Biogeography and Ecosystems

Question 1

What are the horizons of the soil

Answer 1

OAEBC

Organic, Mineral, Eluvial, Illuvial C (initial layer)

Question 2

What is pedogenesis?

Answer 2

The process by which soils are formed

Question 3

What is the Biosphere?

Answer 3

The biologically inhabited part of the earth

Question 4

What is pedogenesis affected by?

Answer 4

Weathering, Oxidation, Humans

Question 5

What are the three types of erosion?

Answer 5

Rill erosion = water runoff erosion
Gully erosion = Hole in the ground from the erosion
Exposure to humans and animals

Question 6

What causes soil acidification?

Answer 6

an overpowering amount of H+ in the soil

Question 7

What is Biogeography?

Answer 7

The reason why plants and animals are where they are in space.

Question 8

What is a Eurytopic species?

Answer 8

A species that has a wide tolerane - KIWI

Question 9

What is a Stenotopic species?

Answer 9

A species that has a small range

Question 10

What is an ecosystem?

Answer 10

The Biotic and Abiotic components in an environment

Question 11

What is a Natural Resource?

Answer 11

Anything that has been created through Natural Processes that people use and value.

Question 12

What are externalities?

Answer 12

Spil over effects of things eg. gum in town

Question 13

What is the Tragedy of commons?

Answer 13

The interaction between the environment, society and the economy

Question 14

What role does Nitrogen play in the biochemical cycle?

Answer 14

It produces RNA, DNA and aids in the growth of plants and animals

Question 15

What role does Phosphorous play in the biochemical cycle?

Answer 15

It helps in energy-releasing reactions

Question 16

What role does Potassium play in the biochemical cycle?

Answer 16

It is an enzyme, it regulates stomata density

Question 17

What is a biochemical cycle?

Answer 17

The movement of chemicals and nutrients between abiotic and biotic phases

Question 18

What is virtual water?

Answer 18

Water that goes into resources

Question 19

What are biogeochemical cycles?

Answer 19

Recycling processes that supply essential substances to the biosphere

Question 20

What is the water budget of a system?

Answer 20

Accounting for all of the inflow and outflow of water in a given system over time.

Question 21

What is the O horizon composed of?

Answer 21

Organic material

Question 22

What is the A horizon composed of?

Answer 22

Nutrients that support plant life

Question 23

What is the B horizon composed of?

Answer 23

Clay materials

Question 24

What is the C horizon composed of?

Answer 24

Weathered parent materials

Question 25

What is desertification?

Answer 25

The process that causes the soil to become more desert like as a result of human interaction.

Question 26

What is the meaning of biomagnificaiton?

Answer 26

You are what you eat

Question 27

What are the only renewable resources that we cant deplete?

Answer 27

Solar energy, wind PPT

Question 28

What is a subsuitable item?

Answer 28

Another resource has been replaced by an outdated resource.

Question 29

Where does a boreal forest thrive?

Answer 29

In the cold