Exam 7: Climate and Biodiversity

Large regions characterized by a certain climate and dominant plant life are called ____.

Which term describes the temperature, precipitation, and humidity of an area over hours or days?

Which of the following is one of the major factors that influences global air circulation as described in the textbook?

Where does the largest input of solar energy occur?

Global Air Circulation Use the figure above to answer the following question(s). Choose the letter(s)that represent(s)cool, dry air falling.

Use the figure above to answer the following question(s). How much of the year is the tropical grassland below the freezing point?

____________________ occur in the interiors of continents in areas too moist for deserts and too dry for forests.

In the northern hemisphere, the earth's major ocean currents tend to circulate ____.

The deserts of Death Valley formed as a result of ____.

The large grazing animals such as wildebeests and gazelles are best associated with which biome?

Climate and vegetation vary with both latitude and _______________.

Major human impacts on terrestrial ecosystems are least likely to include ____.

The rain shadow effect is responsible for the formation of which of the following?

The term greenhouse effect describes ____.

Trees of the tropical rainforest are characterized by leaves that are ____.

Global Air Circulation Use the figure above to answer the following question(s). Choose the letter(s)that represent(s)tropical deciduous forest and grasslands.

The El Niño Southern Oscillation changes the weather only along the Pacific coast of South America.

Thick, spongy mats of low-growing plants, primarily grasses, mosses, and lichens, are typical of the ____.

Moose, lynx and burrowing rodent species are most likely found in which of the following?

Use the figure above to answer the following question(s). When is the rainy season in the tropical rain forest?