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WGU IOC4 Module 9a
WGU IOC4 Module 9a Ecosystems and Biomes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | |
| Plant and animal communities that cover substantial area. | biome |
| polar and high mountain ice | |
| Climate: extremely cold temperatures & permafrost. Flora: absence of trees and tall plants, shrubby plants with shallow roots. Fauna: mosquitos, caribou, arctic hares. | tundra |
| Climate: no permafrost, heavy snowfall during winter. Flora: cone-bearing trees like pine, spruce, and fir. Fauna: moose, owls, hares, squirrels and wolves. | taiga |
| Climate: sufficient rain for trees. Seasonal winter where temperature drops and water ability fails. Flora: Deciduous trees that drop their leaves before winter. Fauna: a variety of mammals, many of which hibernate (bear, possum). | temperate deciduous forest |
| Climate: varfiable rainfall, wet and dry seasons, high amount of light. Flora: high number of tree species. Fauna: unusually high number of species. | tropical forest |
| Climate: water is a limiting factor, less than 30cm of rain/year, not necessarily hot. Flora: succulents (cacti). Fauna:nocturnal animals, animals needing little water, snakes, etc. | desert |
| Climate: seasonal drought, periodic fires. Flora: grasses are the predominant vegetation, nutrients are stored underground. Fauna: birds, small rodents, grazing mammals, like bison. | grassland |
| Climate: alternate rainy seasons with periodic droughts and fires. Flora: perennial grasses, flowering trees, fire adapted plants and forbs. Fauna: large herbivores and their predators (zebras & lions) and insects. (grasslands of the tropics) | savanna |
| chaparral | |
| composed of abiotic factors, which are nonliving chemical and physical components of the environment, such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. | climate |
| a measure of distance north or south of the equator that is expressed in degrees. | latitude |
| elevation | |
| Include ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, and wetlands. | Freshwater biomes |
| intertidal, oceanic pelagic, coral reefs, & abyssal zone | Marine biomes |
| Temperature, precipitation, and wind, all of which influence climate, and thus biome classification. | Abiotic factors |
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