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Chapter 30, Problem 1FIB
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The climate and weather is driven by the Sun, which is a thermonuclear engine. In a range of wavelengths, the solar energy reaches the Earth. The average temperature yearly is determined by the proportion of sunlight, which reaches the Earth’s surface in various regions that in turn, depends on the latitude.
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1. Make a sketch of this profile:
Pencil into your sketch the location of the following zones: Photic Zone, Aphotic
Zone, Ocean Basin.
2. Which of these zones zone is the most productive?
Explain:
Look at the following temperature and precipitation graph for a city around the world. Using this information, write down which biome each city has in it. Be careful to read the numbers along The numbers along the Y-axis carefully. For precipitation, you will need to look at figure 2.2, which has annual precipitation numbers in centimeters. Then compare them to the monthly precipitation numbers in the graph, which are in millimeters. It may be helpful to add up The graph numbers and convert that number to centimeters in order to determine the Biome. Average temperatures are also represented on figure 2.2.
Answer choices
A. Desert
B. Tropical rain forest
C. Temperate grassland
D. Tundra
Given these large-scale climate patterns based on latitude, what might you expect in terms of the global
distribution of primary productivity (e.g. where might you expect greater plant productivity)? (Select all that are
true.)
Higher productivity near equator because of more direct solar radiation.
Higher productivity near equator because of overall more precipitation.
Bands of lower productivity near 30° N and S because of drier air.
Bands of lower productivity near poles because of drier air.
Chapter 30 Solutions
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