Biology (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter 56, Problem 13TYU
INTERPRET DATA Examine Figure 56-1. What is the lowest average annual precipitation characteristic of tropical rain forests? the highest? What is the range of average temperature in tropical rain forests?
Figure 56-1 Using precipitation and temperature to identify biomes
Factors such as soil type, fire, and seasonality of climate affect whether temperate grassland or chaparral develops. Adapted from R.H. Whittaker, Communities and Ecosystems, 2nd ed. (Macmillan, New York, 1975).
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Ch. 56.2 - Prob. 2CCh. 56.2 - How do you distinguish between freshwater wetlands...Ch. 56.2 - Prob. 4CCh. 56.2 - Which aquatic ecosystem is often compared to...Ch. 56.3 - Prob. 7LOCh. 56.3 - Prob. 1CCh. 56.4 - Prob. 8LOCh. 56.4 - Prob. 1CCh. 56.4 - Prob. 2CCh. 56 - The northernmost biome, known as __________,...Ch. 56 - Forests of the northeastern and middle Atlantic...Ch. 56 - The deepest, richest soil in the world occurs in...Ch. 56 - This biome, with its thicket of evergreen shrubs...Ch. 56 - This biome is a tropical grassland interspersed...Ch. 56 - This biome has the greatest species richness, (a)...Ch. 56 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 56 - Emergent vegetation grows in the __________ zone...Ch. 56 - The _______________ is open ocean from the...Ch. 56 - The transition zone where two ecosystems or biomes...Ch. 56 - Which biogeographic realm has been separated from...Ch. 56 - INTERPRET DATA Develop a hypothesis to explain why...Ch. 56 - INTERPRET DATA Examine Figure 56-1. What is the...Ch. 56 - INTERPRET DATA Examine Figure 56-24. How many of...Ch. 56 - PREDICT What would happen to the organisms in a...Ch. 56 - EVOLUTION LINK When a black-tailed prairie dog or...Ch. 56 - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY Imagine that you...
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