Biomes

Question 1

Which biome has the highest net primary productivity?

Answer 1

Tropical Rainforest

Question 2

Biome with an underlying layer of permafrost?

Answer 2

Tundra

Question 3

Thick forest Biome adapted for short growing seasons?

Answer 3

Taiga/Boreal Forests

Question 4

What organism produces the most dissolved oxygen in the ocean?

Answer 4

Plankton

Question 5

Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest density and the most water vapor?

Answer 5

Trophosphere

Question 5

Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

Answer 5

Stratosphere

Question 5

Why is the lower layer of the troposphere warmer than the upper portion?

Answer 5

The higher you go, the colder it gets
due to radiative heating from earths surface

Question 5

What are the approximate concentrations of N2, O2, and CO2 in the atmosphere?

Answer 5

78, 20, 0.04

Question 6

Which biome is characterized by long dry seasons and is dominated by grasses, shrubs, and grazing animals?

Answer 6

Savannah

Question 6

Which zone of the biomes is best characterized as an area that forms the narrow band along the coast that experiences a range of environmental conditions (including daily changes in sunlight, temperature, and water) ?

Answer 6

Interdinal Zone

Question 7

What is the rain-shadow effect?

Answer 7

one side of the mountain which blocks the patch of grass, or forest, or whatever life is there. Causing it to dry out cause of no sunlight

Question 8

What is Google’s answer for what the urban-heat island effect is?

Answer 8

Urbanized areas that experience high temp than outlying areas

Question 9

Where does the largest input of solar energy occur?

Answer 9

equator

Question 10

Biomes are characterized by ____.

Answer 10

climate, vegetation, adaptation of organism

Question 11

Which of the following would have the lowest albedo: Icy areas, Forested areas, or a Desert?

Answer 11

Forested areas

Question 12

Zones of freshwater

Answer 12

Littoral - DAMN LIT WIT SO MUCH NUTRIENTS!
Limnetic - DAMN LIM MORE LIKE THIN LAYER OF THE TOP!
BENTHIC - DAMN URE THICC WITH SEDIMENTS!
photic - light
aphotic - no light

Question 13

Tree levels

Answer 13

Emergent Layer - tallest roof of leaves
Canopy - 2nd layer of leaves
understory - plants grow well in shade
forest floor - no sunlight. GG

Question 14

Whats a deciduous forest?

Answer 14

Deciduous - Trees that shed their leaves and grow new ones each year (Oaks, Maples)

Question 15

Whats a boreal forest / taiga?

Answer 15

Very cold winters, hella snow
warm and rainy summers

Question 16

Whats a tundra?

Answer 16

HELLAAAAAAA COLD
(PERMAFROST LAYER REMEMBER, MEANS SOIL IS FROZEN)

Question 17

Whats a savannah

Answer 17

Long, dry seasons
which is heavily dominated by grass, shrubs, and grazing animals *

Question 18

Whats vertical feeding?

Answer 18

Animal eats on a different lvl/layer to reduce competition

Question 19

Whats a steppe

Answer 19

Dry Cold Grasslands

Question 20

Whats a chaparral

Answer 20

hott, dry summers, mild, wet winters, slight variation of seasons

Question 21

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS WE CAN SAFELY DRINK WATER FROM???????

Answer 21

Ponds and lakes ! >0<

Question 22

Whats a marsh?

Answer 22

Near mouth of rivers
Reeds and grasses (plants)
Freshwater mixes in with seawater
Brakish (slightly salty)

IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!
(WATER RECHARGE AREAS, REMOVING POLLUTANTS.
THE THICK VEGETATION ABSORBS MOST OF THE CONTAMINANTS LIKE SEDIMENT AND CHEMICALS)

Question 23

Whats a swamp

Answer 23

Trees and woody plants
Found in low lying areas subject to seasonal or permanent flooding
Also can be fresh, brackish, or saline

Question 24

whats an estuaries

Answer 24

Where salt and freshwater meet

(ITS VERY IMPORTANT AND VERY PRODUCTIVE BIOME BECAUSE IT RECEIVES A LOT OF LIGHT AND NUTRIENTS)

Question 25

WHATS AN INTERDINAL ZONE?!?!?!?!?!?!

Answer 25

The area between the highest high tide line and the lowest low tide line

Question 26

Neritic Zone

Answer 26

The area below the low tide which extends over the continental shelf (basically the air)

Question 27

OPEN OCEAN SEPARATED INTO 2 ZONES ARE?

Answer 27

Surface zone and deep zone

Question 28

Surface zone is?

Answer 28

The first few hundred meters deep onto the ocean where light can still penetrate