Major Ecosystems Of The Biosphere

Question 1

Difference between weather and climate

Answer 1

Weather is a short period of time

Climate is long term

Question 2

2 physical features that can affect rain fall

Answer 2

Windward side of a mountain

Winds blowing over bodies of water

Question 3

One of the biospheres major communities, characterized by certain climatic conditions and particular types of plants and animals

Answer 3

Biome

Question 4

Permafrost is found where?

Answer 4

Tundra

Question 5

The process in which a body of water receives a large input if nutrients in a short period of time

Answer 5

Eutrophication

Question 6

3 layers of water temperature in a lake starting with the warmest

Answer 6

Epilimnion

Thermocline

Hypolimnion

Question 7

Mixing process that occurs in fall in stratified lakes, whereby oxygen-rich top water mix with nutrient rich bottom waters

Answer 7

Fall overturn

Question 8

The mixing of water until the temperature is uniform

Answer 8

Spring overturn

Question 9

Lakes and ponds can be divided into several life zones

1. Closest to the shore
2. Sunlit body of the lake
3. Below the light level of the lake
4. Sediment and soil-water interface

Answer 9

1. Littoral zone
2. Limnetic zone
3. Produndal zone
4. Benthic zone

Question 10

Portion of the ocean where fresh water and salt water mix.

Answer 10

Estuaries

Question 11

Region along the coastline where the tide recedes and returns

Answer 11

Intertidal zone

Question 12

What occurs during an upwelling

Answer 12

Cold offshore winds cause nutrient rich water to rise up, taking place in nutrient-poor warm waters

Question 13

The main component of the ocean is the _____ zone, which is further divided into 3 zones

Answer 13

Pelagic