Advanced cards

Question 1

physical environment?

Answer 1

understanding all the complex connections in ecology

Question 2

climate vs weather

Answer 2

climate: longterm average pattern weather: temperature percipitation wind ect

Question 3

anthropogenic

Answer 3

human made

Question 4

net radiation

Answer 4

(incoming sun (short wave) - reflected sun) - (emitted earth (long wave) - downward long wave (absorbed by greenhouse gases)) = should equal to 0!!!

Question 5

greenhouse effect

Answer 5

indepedant of dayn n night return flux bc greenhouse gases outgoing radiation is decreasing annual mean temperature is increasing

Question 6

solar radiation distribution

Answer 6

highest at equator, lowest at poles: relatively smaller area per radiation at equator strong latitudinal gradients

Question 7

radiation surplusses and deficits

Answer 7

Question 8

wind circulation patterns

Answer 8

Question 9

mountainridge on climate

Answer 9

Question 10

physical template earth

Answer 10

Question 11

water cycle

Answer 11

Question 12

sand cly silk texture graph

Answer 12

Question 13

LCP? LSP? PAR?

Answer 13

par -> light level available

lcp -> light condensation point:

CO2 uptake = CO2 fixation

lsp -> light saturation point

the point above which ph.syn. rate does not increase anymore

Question 14

age pyramid

growing dying or stable?

Answer 14

Question 15

intermediate bill size experiment

Answer 15

Question 16

schema of food web

A? H? C? P?

Answer 16

Question 17

top down controll in aquatic

Answer 17

trophic cascade!!