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Flashcards by Will Hibbert, updated about 2 months ago
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Created by Will Hibbert
about 2 months ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Impacts on climate: Human | Human: Urbanization, agriculture, and industrial activities contribute to desertification and climate change. |
| Desert: Importance | Mineral wealth: The dry condition of deserts helps promote the formation and concentration of important minerals. Archaeological discoveries: Deserts have preserved ancient artifacts and fossils that provide important insights into human history. Carbon sinks: Desert ecosystems can store large amounts of carbon, helping to mitigate climate change. |
| Desert: Location (Places) | Asia Africa South America Australia |
| Types: Deserts | Subtropical Semiarid Coastal Polar |
| Tropical Forest: Impacts on climate (human and natural) | Human: Deforestation releases carbon dioxide, leading to climate change and loss of biodiversity. Natural: Rainforests act as carbon sinks, absorbing CO2 and regulating the global climate. |
| Importance: Tropical Forest | Biodiversity Hotspot: Rich biodiversity supports countless species and provides ecosystem services. Climate Regulation: Moisture recycling and oxygen production impact global weather patterns. |
| Location: Tropical Forest (place) | Found near the equator in regions such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, South America. |
| Temperate Forest: Impacts on Climate (human and natural) | Human: Logging and urbanization reduce forest cover, impacting local climate and water cycles. Natural: Preservation of temperate rainforests helps regulate regional temperatures and rainfall. |
| Importance: Tropical Forest | - Carbon Storage: Dense forests sequester carbon, mitigating climate change. - Watershed Protection: Forests maintain water quality and regulate stream flow. |
| Location: Temperate Rainforest (place) | Found in temperate regions such as New Zealand, Tasmania, Southern Japan |
| Tundra: Impacts on Climate (Human) | - Human: Oil and gas exploration disturb tundra ecosystems, releasing methane and accelerating climate change. |
| Importance: Tundra | - Carbon Sink: Tundra soils store vast amounts of carbon, helping regulate the global climate. - Wildlife Habitat: Critical breeding grounds for migratory birds and habitat for unique species. |
| Location: Tundra | - Found in the Arctic and Alpine regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. |
| Biomes: Definition: | A biome is an area of the planet that can be classified according to the plants and animals that live in it. |
| Biomes: Examples: | Deserts, tropical rainforests, temperate rainforests, tundras. |
| Biomes: Determinants: | Temperature, precipitation, and soil type. |
| Rain shadows: Definition: | A rain shadow: The windward side of a mountain range will have higher precipitation (AKA: vegetation, greenery, wet weather, forest biome), and the other side will often be in a rain shadow, with drastically decreased precipitation (No vegetation, no greenery, dry weather, desert biome.) |
| Rain Shadows: Example | Due to the direct sunlight and the continental plates moving and bumping into each other, this causes low atmospheric pressures and mountain ranges. As air rises, it creates moisture, when it rises it cools and drops it moisture as heavy tropical. The remaining cooler and drier rainfall mass starts to move away from the equator. It then descends and warms up again. The descending air is dense, which hinders the formation of clouds. This results in very little rainfall falling on the land below. This is the rain shadow affect. |
| Co-ordinates: Longitude and Latitude | Latitude: Y - axis Longitude: X - axis |
| Definition: Deforestation | The clearing of forests for agriculture, urbanization, and logging. |
| Impact: Deforestation: | Loss of biodiversity, disruption of ecosystems, contribution to climate change. |
| Solutions: Deforestation | Reforestation, reduce reuse recycle, reduce consumption for resources that causes deforestation. |
| Additional Facts: Deserts Location: | Most of the world's deserts are located near 30 degrees north latitude and 30 degrees south latitude. |
| Additional Facts: Deserts Characteristics: | Receive less than 25 cm of precipitation a year. The amount of evaporation in a desert often greatly exceeds the annual rainfall. Although some deserts are very hot, daytime temperatures can reach as high as 54°C. Other deserts have cold winters or are cold year-round. |
| Additional Facts: Rainforest Coverage: | Rainforests cover about six percent of Earth's land surface, providing rich biodiversity and helping absorb carbon dioxide to fight climate change. |
| Additional Facts: Deforestation Impacts: | Soil erosion, climate change, loss of biodiversity, carbon emissions, hunger, poverty, habitat destruction |
| Additional Facts: Human Impacts on Deserts: | Climate change, mining, agriculture, poor irrigation practices, contributing to desertification. |
| Additional Facts: Levels of solar radiation: | Areas near the equator are hotter = more solar radiation from the sun. Areas further away from the equator = less solar radiation, therefore are colder. |
| Additional Facts: Winds: | Winds at speeds of about 100km/h sweep through some deserts. With little vegetation to block it, the wind can carry sand across entire continents and even oceans. This is the main cause of the amazon rainforests survival. The sand picks up oceanic water vapour along the way, this causes rain, and gives the tropical rainforests its rain and survival. |
| What is a boreal forest? | Boreal forests are full of life that’s adapted to withstand frigid temperatures year-round/can migrate long distances every winter. Full of deciduous trees and conifers. Boreal forests are also an important carbon sink. They are also a taiga forest. |
| What is the annual temperature and rainfall in a boreal forest? | The boreal forest has an average temperature of 20-25° C. Annual rainfall exceeding 200 cm. Precipitation coming mostly in the form of snow, and a little rain during the summer months. |
| Where are boreal forests located? | Canada, Alaska, Sweden, and Finland. |
| What is a temperate forest? | A temperate rainforest biome occurs where the temp is low - average (average temp is between 4 and 12 C.), and the annual rainfall is low (annual precipitation is over 140 cm). The temperate rainforest biome is located in oceanic moist regions around the world: The temperate rainforest biome has 3 layers: The canopy, the understory, and the forest floor, The canopy is the one that provides shade, the understory is made up of smaller trees and shrubs, and the forest floor, made up of flowers, herbs, and mosses. The temperate rainforest biomes lie mostly in coastal, mountainous areas within the midlatitudes. |
| Deserts: Temp and Precipitation | (54°C), (25 cm) |
| Tropical Rainforest: Temp and Precipitation | (18 C), (175 - 200cm) |
| Tundra: Temp and Precipitation | (-34° C - 12° C), (15 to 25 cm) |
| Boreal: Temp and Precipitation | (20-25° C), (200 cm) |
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