Vocabulary and Concepts:
CH 4
Vocabulary:
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Weather
Climate
Microclimate
Greenhouse
Biome
Canopy
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Deciduous
Coniferous
Understory
Permafrost
Humus
Taiga
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Photic zone
Aphotic zone
Benthos
Plankton
Wetland
Estuary
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Photic zone
Aphotic zone
Benthos
Plankton
Wetland
Estuary
Vocabulary and Concepts:
CH 4
Vocabulary:
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Weather
Climate
Microclimate
Greenhouse
Biome
Canopy
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Deciduous
Coniferous
Understory
Permafrost
Humus
Taiga
Concepts:
1. Explain how the glass in a greenhouse and the gases in the earth’s
atmosphere act in similar ways. Be sure to include the specific gases that
are responsible for this effect in your response.
2. What are the characteristics that an ecologist would examine to determine
which type of biome an ecosystem belongs to?
3. What are some ways that life in the aphotic zone might differ from the
photic zone?
Concepts:
1. Explain how the glass in a greenhouse and the gases in the earth’s
atmosphere act in similar ways. Be sure to include the specific gases that
are responsible for this effect in your response.
2. What are the characteristics that an ecologist would examine to determine
which type of biome an ecosystem belongs to?
3. What are some ways that life in the aphotic zone might differ from the
photic zone?