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APS 325: Life in Extremes

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By: Kiara Tooms
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Lecture 1: Hypersaline
Why study extreme environments,
What is an extreme environment,
Ultra extreme environments
20  cards
Lecture 2: High temperatures
Upper temperature limits for growth,
High temperature environments may...,
Chlorophyll is destroyed at
17  cards
Lecture 3:
Majority of life is aerobic anaer...,
Respiration fermentation ___ ener...,
Different _____ to oxygen allow r...
27  cards
Lecture 4: extremes of temperature
The majority of organisms an temp...,
Cryophiles psychrophiles,
What do we find at 18 dc
38  cards
Lecture 5: Life in rocks
Souring of oil wells,
Microbes fuel,
Example of microbe that leads to ...
21  cards
Lecture 6: Case Study Iron Mountain
Iron mountain,
___ acid fumes from the mine is k...,
Within the mine conditions
23  cards
Lecture 10: Deep sea vents
Deep sea shrimp rimicaris exocula...,
How do vents die,
Tubeworms when vents die
17  cards
Lecture 11: Deep sea biogenic habitats
__ of our world is ocean,
Average depth of ocean is ___m,
__ of the ocean is 1000m deep
14  cards
Lecture 12: Arctic Ecosystem
Arctic general characteristics,
Arctic characteristics plants,
Challenges for plants in arctic
36  cards
Lecture 13: Arctic animals
Abisko,
The north atlantic oscillation nao,
Positive the north atlantic oscil...
14  cards
Lecture 14: Plants in arid environments
Desert examples,
Water supply to deserts varies,
More water needed at ____ tempera...
23  cards
Lecture 15: Compatible solutes
A compatible solute is an,
Where do we find them,
Compatible solutes accumulate to
18  cards
Lecture 7: Case study:Phenol polluted aquifer
Ground water contamination examples,
___ is an important source of water,
Aquifers
21  cards
Lecture 16: Facilitation in extreme environments
Facilitation,
In harsh environments more facili...,
How to assess if facilitation is ...
17  cards
Lecture 9: Deep sea vents 1
Issue with studying,
Discovery of deep sea vents,
Fast spreading vs slow spreading ...
16  cards

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