Nutrient Cycles Climate and Weather Terrestrial Freshwater Biomes

Nutrient Cycles Climate and Weather Terrestrial Freshwater Biomes Marine Biomes ANYTHING GOES 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 500 500 500 1000 1000

Under the right conditions this nutrient cycle can form fossil fuels • What is the carbon cycle?

This nutrient cycle creates CHON • What is the nitrogen cycle?

This nutrient cycle is released by weathering and volcanic activity What is the phosphorus cycle?

This nutrient cycle contains an important part of DNA • What is the nitrogen cycle?

Process by which carbon is transferred from living organisms to the atmosphere • What is cellular respiration?

This is the degree of Earth’s tilt • What is 23. 5 degrees?

This type of front produces precipitation as the clouds descend. • What is warm front?

Two factors that affect climate. • What is latitude, topography, near ocean, vegetation

This creates upwellings • What is ENSO or El Nino?

Describe a rain shadow • What is dry land on the side of the mountains away from the prevailing wind?

The portion of a tundra biome that is frozen • What is permafrost?

The biome most suitable for the development of farmland. • What is temperate grassland?

The reason amphibians would not be present in a desert biome. • What is lack of precipitation/water?

Name one of 3 biomes that would have species that could survive a fire. • What is savanna, temperate grassland, chaparral?

The biome that has 75150 cm of rain a year and 4 seasons. • What is temperate deciduous forest?

Name for standing water freshwater biome. • What is lentic?

Shallow-water area along a lake. • What is littoral zone?

The area in a lake where the warm upper water meets the cool lower water. • What is thermocline?

Mixing of water layers, which often occurs in temperate lakes due to decreasing ambient temperature. • What is turnover?

Zone of lotic water that has low productivity. What is the source zone?

Found in shallow tropical waters. Made of Ca. CO 3 • What is coral reef?

The movement of water from land to rivers, lakes, wetlands and ultimately, the ocean • What is runoff?

A coastal body of water, partly surrounded by land, with input from both sea and fresh water. • What is an estuary?

The portion of a marine biome between high and low tides. • What is the intertidal zone?

Overall, lowest productivity of any other ecosystem. • What is the open ocean?

Sunlight is the energy source for this process. • What is photosynthesis?

Biome with the highest biodiversity. • What is tropical rain forest?

The resulting compound of nitrogen fixation. • What is ammonia (NH 3)?

Portion of the biotic hierarchy that is the most exclusive? • What is an organism?

Living off resources without depleting the Earth’s capital and jeopardizing future generations. • What is sustainability?