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Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

Chapter Overview Questions. What factors the earth's climate?How does climate determine where the earth's major biome's are found?What are the major types of desert biomes?What are the major types of grassland biomes?. Chapter Overview Questions (cont'd). What are the major types of forest and

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Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

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    1. Chapter 5 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity

    2. Chapter Overview Questions What factors the earths climate? How does climate determine where the earths major biomes are found? What are the major types of desert biomes? What are the major types of grassland biomes?

    3. Chapter Overview Questions (contd) What are the major types of forest and mountain biomes? How have human activities affected the worlds desert, grassland, forest, and mountain biomes?

    4. Updates Online The latest references for topics covered in this section can be found at the book companion website. Log in to the books e-resources page at www.thomsonedu.com to access InfoTrac articles. InfoTrac: Of Chicks and Frogs. Steven Pinker. Forbes, August 14, 2006 v178 i3 p40. InfoTrac: Nice Rats, Nasty Rats: Maybe It's All In the Genes. Nicholas Wade. The New York Times, July 25, 2006 pF1(L). InfoTrac: Ancient shrub unlocks a clue to Darwin's 'abominable mystery. The Christian Science Monitor, May 18, 2006 p02. The Jane Goodall Institute Natural History Museum: Ancient Birds

    5. Core Case Study Blowing in the Wind: A Story of Connections Wind connects most life on earth. Keeps tropics from being unbearably hot. Prevents rest of world from freezing.

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