Local Conditions

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Local Conditions
Interest Grabber
Section 4-1

• How would you describe your climate, or the
  average, year-after-year conditions of
  temperature and precipitation where you live?
  Does your area receive a great deal of
  precipitationrain and snowor is your area very
  dry?

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Interest Grabber continued
Section 4-1

• 1. When does the area in which you live
  experience the lowest temperatures? Does the
  temperature ever get below freezing? If so, how
  often does this occur?
• 2. When does the area in which you live have the
  highest temperatures? About how high is the
  highest temperature?
• 3. How often does it rain where you live? Is one
  season rainier than the others?
• 4. Does it ever snow where you live? If so, what
  is the heaviest snowfall you can remember?
• 5. What are two factors that may affect climate?

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Section Outline
Section 4-1

• 41 The Role of Climate
• A. What Is Climate?
• B. The Greenhouse Effect
• C. The Effect of Latitude on Climate
• D. Heat Transport in the Biosphere

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The Greenhouse Effect
Section 4-1
Sunlight
Some heat escapes into space
Greenhouse gases trap some heat
Atmosphere
Earths surface
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Figures 4-1 and 4-2 Heating of the Earths
Surface and Some Factors That Affect Climate
Section 4-1
Greenhouse Effect
Different Latitudes
90N North Pole
Sunlight
Sunlight
66.5N
Arctic circle
Some heat escapes into space
Sunlight
Tropic of Cancer
23.5N
Equator
Most direct sunlight
0
Greenhouse gases trap some heat
Tropic of Capricorn
23.5S
Sunlight
Atmosphere
Arctic circle
66.5S
Sunlight
Earths surface
90S South Pole
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Fitting In
Interest Grabber
Section 4-2

• Organisms not only live together in ecological
  communities, but they also constantly interact
  with one another. These interactions, which
  include predation and competition, help shape the
  ecosystem in which they live.
• 1. Based on your own experiences, define
  predation. Give one example of predation.
• 2. Based on your own experiences, define
  competition. Give one example of competition.

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Section Outline
Section 4-2

• 42 What Shapes an Ecosystem?
• A. Biotic and Abiotic Factors
• B. The Niche
• C. Community Interactions
• 1. Competition
• 2. Predation
• 3. Symbiosis
• D. Ecological Succession
• 1. Primary Succession
• 2. Secondary Succession
• 3. Succession in a Marine Ecosystem

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Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Section 4-2
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
ECOSYSTEM
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Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Section 4-2
Abiotic Factors
Biotic Factors
ECOSYSTEM
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Figure 4-5 Three Species of Warblers and Their
Niches
Section 4-2
Cape May Warbler Feeds at the tips of
branches near the top of the tree
Bay-Breasted Warbler Feeds in the middle part of
the tree
Yellow-Rumped Warbler Feeds in the lower part of
the tree and at the bases of the middle branches
Spruce tree
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Whos There?
Interest Grabber
Section 4-3

• If you have ever been to a zoo or a botanical
  garden, you may have noticed that the signs that
  identify the animals or plants also identify the
  part of the world where these organisms are
  found. Different kinds of animals and plants are
  found in different parts of the world.

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Interest Grabber continued
Section 4-3

• 1. Describe the climate where you live.
• 2. What types of plant and animal life are found
  in your area? Describe a few of the major
  characteristics of these organisms.
• 3. Suppose that you had to move to an area with a
  climate that was very different from the climate
  you now live in. How would the plant and animal
  life in this new area be different from the plant
  and animal life where you live now?

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Section Outline
Section 4-3

• 43 Biomes
• A. Biomes and Climate
• B. The Major Biomes
• C. Other Land Areas
• 1. Mountain Ranges
• 2. Polar Ice Caps

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Compare/Contrast Table
Section 4-3
Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes Ten Major Biomes
Biome Precipitation Temperature Soil Diversity Trees Grasses
Tropical Rain Forest high hot poor high dense sparse
Tropical Dry Forest variable mild rich moderate medium medium
Tropical Savanna variable mild clay moderate sparse dense
Desert low variable poor moderate sparse sparse
Temperate Grassland moderate summer hot rich moderate absent dense
Temperate woodland and Shrubland summer low, winter moderate summer hot poor low medium medium
Temperate Forest moderate summer moderate, winter cold rich high dense sparse
Northwestern Coniferous Forest high summer mild, winter cold rocky, acidic low dense sparse
Boreal Forest moderate summer mild, winter cool poor, acidic moderate dense sparse
Tundra low summer mild, winter cold poor low absent medium
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Figure 4-11 The Worlds Major Land Biomes
Section 4-3
Temperate grassland
Tropical rain forest
Temperate forest
Tundra
Northwestern coniferous forest
Mountains and ice caps
Tropical dry forest
Desert
Temperate woodland and shrubland
Tropical savanna
Boreal forest (Taiga)
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Ride the Waves
Interest Grabber
Section 4-4

• The marine ecosystem that is exposed to regular
  and extreme changes in
• its surroundings is the intertidal zone. During
  high tide, the intertidal zone
• is covered by sea water. During low tide, this
  area is exposed to air, sunlight, and heat.

