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Did the Greeks know the earth was round?   Aristotle did because (1)the way the coulds move (2)north star (3) eclipse of the moon  
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boreal forests: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Canada, russia/siberia; Sequoia; The ground doesn't freeze for as long as in tundras; Conifers (cone bearing, needles), sequois'a cones only open in fire, grounds burn like a cigarette, crown fires caused by lack of frequent fires (suppressed fires); OK  
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temperate deciduous forests: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Eastern US, western europe, china, japan, new zealand; No; Winter cold, summer hot, arctic/tropical contrast; Hard woods, flowering plants, no fires; OK  
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Temperate grassland: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Midwest US (prairies), Stepps Russia, Pompas (of Argentina); Yes; Mountains, cold winter and warm summer, mountain rainshadow; Perennial and annual grassland, annual roots small, perennial roots deep, fire important; Bad  
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Mediterranean Shrub: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Mediterranean, ca, central chile, south africa, australia (symmetry); Yes; Summer hot, winter cold, cold water currents; Shrubs, plants adapted, fires very important; OK to bad, lots of development  
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Desert (hot/cold): where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Sahara, australia, ca/Gobi, iran; Yes/No; Less than 50 cm of annual rain, rainshadows; Succulent, thorns, annuals/No succulent, perennials, no fires; OK  
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Tropical rainforest: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Amazon, congo, southeast asia; No; rainshadows at high altitudes, ITCZ; Tall forests, roots shallow, tree diversity, epiphyte; OK  
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Tropical Savannas: where? CA? why? plant adaptations? conservation?   Brazil, venezuela, parts of india, australia; No; rainshadows (precipitation is higher than desert (50-100 cm); Grasslands, Scattered trees, fires part of one year cycle that maintains ecosystem  
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5 places where Mediterranean shrubs are   CA, Mediterranean, central Chile, South Africa, Australia  
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Epiphyte   plant that lives on another plant  
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How are Mediterranean plants adapted to fire?   The seeds won't open without it  
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Megafauna   large animals, over 100 lbs, mammoth, extinct  
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Paul Martin Munch Hypothesis   overkill hypothesis, with the coldening atmosphere humans migrated south and encountered animals who weren’t afraid of humans because they didn’t know they had to be  
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New Zealand 1,000 years ago   They had wombats 2,000 lbs, kangaroos 2,000 lbs, marsupial wolf, koala the size of a bear, humans hunted them into extinction, moa had 8 foot long drumstick and no wings  
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Island Gigantism and Dwarfism   Gigantism: mammoth, kamoda dragon, get bigger to surive. Dwarfism: deers in Florida, get smaller to survive  
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Population throughout history   1650: 0.5 billion, 1820: 1 billion, 1930 (grandparents): 2 billion, 1975: 4 billion, 2000: 6 billion, 2013: 7 billion  
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Coffee: Where? Grown? Impact?   Highlands of Ethiopia, brazil; grows in latitudinal branch; Good (shade coffee-planted in the shade of trees which allows animals to still live in area, natural pests help curb erosion) Bad (crops exposed, lots of erosion)  
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rubber tree: Where? Grown? Impact?   Brazil; Can't have monoculture because of fungus so must be protected by other trees; Excellent in brazil, bad where monoculture  
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orange: Where?   (citrus) China  
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Coco: Where? Grown?   Andes; First in calories, protein, carbohydrates and fiber when compared to 50 other plants, decriminalized, rich in calcium, phosphorous, iron, vitamin A and E  
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Oaks: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   Acorns were primary food source, leach with water in stream and basket to remove tannins (wine) then heated with rocks for mush; wood used for bows  
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Manzanita: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   poor hot water over berries to make cider; wood used for bows  
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Elderberry: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   brewed flowers for fevers, upset stomach and flu; rich source of vitamin c; stem used for arrow shaft and flutes; raw berry can cause nausea but dried or cooked are ok  
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Laurel Sumac: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   leaves used for mosquito repellent; Lemonade Berry has berries that are soaked and hairs removed to make pink lemonade  
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Toyon, Christmas Berry: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   red berries not edible, but if properly prepared can be used for flour; gave hollywood its name although its not a holly but a rose  
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Yucca, Our Lords Candle: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   the leaves are strong and used for water proof baskets; leaves used as needle and thread to make clothes and homes; roots used for soap  
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Cactus: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   red fruits are edible but watch for very small spines, green leaf can be cooked and eaten (commonly still done today)  
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Willow: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   leaves used to make aspirin, indians would chew them for toothaches  
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California Buckeye: What did the California Indians use acorns for?   seeds ground into fine dust and put in stream to catch fish  
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Natives   perennial, evergreen, bunch grass  
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Exotics   Annuals, europe  
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vernal pools   hard pan, very pretty before they dry up, important for endemic species  
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tallest tree   Redwood; today 96% cut, 4% left, 2% private, 2% federal or state  
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largest tree   Sequoia  
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oldest tree   Bristle Cone Pine; 4,700 years  
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Why tropical forests have been lost over the last 50 years   Subsistence agriculture, commercial agriculture, forest fires in the tropics, fuelwood, timber, living fences (good!)  
