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Soils and Biomes
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Environmental Studies
Undergraduate 4
02/29/2012

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Term
What element is absorbed in plants in the greatest quantity?
Definition
Nitrogen
Term
What element is particularly essential in early maturity and the formation of seeds and fruit?
Definition
Phosphorus
Term
What element helps to promote overall vigor of the plant
Definition
Potassium
Term
Tropical Rain Forrest
Definition
Uniform temperatures, humid, "laditudinal"
Term
Tundra vs. Desert
Definition
Biggest difference is temperature. Both get almost the same amount of rain.
Term
Estuaries
Definition
Fresh water meets salt water. Very delicate with high biodiversity
Term
Costal Wetlands
Definition

Covered with salt water all or part of the year

*sewage treatment

*water fowl

Term
Zones of freshwater lake
Definition

1. littoral zone

2. linetic

3. profundal

Term
Types of wetlands
Definition

1. Swamps: Wetland w/ Trees

2. Marshes: Wetlands w/o Trees

3. Bogs: Saturated Grounds (peat)

Term
Marine Ecosystem
Definition

Non Terrestrial

(tropical) Coral Reefs

Term
Oceans
Definition

Non Terrestrial

Creates most oxygent that we breath

Term
Hydroscopic
Definition
water that is not available (moist sponge)
Term
capillary H20 
Definition

Adheres to other water

It is available (water that falls out of a sponge when you squeeze it)

Term
Gravitational Water
Definition
(unavailable water) water that falls down out of a sponge when you pick it up.
Term
Sand
Definition
Largest Particles in the soil. They feel "Gritty"
Term
Silt
Definition
medium sized. they feel soft, silky, or "floury"
Term
Clay
Definition
smallest sized particles and they feel sticky, and they are hard to squeeze.
Term
Terrestrial Biomes
Definition
Large Terrestrial community that is recognized by its floral and fauna
Term
Tundra
Definition

Coldest of all the biomes

Low precipitation rate

Almost no trees due to short growing season

Term
Temperate Deciduos Forests
Definition
go through four seasons 
Term
Grassland Prarie
Definition
Grasses. Temperature is dependent on latitude
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Desert
Definition
Like tundra, but hotter
Term
succession
Definition
well orderly change of one community by another over a long period of time
Term
Secondary Succession
Definition
A natural of man made disaster has occured resulting in the destruction of the successional stage of growth
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