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Interest Grabber continued
Section 4-4

• 1. What types of organisms would you expect to
  find living in the intertidal zone?
• 2. What characteristics do you think these
  organisms have that enable them to live in this
  zone?
• 3. What effect do waves have on the intertidal
  zone?

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Section Outline
Section 4-4

• 44 Aquatic Ecosystems
• A. Freshwater Ecosystems
• 1. Flowing-Water Ecosystems
• 2. Standing-Water Ecosystems
• 3. Freshwater Wetlands
• B. Estuaries
• C. Marine Ecosystems
• 1. Intertidal Zone
• 2. Coastal Ocean
• 3. Coral Reefs
• 4. Open Ocean
• 5. Benthic Zone

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Freshwater Pond Ecosystem
Section 4-4
Spoonbill
Duck
Water lilies
Frog
Dragonfly
Mosquito larvae
Duckweed
Phytoplankton
Snail
Pickerel
Diving beetle
Trout
Hydra
Crayfish
Snail
Benthic crustaceans
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Figure 4-17 Zones of a Marine Ecosystem
Section 4-4
land
Photic zone
200m
1000m
Coastal ocean
Aphotic zone
4000m
Open ocean
6000m
Ocean trench
10,000m
Continental shelf
Continental slope and continental rise
Abyssal plain
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Video Contents
Videos

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• Earths Many Biomes, Part 1
• Earths Many Biomes, Part 2

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Earths Many Biomes, Part 1

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Video 2
Video 2
Earths Many Biomes, Part 2
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Internet
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• Career links on forestry technicians
• Interactive test
• For links on climate and the greenhouse effect,
  go to www.SciLinks.org and enter the Web Code as
  follows cbn-2041.
• For links on biomes, go to www.SciLinks.org and
  enter the Web Code as follows cbn-2043.
• For links on aquatic ecosystems, go to
  www.SciLinks.org and enter the Web Code as
  follows cbn-2044.

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Section 1 Answers
Interest Grabber Answers
1. When does the area in which you live
experience the lowest temperatures? Does the
temperature ever get below freezing? If so, how
often does this occur? 2. When does the area in
which you live have the highest temperatures?
About how high is the highest temperature? 3. How
often does it rain where you live? Is one season
rainier than the others? 4. Does it ever snow
where you live? If so, what is the heaviest
snowfall you can remember? Question 14Answers
will vary depending on local conditions. If
students have lived in a different part of the
country, you may wish to have them contrast the
climate in that area with the local
climate. 5. What are two factors that may affect
climate? Possible answers latitude, wind, ocean
currents, shape and elevation of land masses
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Section 2 Answers
Interest Grabber Answers

• 1. Based on your own experiences, define
  predation. Give one example of predation.
• Predation is an interaction in which one
  organism captures and feeds on another organism.
  Some examples of predation a hawk captures and
  feeds on a rabbit a cat captures and feeds on a
  mouse.
• 2. Based on your own experiences, define
  competition. Give one example of competition.
• Competition occurs when organisms of the same or
  different species attempt to use an ecological
  resource in the same place at the same time. Some
  examples of competition crop plants and weeds
  compete for food, water, and sunlight wolves and
  foxes compete for the same food (rabbits).

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Section 3 Answers
Interest Grabber Answers

• 1. Describe the climate where you live.
• 2. What types of plant and animal life are found
  in your area? Describe a few of the major
  characteristics of these organisms.
• Questions 12 Answers will vary depending on
  the part of the country in which students live.
• 3. Suppose that you had to move to an area with a
  climate that was very different from the climate
  you now live in. How would the plant and animal
  life in this new area be different from the plant
  and animal life where you live now?
• Sample answer If the new climate were much
  colder, animals would probably have thicker fur.
  Plants would have shorter growing seasons and
  would produce seeds that could withstand the
  cold.

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Section 4 Answers
Interest Grabber Answers

• 1. What types of organisms would you expect to
  find living in the intertidal zone?
• Students may say that plants and animals would
  be small.
• 2. What characteristics do you think these
  organisms have that enable them to live in this
  zone?
• Possible answer Plants would have thick outer
  layers to resist drying during low tide. Animals
  would be able to burrow into the sand or have
  coverings that could hold in water.
• 3. What effect do waves have on the intertidal
  zone?
• Waves pound living things, causing them to
  bounce around, unless they have some means of
  staying attached to the sand or rocks on the
  bottom.

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