biology unti 4

Question 1

weather

Answer 1

the condition in a short period of time

Question 2

climate

Answer 2

the average conditions over long periods of time

Question 3

weather conditions don’t prove..

Answer 3

..that climate change isn’t real

Question 4

global warming is real + doing nothing

Answer 4

political, social, environmental, health- catastrophe

Question 5

global warming is real + we do something

Answer 5

high costs, curves the environmental affects, protects us for the future too

Question 6

global warming is a hoax + we do nothing

Answer 6

no protection for the future, pollution builds up

Question 7

global warming is a hoax + we do something

Answer 7

high costs, global economic disaster, protects us for the future

Question 8

ocean currents

Answer 8

occur on the surface of water or deep, horizontal or vertically

Question 9

prevailing winds

Answer 9

winds that will blow at a particular direction in a certain region

Question 10

the jet stream

Answer 10

bond of fast moving air in the stratosphere, due to lack of friction high in the air

Question 11

topography

Answer 11

the forms and features of land surfaces (how they affect weather–> like mountains blocking wind)

Question 12

angle of incidence

Answer 12

the angle between a ray falling on a surface and the line perpendicular to that surface

Question 13

equator angle of incidence

Answer 13

zero degrees

Question 14

green house

Answer 14

gasses that contribute to the greenhouse effect, carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor

Question 15

albedo effect

Answer 15

percent of solar radiation that it reflects

Question 16

tilt of the earth

Answer 16

depending on where the sun is set, how much warmth the earth is getting (seasons)

Question 17

tempatures and precipitation are huge factors of

Answer 17

growth and life

Question 18

biomes

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the worlds major communities classified according to the predominant vegetation and characterized by adaptations of organisms to that particular environment

Question 19

community

Answer 19

a variety of organisms interacting with each other and abiotic things

Question 20

predominant vetetation

Answer 20

dominant vegetation in that biome, example; cactus in the dessert

Question 21

unique organisms

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special only to that biome, example; camels in the dessert

Question 22

tundra

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20 cm precipitation, -15°c to 5°c, plants have short life cycle, hours of sunlight varies

Question 23

taiga

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40-100cm (mostly snow), 4°c to 14°c, large conifer trees, mostly snow, birds migrate, animals hibernate

Question 24

grassland

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25-57cm, 4°c to 30°c, lots of food, few trees, includes prairie and savannah

Question 25

rain forest

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>200cm, 25°c to 30°c, vines, big trees, monkeys, most diverse biome

Question 26

deciduous trees

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75-150cm, 14°c to 27°c, trees loose leaves in fall, distinct summer and winter seasons

Question 27

desert

Answer 27

<25cm, 12° -27°, very little plant life, night time is cool compared to the day

Question 28

ecosystem

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smaller, make up biomes

Question 29

south equator grassland is

Answer 29

savannah

Question 30

north equator grassland is

Answer 30

prairie/grassland

Question 31

due to climate change the biomes are

Answer 31

meshing together, and we are slowly loosing the colder biomes, and gaining more of the drier, warmer biomes.

Question 32

fastest changing biome

Answer 32

tundra

Question 33

order of the atmosphere layers

Answer 33

``` Tr S M Th E ```

Question 34

troposhpere

Answer 34

0-10km, tropos means to change, airplanes

Question 35

stratosphere

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10-30km, found clumps of cells, rain clouds, contains most ozone

Question 36

mesosphere

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30-50km, includes meteorite and northern lights

Question 37

thermosphere

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50-400km, farthest layer, space craft satillete

Question 38

exosphere

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>400, gradual fade into space, extremely thin

Question 39

increasing ___ as you go up

Answer 39

heat

Question 40

air is made up of mostly (three things)

Answer 40

nitrogen-78% oxygen-21% water vapor-2%

Question 41

water vapor

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from plants and evaporation

Question 42

carbon dioxide

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needed for photosynthesis, comes from deforestation and fossil fuel combustion

Question 43

ozone

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absorbs UV radiation, keeps from getting sunburnt

Question 44

methane

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production of coal, natural gas and oil, landfills

Question 45

nitrous oxide

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combustion of fossil fuels, industrial activities

Question 46

green house effect is good for

Answer 46

grabbing onto heat and not letting the heat back into outer space

Question 47

without the greenhouse effect

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there would be no growing season

Question 48

enhanced greenhouse effect

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there is too much heat being trapped

Question 49

temperate

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doesn't get too hot, doesn't get too cold

Question 50

controlled data

Answer 50

things that are being kept the same

Question 51

manipulated data

Answer 51

one things to change that gets you the result

Question 52

responding

Answer 52

no control over, answer/result of data

Question 53

Q

Answer 53

heat energy (J or kJ)

Question 54

T

Answer 54

tempatures (°C)

Question 55

m

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mass (g)

Question 56

c

Answer 56

specific heat (J/g°C)

Question 57

specific heat capacity`

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is the ability of a substance to take in or let go of heat energy how it affects the tempatures of that substance

Question 58

water is very good at holding onto

Answer 58

heat

Question 59

a high heat capacity

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long time to heat up- takes more energy

Question 60

lower heat capacity

Answer 60

short time to heat up - less energy

Question 61

if heat is released

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then q is negative because change in T is negative

Question 62

if heat is absorbed

Answer 62

then q is positive because change in T is positive

Question 63

solid to gas

Answer 63

sublimation

Question 64

gas to liquid

Answer 64

condensing

Question 65

liquid to solid

Answer 65

freezing

Question 66

gas to solid

Answer 66

deposition

Question 67

solid to liquid

Answer 67

melting

Question 68

liquid to gas

Answer 68

boiling

Question 69

enthalpy

Answer 69

change in energy

Question 70

boiling point

Answer 70

vapor pressure equals atmospheric pressure