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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?
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