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is the scientific study of how organisms interact with their environment.

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ecology

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Environmental characteristics are classified into what two major components.

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abiotic and biotic characteristics

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Physical and nonliving chemical characteristics, such as temperature, soil moisture, or CO2 availability.

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abiotic characteristics

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Relation of living organisms with the environment, ex: population density or bacterial load.

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biotic characteristics

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– This is the simplest level of ecology.

– It exposes how well individual organisms cope with the challenges of their abiotic enviroment

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organismal ecology

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– At this level, ecologists study populations: groups of
individuals of the same species living in the same area.
– This focuses primarily on population-level factors such as population and growth

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population ecology

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Organismal ecology exposes how well individual organisms cope with the challenges of their

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abiotic enviroment

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– At this level, ecologists study populations: groups of
individuals of the same species living in the same area.
– This focuses primarily on population-level factors such as population density and growth

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populational ecology

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In population ecology they focus primarily on population-level factors such as

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population density and growth

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– This is the study of species assemblages and their enviromental interactions
– At this level, ecologists study the structure and organization of how all the species in an area interact together.

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community ecology

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community ecology is the study of species assemblages and their

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enviromental interactions

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This is the most dynamic and complex type of ecology. Focused on energy flow and cycling of chemicals amoung the various abiotic and biotic

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ecosystem ecology

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Ecosystem ecology focuses on

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energy flow and cycling of chemicals amoung the various abiotic and biotic

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are what largely determine which type of organism can live where.

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abiotic enviroment

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Specific organisms are specialized to live

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in specific enviroments

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-In the desert, organisms deal with ____________ _______________
– In temperate climates, organisms deal with _______________________.

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heat and water loss

seasonal changes

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Energy in all ecosystems is ultimately traced back to ___ ______ which plants transfer into chemical energy

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solar energy

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The more plants, the _________________________________

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greater potential for diversity of life

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Availability of sunlight affects

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aquatic and terrestrial

environments.

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– A challenge in the water is ____________________.

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light fading with depth

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On land shading by other

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organisms is a problem

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n response, plants and animals have different strategies to cope with

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a little and a lot of sunlight

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Environmental temperature has a critical effect on an

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organisms metabolism.

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Few organisms can maintain a sufficiently active metabolism

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at temperatures at or around 0*c

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Temperatures above __________________________ of most organisms.

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45*c destroy the enzymes

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Some bacteria and archaea

Are unique because they can live in extreme temperatures

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the enzymes the function apciolly at extreme temperatures

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Marine organisms have to balance their cells against

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the high salt concentration found in sea-water.

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Freshwater organisms must regulate water intake because they live in a _________________________.

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hypotonic enviroment

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___________ organisms must conserve water and avoid water loss.

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Terrestrial

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Because water exists as three forms on earth, organisms need to be able to utilize these forms depending on

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their environment.

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Aquatic but not terrestrial ecosystems are more limited by

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  • levels of salinity or desolved oxoygen
  • currents
  • tides
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Wind patterns, storms and fire can also effect

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an organisms’ use of their environment or growth patterns.

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Many plants depend on wind to _____________________. Other organisms require wind to blow in nutrients.

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blow nutrients

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The distribution and abundance of plants is often determined by the

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Availability of Nitrogen and phospherous

– The structure, pH, and nutrient content of the soil

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In many aquatic ecosystems the growth of algae and

photosynthetic bacteria is often limited by levels of

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  • nitrogen

- phosphate

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__________________ can have huge impact on biological communities.

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Catastrophic disturbances

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Some of these catastrophic disturbances are irregular and random (e.g., __________________________________).

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earthquakes, fires,, volcanos

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Other disturbances have a certain degree of periodicity (_____________________________).

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hurracanes, toradoes, foods

39
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After a disturbance, ________________________ (re-growth of habitat) takes place.

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ecological sucession

40
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On occasion, these can actually drive variation,

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because this selects for organisms favored under stress

41
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Because organisms continually interact with their environment, ____________ will select for certain phenotypes and against others.

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natural selection

42
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The three areas of adaptation in which natural selection acts on a phenotype are _____________ ______________________________.

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physology, anatomy, and behavior

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__________________ is a physiological adjustment to an environmental change.

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acclamation

44
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Among vertebrates, birds and mammals can tolerate the greatest temperature extremes because they are __________________(warm blooded animals, whose metabolism remains constant)

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endotherms

45
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While the metabolism of ectotherms, like reptiles (cold blooded animals) fluctuates with their environment, and _________________ can tolerate only limited climates.

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ectoderms

46
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There are many anatomical features that allow organisms to cope with environmental challenges.
These include

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changes in body shape or having specific anatomical features.

47
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Reversible change, ____________________________ __________________, is an example of acclimation.

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such a heavier fur coat in responce to cold weather

48
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Most behavioral adaptations are limited to

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animals since plants lack the ability to move around.

