What is Natural History ?
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What is Natural History?
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• Terrestrial Biomes• Characterized by dominant
____________… largely influenced by…
What explains geographic variation in climate?
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Earth’s…
How does temperature AND day length vary here at NNU from season to season?
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• Climate diagrams help summarize important information about a site.
What variables are represented on each of the axes?
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• Soil is another very important factor that influences what type of vegetation is dominant at a site
Where does soil come from?
What are the component parts of soil?
How do they differ from place to place?
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• Soil is the consequence of …
• Weathering…
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• Parent material is the ______________________ material from which the soil is formed…
• Soils distinguished by their physical and chemical properties including:
• ______ = 0.05 – 2mm ______ = 0.002 – 0.05mm ______ = <0.002mm
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Compare dirt samples!
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• Ion exchange is important to soil _______________…
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• Temperate Grasslands•Mediterranean Woodlund/Shrubland/Scrub•Tropical Dry Forest• Tundra
•Temperate Forests• Boreal Forests• Tropical Rain Forest• Tropical Savanna• Desert
Working in pairs, match the climate graphs and the biome distribution maps to the biome types listed below…
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