Chapter 34: The Biosphere: An Introduction To Earth's Diverse Environments |46 Questions| With Correct Answers.

ocean currents {Ans: river-like flow patterns in the oceans and are from the prevailing winds, rotation of Earth, unequal heating of surface waters, and locations and shapes of continents}prevailing winds {Ans: major global air movements and are a result of combined effects of the rising and falling of air masses and Earth's rotation}What are some of the abiotic factors that influence the environment? {Ans: energy sources: need sunlight for photosynthesis or food temperature: affects metabolism (most enzymes are destroyed between 0C and 45C) water: essential to life and must maintain balance inorganic nutrients: determines distribution of plants other aquatic factors: certain fish need more dissolved O2 (determined by currents,tides) other terrestrial factors: wind causes evaporative cooling}habitat {Ans: the specific environment it lives in, includes the biotic an diabetic factors present in its surroundings}What are biomes primarily determined by? {Ans: temperature and precipitation}deserts {Ans: driest of all terrestrial biomes, characterized by low and unpredictable rainfall (Arabian Desert)}estuary {Ans: biome that occurs where a freshwater stream or river merges with the ocean}wetlands {Ans: a biome that is transitional between an aquatic ecosystem- either marine or freshwater- and a terrestrial one}ecology {Ans: the scientific