00-1 APES study guide 2 - Weebly



APES Study Guide

Unit 2: The Living World

Textbook Sections:

pgs. 70-86, 99-114, Ch. 6

Additional Readings:

TBA

Other Resources:

USGS

Vocabulary (Assigned to individual students: Write definitions for EACH word below. Must be handwritten in your own words.):

longitude

latitude

elevation

Coriolis effect

convection cell

windward

leeward

microclimate

rain shadow

tundra

taiga/boreal forest

temperate deciduous forest

temperate rain forest

chaparral

temperate grassland

tropical grassland

tropical rain forest

tropical seasonal forest

desert

wetlands

bog

estuary

intertidal zone

pelagic

benthos

upwelling

coral reef

mangrove forest

hypoxia

euphotic zone

bathyal zone

abyssal zone

littoral zone

limnetic zone

profundal zone

benthic zone

floodplain

watershed

delta

eutrophication

cultural eutrophication

oligotrophic

keystone species

ecosystem

biotic

abiotic

biome

photosynthesis

respiration

aerobic

anaerobic

producer

r selection

K selection

detritus

decomposer

phytoplankton

zooplankton

autotroph

heterotroph

biodiversity

electromagnetic spectrum

visible light

ultraviolet light

radiation

convection

conduction

atmosphere

troposphere

stratosphere

mesosphere

thermosphere

climate

weather

absorption

albedo

scattering

ozone

ozone layer

polar vortex

Rowland & Molina

core

mantle

crust

lithosphere

asthenosphere

tectonic plate

volcano

subduction

earthquake

epicenter

tsunami

convergent

divergent

transform

Study Guide Questions (Hand write your responses):

1. Describe the composition and structure of the atmosphere; include a complete, labeled graph of altitude vs. temperature.

2. Describe the major factors that determine the global air circulation patterns, which result in the uneven distribution of climates and biomes on earth.

3. Describe how the characteristics of the Earth’s biomes change from north to south and from east to west. Identify the environmental factors that bring about these changes.

4. Consider the following three types of grasslands: pampas, veld, and steppe. Look up the geographic location, and list the characteristics of each. List the major species of grazer and predator native to each grassland.

5. Name three major types of forest, and list the characteristics of each. Describe the differences in climate and biological diversity among the three types of forest. Describe three human activities that have a negative impact on forests.

6. If the earth’s remaining tropical rainforests are lost as a result of human activities, discuss the effects it would have on your life. Identify three ways you could reduce the rate of destruction of tropical rainforests.

7. List and describe three human activities that damage and destroy coral reefs and explain why coral reefs are important indicators for environmental health.

8. Differentiate between the life zones of oceans and the life zones of lakes. Describe the characteristics of typical organisms present in each zone.

9. Describe the characteristics and the water quality of an ogliotrophic body of water, and the characteristics and the water quality of a eutrophic body of water.

10. Describe the human activities that lead to cultural eutrophication. List three lifestyle changes people can make that will decrease their contribution to cultural eutrophication.

11. The mouth of a river can sometimes become turbid because of all of the sediment washed downstream. Name 3 problems are caused by increased turbidity.

12. Draw a picture of each of the three plate boundaries.

13. Explain what surface features are associated with each of the three plate boundaries.

14. What causes an earthquake?

15. Explain the mechanism by which Earth’s plates move.

16. Explain Continental Drift. What evidence supports this theory?

................
................

In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.

Google Online Preview   Download