Ecology Assignment
Answer each question in details
Assignment
- Solar radiation is said to drive the Earth’s climate. Why? (3 marks)
- Explain, using at least one example, how microclimates affect your ecology (i.e., the ecology of an individual human!). (3 marks)
- Describe the relationship between soil texture and porosity. How do these two soil characteristics influence ecosystem characteristics? (6 marks)
- A plant is growing in an arid environment. What are the benefits of that individual plant opening its stomata? What are the costs associated with it opening its stomata? (8 marks)
- My black, heavy-coated dog is sitting on the grass in the sun on a hot day, panting. Describe the various ways in which she is gaining and losing heat (being careful to use the correct terminology). (10 marks)