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50 Cards in this Set
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Climate
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The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation, humidity, winds, and clouds in an area.
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Microclimate
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Climate conditions within a small area that differ from those in the surrounding area.
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Tropical Zone
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The area near the equator, between about 23.5° North latitude and 23.5° South latitude.
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Polar Zones
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The areas near both poles, from about 66.5° to 90°N and 66.5° to 90°S latitudes.
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Temperate Zones
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The areas between the tropical and the polar zones.
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Marine Climates
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The climate of some coastal regions, with relatively warm winters and cool summers.
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Continental Climates
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Climates with more extreme temperatures with cold winters and warm summers.
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Windward
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The side of a mountain that the wind hits.
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Leeward
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The side of a mountain range that faces away from the oncoming wind.
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Monsoons
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Sea and land breezes over a large region that change direction with the seasons.
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Temperature Range
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The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures of a day or month.
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Ecosystem
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A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
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Biotic Factor
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An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms.
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Abiotic factors
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Nonliving parts of the ecosystem, including rocks, water, light, and temperature.
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Organism
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A living thing, anything that can carry out life processes independantly.
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Species
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A group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring.
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Population
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All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.
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Community
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A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other.
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives.
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Tropical Rainforest
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A forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms on Earth.
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Temperature Range
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The difference between the highest and lowest temperatures of a day or month.
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Ecosystem
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A community of organisms and their abiotic environment.
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Biotic Factor
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An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms.
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Abiotic factors
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Nonliving parts of the ecosystem, including rocks, water, light, and temperature.
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Organism
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A living thing, anything that can carry out life processes independantly.
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Species
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A group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring.
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Population
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All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time.
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Community
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A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other.
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives.
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Tropical Rainforest
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A forest or jungle near the equator that is characterized by large amounts of rain and little variation in temperature and that contains the greatest known diversity of organisms on Earth.
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Emergent layer
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The top foliage layer in a forest where the trees extend above surrounding trees.
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Canopy
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The primary layer of the rainforest.
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Epiphytes
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Plants that use the entire surface of a tree as a place to live.
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Understory
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Layer beneath and shaded by the canopy of a forest.
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Temperate Rainforest
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Forest that has a large amount of precipitation, high humidity, and moderate temperatures.
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Temperate Deciduous Forest
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A forest characterized by trees that shed their leaves in the fall.
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Taiga
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A northern coniferous forest that stretches in a boad band across the Northern Hemisphere just below the Arctic Circle.
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Savanna
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Tropical biome dominated by grasses, shrubs, and small trees.
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Temperate Grassland
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Large area of the interior of a contnent, with moderate rainfall, but still too little for trees to grow.
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Chaparral
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A temperate shrubland biome that is found in all 5 parts of the world with a Mediterranean Climate.
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Tundra
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Biome located in northern Arctic regions.
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Permafrost
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Permanantly frozen layers of soil in the tundra.
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Desert
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Area with widely scattered vegetation and very little rain.
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What is the difference between climate and microclimate?
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A climate concerns the temperature, precipitation, winds, humidity, and cloud conditions in a region, while a microclimate concerns only a small area with different climates than in surrounding areas.
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What is the difference between a biome and an ecosystem?
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A biome is a large region with specific climate and certain types of plants and animal communities. An ecosystem is a single community of organisms and their abiotic environment. Many ecosystems can make up one biome.
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What is the difference between a biotic factor and an abiotic factor?
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A biotic factor is a factor associated with or resulting from the activities of a LIVING organism (producers, consumers, decomposers). Abiotic factors are NONLIVING parts of an ecosystem (water, air, sunlight, altitude, temperature, precipitation).
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What is the difference between population and community?
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A population is the members of the same species, while a community is made up of various species that live together and interact with each other.
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What is the difference between photosynthesis and cell respiration?
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Photosynthesis uses the sun, carbon dioxide, and water to build up energy. Cellular respiration uses oxygen and sugar to make carbon dioxide, water, and energy, and uses energy.
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What is the difference between an herbivore, a carnivore, and an omnivore?
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An herbivore only eats plants (producers), a carnivore only eats meat, and omnivores eat both producers and meat.
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What are the three different world temperature zones?
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Temperate, tropical, and polar.
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