Chapter 2: Life On Land

Question 1

Climatic variation is due to …..

Answer 1

Uneven hearing of earths surface

Due to its shape and angle of rotation

Question 2

Cells

Answer 2

Warm air rises, cool air descends, creates a looping pattern

Question 3

Coriolius effect

Answer 3

As earth rotates west, east winds drag with it

Question 4

Climate diagram

Answer 4

Left side is temperature

Right side is precipitation

Bottom always has months

Highlighted months are above 0

Question 5

Soil is complex, why?

Answer 5

Mixtures of living and non living material

Question 6

Soil layers

Answer 6

LFH, A, B, C

Question 7

Biomes

Answer 7

Major divisions of land environment based on specific climate with common plant species

Question 8

Tundra biome location and area

Answer 8

Most North!

Covers areas of the artic

Open landscape

Many small ponds and streams

Question 9

Tundra climate

Answer 9

Cold and dry

Short summers

Precipitation varies

Question 10

Tundra soil

Answer 10

Permafrost

Slowly decomposing organic matter

Question 11

Tundra biology

Answer 11

Reindeer, caribou, ox

Low shrubs

Question 12

Boreal or Taiga biome land description

Answer 12

Wood and water cover 11% of earths land

Dense coniferous forest

Question 13

Boreal climate

Answer 13

Winters longer than 6 months

Summer is too short

Low temps

Question 14

Boreal soil

Answer 14

Thin. Acidic. Low fertility

Question 15

Boreal biology

Answer 15

Dominated by evergreen coniferous trees

Plants used to cold

Moose, caribou, bison, wolves

Question 16

Temperate Forest Biome description

Answer 16

Old Growth temperate forest

Largest living organisms in the world

Deciduous and coniferous trees

Mild winters

Severe winters or dry summers

Question 17

Temperate forest climate

Answer 17

Winter last 3-4 months

Winters mild, maybe heavy snow fall

Question 18

Temperate soil

Answer 18

Fertile, neutral to acidic ph

Question 19

Temperate forest biology

Answer 19

Vertical stratified forest

Shrubs and saplings

Canopy top

Vast numbers of fungi and bacteria

Question 20

Temperate grassland biome description

Answer 20

Largest biome in North America

Question 21

Temperate grassland climate

Answer 21

Potential year long drought

Max precip during summer

Question 22

Temperate grassland soil

Answer 22

Productive, deep, fertile

Question 23

Black prairie soil contains

Answer 23

Most organic matter

Question 24

Brown soil contains

Answer 24

Less organic matter

Question 25

Temperate grassland biology

Answer 25

Dominated by vegation with great diversity Trees and shrubs 80% biomass is under ground

Question 26

Desert biome description

Answer 26

20% earths land surface Potential drought or flash flood Heat/ bitter cold

Question 27

Desert climate

Answer 27

300mm of rain a year Lack of water

Question 28

Desert soil

Answer 28

Low organic matter Sand and rocks High concentrations of salt

Question 29

Desert biology

Answer 29

Plant cover mostly absent Plants have small leaves Animal life is sparse

Question 30

Tropical rain forest biome description

Answer 30

Straddle the equator Year round warm and wet conditions

Question 31

Tropical rain forest soil

Answer 31

Nutrient poor, acidic, thin Fungi, bacteria

Question 32

Topical rainforest biology

Answer 32

Insects are diverse

Question 33

Human dominated systems

Answer 33

Human settlement is around food, water, suitable climate and access to trade