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Published	09/29/2024	At what temperature is electromagnetic radiation emitted?
Published	09/29/2024	What speed does radiation travel?
Published	09/29/2024	What is infrared?
Published	09/29/2024	Visible wave length is between
Published	09/29/2024	Long wavelengths are considered
Published	09/29/2024	The high difference in wavelength absorption between atmosphere and earth's surface is due to
Published	09/29/2024	CO2 mainly absorbs which type of radiation?
Published	09/29/2024	Why do different parts of the earth receive varying amounts of radiation?
Published	09/29/2024	Where does earth receive the most radiation?
Published	09/29/2024	How much is the earth tilted? (hint, where are the tropics)
Published	09/29/2024	Explain the process of what happens to air as it heats up.
Published	09/29/2024	Why is it hottest at the surface of the earth?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the troposphere?
Published	09/29/2024	Where is ozone located?
Published	09/29/2024	Where is the stratosphere the hottest? The coldest?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the tropopause?
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Published	09/29/2024	general climate is...
Published	09/29/2024	what does the sun provide to earth?
Published	09/29/2024	how does radiation behave?
Published	09/29/2024	wavelength spectrum
Published	09/29/2024	wien's law
Published	09/29/2024	what type of radiation does earth take in vs. emit?
Published	09/29/2024	common greenhouse gases and their effect
Published	09/29/2024	use differentiality to explain why the poles are colder than the equator
Published	09/29/2024	explain the idea of adiabatic cooling
Published	09/29/2024	what absorbs most of sun radiation? what disrupts this?
Published	09/29/2024	what occurs in air in the troposphere, tropopause and stratosphere
Published	09/29/2024	key characteristics of water
Published	09/29/2024	what contributions does water have to environment
Published	09/29/2024	what is the equation for angular acceleration?
Published	09/29/2024	what part of the planet has the potential to hold the most amount of moisture within the atmosphere?
Published	09/29/2024	what part of the planet do deserts form?
Published	09/29/2024	how much energy does it take to evaporate vs. freeze H2O?
Published	09/29/2024	explain the rain gradient formed by the rocky mountains?
Published	09/29/2024	how to read heinrich walter climate diagrams
Published	09/29/2024	how to calculate relative humidity
Published	09/29/2024	what is the primary cause of convergent evolution?
Published	09/29/2024	what are the 4 biomes directly affected by Hadely cells?
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a tropical rain forest (btwn 0-10º N/S) (biome 1)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a subtropical desert (30º N/S) (biome 3)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a tropical seasonal forest and savannah (biome 2)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of woodland/shrubland/mediterranean (biome 4)
Published	09/29/2024	what biomes are directly affected by hadly cells and the tilt of the earth (why?)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a temperate (evergreen) rain forest (biome 5)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a temperate seasonal (deciduous) forest (biome 6)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a temperate grassland/cold desert (biome 7)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a boreal or taiga (biome 8)
Published	09/29/2024	what are the key aspects of a polar/tundra/alpine (biome 9)
Published	09/29/2024	what is physiological optima?
Published	09/29/2024	what is osmotic regulation?
Published	09/29/2024	how to terrestrial animals maintain osmotic potential
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Published	09/29/2024	why is cellular respiration highly ineffective?
Published	09/29/2024	how do endotherms make up for ineffective cellular respiration?
Published	09/29/2024	difference between high elevation and low elevation animals
Published	09/29/2024	What determins organism distribution
Published	09/29/2024	How does radiation travel as?
Published	09/29/2024	Wavelength of peak radiation is dependent on
Published	09/29/2024	short wave UV visible near IR
Published	09/29/2024	How are the wavelengths from the sun different from those from the earth?
Published	09/29/2024	What does an alpha value of 1 mean in terms of absorption
Published	09/29/2024	Why do greenhouse gases cause an increase in Earth's temperature?
Published	09/29/2024	Solar radiation that strikes the earth head on at a 90 degree angle has to pass through less atmosphere than does radiation at a smaller angle. T…
Published	09/29/2024	Spectral emittance vs Spectral irradiance
Published	09/29/2024	4-7 degrees celsius of cooling for every 1 Km of altitude is named what rate term?
Published	09/29/2024	As you rise in the stratosphere, you approach the ozone layer. What happens to the temperature?
Published	09/29/2024	Hotter air holds (more/less) water vapor
Published	09/29/2024	Esat represents what?
