Vocabulary:
1. Biome: Climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organism, and are often referred to as ecosystems.
2.Climate:The typical ranges of different variables, most commonly temperature and precipitation.
3. Rainshadow: Is a dry area on the leeward of a mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems casting a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
4.Windward:
5.Leeward:
6.Latitude: Is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth surface.
7.Altitude: Commonly used to mean the height above sea level of a location.
8:Primary Succession: Is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate.
9.Secondary Succession: Is a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species.
10.Tropical: General sense for a tropical climate to mean warm to hot and moist year-round, often with the sense of lush vegetation.
11.Temperature: The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold.
12.Desert: An area that features this climate usually experiences less than 250 mm per year of precipitation and in some years may experience no precipitation at all.
13.Polar: receive less intensive solar radiation because the sun's energy arrives at an oblique angle, spreading over a larger area, and also travels a longer distance.
Critical Thinking
Read, analyze, and give complete answers to these questions.
1. Describe the rainshadow effect and explain how it can alter the climate of the windward and leeward
sides of a mountain range.
Rainshadow is a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills. When the warm air hits the top side of the mountain called windward. It changes the climate to cold making the leeward side more moisture and warmer.
2. What effect does living near a large ocean or lake have on average air temperatures? Why?- Explain.
Water has a high specific heat capacity, which means it absorbs a lot of energy in order to increase in temperature. This means water can absorb a great deal of the energy on hot days, keeping the surrounding air cooler, and release a lot of energy to the air on cool days, keeping the air warmer.
3. Complete this summary chart of the land-based ecosystems
1. Biome: Climatically and geographically defined as similar climatic conditions on the Earth, such as communities of plants, animals, and soil organism, and are often referred to as ecosystems.
2.Climate:The typical ranges of different variables, most commonly temperature and precipitation.
3. Rainshadow: Is a dry area on the leeward of a mountains block the passage of rain-producing weather systems casting a "shadow" of dryness behind them.
4.Windward:
5.Leeward:
6.Latitude: Is a geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth surface.
7.Altitude: Commonly used to mean the height above sea level of a location.
8:Primary Succession: Is one of two types of biological and ecological succession of plant life, occurring in an environment in which new substrate.
9.Secondary Succession: Is a process started by an event that reduces an already established ecosystem to a smaller population of species.
10.Tropical: General sense for a tropical climate to mean warm to hot and moist year-round, often with the sense of lush vegetation.
11.Temperature: The changes in these regions between summer and winter are generally relatively moderate, rather than extreme hot or cold.
12.Desert: An area that features this climate usually experiences less than 250 mm per year of precipitation and in some years may experience no precipitation at all.
13.Polar: receive less intensive solar radiation because the sun's energy arrives at an oblique angle, spreading over a larger area, and also travels a longer distance.
Critical Thinking
Read, analyze, and give complete answers to these questions.
1. Describe the rainshadow effect and explain how it can alter the climate of the windward and leeward
sides of a mountain range.
Rainshadow is a region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills. When the warm air hits the top side of the mountain called windward. It changes the climate to cold making the leeward side more moisture and warmer.
2. What effect does living near a large ocean or lake have on average air temperatures? Why?- Explain.
Water has a high specific heat capacity, which means it absorbs a lot of energy in order to increase in temperature. This means water can absorb a great deal of the energy on hot days, keeping the surrounding air cooler, and release a lot of energy to the air on cool days, keeping the air warmer.
3. Complete this summary chart of the land-based ecosystems
4. For each category of biomes, give a major human impact and list 2 endangered species:
a. Deserts – Major human impact are drive their off road vehicles in unrestricted areas all over the desert. Their vehicles leave tracks on the soil, which will scar the land for decades. They also hunt and mine around places in the deserts.
Endangered Animals: Kangaroo rat, and Peregrine Falcon.
b. Grasslands – Cattle and livestock ranchers have also ruined grasslands.
Endangered Animals: Asian Elephants, Grevy's Zebra.
c. Forests – Deforestation, and urbanization.
Endangered Animals: Northern spotted owl, Red cockades woodpecker.
d. Mountains – Most of the human impacts are Mining, and hunting.
Endangered Animals: Snow leopard, and Wild yak.
a. Deserts – Major human impact are drive their off road vehicles in unrestricted areas all over the desert. Their vehicles leave tracks on the soil, which will scar the land for decades. They also hunt and mine around places in the deserts.
Endangered Animals: Kangaroo rat, and Peregrine Falcon.
b. Grasslands – Cattle and livestock ranchers have also ruined grasslands.
Endangered Animals: Asian Elephants, Grevy's Zebra.
c. Forests – Deforestation, and urbanization.
Endangered Animals: Northern spotted owl, Red cockades woodpecker.
d. Mountains – Most of the human impacts are Mining, and hunting.
Endangered Animals: Snow leopard, and Wild yak.