Biosphere

Question 1

Can living elements of our planet exist without abiotic components?

Answer 1

No, ecosystems are composed of biotic and abiotic components, such as plants and animals

Question 2

What are some other characteristics of ecosystems? (3)

Answer 2

They overlap, interact and are always in motion

Question 3

What are the 4 categories of ecosystem services?

Answer 3

Provisioning, regulation, cultural, supporting

Question 4

What is provisioning?

Answer 4

“Products” obtained from ecosystems, ex.: food, fiber, medicines

Question 5

What is regulation?

Answer 5

Benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes

Question 6

What is the cultural service?

Answer 6

Nonmaterial benefits obtained from ecosystems, ex.: educational, spiritual, recreational

Question 7

What is the supporting service?

Answer 7

Necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services, ex.: biodiversity, nutrient recycling, primary productivity

Question 8

What abiotic factors influence vegetation type?

Answer 8

Precipitation, closeness to the oceans –> can effect the ‘écarts de temperature’

Question 9

What is biodiversity? (4)

Answer 9

• Diversity of life –> diversity of the spaces
• Richest biodiverse biome: jungle
• Coral reef –> most biodiverse in the whole planet –> sun = heat
• Boreal forests

Question 10

Why is biodiversity so important? (2)

Answer 10

• Food stuff
• Balanced ecosystem

Question 11

Why are tropical biomes so rich?

Answer 11

Because of the heat and tropical rains

Question 12

How do we reduce biodiversity? (5)

Answer 12

• monocropping –> fertilizer, pesticide
• eucalyptus –> swallows so much water
• forest fires = no more nutriance coming
• lawn mowing
• Extinction Rebellion

Question 13

What is the crucial role of pollinators?

Answer 13

To give us fruits/veggies

Question 14

What is the percentage of Canada’s fresh water?

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

What are the 2 means of transportation respectively created by the Inuit People and the First Nations?

Answer 15

• Inuit People : kayak (north)
• First Nations : canoe

Question 16

What are other places on the planet that aren’t as rich, yet still “rich”? (3)

Answer 16

• camels (preserve water in their humps) –> natural ways
• human adaptation (well) –> traditional ways
• reservoirs ) types of bodies of water in different shapes/forms)