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Chapter 6: Biogeography: Climate, Biomes, and Terrestrial Biodiversity
Chapter 7: Aquatic Ecology: Biodiversity in Aquatic Systems.
Study-packet
Read pgs. 120-130
Define the following terms:
1.
Weather
2. Front
3. Warm front
4. Cold front
5. Thunderheads
6. High
7. Low
8. Tornadoes
9. Tropical cyclones
10. Hurricanes
11. Typhoons
12. Climate
13. Upwelling
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14. ENSO - El NinoSouthern Oscillation
15. La Nina
16. Greenhouse gases
17. Greenhouse effect
18. Thermal cap
19. Microclimates
20. Rain shadow effect
21. Heat island effect
22. Sea breezes
23. Land breezes
Looking at Figure 6-7 on Pg.125
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What is a convection cell? Diagram a convection cell of air.
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Read pgs. 125-136
Define the following terms:
24. Biomes
25. Latitude
26. Altitude
27. Succulent plants
28. Broadleaf evergreen
plants
29. Broadleaf deciduous
plants
30. Coniferous
evergreen plants
31. Desert
32. Tropical desert
(give examples)
33. Temperate desert
(give examples)
34. Cold desert
(give examples)
35. Semi desert
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Read the Spotlight “The Kangaroo Rat: Water Miser and Keystone Species” on pg. 135
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Water is scarce in much of the southwestern U.S., where the kangaroo rat lives.
However, this area has one of the highest rates of human population growth. As this
happens, what ecological lesson can we learn from the kangaroo rat about how to
survive in this area (and other water-short areas throughout the world)?
Read pgs. 136-142
Define the following terms:
36. Grasslands
37. Tropical grasslands
(give examples)
38. Grazing
39. Browsing
40. Temperate
grasslands
(give examples)
41. Polar grasslands
(arctic tundra)
(give examples)
42. Permafrost
43. Alpine tundra
44. Temperate shrub
land (chaparral)
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Read pgs. 142 - 149
Define the following terms:
45. Forest
46. Tropical rain forests
(give examples)
47. Canopy
48. Understory
49. Shrub layer
50. Forest floor
51. Lianas
52. Epiphytes
53. Buttresses
54. Tropical deciduous
forests (Monsoon
forests)
55. Tropical scrub
forests
56. Temperate
deciduous forests
57. Evergreen
coniferous forests
(boreal or taigas)
58. Muskegs
59. Coastal coniferous
forests (temperate
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rain forests)
60. Tree farms/ tree
plantations
61. Snow line
62. Islands of
biodiversity
Chapter 6 Review Questions/ Critical Thinking pgs. 149-150
6. What five factors affect global air circulation? How does each factor affect global air circulation?
What causes opposite seasons in the northern and southern hemispheres?
7. How do oceans affect regional climates? What would happen to the climate of northwestern
Europe if the Gulf Stream did not exist? What is an upwelling and why are upwellings important to
life?
10. What is the ozone layer and how does it help protest life on the earth and affect the earth’s
climate?
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17. Why are mountains ecologically important and what factors make them vulnerable to ecological
disruption? What six types of human activities have harmful impacts on mountains?
18. List three general lessons and three specific lessons that we can learn from geographic ecology.
CT2 List a limiting factor for each of the following ecosystems: (a) desert, (b) arctic tundra, (c) alpine
tundra, (d) the floor of a tropical rain forest, and (e) a temperate deciduous forest.
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Chapter 7
Read pgs. 152 - 155
Define the following terms:
1. Coral reefs
2.
Polyps
3.
Zooxanthellae
4. Coral bleaching
5. Aquatic life zones
6. Salinity
7. Saltwater (marine)
8. Freshwater
9. Plankton
10. Nekton
11. Benthos
12. Decomposers
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13. Phytoplankton
(plant plankton)
14. Nanoplankton
15. Zooplankton
16. Filter feeders
17. Baleen
18. Eutrophic zone
Read the Spotlight “Biofiltration” on pg. 154
Critical Thinking
 Why do some health scientists warn us not to eat raw shellfish such as clams and
oysters?
Read pgs. 155 - 164
Define the following terms:
19. Coastal zone
20. Continental shelf
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21. Estuary
22. Coastal wetlands
23. Intertidal zones
24. Barrier islands
25. Open sea
26. Eutrophic zone
27. Bathyal zone
28. Abyssal zone
29. Deposit feeders
Read pgs. 164 - 171
Define the following terms:
30. Freshwater life
zones
31. Lentic (standing)
systems
32. Lotic (flowing)
systems
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33. Lakes
34. Littoral zone
35. Limnetic zone
36. Profundal zone
37. Benthic zone
38. Oligotrophic lake
39. Eutrophic lake
40. Mesotrophic lake
41. Cultural
eutrophication
42. Thermal
stratification
43. Epilimnion
44. Thermocline
45. Hypolimnion
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46. Fall/spring overturn
47. Surface water
48. Runoff
49. Watershed (basin)
50. Source zone of a
river
51. Transition zone of a
river
52. Floodplain zone of a
river
53. Inland wetlands
54. Marshes
55. Swamps
56. Prairie potholes
57. Bogs/fens
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Chapter 7 Review Questions/ Critical Thinking pgs. 171-172
4. List four major factors determining the types and numbers of organisms found in the surface,
middle, and bottom layers of aquatic systems. How do the concentrations of carbon dioxide and
dissolved oxygen vary in these three layers?
15. Describe the seasonal changes that can take place in deep lakes in northern temperate areas.
What three layers are found in such lakes during the summer? What happens to these layers and to
levels of dissolved oxygen and nutrients in such lakes during fall, winter, and spring?
19. Explain why a study of aquatic life zones reinforces the basic ecological principle that everything is
connected.
CT1 List a limiting factor for each of the following: (a) the surface layer of a tropical lake, (b) the
surface layer of the open sea, (c) an alpine stream, (d) a large, muddy river, and (e) the bottom of a
deep lake.
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