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Section 4-1 The Role of Climate
(pages 87-89)
Key Concepts
• How does the greenhouse effect maintain the biosphere’s temperature range?
• What are Earth’s three main climate zones?
What Is Climate? (page 87)
1. How is weather different from climate? __________________________________________
2. What factors cause climate? ___________________________________________________
The Greenhouse Effect (pages 87-88)
3. Circle the letter of the world’s insulating blanket.
a. oxygen
b. the atmosphere
c. the oceans
d. solar energy
4. Complete the illustration of the greenhouse effect by showing in arrows and words what
happens to the sunlight that hits Earth’s surface.
5. What effect do carbon dioxide, methane, and a few other atmospheric gases have on
Earth’s temperature? ______________________________________________________
6. What is the greenhouse effect? _______________________________________________
The Effect of Latitude on Climate (page 88)
7. Why does solar radiation strike different parts of Earth’s surface at an angle that varies
throughout the year? _________________________________________________________
8. Circle the letter of where the sun is almost directly overhead at noon all year. a.
the North Pole
b. China c. the equator
d. the South Pole
9. Why does Earth have different climate zones? ____________________________________
10. Complete the table about Earth’s three main climate zones.
MAIN CLIMATE ZONES
Climate Zone
Location
Climate Characteristics
Areas around North and
South poles
Between the polar
zones and the tropics
Near the equator
Heat Transport in the Biosphere (page 89)
11. What force drives winds and ocean currents? _____________________________________
12. The process in which water rises toward the surface in warmer regions is called
_______________________________
13. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about ocean currents.
a. Patterns of heating and cooling result in ocean currents.
b. Ocean currents transport heat within the biosphere.
c. Surface water moved by winds results in ocean currents.
d. Ocean currents have no effect on the climate of landmasses.
Section 4-2 What Shapes an Ecosystem? (pages 90-97)
Key Concepts
• How do biotic and abiotic factors influence an ecosystem?
• What interactions occur within communities?
• What is ecological succession?
Biotic and Abiotic Factors (page 90)
1. Complete the table about factors that influence ecosystems.
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE ECOSYSTEMS
Type of Factor
Definition
Examples
Biotic factors
Abiotic factors
2. What do the biotic and abiotic factors together determine? ____________________________
The Niche (pages 91-92)
3. What is a niche? _____________________________________________________________
4. In what ways is food part of an organism’s niche? __________________________________
5. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true about niches.
a. Different species can share the same niche in the same habitat.
b. No two species can share the same niche in the same habitat.
c. Two species in the same habitat have to share a niche to survive.
d. Different species can occupy niches that are very similar.
Community Interactions (pages 92-93)
6. When does competition occur? __________________________________________________
7. What is a resource? ___________________________________________________________
8. What is often the result of direct competition in nature? ______________________________
9. What is the competitive exclusion principle?
10. What is predation? __________________________________________________________
11. When predation occurs, what is the organism called that does the killing and eating,
and what is the food organism called? ___________________________________________
12. What is symbiosis? __________________________________________________________
13. Complete the table about main classes of symbiotic relationships.
MAIN CLASSES OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS
Class
Description of Relationship
Mutualism
Commensalism
Parasitism
14. The organism from which a parasite obtains nutritional needs is called a
_____________________.
15. Circle the letter of each sentence that is true of parasites.
a. They generally weaken but do not kill their host.
b. They obtain all or part of their nutritional needs from the host.
c. They neither help nor harm the host.
d. They are usually smaller than the host.
Ecological Succession (pages 94-97)
16. What is ecological succession? ________________________________________________
17. What is primary succession? _________________________________________________
18. The first species to populate an area when primary succession begins are called
_______________________________
19. When a disturbance changes a community without removing the soil, what follows?
20. An area that was once referred to as a climax community may appear to be permanent,
but what might cause it to undergo change? ______________________________________
Biotic and Abiotic Factors in an Ecosystem
In an ecosystem, biotic factors are biological influences on organisms. Abiotic factors are nonliving (or physical)
influences on organisms. Circle each abiotic factor. Draw an X over each biotic factor.
Use the previous illustration to answer the questions.
1.
Are factors related to climate, such as rainfall and temperature, biotic, or abiotic factors?
_______________Why?__________________________________________________________________________
2.
Which factors make up an organism’s niche? Circle the best answer.
abiotic factors only
both biotic and abiotic factors
The Niche
A niche is the range of physical and biological conditions in
which an organism lives and the way that the organism uses those
conditions.
The prompts describe the niches of three bird species. Use the prompts to
help you label the birds in the diagram.
• Bay-Breasted Warbler: feeds in the middle part of a
spruce tree
• Cape May Warbler: feeds at the tips of branches near the
top of a spruce tree
• Yellow-Rumped Warbler: feeds in the lower part of a spruce
tree and at the bases of the middle branches
Spruce Tree
Use the illustration to answer the question.
1. Why can all three species of warbler live in the same spruce tree?
2. Do all three species of warbler share the same niche?
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Class
Date
Ecological Succession
The first panel below shows an area covered with rock and ash from
a volcanic eruption. When organisms begin to colonize an area such
as this, they appear in a predictable order. This is called ecological
succession. The first species to colonize this area are called pioneer
species.
The panels following the first panel show different stages of succession.
Number these panels in the order that they occur.
Use the illustrations to answer the questions. Circle the correct answer.
1. Look at the panels you have numbered 2-4. At what stage would
you expect to see large mammals moving back to the area?
panel 2
panel 4
2. What type of succession is shown in the illustrations above?
primary succession
secondary succession
3. Suppose a fire disturbed the community shown in the panel you
numbered 4. What type of succession will likely follow this fire?
primary succession
secondary succession
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Reviewing Key Concepts
Short Answer On the lines provided, answer the following questions.
1. Name and describe the two factors that determine the survival and
growth of organisms in an ecosystem.
2. Name three types of community interactions that affect an ecosystem.
3. In which type of community relationship does one member of the
association benefit while the other is neither helped nor harmed? Give
an example.
4. What are the two kinds of disturbances that change ecosystems?
5. Describe the process of succession in an ecosystem.
Reviewing Key Skills
6. Applying Concepts How is a niche related to abiotic and biotic factors?
7. Comparing and Contrasting Compare the three types of
symbiosis—mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism—in terms of
the relationships that exist within each type.
_________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Applying Concepts If two organisms occupy the same niche in the
same habitat at the same time, what must be true about them?
9. Comparing and Contrasting Compare the two types of succession
and give an example of each.
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Name________________________________ Class ____________________ Date _______________
Completion On the lines provided, complete the following sentences.
1. The three main types of symbiotic relationships in nature are
______________________ , _______________________ , and
_________________________ .
2. The gradual change in living communities that follows a disturbance
is called____________________________.
Matching On the lines provided, write the letter of the definition that matches
each term.
1. weather
a. nonliving factors that shape ecosystems
2. greenhouse effect
b. the full range of conditions in which an
organism lives and the way in which the
organism uses those conditions
3. polar zone
4. temperate zone
5. biotic factors
6. abiotic factors
7. niche
8. predation
c. natural situation in which atmospheric gases
trap heat inside Earth’s atmosphere
d. cold area where the sun’s rays strike at a very
low angle
e. interaction where an organism captures and
feeds on another organism
f. day-to-day condition of Earth’s atmosphere at
a particular time and place
g. climate in this area ranges from hot to cold,
depending on the season
h. biological influences on organisms within an
ecosystem