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Title Page Photo “ You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.” — Jacob Bronowski (Brainyquote.com)

Vocabulary ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Cycles and Patterns in the Biosphere

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],Atmosphere (climate’s domain) Lithosphere: Land surface Hydrosphere: Ocean, freshwater, & ice Biosphere: Plants & Animals

The Impact of Plants and Animals on the Landscape ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Geographic Approach to the Study of Organisms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Search for a Meaningful Classification Scheme ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Seeking Pertinent Patterns ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Biogeochemical Cycles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Global Net Primary Productivity

The Flow of Energy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Flow of Energy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Flow of Energy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Hydrologic Cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],Water Nutrients Energy

The Carbon Cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Carbon moves constantly from the living system to organic reservoirs and back

The Oxygen Cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Nitrogen Cycle ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other Mineral Cycles ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Principal Chemical Components of Biosphere ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Food Chains ,[object Object],[object Object]

Food Chains ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Fundamental Units of a Food Chain Plants are Autotrophs (Self-feeders that fix carbon – storing solar energy) Primary Consumers Herbivores (plant-eaters) Secondary Consumers Carnivores (meat-eaters) Animals are Heterotrophs (Consumers)

Food Chains ,[object Object],— Decrease in number of consumers — Few Secondary Consumers Many primary consumers

[object Object],[object Object]

Food Chains ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Natural Distributions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Natural Distributions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Natural Distributions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Relationships ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Influence of Climate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Influence of Climate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Edaphic Influences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Relationships ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Correlations: Example of Selva ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Correlations: Example of Selva ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Environmental Correlations: Example of Selva ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

People and the Environment: Changing Climate Affects Bird Populations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

People and the Environment: Changing Climate Affects Bird Populations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

People and the Environment: Wildfires in Yellowstone ,[object Object],[object Object]

People and the Environment: Wildfires in Yellowstone ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

People and the Environment: Wildfires in Yellowstone ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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