01:450:101 Final: 01:450:101 - Term Test 3
Document Summary
Chapter 10: cycles and patterns in the biosphere. Chapter 10: cycles and patterns in the biosphere: the impact of plants and animals on the landscape, vegetation used to grow profusely hundreds of years ago. Soup: the binomial name for humans is homo sapienwhere homo is the genus name, and sapien is the species name, the classification for humans is, domain: eukarya. Species: homo sapien: biota - the total complex of plant (flora) and animal (fauna) life, ocean biota is comprised of : Plankton - microscopic organisms that mostly rely on ocean tides and currents to move around: nekton - life such as fish or octopuses that have more mobility. The sun is the source of energy for most life on earth (chemical vents on the ocean floor are the energy source for some life on earth). Photosynthesis takes energy from sunlight, and converts it into glucose. Respiration takes glucose and turns it into energy that organisms can use.
