Chapter 2

Question 1

Carbon sinks

Answer 1

stores in a system containing a lot of
carbon, e.g. a forest or a peat bog

Question 2

Carrying
Capacity

Answer 2

The maximum population size that a given
area can support sustainably.

Question 3

tricellular
model

Answer 3

the model which describes 3 large convection
cells moving air from the equator towards the
poles in each hemisphere of the earth that
explains the distribution of precipitation and
temperature that influence structure and
relative productivity of different terrestrial
biomes

Question 4

Zonation

Answer 4

Distrubution of different kinds of biogeoligcal zones