Wednesday, April 6, 2011

exam question: sugar cane

the sugar cane did produce carbon dioxide into the atmostphere, however this would not of effected global warming because there is only a very little carbon dioxide released. this is not a long term store of carbon dioxide like you do with fossil fuels.

weather journal: thursday 7 april

temperature- high: 28 degrees
                    low: 27 degrees

humidity- high: 88%
               low: 85%

air pressure- high: 759%
                    low: 756%

precipretation: 0mm

cloud type: stratus

cloud cover: 70%
   

exam revision: habitats, communities, niches, ecosystems and populations

ecosystem: a communtiy of interdependant organisms and the physical environment they inhabit
population: a group of organisms of the same species living in the same area at the same time, and which are capable of interbreeding
community: a group of the same species living and interacting with each other in a common habitat
niche: where organisms live and work i.e bees

the exercise we did on this was to create our own ecosystem with populations, communities, niches..ect

some pages in the textbook that might help are pages 176-177