CHAPTER 19

Question 1

Name the 3 things that come together to create the biosphere

Answer 1

atmosphere,lithosphere, hydrosphere
*come together
*life exisits

Question 2

what are the four shperes the earth in divided in?

Answer 2

Atmosphere
lithosphere
hydrospere
biosphere

Question 3

What is Biogeography?

Answer 3

distrubition of plants and animals
*relationships organisms=enviroment

*close related to ecology

Question 4

describe coast redwood

Answer 4

specific climate requirements
==summer fog

Question 5

describe red maple

Answer 5

TOLERATES a range of temp./moisture

Question 6

what is the law of nature?

Answer 6

surivival of the fittest

Question 7

what does it mean when organisms “lock in”

Answer 7

life or death
*for resources

resources: energy, growth,sex

Question 8

how many species have been extinct on earth?

Answer 8

99.9%

Question 9

what is the of % of extinction?

Answer 9

O: 80%
D: 75%
P: 96%
T: 80%
C: 76%
A: ?

Question 10

where does resource flow?

Answer 10

biosphere

Question 11

producers

Answer 11

plants

Question 12

consumers

Answer 12

1st,2nd, 3rd
herbi,
carn,
omi.

Question 13

decomposers

Answer 13

break down o.m==nutrients

Question 14

what many plants provide 90% of worlds food

Answer 14

20

Question 15

how many plants provide 50% of worlds food

Answer 15

3

Question 16

what are the 3 big plants?

Answer 16

wheat
corn
rice

Question 17

describe the photosy./respiraton cycle

Answer 17

plant growth

Question 18

what does NDVI stand for?

Answer 18

greeness of surface

Question 19

no green===

Answer 19

no plants

Question 20

on earth what is the order starting from the equator of net primary production

Answer 20

high, seasonal, low

Question 21

high precip.==high point productivity====

Answer 21

biomass production

Question 22

what is a biome

Answer 22

large area characterized by spefic plant/animal

Question 23

How is a biome determined

Answer 23

Temp. & precipitation
And season distribution

Question 24

How does vegetation sorting happen

Answer 24

Environment gradients
Range of scales

Question 25

What are limiting factors

Answer 25

Biotic
Abiotic

Question 26

Define limiting factors

Answer 26

Environment characteristics and determine species distribution and size

Question 27

Describe biotic controls

Answer 27

Disease,predators,parasites
Adapt,compete

Question 28

Describe abiotic controls

Answer 28

Microclimatic(temp,precip,wind,sunlight
Geomorphic(slope,aspect)
Edaphic(soil type)
Element

Question 29

How is microclimatic determined

Answer 29

Site specific factors

Question 30

What are the two controls of geomorphic

Answer 30

Temp and moisture

Question 31

Define an ecosystem

Answer 31

Plants and animals and their physical environment

Question 32

True or false
Are ecosystem static

Answer 32

FALSE
They are constantly changing
Dynamic Equillibrium

Question 33

Define succession

Answer 33

Older more simple communities replaced with new and. Complex

Question 34

Primary

Answer 34

Bare rocks==life

Question 35

Secondary

Answer 35

Life== more life n complex

Question 36

What is aquatic succession

Answer 36

Completion for nutrients

Question 37

Oligotrophic

Answer 37

Low nutrients

Question 38

Mesotrophic

Answer 38

Medium nutrition