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Ecology is affected by biotic, abiotic, climate,and biome factors. Defineecology.

Ecology: the study ofinteractions that determine the distribution and abundance of organisms

Climate is the long prevailing weather conditions for agiven area. The ______ drives everything about climate. The sun’s warming effectsincreases from______ to ________ because the angle of the sun at the equator is mostdirect. There are seasons because of the _____ _____.

sun


poles to equator


earth tilt

Warm air rises, holds moisture and as it cools its condenses formingclouds and rain and the dry air will push towards the ____.

poles

Describe the two major ocean currentsdiscussed (the Gulf Stream, and circulation in the Southern California Bight).

The Gulf Stream goes up north and it cools as it does. The southern California bight is warm and counteracts the cold California current going south.

________ can influence climate, for example the rainshadow affect. Water is harder to heat than ______ and the temp changes slower inwater than land. This is why the climate on the coast is less extreme thaninland

Topography


land

Biomes: a major type of biological assemblage defined by _______ which are mainly dictated by _________ and_________, the more rain the more vegetation. Desert, grassland and forest exist at ______ temps but the tundraexists at ______ temp.

vegetation


precipitation and temperature


high


low

we live in the _________ biome, it has a lot ofshrubs diverse but threatened

chaparral

T/F chaparral responds to fire by crown sprouting, and the seed germinate after fire

true

Describethe effects of innoculating a lean mouse with the gut microbiome of an obese mouseand vice versa.

Its behavior will change toeat more or less depending on where the gut microbiome comes from