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Subsistence agriculture   you grow stuff for yourself in order to survive  
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Commercial Agriculture   when selectd crops are planted specifically for profit  
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Forest fires in the tropics   tropical rainforests are not adapted to fires; agricultural frontier  
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Fuel Wood   important especially in areas with no electricty; living fences  
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Timber   teak form southeast asia  
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Living fences   when you select a tree and intentionally plant it along a street which makes it very accesible for firewood and fruit  
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bison   one fo few megafauna left; better than cattle because adapted to winter, small hooves  
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types of coral reefs   fringe reef, barrier reef, patch reef  
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origin of reefs   island volcanic, fringing reef, evolves into barrier reef after thousands of years of erosion form volcano, atoll (only barrier reef is left, island gone), seamound (both island and reefs are gone and a small underground mountain is left  
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where are coral reefs?   N30° to S30°, water temperatures between 65°F to 91°F, clear water, shallow for light (<100m), globally cover 36,000 square miles (size of British Columbia)  
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3 Countries with greatest length of coral reefs   Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji  
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diversity of coral reefs   1,000 species of hard corals  
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where is there the most diversity?   Indonesia, 450 species  
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what is coral?   both plants and animals, 200 million polyp, zooxanthellae  
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polyp   very soft, seethrough, secrete calcium, have tenticles, need oxygen and nutrients  
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zooxanthellae   brown algae that lives in the tentacles, needs carbon dioxide and ammonia (our fertilizer that we discrete)  
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conservation of coral   1/10 destroyed, 1/3 degraded, 3/4 will be degraded in next 50 years  
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what damages corals?   fishing, sediment runoff, coral bleaching, tourism  
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what is the world's largest revenue generating business?   tourism  
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vacation   relax, stay for a week or two, safe and organized trip  
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travel   time to learn abouth your interests, 1 to 3 months, hard work (not fun, buses), stay at local hotels, walking and siteseeing  
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Baja California   last frontier (virign, no water, no american); Norhtern part: Mediterranean, pine forests; Central part: desert, incredible, sea of cortez; South Part: tropic of cancer, tropical forest and coral reefs  
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Rules of Baja   (1) buy insurance, (2) after border, look for "Enseñada Beaches", (3) no driving at night [most important], (4) no drugs, no guns, (5) Federalis! "can you pay the judge for me?" (6) camp anywhere, (7) always fill up in Cativina (8) stay to the right when  
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warm currents   the gulf stream, are generally blue, not rich in fish, are not very productive resources  
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cold currents   the California current, green color, rich in fish, (3 most important differences from warm currents) have lots of oxygen and nutrients, and are productive  
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kelp beds and kelp forests   equivalent to coral reefs, brown algae, needs hard substrate (won't attach to sand)  
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what relies on kelp?   1000 species  
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plankton   Phytoplankton: plants so small you can't even see it; Zooplankton: animals, eggs, juvenile organisms  
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sea otter   were completely extinct in 1860, they ate sea urchins which helped control kelp growth, when sea otter reappeared in 1920 kelp regrew  
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fishing history   40% of population lives 100km from coast, 3 stages: (1) indigenous fishing common 300 years ago (2) colonial period, 300 years ago to 1940, whales were hunted (3) international fishing fleets: came after WWII  
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hook and line: what fish? impact?   Catch all fish and return ones you don't want; Not bad  
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long lining: what fish? impact?   Strung behind boat with separate hooks; Swordfish and tuna; Bad because it reduces density and size of fish  
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purse seine nets: what fish? impact?   Salmon, tuna, kills dolphins because it keeps them from getting oxygen, sea turtles were caught in the nets too; Bad  
