Exam 5: Climates and Soils

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Consult the graph to answer the following question. You have been asked to recommend a location for a botanical garden that will be used to propagate rare plants from the city of Mérida in the Yucatán Peninsula. Two sites are being considered, one in Bogotá, Colombia, the other in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Which would you recommend for establishment of this garden? Briefly explain your answer.

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Question 41

How much did the average temperature of Earth change between 1880 and 2016?

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Question 42

The maximum amount of water vapor air can hold is called the

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Question 43

Cation exchange capacity depends on the

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Question 44

How do tropical rainforests (like those found in the Amazon basin) maintain their high levels of productivity when the soil itself is nutrient poor (due to laterization)?

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Question 45

The Coriolis effect causes what in surface winds?

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Question 46

Excluding water vapor, greenhouse gases make up _____ percent of the atmosphere.

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Question 47

Where is the solar equator?

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Question 48

Explain why dry climates are commonly found around 30° S and 30° N latitudes.

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Question 49

Dry climates may be the result of

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Question 50

Which of the following is an effect of an El Niño-Southern Oscillation?

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Question 51

A regression equation for algae biomass (micrograms per liter) depending on the amount of phosphorus (micrograms per liter) is determined to be y = 1.5x - 2. What is the biomass if there is 14 $\mu$ g/L of phosphorus?

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Question 52

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

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Question 53

The greenhouse effect occurs because of the absorption and re-emission of _______ radiation by the atmosphere.

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Question 54

Which of the following does NOT drive ocean currents?

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Question 55

Describe the path that incoming solar radiation takes and how it is transformed in the greenhouse effect.

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Question 56

Compared to coastal regions, the interior of a continent usually has _ precipitation and __ variation in climate.

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Question 57

One potential effect of climate change is that it could disrupt thermohaline circulation. What might cause this disruption?

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Question 58

Why might Earth's temperature continue to increase for a time even if all emission of greenhouse gases ceased?

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Question 59

Gyres in the Southern Hemisphere rotate _ and in the Northern Hemisphere rotate ___.

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Exam 5: Climates and Soils

How much did the average temperature of Earth change between 1880 and 2016?

The maximum amount of water vapor air can hold is called the

Cation exchange capacity depends on the

How do tropical rainforests (like those found in the Amazon basin) maintain their high levels of productivity when the soil itself is nutrient poor (due to laterization)?

The Coriolis effect causes what in surface winds?

Excluding water vapor, greenhouse gases make up _____ percent of the atmosphere.

Where is the solar equator?

Explain why dry climates are commonly found around 30° S and 30° N latitudes.

Dry climates may be the result of

Which of the following is an effect of an El Niño-Southern Oscillation?

A regression equation for algae biomass (micrograms per liter) depending on the amount of phosphorus (micrograms per liter) is determined to be y = 1.5x - 2. What is the biomass if there is 14 μ\muμ g/L of phosphorus?

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

The greenhouse effect occurs because of the absorption and re-emission of _______ radiation by the atmosphere.

Which of the following does NOT drive ocean currents?

Describe the path that incoming solar radiation takes and how it is transformed in the greenhouse effect.

Compared to coastal regions, the interior of a continent usually has _____ precipitation and ______ variation in climate.

One potential effect of climate change is that it could disrupt thermohaline circulation. What might cause this disruption?

Why might Earth's temperature continue to increase for a time even if all emission of greenhouse gases ceased?

Gyres in the Southern Hemisphere rotate _____ and in the Northern Hemisphere rotate _______.

Introduction: Ecology, Evolution, and the Scientific Method

Adaptations to Aquatic Environments

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Adaptations to Variable Environments

Terrestrial and Aquatic Biomes

Evolution and Adaptation

Life Histories

Reproductive Strategies

Social Behaviors

Population Distributions

Population Growth and Regulation

Population Dynamics Over Space and Time

Predation and Herbivory

Parasitism and Infectious Diseases

Competition

Mutualism

Community Structure

Community Succession

Movement of Energy in Ecosystems

Movement of Elements in Ecosystems

Landscape Ecology and Global Biodiversity

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A regression equation for algae biomass (micrograms per liter) depending on the amount of phosphorus (micrograms per liter) is determined to be y = 1.5x - 2. What is the biomass if there is 14 $\mu$ g/L of phosphorus?

Compared to coastal regions, the interior of a continent usually has _ precipitation and __ variation in climate.

Gyres in the Southern Hemisphere rotate _ and in the Northern Hemisphere rotate ___.