Chapter 3

Question 1

Weather

Answer 1

Day to day conditions in earths atmosphere

Question 2

Climate

Answer 2

Pattern of temperature and precipitation

Question 3

Factors that affect climate

Answer 3

• solar energy trapped in the biosphere
• latitude
• The transport of heat by winds and. Ocean currents

Question 4

The unequal distribution of heat across the globe creates…

Answer 4

Wind and ocean currents that transport heat and moisture

Question 5

Process by which bacteria convert nitrates into nitrogen gas

Answer 5

Denitrification

Question 6

Process of converting nitrogen gas into nitrogen compounds that plants can absorb and use

Answer 6

Nitrogen fixation

Question 7

Transpiration

Answer 7

Groundwater is taken up by plant roots and then, through transpiration, released to the atmosphere

Question 8

Living organisms are composed primarily of emblems:

Answer 8

Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen

Question 9

The atmosphere is ___% Nitrogen

Answer 9

78%

Question 10

Ecology

Answer 10

The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms of their physical environment

Question 11

Species

Answer 11

A group of organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring

Question 12

Population

Answer 12

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

Question 13

Ecosystem

Answer 13

All of the organisms that live in a Place, together with their physical environment

Question 14

Biome

Answer 14

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and typical organisms

Question 15

Autotrophs

Answer 15

Use solar or chemical energy to make molecules from inorganic compounds

Question 16

Herbivores - primary consumers

Answer 16

Carni/omnivores - secondary consumers