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12 Cards in this Set
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How are biomes categorized? What are 3 determinants of this?
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Categorized by dominant plant forms, dictated by climate, topography and soil
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What is convergence?
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Similar plant forms occuring under similar climatic conditions, though separated genetically.
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How does sun differ on slopes in southern and northern hemisphere?
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Northern: More sun on S-facing, Less sun on N-facing. Southern: More sun on N-facing, Less sun on S-facing
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Soil Horizon from top to bottom?
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Organic
Mineral Depositional Parent Material |
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What soil factors influence vegetation?
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ClORPT: Climate, Organisms, Relief, Parent Material, Time
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What did Heinrich Walter do?
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Developed climatic classification system.
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Climate Graph: Left and Right axis?
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Left: Temp -- Right: Precip
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Example of Organismal Ecology
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how organisms interact with their environment
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Example of Population Ecology
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How individuals of same species interact
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Example of Community Ecology
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How populations of different species interact
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Example of Ecosystem Ecology
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How organisms and environment interact as integrated system
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Example of Biosphere Ecology
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Movement of physical properties around the earth
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