49
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Behavioral Responses include:
– _______________________________
– Ectotherms may shuttle between _____________
– Migratory birds travel great distances in response to ____________________.

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  • specialized needs
  • sun and shade.
  • changing seasons
50
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A major terrestrial or aquatic life zone

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biome

51
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a biome is characterized by

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– vegatative type n terrestrial biomes

– The physical enviroment in aquatic biomes

52
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– Are determined by their salinity & other physical factors
–occupy roughly 75% of the earths surface

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Aquatic biomes

53
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typically have a salt concentration of less than 1%

-they are found

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freshwater biomes

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example of standing water

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lakes and ponds

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example of flowing water

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river and streams

56
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The ___________, named because light is available for photosynthesis, includes algae and plant growth

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photic zone

57
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The ___________ is deeper, and the light levels are too low to support photosynthesis

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aphotic zone

58
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is at the bottom of all aquatic biomes

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benthic realm

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the benthic realm is

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– Made up of sand and organic and inorganic sediments

– Occupied by communities of organisms that are collectively called benthos

60
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In lakes and large ponds, the communities of plants, algae, and animals are distributed according to the

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  • depth of water

- distance from shore

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rivers and streams

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– Are bodies of water flowing in one direction

– Generally support quite different communities of organisms than lakes and ponds

62
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Often build ____ to control floods, to provide reservoirs for drinking water, or to generate hydroelectric power.

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dams

63
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A ____________ is a transitional biome between an aquatic ecosystem and a terrestrial one.

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wetland

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– Wetlands

– Support the growth of aquatic plants and are _________________(different kinds of species living in a given area)

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rich in species diversity

65
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Marine Bionomes Typically have a salt concentration around __________.

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3%

66
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Marine Binomes are

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oceans and coral reefs

67
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Marine biomes are diverse,

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ranging from vivid coral reefs to perpetually dark realms in the deepest regions.

68
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As in freshwater biomes, the seafloor is known as the ________________________.

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benthic relms

69
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In these sunlit areas photosynthesis by ____________ (photosynthetic algae and bacteria) and multicellular algae provides energy for a diverse community of animals.

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phytoplankton

70
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– The pelagic zone includes
– _____________(free-floating animals, including
many microscopic ones)
– _____________________

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zooplankton

fish and marine plankton

71
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biome occurs in the photic zone of warm tropical waters, in scattered locations around the globe.

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the coral reef

72
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biome occurs in shallow areas such as the submerged parts of continents are called _______________________.

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continental shelf

73
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The photic zone (200m) includes _________________________.

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palegic and benthic regions

74
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  • are transition areas between a rive and an ocean

- Have a saltiness ranging from nearly that of fresh water to that of the ocean

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estuaries

75
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Terrestrial biomes are primarily determined by – ____________________________.

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temperature and rainfall

76
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Earth’s global climate patterns are largely the result

of

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—The input of radiant energy from the sun

– The planet’s movement in space

77
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Mountains affect climate in two major ways.

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– 1st: air temperature drops as elevation increases.

– 2nd: mountaisn can block the flow of air from the coast

78
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Terrestrial ecosystems are grouped into biomes primarily on the __________________________________.

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basis of their vegatation type

79
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Tropical forests occur in equatorial areas, where the temperature is warm, and where days are _________ ______________________.

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11-12 hour long days year round

80
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—Are dominated by grasses and scattered trees
– Are warm year-round
– Experience rainfall roughly 12-20 in per year with dramatic seasonal variation

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savannas

81
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Deserts

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the driests of all bionomes

82
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__________________ has a climate that results from cool ocean currents circulating offshore and producing mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers.

A

chaparrel

83
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_______________________ –
Have 10–30 inches of rain per year
– Experience frequent droughts and fires

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Temperate grasslands:(are mostly treeless )

84
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Are dominated by cone-bearing evergreen trees

– Include the northern coniferous forest, or taiga he largest terrestrial biome on Earth

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coniferous forests

85
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Covers expansive areas of the Arctic between the taiga and polar ice
– Is characterized by:
– permafrost (permanently frozen
subsoil)
– Bitterly cold temperatures
-high winds
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tundra

86
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______________ covers the land at high latitudes north of the arctic tundra in the northern hemisphere and Antarctica in the southern hemisphere.
– Only a small portion of these land masses is free of ice or snow, even during the summer.

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polar ice

87
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All parts of the biosphere are linked by the

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global water cycle.

88
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The destruction of tropical rain forests reduces

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the amount of water vapor in the air, which can affect rainfall.

89
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Pumping large amounts of groundwater to the surface for irrigation _________________________________ _____________________.

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increases the rate of evaporation over lands

90
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This can lead to an imbalance of water distribution over biomes, _______________________________.

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offecting life in them

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