climate and biomes

Question 1

define ecology

Answer 1

scientific study of the biotic and abiotic factors that determine the distribution & abundance of organisms

Question 2

what is the hierarchical organization of life in ecology?

Answer 2

individual organisms
population
communities
ecosystem
biosphere

Question 3

define ecological hierarchy: organismal

Answer 3

behavioral, physiological, and morphological ways an individual deals with environment

Question 4

define ecological hierarchy: population

Answer 4

group of individuals of a single species at a particular space and time

Question 5

define ecological hierarchy: community

Answer 5

group of species in a particular place and time and the interactions that bind them

Question 6

define ecological hierarchy: ecosystem

Answer 6

set of interacting species plus the physical space they occupy (abiotic & biotic factors)

Question 7

(t/f) earth rotates on its axis with a 23.0 tilt

Answer 7

false 23.5

Question 8

draw the solstice and label

Question 9

solar intensity and seasons depends on?

Answer 9

position of earths orbit around the sun

Question 10

draw air circulation earth - coriolis effect

Question 11

define greenhouse effect & draw it

Answer 11

selective energy absorption by CO in the atmosphere, which allows short wavelength energy to pass through but absorbs longer wavelength and reflects heat back to earth

Question 12

draw rainshadow

Question 13

define biome

Answer 13

region containing a distinctive combination of plant and animals