Published	09/29/2024	what is the cause of the observed interannual variation in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2?
Published	09/29/2024	what biology is necessary to understand changes in growth rate of CO2?
Published	09/29/2024	equation for calculating terrestrial carbon abundance
Published	09/29/2024	explain the effect of high water stress on a plant
Published	09/29/2024	what does the ratio of Ci:Ca indicate?
Published	09/29/2024	what is the difference between annual and perenial plants?
Published	09/29/2024	what causes the seasonal shift of C3 to C4 from spring to summer?
Published	09/29/2024	how to calculate C3 carbon isotope
Published	09/29/2024	how is the rainshadow formed by the Rocky Mountains?
Published	09/29/2024	What part of the planet has the potential to hold the most moisture?
Published	09/29/2024	Why don't deserts have any moisture while rainforests do?
Published	09/29/2024	What does subtropical refer to?
Published	09/29/2024	Which way does weather move across the U.S.
Published	09/29/2024	Which way do winds move as they approach the equator?
Published	09/29/2024	Explain directionality of winds relative to the equator
Published	09/29/2024	How do mountain ranges influence climate?
Published	09/29/2024	Walter Climate diagram KeyLeft Y axis - Right Y Axis - What do straight verticle lines vs dots mean in between the pricipation and temperatu…
Published	09/29/2024	What is a biome
Published	09/29/2024	What is convergent evolution
Published	09/29/2024	How does the ITCZ shift during the seasons?
Published	09/29/2024	How can you determine an organism's resting metabolism?
Published	09/29/2024	What is osmotic potential?
Published	09/29/2024	What does a more negative osmotic potential indicate?
Published	09/29/2024	Which direction does water flow based on osmotic potential?
Published	09/29/2024	Temperature is sensed by which part of the brain
Published	09/29/2024	The amount of energy expended at rest after the digestive system has been inactive for about 12 hours
Published	09/29/2024	What is metabolic scope
Published	09/29/2024	What is the maximum metabolic scope that humans can sustain over long periods of time?
Published	09/29/2024	How does increased solutes in water (more negative osmotic potential) affect freezing point?
Published	09/29/2024	Is the degree in reduction of freezing point of a liquid based on the concentration of solute or type of solute?
Published	09/29/2024	How do fish resist freezing in antarctica?
Published	09/29/2024	Brachydonty
Published	09/29/2024	Hypsodonty
Published	09/29/2024	Hypselodonty
Published	09/29/2024	What do browsers eat? Grazers?
Published	09/29/2024	Why are long teeth an advantage?
Published	09/29/2024	What change to biomes promoted the evolution of grazing species and the extinction of browsing species?
Published	09/29/2024	Reaction for photosynthesis
Published	09/29/2024	What is the site of light dependent reactions inside of chloroplasts
Published	09/29/2024	What fluid surrounds the thylakoids? Which is inside of the thylakoid
Published	09/29/2024	What is the role of stomata. What is the side effect of its process?
Published	09/29/2024	Why do plants store energy as glucose instead of atp if it takes extra energy to produce ATP
Published	09/29/2024	explain the role of chlorophyll in photosynthesis
Published	09/29/2024	What is rubisco's role
Published	09/29/2024	What are the two stages of photosynthesis
Published	09/29/2024	Photosynthesis reaction of Rubisco
Published	09/29/2024	Photorespiration of Rubisco
Published	09/29/2024	What needs to happen to PG after photorespiration?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the Y axis of A Ci curve
Published	09/29/2024	What is photosynthetic rate limited by initially
Published	09/29/2024	What limits photosynthesis at high concentrations of CO2
Published	09/29/2024	What is CO2 compensation point?
Published	09/29/2024	What is Ca
Published	09/29/2024	What is the effect of increasing nitrogen on plant photosynthesis
Published	09/29/2024	How much is photosynthetic rate reduced by photorespiration?
Published	09/29/2024	Why does photorespiration still exist if it's inefficient?
Published	09/29/2024	What are C4 plants
Published	09/29/2024	Why is growth slower in CAM plants?
Published	09/29/2024	Why are C4 plants the most abundant in aquatic environments?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the CO2 equilibrium
Published	09/29/2024	what is ATP used to yield in calvin benson cycle? what about NADPH2?
Published	09/29/2024	what are the costs of photorespiration?
Published	09/29/2024	what does the A/Ci curve show?
