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Chapter 26: The Biosphere


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Chapter 26: The Biosphere

p. 518: environmental gain, homeostasis

p. 519: endotherms, Allen’s rule, Bergmann’s rule

p. 520: shortwave radiation, longwave radiation

p. 521: doldrums, polar front, trade winds, prevailing westerlies

p. 522: windward, leeward, rain shadow effect, Mediterranean climate, monsoon

p. 523: microclimate

p. 524: biomes

p. 526: tropical rainforests, savannas

p. 527: deserts, temperate grasslands, prairies

p. 528: temperate deciduous forests, temperate evergreen forests

p. 529: taiga, tundra, permafrost

p. 530: polar ice, mountain zone (alpine), chaparral

p. 531: warm, moist evergreen forest, tropical monsoon forest (tropical upland forest), semidesert (tropical dry or thornwood forests)

p. 532: gyres, Gulf Stream, Humboldt Current, upwelling

p. 533: El Niño Southern Oscillations

p. 534: endemic

p. 535: neritic zone, pelagic zone, benthic zone, intertidal region, littoral region, coral reefs

p. 536: plankton, nekton

p. 537: bioluminescent, chemosynthesis

p. 538: ponds, lakes, photic zone, aphotic zone, littoral zone, limnetic zone, profundal zone

p. 539: thermal stratification, epilimnion, hypolimnion, thermocline, fall overturn, spring overturn

p. 540: eutrophic lakes, oligotrophic lakes, wetlands, hydrophytes

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