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Bottom trawling   Takes absolutely no intelligence; Flunder, shrimp; 25% of any catch you don't want  
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pot fishing: what fish? impact?   you get on a boat and there's all these pots with bait in them and they sink to the bottom of the floor; Crab; Closely monitored  
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Fish farming: what fish? impact?   Salmon, shrimp; salmon put in pens and fed fish food, shrimp are put in ponds, feed made up of other fish, shrimp farms destroy mangroves which are ideal habitats for lots of fish  
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pleistocene   18,000 to 2.1 million years ago, "iceage", glaciers extended all the way down to Wisconsin called "The Wisconsin"  
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formation of pleistocene   Ice sheets (water is locked up), Land bridges (Beringia cross from north Siberia to Alaska, Indonesia), Vegetation shifts (north to south, up and down mountain ranges)  
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How do we know the temperatures over the last 850,000 years?   ice corps, sediment cores, tree cores  
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ice cores   isotope, oxygen 16, look at ratios through ice core, less oxygen 16 when hot  
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sediment cores   pollen is deposited at the bottom of lakes over the last million years, called varve  
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tree cores   temperature and precipitation shown in rings, small rings=little rain  
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sangamonian   temperatures were 1° warmer than today  
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What evidence is there that global warming is occuring?   increasing temperature gauges, greenland and antarctica are melting, sea level rising  
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what is the human impact of global warming?   greenhouse gases (increased CO2)  
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OPEC nations and if democracy   Algeria (NO), Indonesia (YES), Iran (SEMI), Irag (YES), Kuwait (NO), Libya (NO), Nigeria (YES), Qatar (NO), Saudi Arabia (NO), Venezuela (NO)  
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Air pollution in US   1/2 of all air pollution comes from cars, US has 200 million cars (8 million in LA)  
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photochemical smog   hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxide, sun chemical smog, thermal inversion layer  
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manufactured gases   chlorofluorocarbons (CFC, hairspray), releases chlorine which breaks up O3, can do it 100 to 100,000 times  
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ozone theories   (1) no hole (2) hole, is still getting bigger (3) hole, getting smaller (4) no consensus  
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Kyoto protocol   scientist believe temp will increase in next 100 years, reduce levels of emision by 29% by 2010, no US  
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Arnold   CA follows protocol, more stringent, clean burning cars, increase renewable energy by 2%, million solar homes  
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renewable energy uses   hydropower, biomass fuel, geothermal, wind energy, solar energy  
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hydropower (good and bad)   47%; Cheap, lots of electricty; all dams have lifetime warranty, sediment buildup, changes water temperature  
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biofuels (good and bad)   45%; Burns cleaner; requires a lot of energy, corn  
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geothermal (good and bad)   5%; Extremely renewable; You have to dig deep, lava  
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wind energy (good and bad)   2%; Fastest growing; Dead migratory birds, storing energy  
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solar energy (good and bad)   1%; Free, no moving parts, roofs; need big area the size of Arizona; installation expenxive, storing energy  
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NRDC (address)   Natural Resources Defense Council, 1314 2nd Street, LEEDs building  
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SMURF   Santa Monica Urban Runoff Facility, costs $9 milion, cleans urban runoff water, 500,000 gallons each day  
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GIS   Geographic Information System, vector data  
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vector data   points=nodes, lines=arc, area=polygon  
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remote sensing   no direct physical contact, in electromagnectic spectrum collect from violet to thermal infared  
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raster data   one pixel=grid cell  
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Wavelength   UV, Visible, Infra, Thermal, Microwaves, Radiowaves  
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passive sensors   the sun sends the image  
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active sensors   the satellite sends the image, can go through clouds  
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when and why was the LA river channelized?   1980s because the river meanders  
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how can the LA River be both healthy and protected from floods?   create green space around the river  
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