes up

Answer 5

Temp decreases

Question 6

how do mountains influence precipitation distribution

Answer 6

as warm air goes up, air cools, and moisture condenses. So the windward side gets more precipitation than the leeward side

Question 7

Windward side having more precipitation than the leeward side is called

Answer 7

the rainshadow effect

Question 8

biomes near a large body of water usually have

Answer 8

more precipitation and milder, more stable temperature

Question 9

water gains and loses ___ more ____ than air

Answer 9

heat, slowly

Question 10

temp and precipi graph of a given biome

Answer 10

climatograph

Question 11

the average precipitation in the are is displayed as a

Answer 11

bar graph

Question 12

average monthly temperature is showed as a

Answer 12

line graph

Question 13

Lowest moisture levels of all ecosystem

Answer 13

desert

Question 14

major limiting factor of deserts

Answer 14

lack of water, lack of plants

Question 15

usually located in the interior of continents

Answer 15

subtropical deserts

Question 16

this rainshadow desert is on the leeward side of the himalayan mountains

Answer 16

Gobi Desert

Question 17

driest place on earth outside antarctica

Answer 17

Atacama desert in Chile

Question 18

The Atacama is what kind of desert

Answer 18

Coastal

Question 19

What causes Coastal deserts?

Answer 19

Body of water cools air so much, can’t handle moisture well

Question 20

this mountain causes a rain shadow effect on atacama

Answer 20

andes mountain

Question 21

these deserts fall in higher latitudes bet 40 and 60 degrees

Answer 21

midlatitude or temperate deserts

Question 22

example of temperate desert

Answer 22

sonoran desert in sw usa

Question 23

these plants usually found in temperate deserts have thickened fleshy parts for storing water

Answer 23

Succulent plants

Question 24

consistently experience temperatures below freezing

Answer 24

polar deserts`

Question 25

more precipi and cooler temps than deserts

Answer 25

Grasslands

Question 26

tropical grasslands or ____ are usually located

Answer 26

savannas. near equator, usually bet deserts and rainforest biomes

Question 27

temperate grasslands called ___ in NA are ____ from equator experiences sts

Answer 27

prairies, farther, seasonal temp shifts

Question 28

how do prairie plants adapt to colder tempts and less precipi

Answer 28

root systems can be several feet deep

Question 29

polar grasslands ____ are usually...

Answer 29

Tundra, below freezing

Question 30

besides the top layer of soil that can support plants, beneath is

Answer 30

permafrost

Question 31

during a few months of growing season which plants only grow

Answer 31

lichens, herbs, and other small plants

Question 32

forests can support hardwood trees bc

Answer 32

more consistent precipi

Question 33

receive the most amount of rainfall and is consistently warm

Answer 33

tropical rainforests

Question 34

4 layers of rainforests

Answer 34

Emergent Layer Canopy Understory Forest Floor

Question 35

Usually contains fruits and leaves of trees

Answer 35

Canopy and Emergent layer

Question 36

Animal life usually found in

Answer 36

Canopy

Question 37

Understory only receives _% of sunlight from canopy

Answer 37

5

Question 38

US contains

Answer 38

shrubs, seedlings, and other animals

Question 39

Darkest layer contains

Answer 39

FF decomposers like insect, larvae, fungi

Question 40

Topsoil is very thing bc

Answer 40

although rapid decomposition, nutrients are reabsorbed quickly

Question 41

What lead the deforestation in Haiti in 1984

Answer 41

severe hurricane and demand of charcoal

Question 42

These forests are located at higher latis and can experience a winter below freezing

Answer 42

Temperature deciduous forest

Question 43

TDF and ___ contain broadleaf trees that are

Answer 43

well-suited for absorbing sunlight

Question 44

Soil in TDF are much deeper and richer bc

Answer 44

growth is not constant

Question 45

how do deciduous trees adapt when water is scarce or ground is frozen?

Answer 45

shedding leaves

Question 46

considerate amt of ppt to tropical ones but in higher latitudes

Answer 46

temperate rainforests

Question 47

Example of temperate rainforest and its advantage

Answer 47

Northen Pacific coast of US and Canada. Windward side of Olympic mt range constant moisture from wind currents of pacific ocean.

Question 48

These forests are found throughout far northern latitudes

Answer 48

Boreal or Taiga

Question 49

These trees are more adapted to long, cold dry winters

Answer 49

Coniferous

Question 50

Shape of leaves that have waxy (why?) coating

Answer 50

Needle like. To retain moisture.

Question 51

Why cone shape?

Answer 51

To let accumulated snow to slide to the ground

Question 52

Process wherein biomes change as the Earth changes

Answer 52

Succession

Question 53

organisms in early stages of succession

Answer 53

pioneer species

Question 54

found in later stages

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climax species

Question 55

2 types of ecosystem succession depends on

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Primary, secondary. Starting pt of succession

Question 56

occurs when new ecosyst develops when there's none before

Answer 56

Primary

Question 57

Follows the disruption of prior ecosyst

Answer 57

Secondary

Question 58

Secondary succession doesn't take long bc

Answer 58

soil already in place, pioneer species appear w/in days or weeks

Question 59

Second largest economy in Caribbean

Answer 59

Dom. Rep.

Question 60

Haiti's hope?

Answer 60

ability to speed process of succession encourage reforestation find alternative fuel to charcoal