biotic factors, including all the organisms in the area, are they living component of the environment where as a biotic factors are the environments nonliving components
what's the difference between biotic and abiotic factors?
climate is the weather prevailing in an area and factors that affect it are trade winds, prevailing winds, ocean currents, and biomes
define climate and give examples of factors that affect it
evaporation is the process of turning from liquid to vapor where is transpiration is the process where plants absorb water through their roots and give off water vapor through pores in leaves
Define evaporation and transpiration and explain how they are different
factors that influence life in the biosphere are energy source, temperature, nutrients, water, climate, weather, and other aquatic and terrestrial factors
List physical and chemical factors that influence life in the biosphere
seasons exist because of the Earth's tilt, prevailing winds exist because of rising and falling air masses, and ocean currents exist because of a combination of prevailing winds, planets rotation, and unequal heating of surfaces
explain why the seasons of the year prevailing winds and ocean currents exist
widely separate biomes may look like because of convergent evolution, the appearance of similar traits in independently evolved species living in similar environments
Explain why species in widely separated biomes have similar features
because water affects the entire world not just certain areas
Explain how all parts of the biosphere are linked by the global water cycle
an ecosystem includes both the biotic and abiotic components of the environment where as a community is just the biotic factors
How is an ecosystem different from a community
bacteria, that extracts energy from inorganic chemicals, power the ecosystem
How do organisms gain energy if they live in a dark habitat
major types of ecological associations that occupy broad geographic regions of land or water
What is a biome?
precipitation and evaporation and transpiration from plants move water in an ecosystem
what two forces move water in an ecosystem?
The destruction of forest changes the amount of water vapor in the air and pumping large amounts of ground water to the surface for irrigation increases the rate of evaporation and made deplete groundwater supplies
how does human activity affect the water cycle?