Notes in ECO EXAM II

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Published	02/07/2025	What is the biggest constraint on life across all terrestrial ecosystems?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the pathway of water?
Published	02/07/2025	What are the main abiotic constraints on life?
Published	02/07/2025	What is light determined by in terrestrial ecosystems?
Published	02/07/2025	Why is more energy reflected off the yellow grass canpoy compared to the green forest canopy?
Published	02/07/2025	What is canpoy cover directly related to?
Published	02/07/2025	What is an isopleth?
Published	02/07/2025	What is available light in a forest affeted by?
Published	02/07/2025	How does leaf orientation influence vertical distribution of light?
Published	02/07/2025	How does forest structure influence the vertical distribution of light?
Published	02/07/2025	Why does the forest understory get the same amount of PAR light at these two time points despite the lack of leaf cover? in wint?er
Published	02/07/2025	What is ambient lighting?
Published	02/07/2025	What is reflectance?
Published	02/07/2025	Why would an organism want to position itself in a small gap rather than the large gap?
Published	02/07/2025	Which shade gets more sunlight?
Published	02/07/2025	Why do we need to take a measurement that is relative to total light at that place and time?
Published	02/07/2025	Why would variable cloud cover decrease the accuracy of our relative light availability measurements?
Published	02/07/2025	What are soils?
Published	02/07/2025	What are the ecological conditions of soils?
Published	02/07/2025	What are the enviornmental gradients of soils?
Published	02/07/2025	How do we get from rock to soil?
Published	02/07/2025	What are the two types of weathering?
Published	02/07/2025	What is mechanical weathering?
Published	02/07/2025	What contributes to mechanical weathering?
Published	02/07/2025	What is chemical weathering?
Published	02/07/2025	What contributes to chemical weathering?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the difference between mechanical and chemical weathering done by water?
Published	02/07/2025	Which type of weathering created the Grand Canyon?
Published	02/07/2025	What is a lichen?
Published	02/07/2025	What five factors contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	How does parent material contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	How do biotic factors contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	How do climate factors contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	How does topography contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	How does time contribute to soil formation?
Published	02/07/2025	What are the physical characteristics of soils?
Published	02/07/2025	How is soil color used to classify soil?
Published	02/07/2025	How is depth of soil used to classify soils?
Published	02/07/2025	What is a soil profile?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the O horizon?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the A horizon?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the B horizon?
Published	02/07/2025	What is the C horizon?
Published	02/07/2025	What is soil texture?
Published	02/07/2025	How does soil texture affect soil?
Published	02/07/2025	Why are there so many worms above ground after it rains?
Published	02/07/2025	How does rain move into soil?
Published	02/10/2025	When is soil saturated?
Published	02/10/2025	When is soil at field capacity?
Published	02/07/2025	When is soil at wilting point?
Published	02/10/2025	What is the order of soil particles from big to small? Why is it important to know?
Published	02/10/2025	How much silt is in this type of soil?
Published	02/10/2025	What is capillary water?
Published	02/10/2025	What are the best soil conditions for agriculture?
Published	02/10/2025
Published	02/10/2025	What is available water capacitiy influenced by?
Published	02/10/2025	How do regional differences in geology, climate, and vegetation influence soils?
Published	02/10/2025	What is soil order?
Published	02/10/2025
Published	02/10/2025	What are forest ecosystems characterized by?
Published	02/10/2025	What are woodland and savanna ecosystems characterized by?
Published	02/10/2025	What are shrubs?
Published	02/10/2025	Why are desert/aridlands significant?
Published	02/10/2025	What do biome type formations depend on?
Published	02/10/2025	What can influence the occurence of a biome in a location?
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