Transcript Biosphere/Biomes

Communities and
Biomes
Community
• Collection of several interacting
populations that inhabit a
common ecosystem.
Why do Animals and
Plants live where they
do?
Limiting Factors
• Environmental factors that
affect an organism’s ability to
survive in its environment, such
as food, predators, and
temperature.
• Any biotic or abiotic factor that
restricts the existence, numbers,
reproduction, or distribution of
organisms.
• Lack of Water - Less grass less grass seeds - less mice less hawks - less bird
watchers...
Liebigs Law of the
Minimum
• The success of an organism
depends on several
requirements, if one of these is
present in minimal quantities
this will limit the organism
regardless of the abundance of
the others.
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Minerals in the
Soil
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Fe
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Mg
Limiting Factor = Nitrogen
• No matter how much of the
other minerals you have once
you run out of nitrogen plants
can not grow. So nitrogen in
this example is the limiting
factor.
DEER
• Winter Range is the limiting
factor for deer.
Shelford’s Law of Tolerance
• Organisms have an ecological
maximum and minimum, with a
range in between which
represents the “limits of
tolerance”.
Succession
• The orderly replacement of one
community with another.
2Types of succession
• Primary (1°) - Occurs where no
community had previously
occupied the site.
• Bare rock, Sand dune, Glacial
till, volcanoes, open water.
• Secondary (2°) - Occurs where
the original community has
been disturbed or destroyed
• Fire, drought, flood, disease,
insects, over grazing, timber
harvest, agriculture, volcano.
Pioneer Organisms
• The first species into an area.
• Lichen
• Bare Rock
–Lichens
•Mosses
–Ferns, Shrubs, grasses
»Pines
»Hardwoods
• Open water
–algae
•submergents
–Floating leafed plants
»Emergents cattails
»Bog shrubs, grasses
»Bog trees
Climax Community
• A stable mature community that
undergoes little or no change in
species.
• Do Section Assessment 3.1
page 71 #1-6.
Biome
• Major Biotic region of the
world characterized by the
dominant vegetation.
Biomes of North America
• Polar
• Tundra
• Taiga-Boreal Forest-Coniferous
forest
• Deciduous forest
Biomes of North America
• Tropical Rain forest
• Tall Grass prairie
• Mid or Mixed Grass prairie
• Short Grass plains
Biomes of North America
• Mountain Complex
• Cold Desert
• Hot Desert
• Temperate Rain Forest
Desert Biome
• Deserts of the U.S.
• Cold desert
• Hot desert
–Mojave
–Sonoran
–Chihuahuan
Cold Desert
• Location:
– Utah, Nevada, Oregon, S.E. Washington
– S. Idaho, E. California
Mojave
• Characteristic Plant:
–Joshua Tree
• Location:
–S. Cal., S. Nev, SW. Utah
Sonoran
• Characteristic Plant:
–Saguaro Cactus
• Location:
–S. Az, N. Mexico
Chihuahuan
• Characteristic Plant:
–None
• Location:
–S. New Mexico, W. Texas, N.
Mexico
Fun Facts about Deserts
• 20% of the earth's surface is a
desert.
• Desertification: Where
grassland turns to desert. (OK.
Dust bowl)
REASONS FOR DESERTS
• Location @ 30° N & S latitude.
• Rain Shadow
• Remote from source of oceanic
moisture.
• Wind blowing over cold oceans.
Characteristics of Deserts
• Low & Erratic ppt.
• Extreme seasonal & diurnal
temperatures.
• Sting winds
• High UV radiation
• low humidities
Plant Adaptations
• Leaves modified to spines.
• Reduced leaf size
• drop leaves during dry periods
• succulence
Plant adaptations
• Shallow wide spreading roots
• Thick cuticle
• Small in size
• Stomate open only at night
Animal Adaptations
• Nocturnal or Crepuscular (dawn
or dusk)
• Scales or Shells (reptiles)
• Burrowing (#1biome)
• Efficient Kidneys
Animal Adaptations
• Concentrated Feces.
• Large surface to volume ratio
• Estivation: inactivity due to
heat
TUNDRA
• Finnish word: Treeless plain
Reasons for Tundra
• Location: above 60° N or S
latitude.
• Long days in summer
• Long nights in winter
• low temperatures
Characteristics of tundra
• Short vegetation - trees are
dwarf
• Permafrost
• Cryoplanation: sculpturing of
the landscape by cold.
• Soil infertile and acidic
Characteristics of tundra
• Very little bacteria or fungi in
soil. (too cold)
• Less than 10” of rain per year.
Plant adaptations
• Low growing and spreading
near the ground.
• Vegetative reproduction
common.
• Produce seed and grow quickly.
