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Compare the aboiotic charachteristics of aquatic and terrestrial Enviromens
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- 1Temperature (Aquatic + Terrestrial)AQUATIC:
Small, Gradual Changes
TERRESTRIAL:
Large, Quick Changes - 2PRESSUREAQUATIC:
Water Depth increases, Pressure increases.
Deep-sea organism's must adapt to crushing of water above them.
TERRESTRIAL:
Small variation. - 3LIGHT AVAILABILITYAQUATIC:
Cloud cover + Turbidity affects availability
Water Reflects Light
TERRESTRIAL
Availability is Abundant
Cloud cover has little effect - 4LANDSCAPE POSSITIONAQUATIC:
May affect light availability + temperature
Also exposure to waves, tides, currents
TEMPERATURE:
May affect temperature, light availability.
Runoff + erosion - 5RAINFALL AND WATER AVAILABILITYAQUATIC
Water is abundant.
organisms must adapt to the type of water in their environment in order to maintain water balance.
TERRESTRIAL
water is not abundant.
organisms need to adapt to the amount of water in their environment. - 6SALINITY AND ION AVAILABILITY (Dissolved salts)AQUATIC:
Available in abundance.
Ions from decomposing organism are distributed to different water depths by currents.
TERRESTRIAL:
Available in soil -> Soil salinity.
Plants must adapt to different soil salinitys. - 7pH (Acidity/ Alcline)AQUATIC:
Varies depending on organic material and dissolved gasses available.
Carbon Dioxide can lower pH of water making it more acidic.
TERRESTRIAL:
Soil pH can vary largely.
plants must adapt to their soils pH - 8BUOYANCY ( Amount of support)AQUATIC:
More Buoyancy than air
TERRESTRIAL:
Small Buoyancy.
Land Organisms need supporting skeletal and muscular structures. - 9VISCOSITY (Resistance)AQUATIC:
Very Viscous.
More resistance , harder for an organism to move through it.
TERRESTRIAL:
Less viscous than water.
Less Resistance, easier to move through - 10EXPOSURE TO NATURAL FORCESAQUATIC:
Marine: Tides, currents, waves.
Freshwater: Varying strengths of running water.
TERRESTRIAL:
wind, Rain vary depending on weather.
range from monsoon and cyclones to floods and drought
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