Essentials of Ecology

136 CHAPTER 6 The Human Population and Its Impact TFR from 5.7 to 1.6 children per woman, compared to 2.1 in the United States. ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 137 were struggling to live on less than $2 (U.S.) day (see Photo 2 in the Detailed Contents ...

138 CHAPTER 6 The Human Population and Its Impact What is fertility rate? Distinguish between replacement-level fertility rate ...

ACADEMIC.CENGAGE.COM/BIOLOGY/MILLER 139 ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ANALYSIS The chart below shows selected population data for two dif ...

CORE CASE STUDY Wind—an indirect form of solar energy—is an important factor in the earth’s climate. It is part of the planet’s ...

141 The Earth Has Many Different Climates Weather is a local area’s short-term temperature, pre- cipitation, humidity, wind spee ...

142 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity Kuro shioc urrent Westwinddrift W Westwinddrift estA ustr alia nc ur ren t No ...

CONCEPT 7-1 143 and help distribute air, heat, moisture, and dust over the earth’s surface (Core Case Study). Properties of air ...

144 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity Learn more about how oceans affect air move- ments where you live and all ove ...

CONCEPT 7-2 145 As the drier air mass passes over the mountaintops it flows down the leeward (away from the wind) slopes, warms ...

146 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity Figure 3-7 (p. 55) shows how major biomes in the United States (Figure 5, p. ...

CONCEPT 7-2 147 Figure 7-9 Generalized effects of elevation (left) and latitude (right) on climate and biomes. Parallel changes ...

148 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity There Are Three Major Types of Deserts In a desert, annual precipitation is l ...

CONCEPT 7-2 149 Figure 7-11 Climate graphs showing typical variations in annual temperature (red) and precipitation (blue) in tr ...

150 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity There Are Three Major Types of Grasslands Grasslands occur mostly in the inte ...

CONCEPT 7-2 151 Figure 7-12 Climate graphs showing typical variations in annual temperature (red) and precipitation (blue) in tr ...

152 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity (subside), which can damage buildings, roads, power lines, and other human st ...

CONCEPT 7-2 153 modified this biome considerably (Figure 3, pp. S24– S25, in Supplement 4). The downside of its favorable climat ...

154 CHAPTER 7 Climate and Terrestrial Biodiversity Figure 7-15 Climate graphs showing typical variations in annual temperature ( ...

CONCEPT 7-2 155 and abundant precipitation, often spread fairly evenly throughout the year (Figure 7-15, center graph). This bio ...