Published	09/29/2024	why does solubility of CO2 decrease as temp. increases?
Published	09/29/2024	what happens to the rate of photorespiration as temp increases?
Published	09/29/2024	why does photorespiration still exist if it leads to a clear inefficiency/interferes with photosynthesis?
Published	09/29/2024	where does C3 photosynthesis primarily occur? what about C4?
Published	09/29/2024	what part of C4 photosynthesis costs ATP?
Published	09/29/2024	what is the benefit and cost of C4 photosynthesis
Published	09/29/2024	what is the benefit of using PEPc in C4 photosynthesis as opposed to rubisco in C3 photosynthesis?
Published	09/29/2024	amount of CO2 required in atmosphere for PEPc vs. Rubisco activity:
Published	09/29/2024	what is a CAM plant?
Published	09/29/2024	what is the trend in representation of the different plants (C3, C4, and CAM)
Published	09/29/2024	Bop
Published	09/29/2024	What is the water potential equation?
Published	09/29/2024	How does water move based on pressure potential
Published	09/29/2024	What is the pressure potential of dead xylem cells?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the water potential of pure water
Published	09/29/2024	What does a cell do when it's placed into a medium
Published	09/29/2024	How will a cell of negative osmotic potential reach a water potential of zero
Published	09/29/2024	What provides structure for plant cells
Published	09/29/2024	What is tensile strength?
Published	09/29/2024	Do dead cells have osmotic potential
Published	09/29/2024	What are the pressure potentials as you move up the plant
Published	09/29/2024	what direction does water move in terms of osmotic potential and pressure potential?
Published	09/29/2024	What do the roots of a plant do as moisutre in the soil decreases to maintain water uptake?
Published	09/29/2024	What happens if water potential in xylem gets too high and there isn't enough water
Published	09/29/2024	what are the costs and benefits of a smaller xylem vs. a larger xylem?
Published	09/29/2024	How do you prevent embolism in times of low water
Published	09/29/2024	What is water use efficiency
Published	09/29/2024	Which type of plant has the best WUE
Published	09/29/2024	How do C3 and C4 photosynthetic rates very with temperature?
Published	09/29/2024	What is the difference in carbon 13 concentrations between C3 and C4 plants
Published	09/29/2024	Why do c4 plants need more light than C3 plants?
Published	09/29/2024	How did C4 plants determine which teeth type prevailed in horses?
Published	09/29/2024	Ways to lose energy
Published	09/29/2024	What is an ecosystem?
Published	09/29/2024	Rnet (net radiation absorbed by an ecosystem) equation
Published	09/29/2024	besides decreased solubility of CO2, why do C4 plants dominate in high temperature?
Published	09/29/2024	In sensible heat loss, what are the primary drivers of heat transfer?
Published	09/29/2024	What is Kh in heat loss?
Published	09/29/2024	What are the primary pathways for energy dissipation?
Published	09/29/2024	Bowen ratio
Published	09/29/2024	what are the primary pathways for energy dissipation?
Published	09/29/2024	Specific heat of water
Published	09/29/2024	Why is bowen ratio smaller in wetter systems
Published	09/29/2024	What LH do systems with a lot of leaves have?
Published	09/29/2024	why doesn't a lake have a low bohen ratio?
Published	09/29/2024	what is the primary input that controls LH in an ecosystem?
Published	09/29/2024	What input controls LH in an ecosystem?
Published	09/29/2024	Precipitation equation
Published	09/29/2024	What happens to SH as vegetation decreases and why
Published	09/29/2024	what is the relationship between runoff and precipitation? what about evaporation and precipitation?
Published	09/29/2024	Why is precipation downwind of cities greater than upwind of cities
Published	09/29/2024	What is NPP and its equation?
Published	09/29/2024	What is NEP and its equation
Published	09/29/2024	why does the air heat up as it rises in the stratosphere?
Published	09/30/2024	Where does most carbon go towards from NPP
Published	09/30/2024	How else is carbon used up by plants?
Published	09/30/2024	Why does precipitation decrease NPP past a point?
Published	09/30/2024	How is NPP affected by temperature?
Published	09/30/2024	What controls NEP?
Published	09/30/2024	What does NEP tell you about a system?
Published	09/30/2024	What does it mean if a system is a carbon sink?
Published	09/30/2024	What is the major avenue of carbon loss from an ecosystem?
Published	09/30/2024	What are the producs of decomposition?
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