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what are abobic

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are non living such as air water heat

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botic

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are living things in a ecosystem plants and animals

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what are producers

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these converse energy from the environment milky sunlight into sugar

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consumers

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there get energy from sugary produced by produces

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decompose

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these break down plants and animal materials and return the nutrient to the soil

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food chains

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all, the connections between produces and consumers

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food web

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all the connections between produces and consumers in a complex way

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nutrient cycling

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when plants or animals do the decompose help the recycle

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describe the pattern of global ecosystem around the world

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rainforest are located near the equator cancer and capiacorn the hottest desert African South America
tundra are fround in the high lattiduces

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characteristics of global ecosystem

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amazon rainforest

closer to the equator
high temp and heavy rainfall associated with the equator low pressure creates ideal conditions for plants to grow rainforest covers 6 per cent of the earths land and surface

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the desert have a low level of precipitation

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low levels due to air is so dry leads to do condensation

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tropical rainforest is vary hot and wet

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its hot due to the low laterite s solar radiation is high and its wet due t the moist air

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tundra is cold and dry

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igher latitudes receive less solar radiation

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what is the soil like in tropical rain forests

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Most of the soil is not very fertile

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layers of the rainforest

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emergents
canopy
under canopy
shrub layer

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emergents

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highest layer with tress reaching 50 metres

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canopy

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most life is found here as it reaches 70% of the sunlight and 80% of the life

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under canopy

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canoeist of tree that reach 20 meters high

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shrub layer

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lowest layer with small tress that have adapted to living in the shade

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name all the plants adaptations

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drip tips leaves
butteress roots
spicy leafs

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drip tip leaves

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so its pointing down so it doesn’t snap the water runs off

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buttress roots

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they grow from the surface before they get washed away leaching large tress stop them

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spicy leafs

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stop the animals from eating the plants

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learn to grow up trying to reach the sun light

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are all the animal adaptations animals
sloth rhinoceros beatal frog spider monkey
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sloth adoptions
sloth slow metabolism canl came down to forest flow once per week because the areas is two risk of predators sharp claws to gip branches in the canopy
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rhinoceros beetles
claw on head for define abasing predators hard shell to prevent being eaten
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frog
suction pads on feet to be able to move around the wet flors poison under skin to prevent begin eaten be=rightly coloured they can attack mates
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spider monkeys
tall arms so they can hang from tree to tree
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what caused deforestation
commercial reaching rearing cattle for the production of meat
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small scale subsistence farming
small scale farming with the purpose of growing enough food to feed the family
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commercial farming
large scale farming with the purpose of selling what is grown
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logging
cutting down and removing trees for the purpose of making something our of wood
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impact of deforestation enviromental negative
the Amazon stores 100 billion tonnes of carbon deforestation will release back into the environment
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comic of impact deforestation positive
building the trans Amazonian highway 4000 in 1972 has facilitated the movement trade goods
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postivate economic impact deforestation 2
logging contributes a huge amount the Brazil economy
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the values of a tropical rain forest
tress oxygen medicine come from the trees in the rainforest huge biodiversity live in the rainforest huge water indigenous tribes native to the area
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how can we manage the rainforest
selective logging ecotourism education ewducing debt conservation
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selective logging
is selecting were you want to cut down a tree in the rain forest rather than clear felling
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ecoturism
aims to introduced people to the natural words to benefits local communication and protects the environment for the future
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what is the climate like in the tundra
Tundra regions are always colder than 10oC and in the winter average about -35oC.
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what is the climate like in the polar
few scientist live there long cold winters, with annual temperatures mostly below freezing
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what is the soil like in the polar
covered in ice throughout the year.
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what is the soil like in the tundra
permanently frozen for much of the year and is known as permafrost close
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what are plants like in the tundra
Plants are usually very small in the tundra This is expected because there are not many nutrients in the soil,
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what are plants like in the polar
mosses, lichens, sedges, grasses, and dwarf woody shrubs
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what is the tundra like
coldest short growing seasons extremely low temp little amount of perciperation 3-12 in summer
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which one is colder polar or tundra
Polar regions are always colder than 10oC
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developing opportunities in Alaska
fishing energy development minerals extraction tourism
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fishing in Alaska opportunity
tit has employed about 10% of alaskan people 78500 job created this is good because Alaska is know for there rich marine life with abundance of species like salmon habitats and crabs this means that there plenty of jobs available which can provide a good income
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what are the problems of fishing in Alaska
cumerstion farming causes leads to over is hing which coat affect the tourism food fishing serval for a year
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mineral extraction opportunity facts for alaska
1.5 Alaska mining wealth comes from gold gold mining contributes 2.2 billion to Alaska GDP in 2013
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mineral extension Alaska opportunities Alaska
this abundance creates numerous jobs in mining extraction industries proving employment opportunities for local residents and attracting workers from other areas
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why is mineral extension a problem
mining loes lost of chemical in the atompher this can lead on to pollution water which will affect huge amount of there biodiversity
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development challenges in Alaska
extraction temp accessibility building infrastructure
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extreme temp challenge in Alaska
ground permanently frozen permafrost in the winter theses mouths without sunlight
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why is extreme temp a challenge
lack of ability to produce crops health living conditions difficulty to live there difficult to build permatly frozen
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accessibility a challenge in Alaska
so few people live there that most of Alaska dose not have proper roads
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accesablity in Alaska what is that a challenge
the low population density of loss than one person per square kilometre means and explore must make there own access the tundra
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threats to cold environments
oil spills tourism mining economic
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how is tourist a threat to the environment
off roads vehicle can damage land this will take years to repair can bring lots of noise to the environment to the animals
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oil spills a threat to the environment
people for drinking water is contaminated cost of money for oil spills lots of biodiversity rented by this
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why dose cold eveiroments need protection
social home to induces rises provide food homes and energy resources for humans economic these country's make money government through truism by fishing mining extraction envirmomental loss of biodiversity from loss of animal change
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