Animal Adaptations
• Dense fur or feathers
• Small surface per body volume
ratio
• Thick layers of fat
• small or short appendages
• color dimorphism
Animal Adaptations
• Migration
• Feathered tarsi
• Large feet
• Produce their own antifreeze
Important facts of the Tundra
• Lichens: most important plant
in food chain.
• Lemming: most important
animal in food chain.
Grassland
• Major grassland on every
continent.
• Eurasia: Steppe
• South America: Pampas
• North America: Plain, Prairie
• Africa: Veld
Reasons for Grasslands
• Location: Between equator and
30° N & S latitude. Between
deserts and forests.
• Ppt. 10”- 30”
Characteristics
• High evaporation rates
• Mainly grazing or burrowing
animals.
• Flat & Rolling hills.
• Sever weather, floods, tornadoes,
thunderstorms, freezing temps,
droughts.
Characteristics
• Support lots of grazing animals.
–50 - 60 million bison in one herd.
• If you stand on a shoebox and look
out across the grassland you can
see the back of your head.
Plant Adaptations
• Intercalary meristems:
Growing part of plant is @ or
below ground level.
• Form bunches
• form sod: interlocking roots
• Shallow root system
Plant Adaptation
• Flower at different time of the
year.
• Flexible stem
• Long and narrow stem
• Fast growing
Animal Adaptations
• Burrowing, (#2 biome)
• Strong flight or running
• Protective coloration
• Strong vision
Animal Adaptations
• Startle
• Hopping motion
AQUATIC BIOMES
• Marine Biome:
• Ocean = 70% of Earth's surface.
• Contains lots of water.
Ask your Teacher to draw the
location of the ZONES now.
He might have a cool handout that
will help if you ask him.
Inter-tidal Zone
• Fresh/saltwater
• Wet/Dry
• Pounding surf
• strong currents
• Plenty of light
Animals found here
• Sea urchins, chitons, clams,
mussels, oysters, oyster
catchers, sea anemones, crabs,
sea stars, small algae.
Neritic Zone
• Good light
• Strong currents
• Lots of minerals
• Most marine life found here
• Lots of Plankton
Animals found here
• Squid, fish, protozoans,
plankton, large algae, crabs,
lobster, sea turtles, whales, ship
wreck victims,etc.
Photic Zone
• Good light
• Low amount of minerals
• little life
• open ocean
Animals found here
• Not much
Aphotic Zone
• No light at all
• abyssal organisms
• near freezing temperatures
• reduced skeletal structure
• large stomachs
Animals found here
• Weird and Strange Stuff,
Glowing in the dark, scary
looking things.
Benthic Zone
• On the bottom
• silt, sand, mud
• Low visibility
• Food scraps
Animals
• Things that crawl or are flat etc.
Estuary
• Biome where freshwater meets
saltwater.
• Bays, mud flats, salt marshes.
Characteristics
• Plenty of Light
• Shallow water
• Lots of minerals
• High variation in temp &
salinity
• Exposure to air
Things you find there
• Clams
• sea worms
• mud
• water
• Salt grass
• etc.
Freshwater Biome
• 2 main kinds of lakes:
• Oligotrophic
• Eutrophic
Oligotrophic lakes
• Young lake
• 50’ + deep
• Blue to green in color
• Very little shallow water
Oligotrophic lakes
• Bottom “V” shaped
• low fertility
• High dissolved oxygen
• Low fish population
Oligotrophic lakes
• Examples:
–Bear Like
–Fish Lake
Oligotrophic lakes
• Types of fish:
–Lake trout
–White fish
–Cisco
Eutrophic Lake
• Eutrophication: Addition or
introduction of organic matter
into a lake. Aging process of a
lake.
Eutrophic Lake
• Older lakes
• shallower 50’ or less
• green to yellow in color
• considerable shallow water
Eutrophic Lake
• Lots of shoreline vegetation
• bottom a wide “U” shape
• High fertility
• Low dissolved oxygen
• fish population high
Eutrophic Lake
• Examples:
–Utah lake
–Panguitch lake
–Cutler reservoir
Eutrophic Lake
• Types of fish:
–Bass
–Perch
–Blue gill
–Crappie
Lake vs. River
• Lake: No current or very little
current
• River: Strong current
Adaptations for living in a
strong current
• Streamlined body
• Strong pectoral fins
• Pointed nose
Parts of a Fish
• ASK YOUR TEACHER TO
DRAW AND LABEL A FISH
FOR YOU.
Categories of Fish in Utah
• Game: Trout, bass, pike.
• Trash: Sucker, Carp, Utah Chub.
• Forage: Minnows, sculpins,
shiners.
• Panfish: Perch, Crappie, Blue gill.
• Commercial: Salmon
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