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15 Cards in this Set
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Climate |
The most significant influence in the distribution of organisms on land. Long term prevailing weather conditions. |
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Abiotic |
Chemical and physical attributes if the environment that influence the distribution and abundance of organisms. |
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Biotic |
Other organisms that are part of an individuals environment |
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Macroclimate |
Climate at a global, regional, and landscape levels |
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Global Climate Patterns are determined by? |
Input of solar energy and earth's movement into space. |
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Earth tilted on acids of rotation and annual sun travel cause? |
Strong seasonal cycles, day length, solar radiation, temperature |
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How to ocean currents influence climate? |
Heating and cooling overlaying air masses that pass over. |
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Biomes |
Major life zones characterized by vegetation type |
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Climograph |
Plot of the annual mean temperature and precipitation in a region |
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Disturbance |
Event such as a storm, fire, or human activity that changes the community |
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Ecotone |
Area of integration between two or more biomes |
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Upper Canopy |
The layers from top to bottom consist, low tree layer, the shrub understory, the ground layer of herbaceous plants, forest floor, root layer |
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Tropical Forest |
Temperature: 25-29°C. 200-400cm rainfall annually. |
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Reductionism |
Reducing complex systems to simpler components more manageable to study |
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Emergent Properties |
Novel properties emerge that are absent from the preceding one. Due to arrangement and interactions of parts as complexity increases. |
