Term
| Osprey, Prothonotary warbler |
|
Definition
A 23-year-long-term ecological study (must studies are short term)
"Prothonotary" name = comes from vatican registrar who wore golden robes
Their habitat destruction led to a decline of the population
Summer = North America, migrate to South America in winter
Researchers built nest boxes = led to lower predation and increased population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Long term ecological research |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
He studied "guanacaste trees" in Costa Rica and questioned why it yields so much fruits
Studied the natural history (how organisms in a particular area are influenced by factors such as climate, soils, predators, competitors, and evolutionary history)
recognized the critical role of seed dispersers (mostly large herbivorous animals)
Humans overhunting became a factor as well |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Distinguished by predominant plants and the climates |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
Energy in = energy out
Sun drives the climate |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
30% of sunlight is reflected by reflected by atmosphere and ice
70% absorbed in atmosphere
insignificant absorption by photosynthesis; mostly absorbed as heat
Heat must be dissipated to balance energy input (reradiated at night, convertd to wind, involved in evaporation)
ALL HEAT LEAVES in the form of terrestrial long wave radiation |
|
|
Term
| Earth's climatic variation is due to? |
|
Definition
| Caused by uneven heating of its surface by the sun; this is due to spherical shape and angle at which Earth rotates |
|
|
Term
Autumn and Winter
Spring and Summer |
|
Definition
Earth tilts away from sun
Earth tilts towards the sun |
|
|
Term
| What drives the circulation of atmosphere and patterns of precipitations? |
|
Definition
| Heating of the Earth's surface and atmosphere |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Apparent deflection of winds to the right in northern hemisphere and to the left in southern hemisphere; it breaks up air circulations and produces trade winds |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-due to air currents
-due to absorbed solar energy by water
-strongly influenced by continental positions |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
-produces distinct biomes
-influenced by atmospheric circulations, ocean currents, topography (pronounced effect on local climate), and vegetation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the concentration of moisture increases in the atmosphere |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Minimal gravitational pull when the forces between the moon and the sun oppose each other (lowest high tide and highest low tide) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Maximum gravitational pull when the forces of the moon and sun act together (highest high tide and lowest low tide) |
|
|
Term
| Atlantic coast of North America has |
|
Definition
| Semi-diurnal tides; two high tides and two low tides of different magnitudes each day |
|
|
