Biosphere Vocabulary
by:Khaled Shehadeh

Biosphere

• As the area of the planet where organisms live, including the ground and the air.

Biotic Factor

• Is any living component that affects another organism, including animals that consume the organism in question, and the living food that the organism consumes.

Abiotic Factor

• Are non-living chemical and physical parts of the environment that affect living organisms and the functioning of ecosystems.

Temperate Climate

• In geography, temperate or tepid latitudes of Earth lie between the tropics and the polar regions. The temperatures in these regions are generally relatively moderate, rather than extremely hot or cold, and the changes between summer and winter are also usually moderate.

Tropical Climate

• Is a climate typically found within the Tropics, while a few locations outside the Tropics are considered to have a tropical climate. In the Kppen climate classification it is a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures of at least 18 °C (64 °F).

Polar Climate

• Regions are characterized by a lack of warm summers. Every month in a polar climate has an average temperature of less than 10 °C (50 °F). Regions with polar climate cover more than 20% of the Earth. The sun shines for long hours in the summer, and for many fewer hours in the winter.

Biome

• A large community of plants and animals that occupies a distinct region. Terrestrial biomes, typically defined by their climate and dominant vegetation, include grassland, tundra, desert, tropical rainforest, and deciduous and coniferous forests.

Biodiversity

• The variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.

Habitat

• the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism.

Invasive species

• an harm the local economy or human health. Many garden pests are considered invasive species. Example: The little fire ant is an invasive species that was first discovered in Puna district of Hawai‘i in 1999. Fire ants have recently been reported to have spread to the Kona side of the island.

pollution

• the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

overharvesting

• Overexploitation, also called overharvesting, refers to harvesting a renewable resource to the point of diminishing returns. Sustained overexploitation can lead to the destruction of the resource.

solar energy

• of, relating to, or determined by the sun.relating to or denoting energy derived from the sun's rays.

wind energy

• Wind power, windmill: California hillside© MedioImages/Getty Imagesform of energy conversion in which turbines convert the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical or electrical energy that can be used for power. Wind power is considered a renewable energy source.

biofuels

• Is energy derived from biofuels. Biofuels are fuels produced directly or indirectly from organic material – biomass – including plant materials and animal waste.

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