Exam 7: Climate and Biodiversity

At the equator, warm air rises and then moves north and south, toward the poles.

The biome that has been disturbed by human activity more than any other, on a global basis, is the ____________________.

Fish adapted to cool, dark water are most likely found in the zone of lakes called the

The majority of photosynthesis in a lake takes place in the

About 15% of the world's coastlines are protected from erosion by____________________.

Land and sea breezes occur because

Match the biome or aquatic system listed below with the description that best characterizes it. -phytoplankton carry out about 40% of the world's photosynthesis here

Inland wetlands include all of the following except

In your explorations in your new job as a marine biologist, you find a new species of algae floating on the surface of a coastal zone body of water. You would most likely classify this species as

Which of the following is not an economic service provided by marine ecosystems?

Marine snow refers to

A lake with a small supply of nutrients would be called ____________________.

In the western United States, an area called the Great Basin contains many freestanding mountain ranges that are separated from each other by high desert. These mountain ranges could be called

Trees of wet tropical rain forests tend to be

Mountain biomes

Briefly describe how mountains can offset global warming.

Match the time of year in a temperate deciduous forest with the correct event or situation described below. -robins, warblers and other birds are present

The tropical rainforest terrestrial ecosystem has been disturbed by human activity more than any other.

In typical, fairly deep, temperate zone lakes, the vast majority of animals are found in the

The coastal zone has ____ of all marine species and ____ of its surface area.