POWERPOINT JEOPARDY

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Unit 3B Climate and Biodiversity
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The Atmosphere Biomes The Ocean Climate Aquatic Biomes
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Atmosphere - 10

• What Direction does the Coriolis Effect pull wind
  in to the north of the Equator?

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Answer 1 10

• The Right

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Atmosphere - 20

• What are the five sections of the atmosphere
  closest to the Earth?

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Answer 20

• Troposphere
• Stratosphere
• Mesophere
• Thermosphere
• Exosphere

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Atmosphere - 30

• What is the rain shadow effect?

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Answer 1 30

• The loss of moisture from the landscape and the
  resulting semiarid or arid conditions on the
  leeward side of high mountains

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Atmosphere - 40

• How do Hadley Cells move air at the equator?

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Answer 1 40

• Hadley cells move warm moist air from the equator
  up and to the north or south from the Equator at
  the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)

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Atmosphere - 50

• Describe adiabatic heating and/or cooling

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Answer 1 50

• Adiabatic Cooling As air rises it expand due to
  decreasing atmospheric pressure. This allows the
  air molecules to spread out, which causes the
  airs temperature to decrease.
• Adiabatic Heating As air descends through the
  atmosphere it is compressed by increasing
  pressure and the airs temperature rises as the
  molecules are pushed together.

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Biomes - 10

• Name three factors that are used to classify
  biomes

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Answer 2 10

• Factors used to classify biomes
• Average precipitation
• Average temperature
• Dominant plant growth forms

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Biomes - 20

• What biome has high precipitation, high average
  annual temperature, and has the highest
  biodiversity of all terrestrial biomes?

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Answer 2 20

• Tropical Rainforest

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Biomes - 30

• What is the name of the diagram used to show
  average precipitation and temperature for
  different biomes?

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Answer 2 30

• Climatograph

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Biomes - 40

• Describe the difference between primary and
  secondary succession

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Answer 2 40

• Primary succession occurs when an ecosystem forms
  in a region that has not previously had life
  and/or soil
• Secondary succession occurs when an ecosystem
  recovers from an event such as a fire, flood,
  volcano, etc. However, the region still has soil.

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Biomes - 50

• Describe the differences between temperate,
  tropical, and boreal forests.

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Answer 2 50
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Oceans - 10

• Name 3 biomes found within the ocean

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Answer 3 10

• Open ocean
• Estuary
• Coral reef

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Oceans - 20

• Describe thermohaline circulation

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Answer 3 20

• This is an oceanic circulation pattern where
  salty cold water sinks in northern oceans and
  circulates until it is warmer and less dense,
  rising in southern oceans. Thermohaline
  circulation drives the mixing of surface and deep
  ocean water.

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Oceans - 30

• What is ENSO?

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Answer 3 30

• El Nino Southern Oscillation
• The periodic slow down in trade winds over
  equatorial Pacific Ocean, which normally blow
  from west to east. This causes a large mass of
  warmer ocean water. The changes prevent upwelling
  along coast of South America, wet weather in
  South America, dry weather in Australia and
  Indonesia. Global weather changes include wetter
  conditions in SE U.S. and dry weather in S
  Africa, S.E. Asia.

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Oceans - 40

• What is chemosynthesis?

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Answer 3 40

• a process used by some bacteria in the ocean to
  generate energy using chemicals instead of light,
  such as methane and hydrogen sulfide

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Oceans - 50

• What is upwelling?

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Answer 3 50

• the upward movement of ocean water toward the
  surface as a result of diverging currents. Brings
  up nutrient rich water that food chains depend
  on.

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Climate - 10

• What are 5 factors that affect climate?

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Answer 4 10

• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Humidity
• Air pressure
• latitude

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Climate - 20

• What is the difference between climate and
  weather?

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Answer 4 20

• Climate is a long-term average of weather over
  tens to hundreds of years

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Climate - 30

• What are 3 factors that lead to unequal heating
  of the Earths surface?

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Answer 4 30

• Variation in the angle at which the Suns rays
  strike the Earth
• The amount of surface area over which the Suns
  rays are distributed
• Albedo (some areas of Earth reflect more sunlight
  than other areas of earth)
• Snow has a HIGH albedo (its very reflective)
• Asphalt has a LOW albedo (it does not reflect
  light)

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Climate - 40

• What produces Earths prevailing winds?
• Tradewinds, easterlies, westerlies, etc.

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Answer 4 40

• The Coriolis Effect

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Question 4 - 50

• What causes the Earths seasons?

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Answer 4 50

• The Earths tilt on its axis of rotation
• The earth is tilted 23.5º
• When the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards
  the Sun it is summer in the northern hemisphere.
  The southern hemisphere is tilted away from the
  Sun and it is winter in the southern hemisphere.

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Aquatic Biomes - 10

• Give 3 examples of freshwater wetlands

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Answer 5 10

• Swamps
• Bogs
• Marshes

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Aquatic Biomes - 20

• Give three examples of saltwater wetlands

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Answer 5 20

• Salt marshes
• Estuaries
• Mangrove swamps

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Aquatic Biomes - 30

• Name three factors that are used to categorize
  aquatic biomes

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Answer 5 30

• Salinity
• Depth
• Water flow

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Question 5 - 40

• What is the difference between the profundal zone
  and the benthic zone of freshwater lakes and
  ponds?

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Answer 5 40

• Profundal zone - the zone where sunlight cannot
  penetrate and therefore producers cannot survive.
  
• Benthic zone - the muddy bottom of a lake or
  bond beneath the limnetic and profundal zone.

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Question 5 - 50

• Describe an estuary, including 3 positive impacts
  that estuaries have on the surrounding environment

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Answer 5 50

• Estuaries are bodies of water found where rivers
  meet the sea. Estuaries harbor unique plant and
  animal communities because their waters are
  brackisha mixture of fresh water draining from
  the land and salty seawater.
• estuaries provide water filtration
• habitat protection.
• Estuaries are buffer zones. They stabilize
  shorelines and protect coastal areas, inland
  habitats and human communities from floods and
  storm surges from hurricanes.