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Question 1

What is ecology

Answer 1

Study of how organisms interact with their environment

• includes abiotic factors, such as climate

Question 2

Why is ecology important

Answer 2

It is a key to understanding how and why species evolve and speciate

Question 3

What are the 3 circulatory cells in the northern hemisphere called

Answer 3

Hadley cells

Question 4

Explain how tilting angle of the earth create seasons

Answer 4

Determines seasons by being closer to/further away from sun. 23.5 degrees

Question 5

List the biomes going clockwise from left upper most. The last two has been done for you

Answer 5

Desert, temperature grassland, temperate forest (broadleaf forest), tropical forest, northern coniferous forest (boreal forest), arctic and alpine tundra